Alex DeCroce

DeCROCE AND BIONDI UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP POSTS
TEAM WILL CONTINUE FIGHT FOR COMPREHENSIVE ETHICS AND PROPERTY TAX REFORMS

DEMOCRATS PLACE PARTISANSHIP OVER PRUDENCE
- Democrats Refuse to Consider Measure to Provide Property Tax Relief -

DeCROCE: ‘THE PARTY OF BROKEN PROMISES NOW SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD’
Says Codey’s Defeatist Attitude Is Another Reason for Voters To Show
Democrats the Door in November

DeCROCE PANS DEMOCRAT DECISION TO PURSUE APPEAL ON BOND RULING

Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce today issued the following statement in response to the Codey Administration's decision to appeal Judge Linda Feinberg's ruling to prohibit using $150 million from the sale of bonds by the New Jersey Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation as general revenue in the state budget:

Returning to New Jersey this month is Republican operative Evan Kozlow, who gave up his job as Chief of Staff to Congressman Scott Garrett to serve as Campaign Manager for the 2006 U.S. Senate campaign of Thomas Kean, Jr. Kozlow was the Political Director of Bret Schundler's 2001 campaign for the GOP gubernatorial nomination and served as Executive Director of the Republican State Committee in 2001 before leaving to run Garrett's campaign for Congress.

Add this scenario to the list of missed opportunities by the Republicans this year: the results special election convention for State Senate in the 37th district, now headed to court, will eventually need to be certified by the state Board of Canvassers, a traditionally ceremonial panel that consists of the Governor, a Democratic and Republican Senator, and a Democratic and Republican Assemblyman. Imagine the possibilities had Alex DeCroce named, for example, Kevin O'Toole, to the board on the day of the convention. O'Toole shows up at the Bergen Democratic headquarters for the closed-to-the-public special election convention and presents his credentials to the guy at the door. "I am a member of the state Board of Canvassers responsible for certifying the results of this election," O'Toole could have said, "and I am here to observe the election so that when it comes time for me to vote to certify I can be convinced that this election was run fairly and in accordance with the laws of this state." The Republican response to PoliticsNJ.com on such a scenario: "Not our fight."