October 26, 2009
Contact: Kate Cocozza / (732) 840-9028
Senator Jim Holzapfel
Hugh J. Boyd Elementary School Teacher Nancy Corsaro Honored
Senator Andy Ciesla and Assemblymen Jim Holzapfel and Dave Wolfe (all R-10) presented the 10th annual “Excellence in Education Award” during a ceremony recently at the Hugh J. Boyd Elementary School in Seaside Heights to art teacher Nancy Corsaro.
“Mrs. Corsaro stands as a symbol of excellence in teaching and is a model for those who teach or desire to make a difference in our children’s present and future, ” said Ciesla. “She brings her creativity, passion and knowledge to the classroom each day which resonates with the children and encourages learning. It is an honor to present the Tenth Annual Excellence in Education Award to such an outstanding educator.”
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October 22, 2009
Contact: Kate Cocozza / (732) 840-9028
Senator Jim Holzapfel
Crude Oil Prices Top $80 a Barrel
With crude oil prices topping the $80 per barrel threshold, Assembly Republican members Dave Wolfe and James Holzapfel today said an increase in the state’s gasoline tax, which Governor Corzine recently said he is considering, would have far reaching and devastating consequences on the state’s economy and its residents who are already buried in suffocating taxes and debt.
The 10th Legislative District lawmakers said that in addition to paying more for gas at the pump, prices for goods and services will increase as well as higher transport costs will be passed onto consumers.
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October 9, 2009
Contact: Senate Republican Office / (609) 292-5199
Assemblyman Dave Wolfe,
Assemblywoman Alison McHose (R-24)
Governor Jon Corzine’s proposal to address the projected $8 billion budget deficit for next year’s state budget is nothing more than the deceitful approach he used to balance this year’s spending plan said Assembly Republican Budget Committee members, Joseph Malone, Alison Little McHose, Declan O’Scanlon, and David Wolfe today.
Corzine revealed the details to the Star-Ledger’s editorial board in Trenton yesterday, saying he would make a smaller contribution to the state pension fund, continue the income tax surcharge and not fully fund state aid to local school districts.
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September 23, 2009
Contact: Kate Cocozza / (732) 840-9028
Senator Jim Holzapfel
Census Data Show New Jersey Has Highest Median Property Tax Bill and Six of Nation’s Ten Most Expensive Counties
New Jersey property taxpayers continue to struggle under the inability of Governor Corzine and the Democratically-controlled Legislature to address the state’s property tax problem, Republican Assemblymen James W. Holzapfel and David W. Wolfe said today after new data show New Jersey’s $6,320 median property tax bill topped the nation.
“The revelation comes to no surprise to New Jerseyans who have faced incessantly rising property tax bills while Governor Corzine and his allies in the Legislature have failed to do anything about it,” Holzapfel said. “The governor takes credit for controlling the growth of property taxes, but they have increased nearly 20 percent statewide since he has been in office.
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August 24, 2009
Contact: Kate Cocozza / (732) 840-9028
Senator Jim Holzapfel
Senator Andy Ciesla and Assemblymen Dave Wolfe and Jim Holzapfel of the 10th legislative district joined with the Senate and Assembly Republicans to call upon Governor Corzine to convene a special legislative session on ethics reform.
The request was made by the entire membership of both legislative caucuses in a letter signed by the 17 Republicans in the New Jersey Senate and the 31 Republicans in the New Jersey General Assembly.
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June 9, 2009
Contact: Senate Republican Office / (609) 292-5199
Assemblyman Dave Wolfe
New Jersey Taxpayers Association’s New Misery Index Enumerates State’s Growing Debt, Budget, Tax and Unemployment Pain
Assemblymen Declan O’Scanlon and David W. Wolfe welcomed, but lamented, a new metric, the Misery Index, unveiled by the New Jersey Taxpayers Association that documents the rapidly growing tax, debt, spending and unemployment burden that is afflicting New Jersey taxpayers.
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June 8, 2009
Contact: Bill Murray / (609) 292-5199
Senator Jim Holzapfel
Calling today’s decision by the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to suspend for one year a plan by JCP&L to raise rates this summer for high usage residential and commercial customers nothing more than political posturing, Senator Andy Ciesla and Assemblymen Dave Wolfe and Jim Holzapfel chastised the agency for not permanently rejecting the rate hike.
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May 19, 2009
Contact: Kate Cocozza / (732) 840-9028
Assemblyman Dave Wolfe
Budget Committee Scheduled to Vote Today on Legislation Allowing Schools to Borrow for “Deferred” Aid Payment
Shortly before a last-minute vote to allow Governor Corzine’s ploy to plug a $1.2 billion budget gap in part by delaying aid payments to school districts, Assemblyman David W. Wolfe questioned what guarantee districts would have to recoup the skipped payment.
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April 21, 2009
Contact: Kate Cocozza / (732) 840-9028
Assemblyman Dave Wolfe
Assemblyman David W. Wolfe Lauds Decision to Keep State’s Sea Girt Training Facility
Assemblyman David W. Wolfe said local opposition to Governor Corzine’s plan to sell the Sea Girt facility used for training by the State Police, New Jersey National Guard and several other agencies has succeeded.
During budget testimony today, Attorney General Anne Milgram confirmed the administration no longer is considering a sale.
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April 16, 2009
Contact: Kate Cocozza / (732) 840-9028
Assemblyman Dave Wolfe
Corzine Administration Proposes Reviews Only ‘As Needed’
Assemblyman David Wolfe, R-Ocean, said today that is it imperative that the state continue conducting audits of any city receiving special municipal aid, and anyone who suggests otherwise needs to read the accounts of misspending and lax administrative oversight that plagues many of these towns. Wolfe was responding to a proposal in Governor Jon Corzine’s budget that would relax the requirement for assessing the performance of distressed cities on a continuous basis.
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