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NIBOT SAYS WEINBERG SHOULD BEGIN ADDRESSING

THE STATE FINANCIAL CRISIS SHE HELPED CREATE

Higher Taxes Likely Next Year

BERGENFIELD -- Instead of wasting her time carrying out a vendetta against the chairman of her political party, Sen. Weinberg should be focusing on addressing the looming state budget crisis that not even Gov. Jon Corzine can ignore,  says Republican state senate candidate Clara Nibot.

Nibot says with the state facing a $3 billion budget shortfall next year, Weinberg should be telling voters how she plans to cut state spending instead of finding out how much the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission spent on coloring books. 

Nibot also challenged Weinberg to defend her own spending record while in Trenton. “Sen. Weinberg is the classic big spending liberal who voted to increase spending by $11 billion dollars in six years and voted to increase or expand 94 taxes and to increase the income tax and the sales tax.”

Since Weinberg was elected to the state Senate the state budget has risen from $28 billion in 2005 to $33.5 billion in fiscal year 2008.  

“Loretta Weinberg is masquerading as a government reformer just weeks before the election, but she has voted consistently to take money out of the pockets of hard working families and send it to Trenton where it is squandered,” said Nibot. “Once she is re-elected she will going back to being the same old political insider she has always been.”

“Now Sen. Weinberg is compounding her abuse of taxpayers by taking $500,000 in public money for her campaign,” added Nibot. “The state is headed for a financial crisis and all she can think of is getting her hands on more taxpayer money to advance her political career.” 

TAX HIKES COMING 

Nibot said Gov. Corzine’s recent directive to state budget personnel to begin to look at ways to cut $3 billion from next year’s budget  to plug a pending budget hole -- is a sure sign of an impending tax crisis for New Jersey residents.  

“Trenton Democrats like Weinberg have ignored Republican efforts to cut state spending. They have ignored the pleas of property tax payers. Now there is a financial crisis looming and the Democrats have no will or ability to cut spending,” said Nibot.  

“Weinberg and the Democrat leadership lack the will and the ability to cut spending. They will try to tax their way out of this crisis. Homeowners can look forward to higher taxes next year unless a change is made in Trenton,” concluded Nibot.