DeCROCE AGREES WITH SWEENEY, CORZINE’S BUDGET ‘STILL STINKS’

DESPITE LATEST $400 MILLION ONE SHOT, GOVERNOR STILL COULD NOT FULLY RESTORE PROPERTY TAX REBATES

    Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce reaffirmed today that no Republican Assembly members will support Governor Corzine’s budget on Thursday because it eschews substantial property tax relief and long-term financial reform for continued gimmicks, deferrals and deceit.

DESPITE 'WINDFALL,' DeCROCE SAYS CORZINE'S BUDGET WILL HURT TAXPAYERS MORE THAN HELP

SAYS THE DEMOCRAT'S REFUSAL TO CONTROL SPENDING OR RESTRUCTURE GOVERNMENT WILL SINK THE STATE & ITS ECONOMY

Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce says the state budget Governor Jon Corzine and the Democrats are prepared to approve on Thursday will still take more money from middle class taxpayers than they will get back, even if every penny of the surprise windfall from the tax amnesty program is pumped into property tax rebates.

DeCROCE: CORZINE GOES OUT OF THE WAY TO FORCE MORRIS COUNTY TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR HIS CRONYISM

GOVERNOR CORZINE FORCING MORRIS COUNTY TO HIRE HIS POLITICAL ALLY FOR A $200,000 POSITION COUNTY OFFICIALS DEEMED WASTEFUL

    Governor Corzine’s political gamesmanship will waste up to $200,000 of Morris County taxpayers’ money to fill an unnecessary position with a Democratic political crony, Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce said today.

SOLDIERS IN THE 50th INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM HAVE NEW JERSEY’S GRATITUDE

    Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce issued the following statement thanking the 2,800 soldiers in the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team honored in Trenton today after returning home from the largest deployment of the New Jersey National Guard since World War II:

DeCROCE CALLS CORZINE’S LATEST UNION DEAL MORE SHORT-SIGHTED POLITICAL PANDERING

CORZINE’S AGREEMENT ANOTHER ONE-SHOT GIMMICK THAT PUSHES THE STATE’S OBLIGATIONS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

    Governor Corzine’s agreement with the Communications Workers of American will not provide long-term savings for New Jersey’s taxpayers and does not make public employees share in the hardship the governor has imposed on New Jersey’s hard-working families, Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce said.

ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS PROPOSE $780 MILLION IN BUDGET CUTS IGNORED BY GOV. CORZINE

NEARLY $800 MILLION IN WASTEFUL SPENDING COULD BE CUT IF GOVERNOR DECIDED TO REPRESENT TAXPAYERS INSTEAD OF POLITICAL INTERESTS

    The Assembly Republicans announced today a plan to cut $783.2 million in wasteful spending from Governor Corzine’s fiscal 2010 budget.

DeCROCE: WHAT HAPPENED TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF?

NEW ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN WEB PAGE EXAMINES FAILED PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROMISES OF CORZINE AND DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE

    As New Jerseyans wonder what happened to the permanent sustainable property tax relief promised by Governor Corzine and the Democrats in the Legislature, Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce announced today the launch of a new feature on the Assembly Republican website answering that question.

WILL GREENWALD RENEW HIS PROPERTY TAX PROMISE?

ASSEMBLY BUDGET CHAIRMAN’S “FIGHT TO THE DEATH” NEEDED AGAINST CORZINE’S LATEST PROPERTY TAX HIKE

    Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce called on Democratic Budget Chairman Lou Greenwald to renew his February vow to “fight to the death” to preserve property tax rebates.

DeCROCE: CUT PORK TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE

REPUBLICAN LEADER QUESTIONS WHY DEMOCRATS’ FIRST INSTINCT IS TO CUT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF INSTEAD OF PATRONAGE PAYOFFS

    Governor Corzine and his Democratic allies in the Legislature should first cut waste and political slush funds buried in the budget before imposing more harm on property taxpayers, Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce said today in response to reports that Democrats are considering further cuts to property tax rebates to restore healthcare cuts for the sick and disabled.

DeCROCE: CUT PORK TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE

REPUBLICAN LEADER QUESTIONS WHY DEMOCRATS’ FIRST INSTINCT IS TO CUT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF INSTEAD OF PATRONAGE PAYOFFS

    Governor Corzine and his Democratic allies in the Legislature should first cut waste and political slush funds buried in the budget before imposing more harm on property taxpayers, Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce said today in response to reports that Democrats are considering further cuts to property tax rebates to restore healthcare cuts for the sick and disabled.