WEBBER FOR ASSEMBLY

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April 23, 2007                           CONTACT:  (908) 267-1613                     

THE CASHA RECORD OF TAXING & TAKING FROM TAXPAYERS

Part-Timer Casha Took Taxpayers for Health Perks 

Morris Plains, NJ – The Webber for Assembly campaign today released the following statement on Larry Casha's public claim that one of his supposed qualifications for office is that he was "meeting healthcare expenses" as a businessman: 

Larry Casha accepted $38,036.28 in healthcare benefits as a PART-TIME Councilman in Kinnelon.  Public records show that Casha took health perks costing taxpayers $11,096.76 in 2004; $12,083.28 in 2005; and $14,856.24 in 2006 for the three full years he was a part-time councilman. 

If  Larry Casha was “meeting healthcare expenses� as a small businessman, it is only because the taxpayers of Kinnelon were picking up his tab.  That’s concerning because New Jersey’s small businesses and their employees know the high costs of health insurance in this State, and that full health benefits are rarely paid for anyone, let alone in exchange for part-time work. 

Those health perks are especially outrageous because Larry Casha has enough disposable income to pump $200,000 of his own money into his Assembly campaign account for this election.  If Larry can self-fund his own political campaign to that extreme, did he really need to make the struggling taxpayers of Kinnelon pay for his part-time perks? 

In contrast to Larry Casha’s taxing and taking from the taxpayers, Jay Webber has made a personal commitment to reform and against wasteful spending and taxes.  Jay has pledged to refuse a taxpayer-funded pension for his legislative work and has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge to vote against any and all tax increases.  He believes that government service is just that, service, and not a means of making taxpayers pay for politicians’ perks.  Jay Webber is part of the solution to reforming New Jersey government, not part of the problem.

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