CASAGRANDE: DISTRICT 12 PROPERTY TAXES UP AND MUNICIPAL AID DOWN – NOT A FORMULA FOR RELIEF

FIGURES SHOW AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OF 3% AND 9% LOSS IN MUNICIPAL AID  - ’07 VS. ‘08

    With the recent release of property tax and municipal aid data for 2008, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, R-Monmouth and Mercer, said today that based on the actual figures that towns in her district realized, the Corzine administration is not being honest when they assert that they are providing relief for property taxpayers, and that the data suggests this administration is placing a further burden on New Jerseyans, not helping them.
    

CASAGRANDE: CORZINE CONTINUES TO TAX PEOPLE OUT OF NEW JERSEY

    Caroline Casagrande, R-Monmouth, released the following statement in response to Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s budget proposal:

ASSEMBLY APPROVES LEGISLATION HONORING KOREAN WAR HERO FROM FREEHOLD BOROUGH

VETERANS RAISING MONEY TO HONOR PHILIP A. REYNOLDS - A MARINE WHO GAVE HIS LIFE PROTECTING A FRIEND IN THE KOREAN WAR

    A local bridge in Freehold Township would be named the Corporal Philip A. Reynolds Memorial Bridge under legislation unanimously approved today by the General Assembly that was sponsored by Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande.

CASAGRANDE SAYS MORE THAN ADMITTING TO FLAWS IN COAH SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE DONE

DCA COMMISSIONER OFFERS FEW SOLUTIONS

With today’s news report that Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Joseph Doria acknowledged the method used in determining how much affordable housing a town must build is flawed, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande,

R-Monmouth and Mercer, said that while the commissioner’s candor is welcome, he offered little in the way of what will be done to change the process.

CASAGRANDE INTRODUCES BILL TO BAR STRIKING WORKERS FROM COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT

LEGISLATION WOULD CORRECT RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION GRANTING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO NURSES ON STRIKE

    After the state Supreme Court ruled that striking hospital nurses from Lourdes Medical Center were entitled to collect unemployment, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande has introduced legislation to make it clear that anyone who voluntarily participates in a work stoppage cannot collect unemployment checks.

POLISTINA AND CASAGRANDE INTRODUCE
“CONSUMER RELIEF ACT”

LEGISLATION WOULD CREATE THREE, 10-DAY SALES TAX HOLIDAYS IN ‘09

       As New Jersey retailers continue to experience declines in sales and reduce employment levels, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, R – Mercer and Monmouth, and Assemblyman Vince Polistina, R – Atlantic, introduced legislation today that will create three separate shopping periods where the state sales tax would be reduced by at least half.  The bill, titled the “Consumer Relief Act of 2009,” is aimed at providing a direct stimulus to consumers and retailers.  Under the proposal, ten day shopping periods, in March, July, and October would be created throughout the state.
 

EDUCATION COMMITTEE ADVANCES CASAGRANDE MEASURE REGULATING SUPERINTENDENT PERKS

BIPARTISAN BILL WOULD BRING UNIFORMITY AND OVERSIGHT TO CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENTS

The Assembly Education Committee unanimously advanced legislation today sponsored by Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande that would add state oversight to school superintendent contracts.

CASAGRANDE BILL WOULD BAN TEXT MESSAGING WHILE OPERATING PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLE

BIPARTISAN BILL PROMPTED BY CALIFORNIA CRASH THAT KILLED 25 AND INJURED 135

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CASAGRANDE TO CORZINE: DON'T PUT THAT RED PEN AWAY JUST YET

CALLS FOR GOVERNOR TO IMPLEMENT GOP'S SPENDING CUTS

In response to Governor Jon Corzine’s proposed budget cuts that call for a reduction in aid to schools which will result in higher property taxes, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande today said the governor and his administration should stop playing politics with taxpayers and seriously consider the $1.32 billion in spending cuts Assembly Republicans have been proposing since last year.

CASAGRANDE: NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT NATIONAL LAMPOON INVESTMENT DEBACLE

STATE PENSION FUND TAKES ANOTHER HIT AS COMPANY HEAD INDICTED

Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande today said she finds no humor in the fact that the state of New Jersey has made yet another poor investment with the state’s public worker pension funds. The Philadelpia Inquirer reported Tuesday that the chief executive of National Lampoon, of which the state Division of Investments is its largest outside stockholder, was charged Monday with conspiracy and securities fraud in an attempt to artificially raise the value of the company’s stock.