Paterson

FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
Date: September 27, 2006
Contact: Annie Mayol
(202) 445-8266 cell

Paterson, NJ Today, State Senator Tom Kean, Jr., candidate for U.S. Senate, and Jose Sandoval, candidate for U.S Congress (NJ-08), visited the offices of ACE Reprographic Service, Inc in Paterson, New Jersey where they spoke to employees about their plan to reduce taxes and help make New Jersey more affordable to its residents and, especially to small business owners.

New Jersey has become unaffordable. Last year, 57,000 more people left our Garden State because they couldn’t afford to own a home, raise a family or start a new business, said Kean. New Jersey is tied with three other states for the highest state sales tax. We have the fastest rate of tax increases and the highest property taxes in the nation. That’s unacceptable and it’s getting worse.

According to the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan research group, New Jersey is having the second worst tax climate in the nation for business.

As a small business owner, I know how difficult it is to do business in New Jersey, said Sandoval. The voters want someone in Washington that will fight to reduce the tax burden and find ways to help improve our economy so no more people have to leave the state. Sandoval added, When Tom Kean and I win this November 7th, we will make sure to make tax reform our first priority.

Kean added, Contrary to our opponents, Jose and I will support making the tax cuts permanent and we will vote in favor of eliminating the Death Tax, added Kean. New Jersey can no longer afford Bob Menendez and Bill Pascrell.

Ace Reprographic Services is a family owned business that has been operating since 1933, providing high quality blueprints to the architects, engineers, builders and contractors of the New York/New Jersey area. Now, in the digital age, Ace is not only keeping up with serving the fast paced world of computer generated architecture and design, but they are leading the industry in digital blueprinting, plotting, large and small document scanning and duplicating, and web-based file management softwares.

Jose Sandoval is running for New Jersey’s Eight Congressional District. Jose is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent, and immigrated to the United States in the early 1970s, where he has been a resident of New Jersey ever since. Jose has a BA in Economics and Finance from Rutgers University, and a law degree from Cleveland State University. He owns an urban real estate company in Passaic, New Jersey.

Jose and his wife, Amy, have four children.

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FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
Date: September 22, 2006
Contact: Annie Mayol/Dan Faraci
(973) 777-1352
(202) 445-8266 cell

Paterson, NJ President George Bush’s nephew, George P. Bush, will be joining Jose Sandoval, candidate for U.S. Congress, in celebrating the great accomplishments of the Mexican community in New Jersey and around the nation at the Mexican Parade and Festival of the town of Passaic.

Date: Sunday, September 24, 2006

Time: 10:00a.m. to 1:30p.m.

Location: City Hall, 300 Passaic Street, Passaic, NJ

The contest for Passaic County Republican Chairman extended into five municipalities in Tuesday's primary with contested races for County Committee seats. According to a Passaic GOP source, unofficial tallies without absentee battlots give a significant edge to Wayne Mayor Scott Rumana, who is expected to battle a coalition backed by incumbent County Chairman Michael Mecca and former County Chairman Peter Murphy. The Rumana faction appears to have won 57 of 76 seats in Paterson, 70 of 90 in Clifton, 24 of 26 in West Milford, 20 of 60 in Passaic, and 78 of 82 in Wayne.

POU CALLS FOR BUDGET PANEL TO TAKE 'CRITICAL LOOK' AT PRESCHOOL SPENDING
Assembly Appropriations Chair Says Inquiry Into Alleged Mismanagement
Must Be Key Part of Committee's Questioning of Education Officials,
Applauds Attorney General's Willingness to Reassess Cases

(PATERSON) -- Assembly Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nellie Pou today urged her colleagues on the Assembly Budget Committee to hold an in-depth review into whether taxpayer dollars meant for funding early childhood education in the state's poorest communities instead ended up lining the pockets of preschool owners and operators.

PASCRELL SECURES 'SAFER' GRANT FOR PATERSON FIRE DEPARTMENT

64 NEW FIREFIGHTERS TO BE HIRED

AUTHOR OF LANDMARK ‘FIRE ACT’- SECURES OVER $6 MILLION IN NEW FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PATERSON FD

PASCRELL, AUTHOR OF FEDERAL “SMART GUN� LEGISLATION FIRES AWAY AT GUN MANUFACTURERS PROTECTION BILL

Forrester Meets with Hispanic Business and Community Leaders

U.S. Head of Small Business Administration Campaigns with Forrester

Gubernatorial candidate Doug Forrester today campaigned with U.S. Small Business Administrator Hector Barreto as he met with Hispanic business leaders in Newark and Paterson today. Forrester discussed his business development plan as part of his initiative to take back New Jersey.

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2001-03: While Median Household Income Increased By 1.3 Percent Per Year, Prescription Drug Spending Increased By 14 Percent Per Year. Between 2001 and 2003, median household income nationwide increased by an average rate of 1.3 percent per year. By comparison, according to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service, spending on prescription drugs nationwide increased by an average annual rate of 13.9 percent from 2001 through 2003. [Census Bureau, Household Income Table (as of 10/05); CMS, Historical National Health Expenditures (as of 10/05)]

CBO Predicted Prescription Drug Spending Would Increase As A Share Of Median Income. In 2004, the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reported that "the Congressional Budget Office projects that the prescription drug spending will continue to rise from 8.8 percent of median income in 2006 to 12.3 percent of median income in 2013." [Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, 5/31/04]

PERUVIAN AMERICAN GROUP ENDORSES CORZINE FOR GOVERNOR
Cites his success as a businessman and commitment to Latino issues

The Peruvian American Political Action Committee today endorsed U.S. Senator Jon S. Corzine during an event in Paterson. Norberto Curitomai, founder of the organization, said Corzine's background, including his years as the CEO of Goldman Sachs, made him the best candidate for governor.