Vince Polistina

Senator Sonny McCullough and Assembly candidates John Amodeo and Vince Polistina said today that, when elected, they will work as a team to direct the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to undertake greater investment in infrastructure improvements in the immediate Atlantic County region rather than contribute millions of dollars to unrelated projects throughout the state.

The presence of labor leader Joe Wilkins on the District 2 Democratic ticket prompted Team Whelan to march out of their huddle at party headquarters in Linwood Friday with an eye-of-the-tiger demeanor not lost on some of the charged-up labor reps in the room.

But over in Egg Harbor Township, engineer Vince Polistina was hardly impressed with news about the candidacy of a former assistant commissioner of labor who resigned his post last week to run for the Assembly. Polistina, a Republican candidate for the Assembly in District 2, said, "We need new faces in Trenton. We keep sending the same old people back there. We’re one of two states in the nation that are in the red. We need to put controls on spending and rein in the culture of corruption in Trenton."

Atlantic County Republicans didn't waste any time going after their brand new Assembly opponent on monetization, but the new candidate had already fielded a question on the issue in his kick-off press conference.

"I am opposed to any leasing of toll roads," Democratic Assembly candidate Joe Wilkins said emphatically.

Vince Polistina and John Amodeo, Republican candidates for Assembly from Atlantic County, today call upon just-appointed Democrat Assembly candidate A. Joseph Wilkins, to “reveal immediately his position on the proposed sale or lease of New Jersey’s toll roads.”