Cifarelli

It is time for a change in New Jersey politics.

There is a growing movement to call for a Special Session of the New Jersey Legislature on ethic reform. Voters in the Legislative District 37 would like to know what incumbent legislators position on ethic reform is. Present Democratic incumbent legislators voted for the “pay-to-play” legislation, although one of them is still in conflict with the spirit of the law by holding dual elective offices. 

 Assembly Democrats increased taxes on Retirees in 2005

Cifarelli and Siemaszkiewicz pledge Repeal in 2008 

In a legislative session which spanned from July 1-July 2 of 2005, (because the Democrats missed the budget deadline of June 30th of that year), a particularly bad piece of tax legislation was inserted into that budget deal, which severely hurt New Jersey's competitiveness with regard to encouraging retirees to remain in our state. Forty-one Assembly Democrats voted Yes for the tax increase, Five Assembly Democrats voted No and One Assembly Democrat abstained. All Thirty-three Assembly Republicans voted No. This vote tally translated into the bill passing by a 41-38 margin. Had Frank Cifarelli and Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz been in the Assembly at the time to vote No, instead of Ms. Weinberg (Loretta Weinberg was in the Assembly at the time)  and Mr. Johnson voting Yes, with everything else being equal, the bill would have actually been defeated 39-40 and the tax increase would not have taken place.

It is time for a change in New Jersey politics.

There is a growing movement to force dual office holders to resign one of their jobs. Voters in the Legislative District 37 have joined this movement and are asking incumbent assemblyman Johnson to resign one of his jobs. He recently voted to ban such dual office holders.

Recent wave of arrests of New Jersey politicians by FBI including two high ranking assemblymen on top of other recent indictments of state senators means that the present political system of one party rule does not work in New Jersey.

Lack of respect for incumbent legislators representing District 37 voters came to its heights. The Bergen County Democratic Organization and its chairman Joseph Ferriero will meet with its executive committee to discuss planned lawsuit against “pay-to-play” legislation approved by the state assembly and senate.

After months of showing a public display of unity with the Democratic political machine, incumbent District 37 legislators realized that the deal they reached with Chairman Ferriero a few month ago to save their positions has come back to haunt them.

Candidates Host ‘Fair & Clean Elections’ Advocate Bill Baroni

HACKENSACK – District 37 State Senate candidate Clara Nibot and Assembly candidates Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz and Frank Cifarelli today kicked off their “Fair and Clean” campaign with a special guest, Assemblyman Bill Baroni (Mercer, Middlesex), who traveled to Hackensack to offer his support to three Bergen County “Clean Elections” candidates.

Local primaries within the Democratic Party pitted two groups against each other: the Real Democrats and the official Bergen County Democratic Organization (BCDO) candidates. Both groups claimed that they are reformers, honest and full of ideas for the future if elected. What they did not tell the voters is that they heavily rely on special interest’s money that the Clean Election Program intends to eliminate.

In recent weeks, the political landscape in Bergen County has been shaken too many times. District 37 Republican candidates criticize incumbents legislators for secret deal making.

The Republicans for Responsible Government team Clara Nibot for Senate, Frank Cifarelli and Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz for Assembly filed the Declaration of Intent for NJ Fair and Clean Elections on April 25, 2007. The Legislative District 37 has been selected for this Pilot Program.