Oroho, McHose & Chiusano: Highlands Plan Tramples Rights of Landowners

District 24 Legislatiors Pushing Legislation to Protect Private Property Rights

 Senator Steve Oroho, Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, and Assemblyman Gary Chiusano, all R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon, who represent a significant segment of the Highlands region, oppose the adoption of the Highlands Regional Master Plan because the plan fails to include provisions for compensating hard-working homeowners and property owners for the drop in property values that have resulted from what amounts to the uncompensated seizure of their land-use by the State.

Oroho, McHose, Chiusano Statement on Reversal of California Gay Marriage Ban

State Senator Steven Oroho, Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose and Assemblyman Gary Chiusano, all R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon, are concerned at the recent California Supreme Court’s decision to overturn that state’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage.

KARROW, McHOSE: NEW SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA REWARDS WASTEFUL SPENDING

CITES UNION CITY AUDIT WHERE BUS DRIVERS MADE UP TO $73,000 IN OVERTIME PAY

Assemblywoman Marcia Karrow and Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose today said the Corzine Administration’s new school funding formula should be discarded and replaced with an equitable plan that does not reward school districts like Union City which has mismanaged and wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money. Among other things, the audit revealed that the school district pays $13,000 a month for 39 cell phones for bus drivers which equates to $345/month per each cell phone.

McHOSE: CORZINE PLAN TO CLOSE NINE STATE PARKS SMACKS OF PLAYING POLITICS

Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose expressed her outrage at the state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) announcement today that it will close at least nine state parks and cut services at three others at the height of the summer tourist season due to Governor Jon Corzine’s proposed budget cuts.

McHOSE SAYS DOE REPORT ON PER PUPIL COSTS PROVES MONEY DOES NOT EQUAL QUALITY

 In response to the annual study on school per-pupil costs released Wednesday by the state Department of Education (DOE) that shows a wide disparity between school districts statewide, Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose said the numbers confirm that spending large amounts of money per pupil does not translate into better education.

OROHO, McHOSE, CHIUSANO WARN TAXPAYERS THEY WILL PAY AS CORZINE SAYS TOLL HIKES, RT. 78, 80 NEW TOLLS, GAS TAX INCREASE ALL ON THE TABLE

In response to a key Democrat senator’s prediction today that the Legislature, by year’s end, will approve a 45 percent toll increase and an 18 cent hike in the state’s gas tax, State Senator Steve Oroho, Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, and Assemblyman Gary Chiusano, R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon, cautioned taxpayers to brace themselves for another significant hit on their wallets.