AMODEO AND POLISTINA: CORZINE MUST END HIS FASCINATION WITH AN ABSURD 800 PERCENT TOLL HIKE

GOVERNOR ADMITS HE IS STILL CONSIDERING TOLL HIKE AND BORROWING SCHEME THAT HE SEEMINGLY ABANDONED AFTER PUBLIC OPPOSITION

      Governor Corzine must kill his plans to raise tolls 800 percent and borrow $40 billion with false promises of reducing state debt, Assembly members John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, both R-Atlantic, said today.

FEDERAL LABOR STATISTICS REFUTE GOVERNOR CORZINE'S EXCUSES FOR N.J.'S HORRIBLE ECONOMY

WHILE THE GOVERNOR SAYS NEW JERSEY'S DISMAL ECONOMIC SITUATION IS NOT UNIQUE, SEVERAL NEARBY STATES ARE PERFORMING BETTER

    Federal labor data released today show that New Jersey's joblessness rate continues to lag behind other states in the region under Gov. Jon S. Corzine's failed economic policies, Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, both R-Atlantic, said today.

AMODEO AND POLISTINA: CORZINE'S ADMINISTRATION STILL NOT VERY CREATIVE FOR WITH JOB GROWTH

N.J.'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UP TO 9.8 PERCENT UNDER CORZINE'S WATCH

    New Jersey lost 12,700 jobs in September, raising its unemployment rate to 9.8 percent - the state's poorest mark since April 1977.

AMODEO AND POLISTINA: IT WILL TAKE NEW JERSEY A LONG TIME TO FIND ITS "LOST DECADE"

RUTGERS REPORT SAYS IT WILL TAKE EIGHT YEARS TO REGAIN THE JOBS LOST DURING CURRENT RECESSION

      A new report by prominent Rutgers economists says it will take the nation until 2017 to recover jobs lost during the recession and that New Jersey remains at a competitive disadvantage during this period because of its high costs for doing business.

N.J. SPORTS AUTHORITY'S WASTEFUL & EXTRAVAGANT SPENDING REINFORCES NEED FOR AUDITOR GENERAL

MORE EXAMPLES UNCOVERED OF STATE EMPLOYEES TRAVELING TO EXOTIC RESORTS AND EATING LAVISH MEALS AT STRUGGLING TAXPAYERS' EXPENSE

      Republican members of the Assembly Tourism and Gaming Committee, Alison Littell McHose and Vince Polistina, decried the latest example of a state agency spending luxuriously on food and travel without concern about the plight of the state taxpayers who pay their bills.

AMODEO AND POLISTINA: NEW JERSEY'S UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINS UNACCEPTABLY HIGH UNDER CORZINE

NEW JERSEY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE NOW UP TO 9.7 PERCENT; STATE HAS LOST 155,700 JOBS SINCE DECEMBER 2007

    Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, both R-Atlantic, expressed dismay that unemployment continues to rise under the failed economic policies of Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

ATLANTIC CITY TAXPAYERS VICTIMS OF CORZINE’S SHORT-SIGHTED BUDGETING GIMMICKS

CITY’S $5.3 MILLION BUDGET GAP WILL SKY ROCKET NEXT YEAR BECAUSE LOCAL OFFICIALS FOLLOWED STATE ORDERS TO DEFER PENSION PAYMENTS

    A 3 cent tax increase for Atlantic City taxpayers will be nothing compared with what is in store for them next year as Atlantic City has become victim to Governor Corzine’s budgeting schemes and failed promises, Assemblymen Vince Polistina and John Amodeo, both R-Atlantic, said.

LATEST ARRESTS SHOW FAILURE OF GOVERNOR CORZINE AND DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS TO FIX ETHICAL ABYSS

THE MULTITUDE OF CORRUPTION ARRESTS RESULT OF STATE LEADERS ALLOWING SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION TO PERVADE NEW JERSEY

    The magnitude of last week’s FBI sting is a symptom of Governor Corzine and the Democratic Legislature’s continual failure to adopt systematic ethics reform to give New Jersey taxpayers the honest government they deserve, Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, said today.

POLISTINA/AMODEO PLAN LEGISLATION PREVENTING STATE APPOINTEES FROM PERSONALLY PROFITING

STATE-APPOINTED CONSERVATOR OF TROPICANA CASINO AMASSED $7.4 MILLION FOR CONSULTANTS INCLUDING HIS OWN LAW FIRM

    Legislation that would bar state-appointed conservators or appointees from using their position to steer work to firms employing them, or their family members, is being drafted by Assemblymen Vince Polistina and John Amodeo in response to the large consulting fees amassed during the state-supervised sale of the Tropicana Casino and Resort.

POLISTINA AND AMODEO: LOSS OF TWO MORE HIGH PROFILE COMPANIES A TESTAMENT TO CORZINE'S FAILED LEADERSHIP

As two more high-profile New Jersey companies prepare to close shop and relocate to other states in July, Assembly Republican members Vince Polistina and John Amodeo today said they expect the exodus of businesses from New Jersey to continue following Governor Jon Corzine’s signing of his latest budget yesterday that will increase taxes by another $1.2 billion, extend the state’s Corporation Business Tax (CBT), and hike employer payroll taxes.