RIBLE ENCOURAGED BY CORZINE'S CALL FOR FISCAL RESTRAINT DURING LAME DUCK SESSION

Assemblyman Dave Rible today said he is pleased to hear Governor Jon Corzine is calling for fiscal restraint by asking the Legislature to refrain from passing any legislation that would result in added spending during the lame duck session.

ANGELINI AND RIBLE TO CORZINE: WHERE'S THE RECOVERY?

Neighboring States Post Significantly Lower Unemployment Rates - Again

With the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics confirming today that New Jersey continues to have a significantly higher unemployment rate than its neighboring states of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut, Assembly Republican members Mary Pat Angelini and Dave Rible said it’s clear Governor Jon Corzine so-called economic recovery program is failing the people of New Jersey.

RIBLE EMERGENCY RESOURCES LEGISLATION BECOMES LAW

Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Dave Rible that requires the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to maintain a regional directory database of  available resources and supplies during a public emergency was signed today by Governor Jon Corzine.

ANGELINI AND RIBLE: CORZINE ECONOMIC STIMULUS MORE FICTION THAN FACT

Unemployment Continues to Rise While State Sheds More than 12,000 jobs

Assembly Republican members Mary Pat Angelini and Dave Rible, both R-Monmouth, issued the following statement today in response to the latest data from the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development which shows New Jersey’s unemployment rate for September climbed for the 20th consecutive month to 9.8 percent while the state lost another 12,700 jobs. The state’s unemployment rate, its highest since April 1977, matches the national rate.

PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW WHETHER GOVERNOR CORZINE ILLEGALLY CAMPAIGNS AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE

ASSEMBLY MEMBERS HANDLIN & RIBLE WANT INVESTIGATION OF MEMO URGING CABINET TO "BE CREATIVE" WITH CORZINE'S EMPLOYMENT RECORD

    Republican Assembly members Amy H. Handlin and David Rible requested today an Ethics Commission investigation into a memo obtained by the Star-Ledger that suggests Governor Corzine's administration is illegally functioning as campaign staff at taxpayer expense.

ANGELINI AND RIBLE: NO SURPRISE AS NEW JERSEY'S MISERY INDEX CONTINUES TO CLIMB

New Jersey Taxpayers' Association: 2009 Another Miserable Year for NJ Taxpayers

Assembly Republican members Mary Pat Angelini and Dave Rible said that while the latest Misery Index report, which shows taxpayer misery has steadily climbed each month this year through August, is extremely disheartening for the state’s suffering middle class families, it certainly isn’t surprising.

RIBLE AND ANGELINI: CORZINE, DEMS REFUSED TO TAKE STATE'S BROKEN PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM SERIOUSLY

Assembly Republican members Dave Rible and Mary Pat Angelini today said Gannett’s week-long series on the devastating effects of the state’s broken property tax system confirms that Governor Jon Corzine and the Democrat-controlled Legislature have miserably failed the residents of New Jersey on what a recent poll shows is the number one issue of importance to New Jerseyans.

UNDER CORZINE, MONMOUTH COUNTY STILL STRUGGLING WITH SOME OF THE NATION'S HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES

CENSUS DATA SHOW NEW JERSEY HAS HIGHEST MEDIAN PROPERTY TAX BILL AND THAT MONMOUTH COUNTY RANKS 13TH IN THE NATION

    Monmouth County property taxpayers continue to struggle under the inability of Governor Corzine and the Democratically-controlled Legislature to address the state's property tax problem, Republican Assembly members Mary Pat Angelini and David Rible said today after new data show New Jersey's $6,320 median property tax bill topped the nation.

ANGELINI AND RIBLE: RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE WORST AS CORZINE TALKS TAXES...AGAIN

In response to a Philadelphia Inquirer article Sunday which said Governor Jon Corzine would not rule out tax increases in next year’s budget, Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini and Assemblyman Dave Rible today said additional tax hikes would be the nail in the coffin for many New Jersey families and businesses that have already been decimated by the state’s economic crisis.

ANGELINI AND RIBLE THANK NJNG OFFICIALS FOR THEIR COMPASSION AND INITIATIVE IN REDUCING RATES

Assembly Republican members Mary Pat Angelini and Dave Rible today praised New Jersey Natural Gas for reducing its rates 19 percent saying the decision is welcome news for weary residents who have been battered by chronic tax increases and the state’s highest unemployment rate in 32 years.