Elease Evans

 

LOVE / LAMPITT / WAGNER / EVANS BILL TO REGULATE CREDIT CARD SOLICITATION ON CAMPUSES SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

Law Requires Credit Card Companies to Register with Colleges & Students to Complete Education Courses before Credit Cards Could be Issued

(TRENTON) – Legislation Assemblywomen Sandi Love, Pamela R. Lampitt, Connie Wagner and Elease Evans sponsored to regulate how credit card companies solicit new customers on college campuses was signed into law Friday by Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

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One recurring theme in newspaper endorsements from across the state: some candidates don't properly prepare for editorial board meetings.  In several cases during this cycle, newspapers said they were reluctant to endorse incumbents, but had no choice after challengers were either ill-equipped to answer public policy questions, or simply did not respond to invitations to participate.  Newspapers wouldn't have necessarily endorsed the challengers if they met them, or if they were not competent, but incumbents are favored when the challengers don't even show up.

The Record and the Herald News still endorsed Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange), likely to be the next Assembly Speaker, even though they were "skeptical, given the heavy influence of New Jersey's political machinery," of her claim to be an independent thinker - and despite her possession of another full-time government job. Oliver's GOP opponents did not meet with the newspaper's editorial board: "We have no sense of whether they can back up their promises."

In the neighboring 35th district, the Record and the Herald News lamented over their choices when they endorsed incumbents Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon) and Elease Evans (D-Paterson).

"It is possible the Republicans would make excellent members of the Assembly, yet they did not meet with The Herald News' editorial board. Their positions on issues important to the state and to the district are less clear to us.  While we are not comfortable, given these difficult times, with two incumbents who hold close ties to the state's powerful unions, we cannot endorse challengers whose positions and allegiances are largely unknown," the editorials said.  "It would be better if voters in the 35th had a greater choice for Assembly. As it is, the choices are few, and from here, the known is a step above the unknown."

The Courier Post complained that two of the three Republican candidates for Camden County Freeholder wouldn't take their calls, and the third candidate was not even remotely ready for public office.  Brian Kluchnick, a GOP Assembly candidate in the fifth district, also didn't return phone calls.  The Courier-Post has surely shown a willingness to endorse Republican candidates.

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The Record and the Herald News have endorsed incumbent Democratic legislators in Districts 34 and 35, but said that they were "skeptical, given the heavy influence of New Jersey's political machinery" that Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange) is an "independent thinker."

Oliver is expected to become the next Assembly Speaker when the Legislature reorganizes in January.  The two newspapers also endorsed Assemblyman Thomas Giblin (D-Montclair) for re-election.

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CHILD INTERNET SAFETY BILLS SPONSORED BY ALBANO, BARNES, EVANS, GREENSTEIN, MILAM & SCALERA NOW LAW

(TRENTON) – Assembly Democratic legislation sponsored by Nelson Albano, Peter Barnes III, Elease Evans, Linda Greenstein, Matt Milam and Fred Scalera sponsored to give law enforcement enhanced abilities to crackdown on child Internet crimes was signed Tuesday by Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

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State Sen. John Girgenti (D-Hawthorne) is no push-over.  After The Inside Edge reported last week that there was speculation that Girgenti could face retirement in two years as Latinos eye his Senate seat.  Girgenti is a white man in a district where Latinos and African Americans outnumber whites. 

"Any suggestion that the Passaic County Democratic Party does not stand fully in support of Senator Girgenti is ridiculous," Currie told PolitickerNJ.com.

But Passaic County Democratic Chairman John Currie says that Girgenti is a lock on re-election, and went on to announce that Girgenti will also enjoy the support of Assemblywomen Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon) and Elease Evans (D-Paterson), as well as all seven Democratic Municipal chairs in the 35th district:  Anthony DeNova of North Haledon; Barbara O'Byrne of Totowa; Irene Brown of Glen Rock; Delores Sykes Williams and Rev.  James Kuykendall of Paterson; Jerry Volpe of Haledon, and Mayor Mohamed Khairullah of Prospect Park.

