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Tue Jan 11, 2011 at 04:16:43 PM EST
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Governor Christie was accurate in saying a few days ago there would be no big surprises in today's speech. His three themes were "maintaining fiscal discipline, achieving needed education reform, and fixing the state's broken pension and benefits systems." His tone was somewhat more subdued than normal, but he was also frequently blunt and to the point.
Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex/Passaic) statement:
"It's been painfully clear throughout the Governor's first year in office that we are living in two very distinct and separate New Jerseys.
"In Chris Christie's New Jersey, he thinks he can say 'buck up' and deal with my painful budget cuts and working and middle class families will simply fall in line without missing a beat. In the other New Jersey - the reality the rest of us live in - families are paying more for less and systematically being forced out of their way of life.
"Working class women have lost access to critical healthcare. Seniors have lost their property tax rebates and the working poor have seen their Earned Income Tax Credit cut while the state's wealthiest received a tax break. Vital after-school programs have been slashed, while transit fares have been hiked. Meanwhile, our unemployment rate remains alarmingly high and the Governor seems content with that.
"This year cannot be about more of the same.
"This week the Legislature finished passing a package of roughly 30 bills designed to create real and lasting jobs and stimulate long-term economic growth. The fate of New Jerseyans everywhere is now in the Governor's hands.
"If Governor Christie truly cares about turning New Jersey around, he will sign this package into law and he will do it quickly. We are now on year two of the Christie agenda and residents cannot afford to wait any longer."
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Mon Dec 27, 2010 at 09:40:53 AM EST
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Democratic Senator Stephen Sweeney did Republican Governor Chris Christie a big favor by maintaining a low profile (other than declaring a much-needed snow emergency) when both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor inexplicabally neglected their constituents by skipping town before the onset of the snowstorm. As acting governor, Sweeney promised not to do any "mischief" during his brief reign.
Yet, Sweeney can do himself, the governor, and the state a favor by taking two actions - signing the anti-bullying bill and signing the women's health bill. As Senator Weinberg pointed out, the women's health law will not impact the state's budget. The signing of the anti-bullying law is the right thing to do, but for some reason is not supported by oddly misnamed pro-family groups, a key element of Christie's constituency.
If we go out on a limb and grant that Chris Christie is a decent person, then signing these bills is something that he would do if political considerations were taken out of the equation. So if Acting Governor Sweeney signs the bills, he takes the heat from his political enemies and earns points from his skeptical allies. A win-win for the politicians and the people - how often do we have that opportunity?
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Sun Dec 26, 2010 at 10:05:57 AM EST
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(What do you think, Blue Jersey? Should Sweeney stay in the sidelines or use this as an opportunity to do some "mischief"? - promoted by deciminyan)
Talk about "below the fold".
On Christmas Day, 1:00pm, when most people were not reading the Star Ledger or NJ.com, came the news that Governor Chris Christie and Lt Governor Kim Guadagno are both taking vacation out of state, leaving Senate President Stephen Sweeney as acting governor while both are away. Maybe I missed something, but wasn't the position of Lt. Governor created to provide for continuity in the NJ Executive branch while the Governor was unavailable to discharge his duties? How do they get away with leaving the state at the same time?
While we know that the Governor will be in Disney World in Florida with his family, it has not been released (not to this writer, at least) where Lt Gov. Guadagno will be, other than that she will be out of state. Perhaps she will be in Disney World with the governor, standing behind him, gazing longingly, Nancy-Reagan-like, while Christie hob-nobs with Mickey and watches his kids enjoy the rides.
According to the Star Ledger:
"Theoretically, Sweeney could sign legislation Christie hasn’t acted on or even file nominations Christie would never dream of filing. Sweeney could even re-nominate former state Supreme Court Justice John Wallace Jr. to the bench, whose pass-over by Christie in favor of attorney Anne Patterson angered Sweeney. But he won’t. Sweeney's reply below the fold
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Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 01:32:09 PM EDT
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Barocas, Legal Director of NJ's ACLU, suggests our Governor look in the mirror, and our Senate President's words ring hollow. - promoted by Rosi
It didn't take long for my feelings of horror and sadness at the suicide of Tyler Clementi to turn into anger - anger not just at the unfeeling young students who so cruelly invaded Tyler's privacy, but at our state's leaders who, through their refusal to provide gay and lesbian citizens with full equality, have stigmatized gay and lesbian relationships and set the tone for tragedies like this to occur.
