Christmas Eve Response to OPRA Budget Request Promised
There are only seven days left until Governor Jon Corzine reveals to the public what budget savings the administration will implement to offset $411 million in falling revenues over the last two months and $200 million in new spending.
“The people of New Jersey want to know what Governor Corzine is doing to make sure our government lives within its means and avoid further tax increases that would only make our state more unaffordable,” said Kean. “Yesterday’s revenue figures are truly sobering. When new spending is added in, New Jersey is more than $611 million in the red. Governor Corzine owes the public a detailed explanation of what budget restraints are being put in place to balance the state’s books.”
The original request for information was filed earlier this month, and the administration responded that their response would be delayed until Christmas Eve. The Senate Republicans will share the information with the public as soon as it is received from the Corzine Administration.
“While the Corzine Administration has promised the release of this information on Christmas Eve, we may have better chance of running into Santa Claus than getting hold of these documents,” added Kean. “For an administration that is infamous for its lack of transparency on fiscal matters, the release of these documents would be nothing less than a Christmas miracle.”
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