Ralph Caputo

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BLOSCHAK WELCOMES GUADAGNO TO ESSEX COUNTY
Assembly Candidate Says Core Urban County Is Competitive for First Time In Years
Belleville-Andrew Bloschak, GOP Assembly candidate in the 28th District, welcomed Lt. Governor Candidate Kim Guadagno to Essex County and said he would join her and other local Chris Christie supporters for an event at Franklin Steakhouse this afternoon.

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August 18, 2009

Urban Republican Bloschak Says Wave of Shootings In Newark Highlights Need for Change

Candidate says violent crime will continue to plague Newark if jobs and hope do not return to state's largest city

Newark-Urban Republican Assembly candidate Andrew Bloschak expressed sympathy for victims of the recent wave of shootings in Newark and called on the police to be extra vigilant in preventing further shootings. But Bloschak also asserted that until real economic prosperity returns to the neighborhoods of the state's largest city, crime will continue to be well above the state average.

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August 18, 2009

Corzine and Caputo Fail Essex County on Foreclosures

Belleville-Republican Assembly candidate Andrew Bloschak asked why foreclosures have risen 31 percent in New Jersey this year despite Ralph Caputo and Jon Corzine’s much-hyped Anti-Foreclosure Act (A-3506).

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August 13,2009
 
BLOSCHAK ASKS WHY "RUBBER-STAMP RALPH" IS STILL CAMPAIGNING WITH CORZINE?
Belleville-Republican Assembly candidate Andrew Bloschak blasted his opponent, Essex County Freeholder and Assembly Ralph "The Rubber Stamp" Caputo for campaigning with failed tax-and spend Governor Jon Corzine and left-wing Lieutenant Governor nominee Loretta Weinberg in Verona this week, according to a story on PolitickerNJ.    

Gov. Jon Corzine with Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith, left, and Team Irvington founder Freeholder/Councilman D. Bilal Beasley.

IRVINGTON - Gov. Jon Corzine's informal endorsement tonight of Mayor Wayne Smith when the two walked on Springfield Avenue came shortly after Smith heartily endorsed the incumbent governor on the steps of City Hall as someone who understands the plight of this Essex County town of perennial hard knocks.

The knock on Smith usually comes in the form of a whisper.

"We've been together from the beginning," the governor said of the mayor, who for almost two years has heard the murmurs when he walks past - "Keith Reid named him in court as Irvington Official #1," and inevitably fielded reporters' repeated phone calls asking him if he plans to resign.

If not today, what about tomorrow?

"What you learn in this business is a public official can be accused of anything," Smith told PolitickerNJ.com. "You live with these things and you live through them. I haven't heard anything from the U.S. Attorney's Office, but more importantly, I didn't do anything wrong."

Gov. Jon Corzine meets up with state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) in erona.

VERONA - Selling his record on healthcare today with the latest poll showing him trailing his opponent by nine points in a head-to-head, Gov. Jon Corzine said back chatter about a ham-handed reelection campaign encumbered by too many chiefs is a "non-story."   

"Maggie Moran and Tom Shea are running the campaign," said the governor, where he appeared at a park in Verona with lieutenant governor candidate Loretta Weinberg.

Corzine has brought in former Bergen County Democratic Organization (BCDO) spokesman Bill Maer and Democratic Party strategist Jamie Fox, but the governor insisted the upper eschelon hierarchy of the campaign remains unchanged.

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August 4, 2009 

Bloschak Supports  Extending Cash for Clunkers Program

Former Autoworker Calls for Suspension of State Sales Tax on “Clunker” Deals

Belleville-Andrew Bloschak, Republican Assembly candidate in the 28th District and a General Motors employee for twenty-five years, called on the United States Senate to pass an extension of the Car Allowance Rebate System, as well as for the State of New Jersey to charge no sales tax on deals involving “clunker” trade-ins.

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Bloschak: Light Rail Extension in Belleville Would Invigorate Downtown and Provide Connection With Newark

Belleville-Republican Assembly candidate Andrew Bloschak, a lifelong union member and community activist, announced the second part of his light-rail initiative that will bring more jobs, better transportation, and a cleaner environment to his greater Newark district. The second phase of the plan involves turning a scantly used freight track in Belleville and the North Ward of Newark into a light-rail track. This would revitalize Belleville’s Washington Avenue shopping district.

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Contact: Andrew Bloschak(201)-705-2257July 26, 2009 Grandfathered Quadruple-Dipper Caputo Remains Silent on Money Laundering ScandalBelleville-Assembly candidate Andrew Bloschak is asking his opponent Assemblyman and Freeholder Ralph Caputo why he has remained silent on the massive corruption scandal that has destroyed the fabric of New Jersey politics over the last week. Bloschak invited Caputo to join him in condemning corrupt officials in both parties on Thursday, but so far the back-bench legislator is nowhere to be found.

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July 23, 2009
 
Bloscak: Officials Arrested in Money Laundering Scheme, Including Republican Van Pelt, Must Resign Immediately
Assembly Candidate Calls on Caputo to hold his fellow Democrats Accountable as Well
Belleville-Assembly Candidate Andrew Bloschak called for the immediate resignation of Republican Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt, as well as Democratic Mayors Peter Cammarano of Hoboken and Dennis Elwell  of Secaucus and Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini of Jersey City for their arrest in a money-laundering scheme.