Jack Conners

CONNERS VISITS N.J. NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
STATIONED AT FT. SILL, OKLAHOMA
Assemblyman Spends Day with State's Troops As They Complete Training,
Prepare For Deployment to Iraq

(DELRAN) - Assemblyman Jack Conners traveled today to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as part of a bipartisan state delegation to visit with New Jersey Army National Guard troops as they complete their training and prepare for deployment to Iraq.

CONNERS AND CONAWAY: MAINTAIN PROPERTY TAX BENEFIT FOR DISABLED VETERANS & ALLEVIATE COSTS FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND PROPERTY TAXPAYERS

(DELRAN) - Assemblymen Jack Conners and Herb Conaway, MD (both D- Burlington/Camden) announced today they would introduce legislation to reimburse towns for costs absorbed by the property tax exemption for disabled veterans.

Under state law, veterans who have been honorably discharged and deemed 100 percent service-related permanently disabled are exempt from paying property taxes. Municipalities absorb the cost of this benefit, increasing the property tax levy for other homeowners and possibly affecting local services.

CHAIRMAN CONNERS WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO LOCAL MILITARY BASES

Millions in Federal Dollars Will Aid McGuire, Fort Dix, Lakehurst

(DELRAN) - Assemblyman Jack Conners (D-Burlington/Camden), who serves as Assembly Military and Veteran’s Affairs Committee chairman, welcomed the news that $7 million from the federal stimulus bill would be dedicated to South Jersey military bases.

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ASSEMBLY DEMS COMMENTARY ON SECOND COMMITTEE REVIEW OF OVERSIGHT FOR NJ PORTION OF FEDERAL STIMULUS

(TRENTON) – Chairs of seven Assembly committees today issued a multimedia package on the Assembly’s efforts to ensure legislative oversight and accountability of the money made available to New Jersey from the recently enacted federal stimulus package.

The committee hearings were the second of two days largely devoted to discussing the impact of the federal stimulus on the state. Assembly committees heard from a variety of state commissioners and department heads on their efforts to obtain and oversee distribution of federal stimulus dollars.

Two weeks ago, Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher Christie predicted that Governor Jon Corzine would blame New Jersey’s economic woes on the global economic crisis.  "The governor's going to say, 'It's not my fault, it's not my fault, it's the global economic crisis's fault,” the former U.S. Attorney said.

Christie was close.  Corzine never called the crisis global; in his budget address he mentioned the “national economic crisis.” 

But the “global economic crisis” catch phrase is already getting plenty of play.  One press release put out by the Assembly Democratic office last week used the words “global economic crisis “five times.  Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), in a statement issued yesterday, said: “The Governor should be commended for proposing a bold plan to help stave off this global economic crisis.”  Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts (D-Camden), Assemblyman Jack Conners (D-Pennsauken), and State Treasurer David Rousseau all used the “global economic crisis” terminology.

ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS COMMENTARY ON 2009 BUDGET ADDRESS

(TRENTON) - Assembly Democrats today issued a multimedia package on their reactions to Governor Jon S. Corzine's 2009 Budget Address.

The multimedia package consists of a video press release of legislative commentary, audio of same and a transcript of statements by the lawmakers.

DIEGNAN/BARNES/CONNERS/RAMOS BILL CREATING ‘TROOPS TO COLLEGE’ PROGRAM PASSES ASSEMBLY

Aims to Help Veterans Make Transition into Classroom

(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by Assemblymen Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Peter J. Barnes III, Jack Conners and Ruben J. Ramos Jr. to help veterans make the transition from the battlefield to the college classroom was passed today by the General Assembly.

The bill (A-3360) would require the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, in consultation with the Department of Veterans’ and Military Affairs, to establish the Troops to College Program. The program would assist New Jersey’s public institutions of higher education in coordinating a comprehensive array of services to help veterans make the transition into the college classroom.

“Our veterans deserve the best, and that includes access to higher education,” said Diegnan (D-Middlesex). “This plan would make that transition easier and is the right thing to do for those who have sacrificed their time and energy to defend our nation.”

SMITH/CONNERS/CRUZ-PEREZ/QUIGLEY/TUCKER BILL TO HELP CHILDREN OF MILITARY FAMILIES CLEARS SENATE PANEL

NJ Would Adopt ‘Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children’

(TRENTON) – Assembly-approved legislation Assembly members L. Harvey Smith, Jack Conners, Nilsa Cruz-Perez, Joan Quigley and Cleopatra Tucker are sponsoring to help children of military families who frequently move has cleared a Senate committee.

The bill (A-2640) would permit New Jersey to enter into the “Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children,” which aims to eradicate disadvantages often encountered by military children because of frequent interstate moves and deployments.

ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS COMMENTARY ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PANEL ECONOMIC CRISIS HEARING

(TRENTON) - Democratic members of the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee today issued a multimedia package on the panel's Monday hearing on the ongoing global economic crisis and the condition of New Jersey's financial institutions.

CONNERS/ALBANO/MILAM BILL DESIGNED TO SAVE SCHOOLS
MONEY ON FOOD SERVICES CLEARS COMMITTEE
Measure Would Exempt Purchases from State Sales Tax

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Jack Conners, Nelson Albano and Matt Milam sponsored to allow school districts to save taxpayer money in purchasing student food services was released today by an Assembly panel.