DeCROCE WARNS DEP COMMISSIONER NOT TO SHIFT FROM PAY-AS-YOU-GO TO BORROWING FOR PARKLAND

 

PROPOSAL TO USE CBT TAX REVENUE FOR BONDS ON TOP OF CORZINE’S $38 BILLION BORROWING SCHEME OUTRAGEOUS

 

Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce sharply criticized a proposal floated by state Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson at a Senate committee hearing today to use constitutionally dedicated corporate business tax (CBT) revenue now used for parkland development on a pay-as-you-go basis to back bonds instead.

“If this was a trial balloon by the commissioner, the administration should stick a pin in it immediately,” said DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic. “Is there no end to the credit card mentality of the Corzine administration?

“How can they have the audacity to suggest even more bonding and more state debt at the same time the governor is pushing his 800 percent toll hike and nearly $40 billion bonding scheme? To talk about even more new debt now is madness.”

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SENATOR, STATE LEADERS ANNOUNCE LAUTENBERG CHEMICAL SECURITY
PROVISION BECOMING LAW

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One of Governor Jon Corzine’s goals for 2008 is a new state energy plan – that’s one of the reasons he opted to attend a global warming conference in Portugal the week before the November mid-term elections.  So far, the odds of Corzine achieving a successful energy plan appear slim – because of infighting within his administration.

A meeting of key administration officials last week did not go especially well: Corzine policy advisor Gary Rose wound up having quite a fight with two cabinet members – Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson and Board of Public Utilities President Jeanne Fox.  The hot-headed Rose, a my way or the highway kind of guy who came from Goldman Sachs, wound up screaming at the cabinet members before he stormed out of the room.

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 WOODBRIDGE – On Wednesday, May 9, State lawmakers and regulators and local leaders will hold a news conference at a contaminated industrial site on Pennval Road in Woodbridge to propose tougher, modernized penalties to help clean up our communities in the Garden State.

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LITTELL: DEP COMMISSIONER PROPOSES RAISING
PROPERTY TAXES TO PAY FOR BEAR-PROOF GARBAGE CANS

Senator Robert E. Littell, (R-24), issued the following statement regarding published comments by Lisa Jackson, the Commissioner of the State Department of Environmental Protection, that “she might ask the Legislature to require households in bear country such as Sussex County to use bear proof garbage containers.�

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GOVERNOR CORZINE ANNOUNCES WINNER OF NATIONWIDE DESIGN COMPETITION FOR NEW URBAN STATE PARK

TRENTON

- Governor Jon S. Corzine today announced the winner of a national competition to design a new state park in Trenton. The Wallace, Roberts and Todd LLC design firm was awarded the contract by a jury of professional designers and local stakeholders. Read More >

GREENSTEIN SAYS DEP WILL ATTEND PUBLIC MEETINGS
ON CENTRAL JERSEY PCB CONTAMINATION
Assemblywoman Says DEP Agrees to Meet with Affected Residents

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CORZINE NAMES PUBLIC ADVOCATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSIONER
Names Ronald Chen and Lisa Jackson to Serve

TRENTON - Governor-elect Jon S. Corzine today nominated Ronald Chen to serve as Public Advocate and Lisa Jackson to head the Department of Environmental Protection.

"As this administration continues to take shape, I'm proud to name two highly qualified individuals to serve on our team," Corzine said. "Both Ronald Chen and Lisa Jackson are unparalleled experts in their fields and will serve New Jersey with honor and integrity."

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Democratic sources say that Lisa Jackson, now the Assistant Commissioner of Compliance and Enforcement, has emerged as a top candidate for Commissioner of Environmental Protection in Jon Corzine's administration. Jackson worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1987 to 2001, serving as Acting Director of Enforcement in the New York regional office run by state Board of Public Utilities Chairman Jeanne Fox. Jackson has an influential backer: former U.S. Senator Bob Torricelli. This could help Torricelli, who is seeking DEP permits for his client, Matrix Developments. The current Commissioner, Bradley Campbell, may want to stay on -- although it won't necessarily be his choice.

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