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Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange), who has enough committed support to become the next Assembly Speaker, has a campaign war chest of $5,407, according to reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.  Oliver has raised $30,599 and spent $26,191.

Oliver has made relatively few campaign contributions: $3,200 to the Essex County Democratic Committee; $1,750 to the Passaic County Democratic Committee; $1,000 to Gov. Jon Corzine's re-election campaign; $70 to Assemblywoman Elease Evans (D-Paterson), $100 to Passaic County Clerk candidate Keith Kazmark; $80 to Friends of Ron Rice; and $100 to the Woodland Park Democratic Committee.  (Evans is one of the legislators who has not yet endorsed in the race for Speaker.)

Her top donors - for now -- are SEIU Local 1199 ($8,200), NJEA ($3,000), AFSCME ($2,500), and the West Caldwell-based Community Education Centers ($2,500).

Oliver runs in District 34, which is among the safest Democratic districts in the state, and her reports indicate relatively few voter contact expenses.  She spent $2,000 on rent for her East Orange campaign headquarters, $330 for "campaign giveaways," and about $9,300 on a community picnic ($5,650 of that went to her event planner, political fundraiser Ray Ferrioli.)

Her campaign has contributed about $1,900 to various charities (but nothing to the North Ward Cultural Center or the Robert Treat Charter School), bought a $573 laptop from P.C. Richard, rented an $85 water cooler from Culligan, $60 to send flowers to a constituent, and spent $82 on a New York Times subscription.  She's also spent $995 since the June primary on cell phones from AT&T and T-Mobile, plus an additional $130 for a replacement phone. Read More >

POU, EVANS, WAY AND CURRIE ATTEND RALLY
TO OPEN PATERSON VICTORY ‘09 OFFICE
TO SUPPORT CORZINE & DEMOCRATS

 
(PATERSON) – Assemblywomen Nellie Pou and Elease Evans today joined Victory ’09 co-chair Freeholder Tahesha Way, Passaic County Democratic Chairman John Currie, elected officials and candidates from across Passaic, as well as volunteers and Paterson residents at a rally to kick-off the grand opening of the new Passaic County headquarters of the Democratic State Committee’s Victory ’09 Campaign.

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Assemblywoman Caridad Rodriguez (D-West New York), who served as Albio Sires' executive assistant when he was the Mayor of West New York, and as his office manager when he won election to Congress, is in line to chair the Assembly Human Services Committee.  The current chair, Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange) appears to have the votes to become the next Assembly Speaker.  Rodriguez, who is now the panel's vice chair, endorsed Oliver for the post yesterday.

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JOHNSON / DeANGELO / EVANS / CONAWAY / COUTINHO BILL TO PROMOTE FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS NOW LAW

Bill creating check-off for food pantry donations signed by Gov. Corzine

(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by Assembly members Gordon Johnson, Wayne DeAngelo, Elease Evans, Albert Coutinho and Herb Conaway to address recent shortages and closings at food pantries was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

The law establishes the “Community Food Pantry Fund” in the Department of the Treasury and allow taxpayers to voluntarily donate a portion of their income tax refund to it.. The bill passed the Assembly in October and the Senate in June.

“The global economic meltdown means hunger isn’t being limited to the poor,” said Johnson (D-Bergen). “New Jersey is a generous state, and we can and should make it easier to spread that generosity and do whatever we can to ensure no one in this state goes to bed hungry.”

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WATSON COLEMAN / CRUZ-PEREZ / JASEY / EVANS / GUSCIORA & POU BILL ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS SIGNED INTO LAW

(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by six Assembly Democrats to give counties the ability to establish grant programs to address homelessness was signed into law today by Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

The law (A-3101) is sponsored by Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) and Assembly members Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D-Camden), Mila Jasey (D-Essex), Elease Evans (D-Passaic), Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) and Nellie Pou (D-Passaic).

“The number of homeless, in New Jersey – especially women and children – is unacceptably high and may go even higher as more families face the very real and scary prospect of losing their homes to foreclosure,” Watson Coleman said. “State and local governments must work together to provide more funding and better services to provide access to affordable housing and ensure families have another option to living in a shelter or on the street.”

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