Governor Jon Corzine

Record unemployment shows again that Jon Corzine's record on job creation is abysmal. New Jersey's economy was in decline long before the national recession took hold. Our unemployment rate remains higher than that of any neighboring state's. When will the governor back policies that could bring about real economic growth for New Jersey's struggling families?

Senator Steve Oroho, a Republican member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, said he doesn't understand how the Corzine administration can call the Republican complaint to the federal Securities and Exchange Commission "frivolous" when respected professionals in the investment community know that the complaint raises valid concerns.

Only Governor Corzine and the industry that peddled destructive subprime debt could believe it is 'frivolous' to disclose multibillion deficits and structural funding problems to the public and potential investors.

Sadly, it took the indictment of another 44 people for Governor Corzine to move forward with one piece of the ethics reform New Jersey needs. The long suffering citizens of New Jersey can only hope the Governor will put partisan politics aside and call a special legislative session to close the remaining ethical loopholes that help foster corruption.

CALABRO & HARVEY: NEW JERSEY CAN’T HAVE MORE BROKEN PROMISES ON ETHICS REFORM 

Hamilton, NJ- Fourteenth District Assembly candidates Rob Calabro and Bill Harvey welcomed the tough comprehensive ethics proposal unveiled today by Republican Gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie. 

When is a 3 percent cap on college tuition and fees really a 12 percent cap? When it's enforced by the Corzine administation. 

Governor Corzine is showing his Wall Street roots by being anything but transparent about how billions of stimulus money is and will be spent in New Jersey, Senator Joe Pennacchio said.

It's clear the governor doesn't trust the people or the democratic process, Senator O'Toole said. He wants to deal with problems the same way he did as chief executive of a Wall Street bank – behind close doors and with no input from anyone but insiders.

The governor has told voters to trust in the fantasy that a miraculous economic turnaround or another stimulus package will lift New Jersey out of a $10 billion hole. Trenton's leadership should acknowledge reality and call a session now to ensure the next governor has options for dealing with a fiscal crisis of unprecedented scope.

Senate Deputy Republican Leader Diane Allen called on Jon Corzine to join the bipartisan chorus urging Congress to delay a vote on a health care reform bill until Washington figures out a way to pay for the plan without shifting costs to the states.