Reed Gusciora

ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CLEARS McKEON/GUSCIORA 'RECYCLING ENHANCEMENT ACT'

Measure Would Bolster Recycling Efforts in Counties, Municipalities

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen John F. McKeon and Reed Gusciora sponsored to provide additional financial support to municipal and county recycling programs was released today by the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora’s early legwork to get former vice president Al Gore into the 2008 presidential race ran amok when Gore flatly said he wasn’t going to run.

The left Gusciora, a prime co-sponsor of the state’s Global Warming Response Act, without his optimum green candidate.

Still hoping for former Vice President Al Gore to enter the 2008 presidential race, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora filed an “Uncommitted” slate of delegates to run in the February 5 Democratic primary.  Joining Gusciora are Princeton Councilwoman Wendy Benchley, Princeton Democratic Organization President Jenny Crumiller, and former Princeton Mayor Jim Floyd.

ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES McKEON/GUSCIORA 'RECYCLING ENHANCEMENT ACT'

Measure Would Bolster Recycling Efforts in Counties, Municipalities

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen John F. McKeon and Reed Gusciora sponsored to provide additional financial support to municipal and county recycling programs was released today by the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee.

(TRENTON) - Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Princeton) is calling on NJ Transit to address the lack of adequate non-permit commuter parking for individuals using mass transit along the Northeast Corridor's busiest train stations.  And if they cannot keep up with the demand for parking spaces, the Assemblyman says, "They shouldn't punish riders who park where they can.

The Trenton Times has endorsed Democratic incumbents in the 15th district: Shirley Turner, Reed Gusciora and Bonnie Watson Coleman.  READ

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, who is leading a grass roots campaign in New Jersey to draft Al Gore for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, says that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the former Vice President is "one more demanding reason" why Gore should run for President.

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, who launched a movement in New Jersey to draft Al Gore for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination in July, says he remains a Gore supporter.  Speculation that Gore might enter the race has increased this week because the former Vice President in a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced in Oslo on Friday.

In Mercer County, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 73, which represents more than 11,000 public-sector employees throughout central New Jersey, announced their endorsements in this year’s elections.

In the 14th district, the union declared it’s support for Bill Baroni for Senate, and Linda Greenstein and Wayne DeAngelo for Assembly.

In the 15th district, Senator Shirley Turner, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson-Coleman were endorsed for re-election.

With 10 months to go before the Democratic congressional primary, Amy Vasquez has announced that she’s running for congress in the fourth district, again.

There wasn’t any fanfare in Vasquez’s announcement. Rather, it came in the form of a press release criticizing Republican incumbent Chris Smith for his vote against a bill that renewed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with “Amy Vasquez for Congress” written in the address heading.