David Wolfe

WOLFE SAYS DELAY IN IMPLEMENTING NEW SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA WILL CONTINUE TO HURT SUBURBAN SCHOOLS, TAXPAYERS

In response to Governor Jon Corzine's comments today on Millennium Radio News in which he said a new school funding formula may not be implemented this year, Assemblyman David Wolfe said such as move is unacceptable as it is not only counter-productive to providing sustainable property tax relief and reform, but will have an additional adverse effect on suburban schools and their municipalities.

REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS EXPRESS OUTRAGE AT PROPOSED EXPANSION OF SCC STAFF, SPENDING

BLOATED PROGRAM THAT WASTED A BILLION IN TAXPAYER MONEY GEARS UP TO SPEND EVEN MORE IN THE NEW YEAR

Republican legislators today expressed outrage at a report in The Star-Ledger that the School Construction Corporation (SCC) -- a program that wasted a billion dollars in taxpayer money and spent most of the past two years under investigation for gross mismanagement -- is planning to adopt an operating budget that will expand its staff by 20 percent and increase overall administrative spending by almost 50 percent in 2007.

CARDINALE AND WOLFE SAY SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM REPORT MISSES THE MARK IN KEY AREAS

MINORITY REPORT CALLS FOR EQUITABLE SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA, LESS COURT INVOLVEMENT, AND GREATER FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY

The Republican members of the Joint Legislative Committee on Public School Funding Reform today said that the final report issued by that committee failed to confront critical state spending issues that have deprived hundreds of school districts of adequate funding in recent years leading to an explosion in local property tax bills.

FAILURE TO RELEASE SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA A TRAVESTY
Entire Committee Process Has Not Produced Promised Property Tax Relief

Senator Gerald Cardinale, (R-39), and Assemblyman David Wolfe, (R-10), issued the following statement regarding the failure of the Joint Legislative Committee on Public School Funding Reform to produce a revised school funding formula:

"A revised and more equitable school funding formula is the most essential component for providing real, long-term property tax relief to the middle class. Sadly, the Administration and the Trenton Democrats have either been unwilling or unable to devise a funding formula that provides property tax relief to our long-suffering families and seniors, while attending to the needs of the special interests. Unfortunately, the Governor's call for 'action, action, action,' has been ignored by the Democrat majority in the Statehouse in favor of maintaining the status quo," Cardinale stated.

Assemblyman Wolfe continued, "After meeting for more than three months, it is very disappointing that the committee has done nothing of substance to resolve our school funding problems. We sat through hours and hours of testimony rehashing and highlighting all that is wrong with the system, but in the end, the Democrat majority, without any input or discussion from Senator Cardinale or myself, issued a final report that offers nothing of substance to reform the system in an effort to give taxpayers substantial and permanent property tax reform."

ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS UNVEIL BLUEPRINT FOR A CORRUPT-FREE NEW JERSEY

OUTLINE ELEVEN-POINT ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AGENDA

WOLFE ASKS SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM COMMITTEE TO RECONSIDER OPPOSITION TO HEARING ON SPENDING IN ABBOTT DISTRICTS

SENDS LETTER TO CHAIRMEN REITERATING CALL FOR HEARING

WOLFE ASKS SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM COMMITTEE
TO HOLD A HEARING ON SPENDING IN ABBOTT DISTRICTS
CALLS ABBOTT SPENDING A CRITICAL COMPONENT
OF SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM ISSUE

WOLFE ASKS FOR INFO TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF ABATEMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS ON PROPERTY TAXES

TAX EXEMPTIONS TO DEVELOPERS ARE COSTING THE STATE & POOR NEIGHBORHOODS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENTS TO PROPERTY TAX COMMITTEE TEAMS

SUBCOMMITTEES ON EACH TOPIC WILL ENSURE ALL MEMBERS OF THE CAUCUS HAVE INPUT

ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENTS TO PROPERTY TAX COMMITTEES

WILL FORM SUBCOMMITTEES ON EACH TOPIC TO ENSURE ALL MEMBERS OF THE CAUCUS HAVE INPUT