Alison Littell McHose

REPUBLICANS ASK ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS TO APPROVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBPOENA OF BPU AUDIT
ALSO CALL ON U.S. ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE PROGRAM

McHOSE: MISUSE OF TAX DOLLARS IN ABBOTT DISTRICT "JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG"

Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose today praised the Department of Education's (DOE) decision to recommend that Assemblyman Charles Epps reimburse the state for outlandish personal expenses he incurred while traveling in London as Superintendent of Schools in Jersey City, a state-run school district.

BAN BIG BROTHER IN NEW JERSEY
Prohibit Photo Radar And Mailed-In Tickets

Senator Anthony Bucco, (R-25), issued the following statement regarding reports in the press that some of his colleagues in the Legislature are proposing to install traffic surveillance cameras through out the state.

REPUBLICAN BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAY PLAN TO CHARGE MUNICIPALITIES FOR STATE POLICE COVERAGE WILL DRIVE UP PROPERTY TAXES

CONCERN OVER USING STATE POLICE IN RURAL AREAS -- BUT NOT IN PLACES LIKE CAMDEN AND IRVINGTON -- IS A DOUBLE-STANDARD

PENNACCHIO CALLS FOR ACTION
ON EMINENT DOMAIN LEGISLATION
State Supreme Court Hears Mount Laurel Case

As the state Supreme Court began hearing arguments yesterday in a Mount Laurel land dispute, Assemblyman Joe Pennacchio called on the Legislature to move eminent domain legislation he has sponsored with Assemblyman Richard Merkt and Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose that limits the government's power to seize resident' private property.

McHOSE CALLS FOR SPECIAL SESSION TO ADDRESS PROPERTY TAX CRISIS NOW
Star-Ledger article says any action not likely before 2008

Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose again called on Governor Jon Corzine and the Democrat Legislature to convene a Special Session of the Legislature to address New Jersey's property tax crisis and work through the summer if necessary.

Responding to an article in today's Star-Ledger, which said it is unlikely that Corzine or the Democrats will take any action on the issue before 2008, McHose, R-Sussex, Morris and Hunterdon, said the Democrats' delaying tactics are unconscionable.

OLS REVENUE PROJECTIONS PROMPT REPUBLICAN BUDGET MEMBERS TO CALL FOR MORE SPENDING CUTS
NEW REVENUE PROJECTION DATA INDICATES MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE CUTTING MUST BE DONE
The four Republican members of the Assembly Budget Committee today called on Governor Corzine to submit more fiscally responsible spending cuts in response to a report from the Office of Legislative Service's (OLS) showing revenue projections for the next two years that are nearly $200 million below what is anticipated in the governor's budget proposal.

"The public outrage about this budget is growing and these new revenue numbers are very troubling news," said Assembly Republican Budget Officer Joe Malone, R-Burlington, Ocean, Monmouth and Mercer. "This revenue shortfall again emphasizes that we cannot rely on tax increases to straighten out this budget. We need to cut spending."

McHOSE AND O'TOOLE CALL FOR ACTION ON NEWLY INTRODUCED "DEAPPROPRIATION BILL"

"[Corzine will] Take Immediate Steps To Rein In Government Spending And Restore Responsibility So That We're Not Burdening Future Generations Of Taxpayers." (Corzine for Governor 2005, "an 'Affordability Agenda' for New Jersey's Working Families," Campaign Position Paper, http://www.corzineforgovernor.com/handouts/workingfam)

Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose and Assemblyman Kevin O'Toole, members of the Assembly Budget Committee, today announced the introduction of a "deappropriation" bill seeking to immediately cut unnecessary state spending in the current fiscal year budget.

One sign that Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose is preparing to run for higher office -- either her father's State Senate seat in 2007 or for Lieutenant Governor in 2009: she has hired Republican operative Louis Crescitelli as her new Chief of Staff. Crescitelli worked for Congressman Frank LoBiondo and managed the Republican Assembly campaign in the third legislative district in 2005. McHose's mother, former Republican State Chairman Virginia Littell, has openly suggested that her daughter would make a strong running mate for John Murphy, the Morris County Freeholder who is expected to name a second bid for the GOP guberbatorial nomination in 2009.

McHOSE CRITICIZES SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION REVIEW COMMISSION'S FAILURE TO MEET