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May 21, 2007                              CONTACT:  (908) 267-1613                       

THE CASHA RECORD OF IGNORING THE TAXPAYERS & RAISING THEIR TAXES

Highlights Failure to Hear Taxpayer Vote for Lower Taxes 

Morris Plains, NJ – Responding to Assembly candidate Larry Casha’s assertion that one of his supposed qualifications is that he “listens to the voters,” Webber for Assembly spokeswoman Amanda Woloshen today released the following campaign statement. 

Once again, Larry Casha runs from his record when he claims to be listening to the voters of this district.  Just last year, when Kinnelon voters defeated a bloated $30 million budget at the polls, Mr. Casha ignored the taxpayers and refused to find a single cent of savings.   

When the taxpayers in Kinnelon told Mr. Casha loud and clear that they wanted their taxes cut, Mr. Casha flatly refused to listen and raised their taxes instead.  Mr. Casha then called the voters “emotional” and not “logical” for wanting tax relief.  That was outrageous, and showed absolutely no respect for the people of Kinnelon.   This is another case of Mr. Casha saying one thing and doing another. 

In April 2006, 18 school budgets for FY 2007 in Morris County were defeated at the polls.  In 17 of the 18 localities, the municipal governing body respected the decisions of the voters and made spending reductions.  The ONLY ONE municipal governing body that ignored the determination of the voters was Larry Casha’s Kinnelon Council in ignoring the voter-demanded reductions.  The local news declared that the failure to find savings was an “unprecedented action” on a defeated school budget in 84 years and resulted in a triple-digit tax hike.  Suburban Trends, May 24, 2006.  

 Larry Casha has refused to listen to the taxpayers.  Instead, Larry Casha listens only to his own drumbeat of higher taxes and spending. 

In contrast to Mr. Casha, Jay Webber recognizes that when voters speak out and beg for tax relief, elected officials must respond, not by dismissing the voters’ message as irrational, but by hearing it and delivering the tax relief they need.  New Jersey’s crushing tax burden makes our State unaffordable.  It splinters families by forcing grandparents, parents, and young adults to flee New Jersey because they cannot afford to live here.  It forces parents to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet.  And it makes it almost impossible for some families to save for college or retirement.  That message is loud and clear, and Jay Webber has heard it.

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