January 13, 2009
Contact: Senate Republican Office / (609) 292-5199
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39)
Talk Comes on Day that Corzine Puts One More Hack on the Payroll
A few years back, Lilo Stainton of Gannett authored a blockbuster Sunday story about how the School Construction Corporation was wasting money on political mailings that cost millions of dollars and prominently featured former Governor James McGreevey. The story laid out a scandal where McGreevey was clearly using millions of dollars of taxpayer money (and money meant for school kids) to promote himself. To his credit, Senate President Codey pulled the plug on the marketing scam soon after replacing McGreevey, as Governor.
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Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have sent a letter to Senator Paul Sarlo, the committee’s chairman, asking that he schedule at least three days of hearings on the potential reappointment of Barry Albin as a justice to the New Jersey Supreme Court.
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December 1, 2008
Contact: Brad Schnure / (609) 292-5199
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39)
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39) responded to reports today that Governor Jon Corzine has paid a huge settlement to prevent the public disclosure of the unusual circumstances under which Rocco Riccio was dismissed from a string of patronage positions in which he was placed. Riccio was reportedly paid $362,500 in late-September after threatening to sue Corzine and make public the terms of his employment and eventual termination from a pair of taxpayer and tollpayer funded positions.
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October 20, 2008
Contact: Brad Schnure / (609) 292-5199
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39)
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39) issued the following statement following published reports that $22 million in bonuses were paid to private investment firms that failed to meet performance benchmarks while managing a portion of New Jersey’s investment portfolio:
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October 16, 2008
Contact: Bill Murray / (609) 292-5199
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39)
Senator Gerald Cardinale, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, issued the following response to Governor Corzine’s speech today:
“Governor Corzine doesn’t get it. He recognizes that the patient is ill, but instead of penicillin he would make the patient sicker. What makes our state’s economic crisis worse is that he and his legislative allies have, for years, spent beyond our means.
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September 22, 2008
Contact: Bill Murray / (609) 292-5199
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39)
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen), a member of the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee called today on Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo, in a letter, to hold hearings on the Green Acres grant program. The letter is attached.
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August 27, 2008
Contact: Andy Pratt / (609) 292-5199
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39)
Senator Gerald Cardinale, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said this after reading comments attributed to state Senator John Adler, chairman of the committee, in the Asbury Park Press:
“Republicans on the Judiciary Committee immediately joined to call for the removal of Charles Jones from the Parole Board after Jones sent a letter saying that the corruption conviction of former Newark Mayor Sharpe James was politically motivated.
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August 18, 2008
Contact: Bill Murray / (609) 292-5199
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39)
Senator Gerald Cardinale, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following statement regarding vacancies on the State Parole Board:
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The Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have sent letters to Governor Jon Corzine and Judiciary Committee Chairman John Adler asking that they take action to remove State Parole board member Charlie Jones from his position. In a letter to Judge William Martini, Mr. Jones alleged that the Federal indictment and jury conviction of Mayor Sharpe James were nothing more than political acts.
Download PDF: Letter to Governor Corzine
Download PDF: Letter to Chariman Adler
Five Republican senators have sent a letter to Judge William Martini asking him to impose the maximum possible sentence on Sharpe James, the former senator and mayor of Newark, for his crimes against the citizens of Newark and the taxpayers of New Jersey.
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