Senator Diane Allen, the Deputy Minority Leader, issued the following statement opposing increased tolls on the Delaware River crossings and the PATCO high speed rail line:
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Legislature Should Give Red Card to Affordable Housing Law that Slams Red Bulls
Senator Steve Oroho, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, questioned provisions of the recently enacted legislation to revise the State’s affordable housing laws that may impose a 2.5% tax on the proposed Red Bull Park Soccer Stadium presently under construction in Harrison, Hudson County.
Senate Republican Whip Kevin O’Toole issued the following statement after reading articles and commentary in the Record of Bergen County about the role that Gary Rose, former chief of the Office of Economic Growth, played in negotiating a bailout of the troubled Xanadu project in the Meadowlands:
Senator Gerald Cardinale, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following statement regarding vacancies on the State Parole Board:
Senator Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblyman Daniel M. Van Pelt today re-submitted testimony in the official public record of testimony in opposition to the petition by United Water Toms River to increase rates by 93 percent, which would affect residents in this Legislative District living in Berkeley Township. Hearings on the petition are scheduled to take place on August 21 and 22 in Newark. The 9th District Delegation remarks were as follows:
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean issued the following statement after Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey filed an application to convert from a non-profit health insurer to a for-profit company:
U.S. D.O.T. Secretary Agrees Taxes Are an Unsound Foundation for Income
Senator Andrew Ciesla, the senior Republican member of the Senate Transportation Committee, issued the following statement regarding funding sources for the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF). The TTF will become insolvent in Fiscal Year 2011, less than two years from today.
The legislators from the 10th District have announced that the State of New Jersey has extended the deadline for filing property tax rebate applications. Residents who have not filed their 2007 Homestead Rebate or Senior Freeze (Property Tax Reimbursement Program) applications by the original August 15 deadline will now have until October 31, 2008 to do so.
Newark To Receive Additional $45 Million More Aid This Year
Senator Steve Oroho, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee announced today that he will introduce legislation that would impose needed oversight and accountability over the state’s Special Municipal Aid program. The senator has already introduced a proposed resolution that would grant the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee subpoena power to investigate apparent abuses in the program.
August 11, 2008
Contact: Brad Schnure / 609-292-5199A More Affordable NJ, Senator Leonard Lance (R-23)
Senator Leonard Lance (R-23) discusses his constitutional amendment, SCR-39, that would require the voter approval of all new state debt:
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Diane Allen
District 7
Bill Baroni
District 14
Kip Bateman
District 16
Jennifer Beck
District 12
Anthony Bucco
District 25
Gerald Cardinale
District 39
Andy Ciesla
District 10
Chris Connors
District 9
Phil Haines
District 8
Sean T. Kean
District 11
Tom Kean
District 21
Joe Kyrillos
District 13
Leonard Lance
District 23
Kevin O'Toole
District 40
Steve Oroho
District 24
Joe Pennacchio
District 26
Robert Singer
District 30
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