October 6, 2008
Contact: Bill Murray / 609-292-5199
Senator Leonard Lance (R-23),
Senator Tom Kean (R-21)
Caucus Asks for Bipartisan Support in Opposition to Clearly Illegal Diversion
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean and Senate Republican Budget Officer Leonard Lance introduced a Concurrent Resolution today that begins the process of invalidating the New Jersey Turnpike Authorities’ attempt to illegally divert toll road revenue to the new trans-Hudson rail tunnel. All seventeen Republican members in the Senate have signed onto the legislation.
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October 6, 2008
Contact: Andy Pratt / 609-292-5199
Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26)
State Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-Morris/Passaic) is calling on sitting members of the New Jersey Investment Council with ties to the bankrupt Lehman Brothers investment firm to disclose what, if any role, they played in the State’s ill-advised $178 million investment in the now bankrupt Wall Street bank.
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October 6, 2008
Contact: Andy Pratt / 609-292-5199
Senator Joe Kyrillos (R-13)
Senator Joseph Kyrillos, ranking Republican on the Senate Economic Growth Committee, issued this statement noting that Democrats now are advocating economic development reforms that Republicans have been championing for more than six years:
“Let’s be clear. I and other New Jersey Republicans pushed for economic development reform long before unemployment started to soar for highly paid Wall Street traders. We were for job creation when factory workers and drug company researchers and telecommunications technicians were losing their jobs and homes. We remain its champions now.
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October 6, 2008
Contact: Brad Schnure / 609-292-5199
District 8
New Jersey Has the Worst Business Climate and the Worst Property Taxes, According to The Tax Foundation
Assemblyman Scott Rudder and Assemblywoman Dawn Marie Addiego today called for sweeping changes in State tax laws in response to a report by The Tax Foundation that New Jersey ranks last in the nation in the State Business Tax Climate Index.
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October 6, 2008
Contact: John Gorman / 609-292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40)
Legislation Would Prohibit Sports Teams from Selling Personal Seat Licenses
Senator Kevin O’Toole (R-40) introduced legislation today that would prevent sports teams in New Jersey from selling personal seat licenses (”PSL”). The bill is a direct result of plans by the New York Giants and New York Jets football franchises to charge season ticket holders a PSL fee upward of $25,000 for the right to buy season tickets. The proposed bill would ban the Giants, Jets and any other team in the state from requiring fans to purchase PSLs.
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October 6, 2008
Contact: Bill Murray / 609-292-5199
District 12
Senator Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande all (R-12), today wrote to the Council On Affordable Housing (COAH) to challenge the fact that Monmouth Battlefield is listed as buildable land in a study commissioned by the COAH to determine round three housing obligations. The letter is attached.
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October 3, 2008
Contact: Bill Murray / 609-292-5199
Senator Joe Kyrillos (R-13)
New Jersey Shore Protection Master Plan Hasn’t Been Updated Since 1981
Senator Joe Kyrillos, the Senior Republican Member of the Senate Economic Growth Committee, introduced legislation yesterday that will require the Department of Environmental Protection to update the New Jersey Shore Protection Master Plan. The current plan has been in effect since 1981. New Jersey has 127 miles of coastline and the state’s tourism industry generates more that $38 billion in economic activity and more than $ 2 billion in revenue for the state treasury.
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October 2, 2008
Contact: Bill Murray / 609-292-5199
Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26)
Senator Joe Pennacchio issued the following statement regarding the Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s testimony today.
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October 2, 2008
Contact: Brad Schnure / 609-292-5199
District 8
A bill sponsored by Senator Phil Haines, Assemblywoman Dawn Marie Addiego and Assemblyman Scott Rudder and signed into law Wednesday by Governor Jon Corzine, will help reduce energy consumption, and advance investment and development of sources of renewable power.
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October 2, 2008
Contact: Brad Schnure / 609-292-5199
Senator Jennifer Beck (R-12)
Bill Prevents Tuition Assistance and Salary Increases for School Employees that Earn Degrees at Unaccredited Institutions of Higher Education
The Senate Education Committee has approved legislation sponsored by Senator Jennifer Beck that would prevent school employees from receiving tuition assistance or salary increases for degrees earned at so-called “diploma mills.” The legislation, S-2127, was introduced in response to revelations that school administrators in Freehold had received both tuition assistance and pay raises after completing doctoral programs at Breyer State University, an unaccredited online school that provides advanced degrees in exchange for little more than the tuition that is paid.
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