POLISTINA AND AMODEO TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO END SECRETIVE VOTES BY LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES

BILL WOULD FORBID VOTES ON LEGISLATION THAT HASN’T BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR AT LEAST ONE FULL BUSINESS DAY

    Saying democracy cannot function when elected officials purposefully preclude public participation, Assemblymen Vince Polistina and John Amodeo announced today they will introduce legislation to forbid Assembly committees from voting on any measure that has not been publicly available for at least one full business day.

AMODEO AND POLISTINA: CAMDEN SCHOOL OFFICIALS IRRESPONSIBLE WITH STUDENT SAFETY

FORMER SECURITY CHIEF SAYS DISTRICT IS UNPREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES BECAUSE OF MISMANAGED, UNDERTRAINED SECURITY STAFF

    Governor Corzine must address the security concerns expressed by the Camden School District’s former security chief whose reports of security guards running errands for administrators, security drills nixed for public relations concerns and under-qualified security staff went ignored in the state-monitored district, Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, both R-Atlantic, said today.

AMODEO AND POLISTINA: CAMDEN COO SALARY INVESTIGATION ANOTHER CORZINE SECRET DEAL UNCOVERED

Assembly Republican members John Amodeo and Vince Polistina today said Camden’s chief operating officer’s salary scandal is yet another example of government waste and the ineptitude of the Corzine Administration who consistently governs in a shroud of secrecy.

AMODEO AND POLISTINA: PROPERTY TAXPAYERS CAN’T AFFORD CORZINE’S LATEST BROKEN PROMISE

    Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, both R-Atlantic, criticized Governor Corzine’s latest budget proposal, which yet again increases property taxes on middle- and lower-income families instead of reforming New Jersey government’s wasteful spending practices.

TOWNS PAYING FOR MORE CORZINE MISTAKES

STATE TAKING BACK $40 MILLION SENT IN ERROR TO 37 TOWNS SINCE 2006 – A YEAR AFTER AN AUDIT POINTED OUT THE MISTAKE

    Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, both R-Atlantic, blasted the Corzine administration for erroneously sending towns millions of dollars and then waiting years before correcting the error - unfairly burdening several municipalities.

AMODEO AND POLISTINA: CORZINE VISITS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BEFORE HE TAXES THEM OUT OF EXISTENCE

NEW JERSEY RANKED LAST AMONG STATES IN POLICIES FOR SMALL BUSINESS EVEN BEFORE GOVERNOR PROPOSED LARGE-SCALE TAX INCREASES

    Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, both R-Atlantic, said small businesses need more than chats with Gov. Jon S. Corzine; they need relief from the tax-increases and anti-business policies he has inflicted on them.

AMODEO AND POLISTINA: NEW JERSEY MIDDLE CLASS STILL ALIVE IN BUDGET BATTLE AGAINST CORZINE

NEW JERSEY FAMILIES GET SMALL REPRIEVE, BUT STILL NEED MORE RELIEF FROM GOVERNOR CORZINE’S ASSAULT

    Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, both R-Atlantic, urged Gov. Jon S. Corzine to continue “rethinking” his budget proposal to reduce the harm headed to New Jersey’s middle class.

MUNICIPALITIES APPROVE OF BILL TO FIX AND POSTPONE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANDATES DURING BAD ECONOMY

LEGISLATION WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO FIX ITS FAULTY POLICIES WHILE ECONOMY RECOVERS

    Assemblymen Scott T. Rumana, John Amodeo and Vince Polistina welcomed approval from the New Jersey State League of Municipalities on their proposal to suspend affordable housing mandates during the poor economy, which would also require the Council on Affordable Housing, or COAH, to fix its rules.

POLISTINA DECRIES $11 MILLION IN OVERTIME PAY AT NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY

In response to a media report today that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority handed out $11 million in overtime pay to its employees in 2008, Assemblyman Vince Polistina said it is yet another example of Governor Jon Corzine’s failure to stop the blatant waste and abuse of taxpayer money.

AMODEO AND POLISTINA: CORZINE TAXING MIDDLE CLASS OUT OF HOMES AND JOBS

GOVERNOR CORZINE ISSUES DOUBLE WHAMMY TO MIDDLE CLASS TAXPAYERS AT HOME AND WORK

    While most of the focus of Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s budget proposal has rightfully been on his decimation of the state’s middle class, his assault on the business community should not be forgotten, Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina, both R-Atlantic, said today.