OROHO, McHOSE AND CHIUSANO SAY CORZINE’S CWA DEAL IS SHORT-TERM GAIN WITH LONG-TERM PAIN

DISTRICT 24 LEGISLATORS SAY COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA AGREEMENT PROVIDES LIMITED RELIEF

    While Governor Jon Corzine hailed the state’s new labor deal with the Communications Workers of America as a “historic agreement,” Senator Steve Oroho, Assemblywoman Alison McHose, and Assemblyman Gary Chiusano, all R-Sussex, Morris, and Hunterdon, said that after evaluating the details there will be minimal financial benefit for the state after the upcoming fiscal year. 

SEMANTICS WON’T PAY THE BILLS

    Republicans on the Assembly Budget Committee unanimously opposed a measure allowing school districts to borrow earlier than usual because top Democratic legislators could not guarantee that Governor Corzine would make up for the $383 million school aid payment he plans to skip next month.

ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN BUDGET MEMBERS WILLING TO HELP GOVERNOR TACKLE LATEST BUDGET SHORTFALL

    After the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services revealed today that the state’s budget is short $1.2 billion for the last two months of the current fiscal year, Assembly Republicans on the Budget Committee urged Governor Corzine and Democrats in the Legislature to work with them to solve the state’s latest catastrophe.

EVEN CORZINE’S “CUTS” LEAD TO WASTEFUL SPENDING

FROM STATE-PAID PRIVATE LAWYERS TO NUCLEAR SECURITY, THE FEW COST-SAVING ATTEMPTS CORZINE HAVE TRIED HAVE FAILED

    Republican members of the Assembly Budget Committee noted that Governor Corzine’s hiring freeze and early retirement program have increased the workload of attorneys within the Department of Law and Public Safety forcing more money to be used on outside counsel.

NEW JERSEY’S HEALTH SYSTEM AILING LIKE ITS FINANCES

CORZINE ADMINISTRATION HAS NO SOLUTION FOR HOSPITAL CLOSINGS OR DOCTOR SHORTAGE

    Republicans on the Assembly Budget Committee said it was disconcerting that Governor Corzine’s Health and Senior Services Commissioner had no solutions for the many doctors and hospitals that are vanishing from New Jersey.

McHOSE AND O’SCANLON CALL ON CORZINE TO JUSTIFY PAYING CAMDEN’S CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER $220,000

STATE-RUN CAMDEN’S COO EARNS MORE THAN NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR OR PHILADELPHIA MAYOR

    Assembly members Alison Littell McHose and Declan O’Scanlon questioned why Governor Corzine is paying $220,000 to the state-appointed chief operating officer of Camden at a time when the state’s finances are so poor that middle class property taxpayers have to sacrifice.

McHOSE: STATE’S PENSION FUNDS HAVE HAD ENOUGH POISON

ASSEMBLYWOMAN TROUBLED BY GOVERNOR CORZINE’S ENDORSEMENT OF INVESTING STATE’S DEPLETING PENSION FUNDS IN BANKS’ TOXIC ASSETS

    Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s endorsement of investing pension funds into banks’ bad investment deals, shows he has not learned anything from the investment gimmickry that led to national economic problems, Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose said today.

ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN BUDGET COMMITTEE: BUDGET OFFERS TAX INCREASES, BUT NO GOVERNMENT OVERHAUL

Today’s budget address by Gov. Jon Corzine that outlined cuts in school and municipal aid, the elimination of deducting property taxes paid on state income tax filings, a severe reduction in those eligible for property tax rebates and payroll tax increases for unemployment insurance was severely criticized by members of the Assembly Republican Budget Committee.  Members were united in their lack of support for the governor’s plan.

McHOSE: MOUNTING JOB LOSSES ARE CORZINE'S LEGACY

NEW JERSEY'S 2008 JOB LOSS AT 85,700 AND JOBS NOW TOTAL FEWER THAN 4 MILLION FOR FIRST TIME SINCE BEFORE CORZINE TOOK OFFICE

Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose said New Jerseyans cannot afford more of Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s economic policies that revised Labor statistics now say cost New Jersey 85,700 jobs in 2008 – up from the 63,000 previously estimated.

McHOSE AND CHIUSANO: CORZINE NEEDS TO SHOW TAXPAYERS CUTS BEFORE THINKING ABOUT MORE TAX HIKES

GOVERNOR IS MULLING MORE TAX HIKES AS STATE’S DEFICIT CONTINUES TO GROW

With New Jerseyans losing jobs and homes in the crumbling economy, Governor Jon Corzine needs to show them what he plans to cut from state government before even considering another tax hike, Assembly Members Alison Littell McHose and Gary Chiusano, both R-Sussex, Morris, Hunterdon, said today in response to the governor’s year-end news conference.