GOVERNOR CORZINE STILL PLAYS OLD POLITICAL GAME HE PLEDGED TO END FOR TAXPAYERS' SAKE

INSTEAD OF FULFILLING PROMISES TO REFORM CORRUPT CAMPAIGN FINANCING SYSTEM, REPORT SAYS GOV. CORZINE IS LARGEST PARTICIPANT

    Reports of Governor Corzine's nearly $1.5 million in political contributions since 2006 helps explain why he has repeatedly broken promises to reform the state's antiquated campaign-financing system that allows certain well-heeled interest to dominate policy in New Jersey at the detriment of the state's taxpayers, Assembly members Caroline Casagrande and Declan O'Scanlon, R-Monmouth and Mercer, said today.

PANEL ENDORSES REFORM AIMED AT ENDING PUBLIC PENSIONS FOR PART-TIMERS AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES

COMMON SENSE PENSION REFORM SPONSORED BY 12TH DISTRICT LEGISLATORS BACKED BY STATE HEALTH BENEFITS REVIEW COMMISSION

    The State Health Benefits Review Commission recommended two pieces of legislation for approval that would end the practice of giving publicly-funded pensions to part-time employees and appointees to county tax boards.

O'SCANLON - CASAGRANDE TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION BANNING CONVICTED OFFICIALS FROM LOBBYING

Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, both R-Monmouth and Mercer, said they will introduce legislation when the General Assembly reconvenes this fall that will prohibit an elected or appointed official, who is convicted of a crime involving their office, from becoming a lobbyist in New Jersey for a period of 10 years.  The legislation also provides for a $10,000 fine for those who would violate the new law.

CASAGRANDE & O’SCANLON WANT VOTERS TO SAY WHETHER STATE SHOULD STOP IGNORING ITS BILLS

NEW JERSEY HAS ONE OF THE NATION’S HIGHEST TABS FOR UNFUNDED LIABILITIES BECAUSE GOVERNOR CORZINE SKIPPED REQUIRED PAYMENTS

    New Jersey owes its current and retired workers $55.9 billion worth of health benefits – a figure that increased by $5.3 billion in fiscal year 2008 because of Governor Corzine’s decision to neglect the state’s pension and health benefit obligations, according to a Bloomberg report.

CORZINE HAS BROKEN PROMISE TO SPEND FEDERAL STIMULUS WITH OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY

STATE AUDIT REPORT FOUND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY RISKS IN STIMULUS SPENDING DESPITE OVERSIGHT BY TOP CORZINE OFFICIALS

    Assembly members Caroline Casagrande and Declan O’Scanlon questioned today what exactly Governor Corzine’s federal stimulus task force has been monitoring after a recent state audit report found transparency or accountability risks in a small sampling of towns, counties and housing authorities.

CASAGRANDE AND O’SCANLON: PRETTY SOON THERE WILL BE NO ONE LEFT TO PAY NEW JERSEY’S HEFTY TAX BILLS

NEW JERSEY’S MILLIONAIRE POPULATION – WHICH RECENTLY TOPPED THE NATION - DECREASED BY MORE THAN 22,000 THIS YEAR

    Three consecutive years of declining numbers of New Jersey millionaires should serve as yet another signal that Governor Corzine and the Democratic-controlled Legislature are taxing people out of New Jersey, Assembly members Caroline Casagrande and Declan O’Scanlon, both R-Monmouth and Mercer, said today.

DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS SANCTION PENSION PADDING

DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SHUN ASSEMBLYWOMAN CASAGRANDE’S ATTEMPT TO FORCE VOTE ON LEGISLATION LIMITING PENSIONS TO ONE PUBLIC POSITION

    Democratic leaders refused today to consider legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande that would limit pension credits to one public position per person.

O’SCANLON/CASAGRANDE: HOW CAN TRENTON DEMOCRATS IGNORE FISCAL REFORM ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA?

PRESIDENT CALLS FOR FEDERAL PAY-AS-YOU-GO LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN SHUNNED BY GOVERNOR CORZINE AND DEMOCRATS IN TRENTON

    President Barack Obama’s support of federal pay-as-you-go laws, which would require legislators to identify revenue sources when proposing new spending, should spur Governor Corzine and Democratic legislative leaders in Trenton to support a measure imposing similar rules on the New Jersey Legislature, Assembly members Declan O’Scanlon and Caroline Casagrande, both R-Monmouth and Mercer, said today.

O'SCANLON AND CASAGRANDE: CORZINE SCORES WITH UNIONS, LEAVES TAXPAYERS TO PICK UP THE TAB

Assembly Republican members Declan O’Scanlon and Caroline Casagrande today suggested Governor Jon Corzine take a remedial class in contract negotiations after he again gave in to the largest state worker union on wage freezes and furlough programs.

CASAGRANDE AND O’SCANLON SAY PAY RAISE FOR CAMDEN SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD BE VETOED BY CORZINE

CAMDEN’S SCHOOL BOARD QUIETLY AUTHORIZED $6,600 RAISE FOR SCHOOLS CHIEF WHOSE COMPENSATION COULD TOTAL $282,272

    Governor Corzine should veto the recent raise given to Camden’s School Superintendent Bessie LeFra Young, who will be paid more than $225,000 while serving one of the nation’s poorest cities that is under state oversight and had to cut $7.2 million and 93 jobs from its budget this year, Assembly members Caroline Casagrande and Declan O’Scanlon, both R-Monmouth and Mercer, said.