A line from my testimony to the New Jersey legislature during the 2009 marriage equality debate echoed hauntingly in my mind: "When the state itself segregates people, it grants the rest of society permission to do the same. Through its example, the legislature excuses bigotry and emboldens bullies." keep reading below the fold
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Fri Apr 09, 2010 at 08:36:58 PM EDT
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A shocking, over the top title? Not really, unless sending packages containing white powder to State Senate Presidents is either mainstream or as funny as saying that someone should put rat poison in a Supreme Court Justice's creme brulee (as Ann Coulter once said).A downtown Salem office building was evacuated this afternoon when a package addressed to State Senate President Stephen Sweeney was opened and found to contain what was first deemed a suspicious white powder.
In a climate where more legislators are being threatened with violence (mostly Democrats, by the way), and on the heels of "suspicious white powder letters" being sent over the past few years to the likes of former US Senator Tom Daschle, current Senator Pat Leahy, Keith Olbermann and the gas line at Rep. Tom Perriello's brother's house - quite simply, this right wing domestic terrorism shit has to stop.
Someone is going to get killed. Someone is going to cite what they were told by Sarah Palin/Glenn Beck/Sean Hannity/Rush Limbaugh/Michelle Bachmann or another right wing extremist kook, and everyone will throw up their hands and say "who could have known?"
Bullshit.
What makes this even more ironically aggravating is the simple fact that to shut down government offices, send people to hospitals for examination, summoning police, firefighters, rescue workers and hazardous material crews, investigate and prosecute the right wing domestic terrorists who are responsible for this costs We the People money. Aren't the teabaggers against excessive government spending? Isn't this something that perpetuates exactly what they claim to be against?
And where is "law and order" Governor Chris Christie on this disgusting and cowardly display of terroristic activity? Why is he not condemning this act and talking about how much New Jersey taxpayers will now have to pay in order to deal with this?
I won't hold my breath.
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Fri Jan 15, 2010 at 10:03:11 AM EST
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Promoted by Jason Springer: Thanks to Senator Buono for stopping by with her take on the changes going on in Trenton these days and what to expect going forward. On Tuesday, I was honored to be sworn in as the first woman to serve as Senate Majority Leader in New Jersey and I didn't want the week to end without posting here on Blue Jersey.
This is a time to look to the future, as New Jersey is clearly poised for a transformation. Along with our new Senate President Stephen Sweeney, President Pro Tempore, Nia Gill, our new Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver and Assembly Majority Leader Joe Cryan, the Democratic leadership certainly has a lot of new faces in both houses of the legislature. And with a new governor ready to be inaugurated next week, I will be relying on the progressive netroots community now more than ever - for your passion, guidance and ideas.
Like many of you, I am a progressive. I am proud of my vote for Marriage Equality - yet disappointed by the outcome. I also believe that being a progressive means being fiscally responsible, it means demanding more transparency and accountability from government and it means acknowledging the need for change in Trenton. Governor-elect Christie is obviously going to offer a sharp contrast in his policy agenda from Governor Corzine's four years in office. But this does not mean we cannot work together to find common ground to move New Jersey forward.
One of my top priorities as Senate Majority Leader will be to make significant strides toward establishing a more open, honest and responsive state government. That is the kind of change and reform that enhances the quality of life for all New Jerseyans, not just for someone's narrow parochial self-interest. I look forward to ushering in a new era of unquestioned government integrity. And I am extremely confident this is a direction that Governor-elect Christie can support.
