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.

CASAGRANDE CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF ALL STATE AGENCIES FOLLOWING AUDIT REPORT CITING DCF WASTEFUL SPENDING AND MISMANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Following the release today of  audit results of the state Department of Children and Families (DCF) by the state Comptroller which found wasteful spending and mismanagement of its fleet of 2,900 vehicles, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande called for an investigation of all state departments to determine if the lax standards found at DCF are indicative of a greater problem at other state agencies.

CASAGRANDE CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON SEX OFFENDER BILLS FOLLOWING COURT RULING THAT INVALIDATES LOCAL ORDINANCES

Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande said the Legislature needs to immediately take action on four bipartisan bills that place stringent restrictions on sex offenders after the New Jersey Supreme Court today struck down local ordinances that restricted where convicted sex predators can reside following their release.

CASAGRANDE CALLS FOR ACTION ON PENSION REFORM BILLS AS NUMBER OF 'DOUBLE DIPPERS' NEARLY DOUBLES

Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande reiterated her call for action on two pension reform bills she has sponsored in response to a media report today that the number of public employees with multiple jobs has nearly doubled since 2007.

CASAGRANDE AND O'SCANLON: MEDICAID REBASING PROPOSAL A GOOD CONCEPT, BUT 'ADD-ON' COMPONENT WOULD HURT SUBURBAN HOSPITALS

Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande and Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon today said a proposal by the Department of Human Services (DHS) to rebase the state’s Medicaid reimbursement rates is necessary, but they disagree with a component of the plan that would redirect Medicaid funding – in the form of large rate add-ons – from suburban to urban hospitals, thus creating a two-tiered system.

CASAGRANDE AND O’SCANLON: TAXPAYER IRE BREWING

TEA PROTESTS SHOW PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF GOVERNMENT’S WASTEFUL SPENDING AND RECKLESS BORROWING AND THAT, YES, WE ARE OVERTAXED

    Elected leaders should take the tea party protests held throughout New Jersey and the nation as a warning that their days of over-borrowing, overspending and overtaxing without concern for taxpayers are over, Assembly members Caroline Casagrande and Declan O’Scanlon, both R-Monmouth and Mercer, said today.

CASAGRANDE ASKS STATE WORKERS FOR SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL SAVE TAXPAYER MONEY

NEW WEB SITE WWW.STOPGOVERNMENTWASTENJ.COM FOR STATE EMPLOYEES TO REPORT HOW GOVERNMENT SQUANDERS TAXPAYER DOLLARS

    Seeking to tap into the knowledge state employees have of how government wastes money every day, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande has launched a web site encouraging them to report ways – big and small – for New Jersey to save money.

CASAGRANDE: THANKS, GOVERNOR! NJ'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE NOW SURPASSES THE NATIONAL LEVEL

Noting that for the first time since October 2006, New Jersey’s unemployment rate has surpassed the national level, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande today said Governor Jon Corzine should get off his “budget bus tour” and head back to the State House to work on solving the state’s economic crisis.

MONMOUTH COUNTY LEGISLATORS WELCOME GOVERNOR CORZINE TO EATONTOWN

    Assembly members representing Monmouth County said today they are pleased that Gov. Jon S. Corzine chose Monmouth County as the setting of his first encounter with residents since launching his attack on middle class property taxpayers.

CASAGRANDE AND O’SCANLON: GOVERNMENT SHOULD PAY ITS PENSION BILLS NOT SHIRK THEM

AS GOV. CORZINE’S PENSION-DEFERRAL BILL PASSES, REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS WANT GOVERNMENT TO MAKE ITS PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS

    After the Democrat-controlled Legislature approved Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s scheme to put off government’s pension obligations today, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande and Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon said public officials should be moving in the opposite direction.