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Leonard Lance Toes Right-wing Republican Party Line in Opposing Vitale Bill to Stop Gouging of Senior Citizens

GREENSTEIN: PROPOSED EXPANSION OF 'SENIOR FREEZE'
WELCOME RELIEF IN ECONOMIC STORM

(TRENTON) - Responding to Governor Jon S. Corzine's proposed expansion of the state's popular "Senior Freeze" property tax relief program to more older and disabled homeowners, Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein said she would take up the charge by sponsoring legislation in the Assembly to put the plan into action.

IMPACT OF ECONOMIC MELTDOWN ON SOCIAL SERVICES TO BE FOCUS OF MONDAY ASSEMBLY JOINT HEARING
Assembly Health and Senior Services and Human Services Panels to Examine How Crisis Could Affect Seniors and Low Income Residents

Measuring the potential impact the national economic crisis could have on services the state's most vulnerable residents rely on will be the focus of a Monday joint meeting of the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee and Assembly Human Services

 Assembly Democrats increased taxes on Retirees in 2005

Cifarelli and Siemaszkiewicz pledge Repeal in 2008 

In a legislative session which spanned from July 1-July 2 of 2005, (because the Democrats missed the budget deadline of June 30th of that year), a particularly bad piece of tax legislation was inserted into that budget deal, which severely hurt New Jersey's competitiveness with regard to encouraging retirees to remain in our state. Forty-one Assembly Democrats voted Yes for the tax increase, Five Assembly Democrats voted No and One Assembly Democrat abstained. All Thirty-three Assembly Republicans voted No. This vote tally translated into the bill passing by a 41-38 margin. Had Frank Cifarelli and Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz been in the Assembly at the time to vote No, instead of Ms. Weinberg (Loretta Weinberg was in the Assembly at the time)  and Mr. Johnson voting Yes, with everything else being equal, the bill would have actually been defeated 39-40 and the tax increase would not have taken place.

KARCHER BILL TO ENSURE SENIOR REPS IN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY APPROVED

TRENTON - A bill sponsored by Senator Ellen Karcher which would require the inclusion of a senior resident of a continuing care retirement community on the facility's local governing board was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 35-1.