While there are many important issues where New Jersey's Republicans and Democrats disagree, there can also be many areas of practical agreement. In order to succeed, we must look to one another and be willing to rise above our own partisan interests. This is how we can best begin restoring a vision for New Jersey's future. And this is how we can make sure our children can afford to remain here and raise families of their own one day.
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Thu Jan 07, 2010 at 10:41:42 PM EST
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Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis)
Shirley Turner (D-Trenton)
Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen)
Ronald Rice (D-Newark)
John Girgenti (D-Hawthorne)
Fred Madden (D-Washinton Twp)
James Beach (D-Cherry Hill)
Stephen Sweeney (D-West Deptford)
Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-ridge)
Senator Van Drew is honestly the only person on this list who deserves a pass, his district is just overwhelmingly Republican.
I've never been more disgusted and embarrassed than I was today to be a Democrat.
Can we make this the official primary candidate suggestion list?
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 11:51:41 AM EDT
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In politics, votes and support should be treated as a privilege to have, not a right, no matter how partisan a district or part of the country might be. As a resident of the 1st district and a Camden County Democrat, I'm concerned that we are treading a fine line that borders on taking the voters we serve for granted and subverting a democratic process for nominating Rob Andrews' replacement. On Blue Jersey, there have been multiple discussions about how this process needs to be completed, including one from last week; but as someone who lives in the district, volunteers for the Camden County Democrats, and is the incoming Haddonfield Democratic Club Vice President, I feel particularly invested in this congressional race and the tarnished image that the decision-making process leaves behind on our party. From my vantage, there is only one way to fix this broken process, though even this course of action would be imperfect.
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 10:09:06 PM EDT
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November 8, 2007:Sen. Stephen Sweeney will serve as majority leader in the state Senate, and as a result of the new post will not seek re-election as Gloucester County freeholder, he announced Thursday.
"I will be transitioning out of that at the end of next year," he said of his freeholder seat, after a closed door meeting with Senate President Richard Codey. March 31, 2008:Gloucester County Freeholder Director Stephen Sweeney, who announced last year that he would not seek another term on the freeholder board, has said that he changed his mind and will move forward in his bid for re-election.
"There is going to come a time for me to leave," Sweeney said Monday. "I just don't think it's right now."
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Wed Jun 06, 2007 at 10:50:43 AM EDT
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The election results are available at the Salem County website. The recent redesign makes them hard to find -- you need to move your mouse over "County Government", click on the choice "Departments", then click on "Election Board." Today's Sunbeam has an article summarizing all the primary results.
Overall, 2,292 people voted yesterday and 157 cast absentee ballot, for a total turnout of 6.09%.
In the only contested primary, Clifford Poindexter (379 votes) and Tami Baytops (358) beat challengers Deborah Scott (223) and Mary James (213) for Borough Council for Penns Grove. Mayor John Washington (398) also beat Abner Mendoza (202). You'll recall the fiasco with fraudlent absentee ballots there. Today's Sunbeam covers the results, and notes:
But because of the heated nature of the election, two observers from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Voting Rights Section, from Washington, D.C. were on hand as voting took place at the Washington Club on North Virginia Avenue on Tuesday.
Democrats in Woodstown are certainly pleased that Democrat John Hall and incumbent Republican mayor Richard Pfeffer got the same number of votes in their respective primaries, though obviously 47 votes apiece in unopposed races is not exactly overwhelming.
State Senator Stephen Sweeney (LD3) got 1,424 votes in Salem County and 4,353 votes according to Today's Sunbeam. That's more than one thousand votes more than the (also unopposed) Republican challenger got in his primary. Assemblymen John Burzichelli and Doug Fisher obviously also won overwhelmingly against no opposition.
Still, for those who look at any undervote as a sign of Republican fraud, here are the numbers for the county-wide Democratic candidates (all but Voros are incumbents):
Sweeney: 1424
Burzichelli: 1389
Fisher: 1382
Lee Ware: 1412
Peter Voros: 1305
The incumbents show a spread of 3% even among the hardcore Democrats who bother to come out, and who would be cheating in an opposed race? It's not a matter that having to vote for two people confuses people, since Ware does well. I should note that over 40% of the countywide votes probably came from Penns Grove.
