Carmen Pio Costa

The Record has endorsed Republican Mike Guarino for State Senate in the 36th district against Paul Sarlo, and Republicans Carmen Pio Costa and Don Diorio for Assembly against Gary Schaer and Frederick Scalera.  READ

Three Republicans put out press releases this morning attacking their Democratic opponents.

In district one, Republican Assemblyman/State Senate candidate Nicholas Asselta questioned his Democratic opponent, Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew, over his former support for a bill that would have benefited U.S. Vision, a company that was purchased in a partnership between South Jersey political boss George Norcross and Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts, a Van Drew financer.

Orchestrated Political Cover-up Alleged

Call For U.S. Attorney To Step In

The legislature needs to be put on a leash to curtail spending, and real solutions need to implemented to create a new school funding formula.

It's time the people of Passaic got "honest government."

Carmen Pio Costa and Don Diorio, candidates for Assembly in the 36th district, reacted to today's arrests by drawing attention to the source of the bribe-takers' temptations: their control over massive amounts of state income-tax money given to a handful of cities and urban school districts. 

The people of New Jersey and District 36 want reform. It's time we listened to them.

Don Diorio Becomes Assembly Candidate in the 36th

A Much Needed Victory In Passaic For Taxpayers

PASSAIC'S DOUBLE DIPPING DUO

Schaer and Colon-Montanez Grab Benefits

With Both Hands, But Can’t Be Bothered

To Vote For The Taxpayers

“Gary Schaer failed to deliver the vote this week and was about to throw up his hands and walk away, but the good citizens of Passaic wouldn’t let him,” said Pio Costa, a Nutley businessman. “But why did the first resolution to rescind fail at all? Because Schaer’s hand-picked protégé, Maritza Colon-Montanez, abstained saying she ‘didn’t understand’ the resolution! Couldn’t Schaer explain it to her, his own legislative aide?”