More Municipalities Endorse Pennacchio’s “Transparency in Government Act”

August 13, 2009

Contact: Amie Forgatch / (973) 227-4012
Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26), Transparency in Government

Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-Morris/Passaic) released a list of New Jersey municipalities that have endorsed S-445, the Transparency in Government Act. The legislation would establish a State public finance website which retains and displays data and information on the State’s annual revenues, expenditures and total debt.

The bill establishes an accessible, user friendly source of information to track State revenues and expenditures and to gauge its past and present levels of indebtedness.

Pennacchio contends that the best way to force government to be honest and fiscally prudent with taxpayer dollars is for the public to know exactly where and how their money is being spent.

“If the State spends a dime, I want people to know where that dime went.”

The following municipalities have endorsed S-445:

New Endorsements:

Borough of Allenhurst
Borough of Cape May Point
Borough of Franklin Lakes
Borough of Glen Gardner
Borough of Laurel Springs
Mannington Township
Borough of Matawan
Borough of Mt. Arlington
City of Pleasantville
Borough of Surf City
Woodland Township

Previous Endorsements:

Borough of Bloomsbury
Town of Boonton
Corbin City
East Amwell Township
Borough of Fair Lawn
Borough of Far Hills
Borough of Farmingdale
Borough of Florham Park
Town of Hackettstown
Township of Lincoln Park
City of Linden
Township of Manchester
Margate City
Township of Pequannock
Township of Robbinsville
Borough of Roselle Park
Township of Roxbury
Borough of Sussex
Township of Union
City of Wildwood
Borough of Woodcliff Lake