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Thu May 31, 2007 at 10:36:34 AM EDT
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For the June 5, 2007 primary:
State Senate: Stephen Sweeney (incumbent)
Assembly: John Burzichelli (incumbent)
Assembly: Doug Fisher (incumbent)
Freeholder: Lee Ware (incumbent)
Freeholder: Peter Voros (challenger)
I have selected each candidate after evaluating his record, charisma, and electability relative to his opponent "WRITE-IN."
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 at 10:28:56 AM EST
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From Today's Sunbeam:
Salem County Freeholder Sue Bestwick has resigned from office, fueling wide speculation that she's preparing for a run against entrenched state Sen. Stephen Sweeney in the Third Legislative District.
Bestwick was the last of our Republican freeholders in Salem County. She has not said she is running for other office. She'll be replaced by a Republican as freeholder, so that person will be running in November as an incumbent.
The paper says that Gloucester County Republicans would support her run. Everything seems to depend on whether she can raise enough money.
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 at 11:54:11 AM EST
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State Senator Stephen Sweeney on the failure of consolidation of local governments and services:
"These people want a Mercedes-Benz, but they only have Oldsmobile money. And you know Oldsmobile went out of business."
First Roberts, now Sweeney. South Jersey owns the property tax quote game!
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Mon Jan 22, 2007 at 04:38:59 PM EST
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The Third Legislative District is in the southwest corner of New Jersey. It includes all of Salem County (known as "The Garden Spot of the Garden State"), part of Gloucester County, and part of Cumberland County. 48% of the registered voters are in Gloucester County, 31% in Salem, and 21% in Cumberland (based on 2005 statistics). North Jersey residents may think of it as Exits One and Two on the New Jersey Turnpike. Much of the district remains rural, but suburban development is increasingly taking over the farmland, especially in Gloucester County. The geography includes significant wetlands and marshes along the Delaware River.
The Census 2000 State Legislative District Summary File (see factfinder.census.gov) reports a 2000 population of 209,230. Compared to the average for all of New Jersey, the district has less expensive houses ($109,100 vs. $170,800) and lower income ($47,535 vs. $55,146). 1.7% of the employed civilians 16 years or older are employed in agriculture/forestry/fishing/hunting, which is the highest of any New Jersey district. 15.6% of workers are in manufacturing. On the other hand, only 16.8% of those 25 or older have a bachelor's degree (or higher), well below New Jersey's 29.8% average. Only 3.7% of the population is foreign born, the lowest of any New Jersey district, and only 8.3% speak a language other than English at home. The population is 79.0% white, 15.3% black, and only 0.8% Asian, in contrast to New Jersey's overall values of 72.6, 13.6, and 5.7%. Latinos make up 5.7% of the population, again below New Jersey's 13.3%, at least in 2000. 7.1% of the population was below the poverty line in 1999.
This overall demographic picture of this district -- more whites, fewer immigrants, rural, less education -- suggests a more culturally conservative district but with "blue collar" economic concerns. In fact, Democrats (25.5% of registered voters) outnumber Republicans (17.3%), but as usual in New Jersey, unaffiliated voters are a majority. The district is represented by three Democrats. Gloucester County is dominated by Democrats, and Salem County has been trending Democratic in recent freeholder elections.
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Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 10:26:18 AM EST
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State Senator Stephen Sweeney says he is going to push a paid family leave plan. I think it sounds great. Here's the idea:
Under Sweeney's plan, workers who take leave from work would be paid through the state's temporary disability insurance fund, which allows people who miss time from work because of illness or injury to receive two-thirds of their weekly wages, up to $488 per week. People taking paid family leave would receive the same benefits.
The leave would be funded by a 0.1 percent charge against a worker's weekly wages. Legislative officials estimate that would cost most workers less than $1 a week. Most New Jersey workers pay $129 a year in temporary disability insurance through their paychecks.
