Anthony Bucco

Republican Budget Officer Tony Bucco's opening remarks as the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee began budget hearings today:

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The six Republican members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee said today's testimony shows Governor Corzine has created a breathtakingly irresponsible budget that will inevitably result in crippling tax increases on New Jersey's middle class if he wins re-election.

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In his post as Morris County Republican Chairman, John Sette is officially neutral in the race for State Assembly in District 25.  But as an individual, he is backing Morris County Freeholder Douglas Cabana and attorney Anthony Bucco over the seven-term incumbent, Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris Township).  Rick Merkt (R-Mendham) is giving up the seat he has held since 1997 to seek the Republican nomination for Governor.

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Only a multi-millionaire would propose eliminating the property tax deduction in a year when thousands of New Jersey residents are struggling to keep their homes.

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MOUNTAIN LAKES – They’ve seen other candidates in neighboring districts arrive at the brink of running and then back down with the awful idea of a bad economy turning even worse. For if there’s nobility in serving the public, there is also the catastrophic fear of accepting that service to the detriment of the more foundational forces of job and family.

What’s the good of circulating a glossy mailer advertising first-rate business credentials and a great looking family, when in fact the family sits at home with no food on the table because dad is out pouring the contents of their nest egg into his campaign, and a once thriving but now unmanned business simultaneously goes belly up?

Yet as hard as it is to run, to pick up the phone and beg for money in a flat-lined economy, the four 25th District Republican primary candidates in pursuit of two seats – all attorneys who fulfill at least some government contract work, some more than others - are going anyway, lousy economy be damned.

“We’re in the early stages of this campaign, and I’m in whether I raise $10 or $100,000,” said Randolph Councilman Gary Algeier, who intends to rely on writing columns and door-to-door campaigning probably more than fundraising.

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Governor Corzine, who once vowed to end the use of one-shot revenues to balance the state budget, is using an awful lot of one-shot items to bring this year's budget back into balance.

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MOUNTAIN LAKES – Chris Christie’s two-day bus tour comes to an end in his home county of Morris, and if there are any hard feelings from past primary campaigns, they’re heavily layered over with food and drink and some early and undeniable GOP adrenaline in the banquet hall here at the Zeris Inn.

“Phenomenal,” deadpans Steve Lonegan campaign spokesman Rick Shaftan when told of the overflow crowd come to pay homage to the local boy made good. 

“I hope there were 1,000 people there – and plenty of booze,” adds the anti-GOP establishment Shaftan. “Meanwhile, we were out there pounding on doors and organizing.”

Although no one reports seeing Morris County Freeholder John Murphy among Christie’s Republican ranks – the man who unseated Christie in their bitter 1997 contest – the place is jammed with recognizable faces, including state Sen. Anthony Bucco (R-Morris), Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce (R-Parsippany), state Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R-Morris), Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains), Freeholder Director Gene Feyl, Freeholder Jack Schrier, Freeholder Margaret Nordstrom, Freeholder Doug Cabana, Clerk Jane Bramhall and others.

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Senator-elect Marcia Karrow, who was elected a few hours ago, will get an open seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, according to senior Senate Republican staffers.  Karrow, who serves on the same panel in the Assembly, is taking the Senate seat of Leonard Lance, who was elected to Congress.  The Appropriations Committee seat also belonged to Lance.  Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean, Jr. has offered the ranking Minority slot on Appropriations to Anthony Bucco, who had been actively challenged for the slot by Kevin O’Toole.

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Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean, Jr. has picked Anthony Bucco as the new ranking Republican on the Appropriations Committee, passing over Kevin O’Toole, who had mounted a strong campaign for the job.  O’Toole is the Essex County GOP Chairman and the Chairman of the Republican County Chairman’s group.  The post as Republican budget officer became available earlier this month when Leonard Lance resigned to take his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

 

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Tony Bucco brings his experience and good judgment to the Republican leadership position on the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.

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