Steve Lonegan

Trenton, NJ – Conservative Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Lonegan was in the State House today where he received another major endorsement for his tax cut plan.  Conservative economist Peter Schiff said that he wholeheartedly endorses Lonegan’s plan to cut taxes and revitalize New Jersey’s economy.

Economist Peter Schiff of Connecticut is scheduled to endorse GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Lonegan at a press conference this afternoon at the Statehouse.

“He likes Steve’s flax tax plan,” said Lonegan campaign strategist Rick Shaftan.

Schiff served as an economic advisor to U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-Texas) presidential campaign last year, and endorsed Prof. Murray Sabrin for U.S. Senate in the 2008 Republican Primary.

NEWARK, NJ – Steps from the PSE&G building in Newark, conservative Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Lonegan blasted Governor Corzine’s “green” energy plan for New Jersey as anti-jobs and yet another unwanted tax forced upon the residents of New Jersey who are already taxed more than any other state.

Former Republican Congressman Jim Saxton endorsed ex-U.S. Attorney Chris Christie for governor today.

Saxton, who left the House in January after serving 24 years, said that Christie “will get our state's economy back on track and his proven leadership will provide the platform for improvements in all areas of our state.”  

"As someone who has fought to keep jobs in New Jersey, I know Chris's business-friendly plan will reduce taxes for small businesses, break down overbearing regulation, and create an environment where job creation is a reality,” he said.

Christie has the endorsement of all but one sitting Republican Congressmen.  U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-Wantage) has remained neutral.  

Last Friday, May 15th, would have been my father's 95th birthday.  During World War II Abraham Sabrin was a partisan commander in his native Poland where he led 231 men and women in combat against the Nazis.  He and his comrades-in-arms were finally liberated by the Russians in July 1944.   After the war my parents decided to immigrate to America, and on August 6, 1949 our family arrived in New York in order to live a free and peaceful society. 

Dad provided invaluable advice while I was growing up in Manhattan and the Bronx:"Get an education; there is a right way and wrong way...always go the right way."  And when I told him, in 1997, I was running for governor, Dad did not hesitate to offer this gem:  "Remember, politics is dirty."  Although Dad did not have a Ph.D. in political science, he understood human nature and American politics very, very well.

TRENTON, NJ - Steve Lonegan today drew a clear distinction between a conservative candidate with a plan to cut taxes, reduce spending and turn our state around and a “moderate” with no plan, no solutions and just more of the same.

Former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan

The image of Chris Christie still standing and smiling at his podium at the end of last Tuesday night’s debate in the studio of NJN today threw the question back onto Steve Lonegan, who had pledged in the lead-up to “take him out.”

On the eve of their second television encounter - this one taped, not live - Lonegan told reporters in a conference call that he did not feel bogged down in the minutia of defending his flat tax, and trusts in the voters to value detail and explication of a definite plan over what he believes are platitudes from Christie.  

“I’ll do what comes naturally,” said Lonegan. “Mr. Christie has spent $1.5 million attacking my tax plan, and I’m still moving up and he’s moving down.”

Dr. Laffer calls the Lonegan Plan the best medicine for state economy

NASHVILLE – Former economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan and “Father of Supply-Side Economics” Dr. Arthur Laffer today endorsed the Steve Lonegan Flat Tax plan for New Jersey.

Texas Rep. and former presidential candidate Ron Paul has endorsed Steve Lonegan for governor.  

“I was very impressed by Steve Lonegan’s record of budget restraint as Mayor of Bogota, NJ. Steve has been a vocal critic of runaway spending and taxpayer funded bailouts, and he understands that we must reject the nanny state and return government to its proper, restrained role,” wrote Paul in an email to New Jersey supporters.  “Sending Steve Lonegan to Trenton would be a tremendous victory for the people of New Jersey.”

The endorsement comes just a few days after Murray Sabrin, an ally of Paul’s who chaired his presidential campaign in New Jersey, endorsed Lonegan rival Chris Christie.  Sabrin, a former Libertarian candidate for Governor, won 14% in his bid for the GOP U.S. Senate nod last year.

In my columns on PolitickerNJ.com, I have made no secret of my admiration for Chris Christie. His record as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey was outstanding in all respects, including his conviction rate, his courage in pursuing corrupt officials of both political parties, and his absolutely unimpeachable ethics, despite all efforts by detractors and political adversaries to distort his record. He is a person of encyclopedic intellect, with the judgment skills necessary to be a wise decision maker, one of the two most important skills a governor must possess, the other being leadership quality, which Christie has in great abundance.