Casinos continue to complain about the smoking ban. Delaware included its casinos in their smoking ban.
A whistleblower at UMDNJ is now filing a lawsuit alleging he faced retaliation. Since there are so many UMDNJ scandals, I should let you know that this is the one about telecommications services:
The monitor, former federal Judge Herbert J. Stern, issued a report in July on the billing irregularities reported by Nappe. Stern found the university had paid $35.2 million for telecommunications services under a contract that only authorized $5.9 million in spending. Stern's auditing team also cited a $301,660 bill under that contract for the simple removal of two computer viruses from a desktop computer.
There may be billions more in fraud, but the computer viruses sure are memorable.
New Jersey is finishing a huge database to track public school students. However, they're not just collecting grades, but all kinds of information like birthplace, and there seems to be no way for parents to check the accuracy. Furthermore, can anyone explain to me why I get memos saying that it is illegal for me to e-mail a test grade to a college student, even if she says it is okay in writing, but it's okay for the state to collect children's grades and personal information and hold on to them forever?
A new report on cancer in New Jersey has good news and bad news. The survival rate has gone up, but we lag the nation overall. African Americans both here and nationwide have a lower survival rate.
Salem county will give you a $25 gift card for every gun you turn in this Saturday.
The outgoing chief operating officer -- also known as the state overseer -- of Camden has issued his final report. He discusses a great variety of problems he encountered. Let us know in the comments want you think of the job he did.
This is an open thread.
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Tue Oct 24, 2006 at 09:19:44 AM EDT
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There's a lot to report today, folks.
- Environmental protection commissioner Lisa Jackson yesterday revealed plans to do a complete overhaul of Our Fair State's $60 million cleanup program. Changes will include prioritizing the sites for cleanup, starting a licensing program for environmental consultants, and adopting programs with incentives for cleaning up sites quickly. The department is trying to fix the system after the high-profile closing of a daycare in Gloucester County which was located on contaminated soil.
- Children and Families Commissioner Kevin Ryan reported to the Assembly Human Services Committee yesterday that new child welfare workers are getting their training but re-training existing workers is taking longer. Also, the number of kids in foster care who receive physical and psychological examinations has increased, but an overhaul of the health care system for foster children is needed and will be proposed.
- As expected, the State Senate unanimously approved Associate Justice James Zazzali as Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court yesterday, and Judge Helen Hoens was approved to fill the associate position.
- State Senator Ellen Karcher's bill to curb political contributions from redevelopment contractors and professionals has received bipartisan support. Even with such support the bill may not pass, because of other ethics reform legislation being proposed.
- State Senator Stephen Sweeney has been under fire from labor groups about his proposal to cut the benefits and pay of unionized state workers. Sweeney met with the president of the AFL-CIO earlier this month and has been defending his proposals.
- The Legislative ethics panel met yesterday, selecting Raymond Bramucci as chairman. The panel put off a decision to investigate Wayne Bryant and his "job" at UMDNJ, citing two ongoing criminal investigations by the US and State Attorneys' General offices.
- Rutgers announced yesterday the formation of the Rutgers Energy Institute, which will bring together all energy-focused projects under one banner. The Institute's long-term goal is to help break American dependence on fossil fuels, particularly those from foreign sources.
- Speaking of alternative power sources, more residents of Our Fair State favor the use of offshore wind power than oppose them, and even more are in favor if the turbines are further away. Woo-hoo!
- Viola Thomas-Hughes is feeling little support in her run against Frank LoBiondo. Until last week, she had received no financial support, from Dem organizations in Gloucester and Cumberland counties. In the last week Cape May Democrats and Cumberland County Dem organization have donated, with the Gloucester County Dems promising some as well. Visit her site if you can help, too.
- New Jersey is a tough place for military recruiters; only Connecticut and Rhode Island have lower recruiting percentages. Officials and researchers blame the lack of interaction between military folks and civilians in Our Fair State, while some recruiters directly blame the Iraq war.
Open Thread: What's on your mind today, Blue Jersey?
