Senator Phil Haines, (R-8), a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee issued the following statement regarding the passage of the fiscal Year 2009 budget today:
“I am disappointed by the Trenton Democrats’ choice of budget priorities. New Jersey is already unaffordable for many middle class families and this budget will exacerbate the problem. Quite simply, this budget is balanced on the backs of South Jersey property tax-payers.
Businesses and Homeowners Would Benefit From Tax Exemption
Legislation sponsored by Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-16) and Senator Phil Haines (R-8) that uses tax breaks to encourage the use of renewable energy sources was unanimously passed by the State Senate today.
Former Superintendent Given $600,000 Severance Package
Senator Phil Haines (R-8) made the following statement today regarding published reports that Hoboken’s former superintendent was given a nearly $600,000 severance package:
Choose From $1.3 Billion in Republican Savings
Today’s newspapers indicate that Governor Corzine is considering a $60 million tax increase on electricity and other utilities. The proposal is reportedly part of last minute budget negotiations between the Governor and a Democrat-controlled Legislature.
Senator Philip Haines, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, sent a letter (attached below) today to the Executive Director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority asking why they were forced to issue short-term bonds to avoid defaulting on current debt. The letter is attached.
Program Has Had Little Oversight and Has Become an Annual Slush Fund for a Handful of Municipalities
State Senator Phil Haines, Assemblywoman Dawn Marie Addiego and Assemblyman Scott Rudder today introduced legislation requiring municipalities who receive aid under the state’s distressed cities program to file detailed reports about how that money will be spent and cutting off the special aid to those towns after three years – barring extraordinary circumstances.
A bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Bob Smith and Philip E. Haines which would ask voters to approve $300 million in stop-gap open space funding for the next two years was introduced and referred to the Senate Environment Committee today.
Senator Phil Haines, R-District 8, made this statement after Senate Bills 241 and 710 were approved for Senate consideration by the Budget and Appropriations Committee:
Sen. Phil Haines, Assemblywoman Dawn Marie Addiego and Assemblyman Scott Rudder today announced the formation of a Task Force to study the impact of unfunded State Mandates on our local taxpayers.
Senator Phil Haines (R-8) issued the following statement today regarding Governor Corzine’s indication that he will find an alternative plan to closing state parks and eliminating the New Jersey Department of Agriculture:
