ASSEMBLYMAN GIBLIN TO DONATE MONEY FOR SIGNS

Ten cents for every political sign goes to Eva’s Village

(CLIFTON) - Assemblyman Thomas Giblin on Friday announced that he will donate 10 cents to the nonprofit Eva’s Village for every lawn sign from the recent election that people bring to his Clifton office.

“Some of these signs sit around for months following an election,” said Giblin (D-Essex/Passaic). “We can clean-up our streets and help the less fortunate at the same time.”

LAUTENBERG: SENATE APPROVES BILL WITH MORE THAN $7 MILLION FOR NEW JERSEY'S PUBLIC SAFETY, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, OTHER PROGRAMS

LAUTENBERG CO-SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO BAN LAPTOPS IN AIRPLANE COCKPITS

GREENWALD: WE WILL NOT REPEAT LAST MINUTE REPUBLICAN FEEDING FRENZY

(TRENTON) – Assembly Budget Chairman Lou Greenwald released the following statement today:

“I am heartened by Gov. Corzine’s move to find $400 million in budget savings and by the insistence by the Governor and Speaker Roberts that the Legislature not pass bills during the upcoming post-election session that would result in added spending.

“Post-election sessions are a time to tackle unfinished business, and under Speaker Roberts these sessions have been very moderate and measured.

“One thing we won’t do is repeat what happened in 2001, when Republicans went on a wild and chaotic feeding frenzy and at the last minute irresponsibly spent hundreds of millions of dollars we didn’t have as a recession loomed..."

GOVERNOR CORZINE’S STATEMENT ON CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION EXTENSION ACT OF 2009  TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today issued the following statement regarding the Congressional vote to approve the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 which extends unemployment benefits for an additional 14 weeks in every state and by 20 weeks in states with unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or higher. The Governor recently sent a letter to the Congress urging extension of unemployment benefits for those who have or are about to exhaust their unemployment assistance:

GOVERNOR CORZINE DIRECTS CABINET TO CUT ADDITIONAL $400 MILLION TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED FY2010 BUDGETCalls For No New Spending in Lame Duck 

TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today outlined several measures needed to maintain balance in the FY 2010 budget and fulfill his commitment to maintain a balanced budget through his remaining two months in office.

Governor’s Move To Save An Additional $400 Million Welcomed

Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean welcomed the announcement by Governor Corzine that he is taking steps to save an additional $400 million in this year’s budget.

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RIBLE ENCOURAGED BY CORZINE'S CALL FOR FISCAL RESTRAINT DURING LAME DUCK SESSION

Assemblyman Dave Rible today said he is pleased to hear Governor Jon Corzine is calling for fiscal restraint by asking the Legislature to refrain from passing any legislation that would result in added spending during the lame duck session.

Data to be Used for State Planning Purposes Kept Secret

Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset), continued to call on Governor Jon Corzine today to release the results of a Rutgers study provided to the State Planning Commission that projects future population, employment and housing numbers in New Jersey. The numbers from the Rutgers Study apparently indicate that job growth for the period encompassing the years 2008 to 2028 will only amount to 6, 550 annually, compared with the administration’s previous projection of 54, 000 over the same period.

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The Assembly Republican caucus reelected Alex DeCroce today as their leader for his fourth consecutive term.  Caucus members who were elected on Tuesday unanimously selected DeCroce, who represents the 26th Legislative District.

Tom Kean Calls On Governor Corzine to Impound Unspent Funds

Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean today called on Governor Jon Corzine to immediately impound all unspent funds. This year’s budget is running almost $1 billion behind in anticipated revenues. A projection by the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services (OLS) estimates the structural budget deficit for FY 2011 to be almost $10 billion. Impounding funds is using legal authority to set aside appropriated monies.

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LAUTENBERG VOTES TO APPROVE CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND AMERICAN POWER ACT

LAUTENBERG, SENATE VOTES TO EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR NEW JERSEY FAMILIES

“The municipal leaders, the rank and file party faithful and the candidates throughout the county  worked very hard with limited resources to score many impressive wins.  Mr. Rumana should take this opportunity to pull the party together and put in place the leadership sharing plan he promised us in June,” said Mecca.   

Passaic County Republicans Work Together to Sweep Elections

Republican Governor, Assemblymen, County Clerk, Freeholders, and Local Officials Victorious 

McKEON STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF OPEN SPACE FUNDING

(TRENTON) - Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee chairman John F. McKeon on Wednesday welcomed voter approval of the $400 million bond issue to preserve open space throughout New Jersey.

The public question passed with a margin of 174,172 votes, with 52 percent of the electorate voting in favor. McKeon was the prime Assembly sponsor of the legislation asking voters to approve replenishing the Garden State Preservation Trust which funds open space.

“Ultimately, the money advantage of the Democrats was overshadowed by their own taxing and spending policies, which have taken a terrible toll on middle class suburban taxpayers

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(HOBOKEN, November 2) – Steve Forbes – New Jersey native, CEO of Forbes, Inc., editor in chief of Forbes magazine, and co-author of the 30 percent income tax cut plan offered by Christie Todd Whitman in her successful 1993 run for New Jersey Governor – today endorsed Nathan Brinkman for Mayor of Hoboken.

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Caputo Makes His Case For Another Term

Higher Taxes and More Politicos on the Take Are the Right Direction for New Jersey

Belleville-Assemblyman, Freeholder and Former Educational Bureaucrat Ralph Caputo made his case for another term in Trenton at his legislative office at the Sunrise Bagel Shop on Joralemon Street in his hometown where the voters unjustly rejected his Board of Education and Council candidates.

Trenton, NJ – In response to a gross misrepresentation of the incumbents’ records on taxes that appeared in Gusciora and Watson Coleman’s final pre-election ad, 15th district assembly candidates Kim Taylor (R-Lawrence) and Werner Graf (R-Hopewell) issued the following statement:

“In their final campaign ad, our opponents, assembly majority leader Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) and deputy majority leader Reed Gusciora (D-Princeton), claim to be ‘sticking up for us’ by reducing the property tax burden, but in reality their dismal records on taxes and fees show it’s more like they are “sticking us up” rather than “sticking up for us.”