March 10, 2009
Contact: Andy Pratt / (609) 292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40)
Senator Kevin O’Toole, R-Bergen, Passaic and Essex, said that Governor Jon Corzine’s budget speech included three more proposals that will drive jobs from New Jersey and increase unemployment that is already significantly higher than the rates in the neighboring states of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York:
“Nothing kills more jobs during a recession than a tax increase on business. Yet the governor wants to force employers to pay another $350 million in taxes to bolster the unemployment insurance fund during the worst recession in memory. This comes as the state already ranks dead-last in polls that rank states on taxation of business.
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March 5, 2009
Contact: John Gorman / (609) 292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40)
Senator Calls for Special Hearing Dedicated to Examining How State Will Spend Federal Dollars
Senator Kevin O’Toole (R-Bergen), a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, sent a letter today formally asking Senate President Richard Codey to set aside committee hearings dedicated to examining how New Jersey intends to spend the money it will receive from the federal stimulus package.
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March 5, 2009
Contact: Bill Murray / (609) 292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40)
Senator Kevin O’Toole, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the final unemployment figures for 2008 unemployment figures released by the Corzine Administration:
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February 23, 2009
Contact: Andy Pratt / (609) 292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40)
Senator Kevin O’Toole, R-Bergen, Passaic and Essex, asked all legislators to agree to give back the equivalent of two or more days of pay if Governor Corzine succeeds in winning approval for his proposal to furlough state workers in May and June.
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February 9, 2009
Contact: Andy Pratt / (609) 292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40)
Senator Kevin O’Toole, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, called on Governor Jon Corzine to appoint a special EnCap monitor charged with safeguarding any remaining taxpayer money, providing a full accounting of how and why this project wasted so much taxpayer money, and making sure the cleanup of the polluted landfill sites is finally completed after years of delays.
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February 6, 2009
Contact: Andy Pratt / (609) 292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40)
Senator Kevin O’Toole (R-Bergen County) wants Ticketmaster’s CEO, Irving Azoff, to testify before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and explain last week’s incident where Bruce Springsteen fans were unable to log on to Ticketmaster and were instead immediately redirected to Ticketmaster’s resale site, TicketsNow, where tickets were being sold for four times the price on Ticketmaster’s main site.
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Republican members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee issued the following statement on S-2507, a bill that will cut state aid for school districts based on how much they save by not making full payments into the state pension fund for their non-teaching employees. The bill will be considered by the committee today:
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January 28, 2009
Contact: Andy Pratt / (609) 292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40)
O’Toole Again Calls for Bipartisan Action on Ethics and Campaign Finance
Senate Republican Whip Kevin O’Toole issued the following statement in response to the Senate State Government Committee Agenda released for Monday, Feb. 2, that considers legislation allowing felons to vote and designating four official state songs, but which brings up no bills addressing ethics or campaign finance reform. O’Toole is a member of the committee.
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January 27, 2009
Contact: Bill Murray / (609) 292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40),
Senator Tom Kean (R-21)
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean and Senator Kevin O’Toole announced today that the preparations for redrawing New Jersey’s 40 legislative districts following the 2010 census are well under way. Senator O’Toole requested and received, May 20, 2008, a detailed memorandum from the non-partisan Office of Legislatives services that lays out the procedures and restrictions that must be followed by the four partisan offices in the redistricting process. Redistricting is a constitutional requirement that must occur every ten years.
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January 22, 2009
Contact: Bill Murray / (609) 292-5199
Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40)
Senator Kevin O’Toole, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the unemployment figures released by the Corzine Administration:
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