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Thu Oct 12, 2006 at 09:02:54 AM EDT
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36 years ago today, President Nixon announced another round of troop withdrawals from South Vietnam. Despite already losing the war, Bush bravely insists on keeping others' sons and daughters in Iraq without a plan until they're all killed, or until he leaves office - whichever comes first.
And now back to your regularly scheduled news:
The latest Quinnipiac University poll has Menendez ahead 49%-45%, a 7 point swing since September when Kean Jr led 48%-45%. A Rasmussen poll will show Menendez ahead 44%-40%.
Not surprisingly, members of the Black Ministers Council endorsed Bob Menendez yesterday saying Kean Jr has offered nothing but unsubstantiated negative attacks. They also "voiced concern over Kean's 2002 vote in Trenton opposing racial profiling legislation." Kean Jr's spokeswoman says he actually did vote for it in the Senate after he voted against it in the Assembly.
Hamilton mayor Glen Gilmore has donated more than $12,000 he received from John Lynch, who recently pleaded guilty to corruption. "Gilmore had originally declined to give up the money, but changed his mind this week." Mercer County Republicans are calling the Mercer Democratics to return over $32,000 they've received from Lynch. Democrats say Republicans are hypocrites and should return $36,000 from Harry Parkin and others - all of whom pleaded or were found guilty as well.
There's not much love for Sen Karcher's bill to ban trans fats from restaurant food. Assemblyman Lou Manzo said "I just don't like the taste of this bill."
Third district legislators, Sen Stephen Sweeney and Assemblymen John Burzichelli and Doug Fisher, visited with students at Woodstown. One eighth grader said: "I never realized what they could actually do...It's nice to finally be able to see how they can affect us on a daily basis." Another added: "They made me really want to learn more about politics...They inspired me to maybe one day become a politician."
Assemblyman Joe Roberts has proposed creating 21 "super" county school superintendents as a way to cut property taxes, but Assemblyman Senator Bob Smith wants to go a step further and create 21 "administrative" county school districts, where purchasing, HR, transportation and other work is consolidated, eliminating an estimated 600 local administrators and staffers.
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Fri Oct 06, 2006 at 02:55:00 PM EDT
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Here's my latest roundup of Salem County news. I've got tax cut plans, election fraud, and a sex scandal, all without mentioning anyone in Ohio, Florida or Washington, DC.
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Freeholder Beth Timberman and Freeholder Candidate Jeff Hogan presented their plan to lower property taxes in 2007. The Democrats already reduced the county tax rate by 2 cents this year. Courtney Elko of Today's Sunbeam reports:
"This year the Democrats did something that the Republicans did not do since 1996," [Timberman] said. "We lowered the tax rate."
She also proposed free county transportation to senior citizens over the age of 65 and disabled and honorably discharged veterans.
The program would cost taxpayers little, Timberman said, and would entitle seniors to free transportation through the county's transportation infrastructure.
"These are realistic goals and we're addressing the community's needs," she said. "We and all Democrats, elected and candidates, will continue to fight for the future of Salem County."
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According to an article in the Gloucester County Times, some Democrats are breaking ranks to criticize the budget and decry the sales tax hike. State Sen. Stephen Sweeney and Assemblyman John Burzichelli are both looking to scuttle key provisions of this budget:Two Democrats confirmed lawmakers are looking to pare down Corzine's $1.8 billion payment into the state pension system, trim his expanded list of items covered by the sales tax and hope for better-than-expected income tax collections in order to avoid a hike. Hope? Hope for better-than-expected tax collections? That's a budget strategy? I hate to tell you, folks, but "hope" just doesn't work as part of a logical, well-thought-out plan for anything. Especially when data just doesn't back it up; The Office of Legislative Services advised the Assembly Budget Committee last week that they expect New Jersey to take in $186 million less than Corzine estimated over the rest of this fiscal year and the next. So much for hoping for more money to show up in the mailbox- it may be even less.
It's time for serious solutions, not crossing our fingers.
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