By Michael M. Shapiro Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce (R-Parsippany) recently stated that Senate President and former Acting Governor Richard Codey (D-West Orange) attempted to strong arm him into discontinuing his efforts to investigate a legislative slush fund that was…
Category: Opinion
End the Election Ads Today: Give the Ad Money to Charity
Dear Senators McCain and Obama, Is my vote for you worth tens of millions? I guess I’ll soon see. I am, not Joe the Plumber, but Steve the charitable fundraiser. That’s my profession. I’m one of those the press labels…
Woodbridge “Safe & Secure” Program at Work to Identify “Special Needs” Residents
By Mayor John E. McCormac The most important task we have in municipal government is to make sure that every Woodbridge Township resident with a “Special Need” is “Safe & Secure” during an emergency. As we have seen over the…
Lance Dance or Stender Spender?
Congressman Mike Ferguson survived a challenge from Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Stender two years ago by deluging local television with the chant, “Stender is a Spender”—which was fundamentally false and unfair because Ferguson was behind the expenditure of many trillions of…
Refueling New Jersey’s Economy
By Assemblyman Joseph Vas Over the past month, economic woes have become the central issue of concern, both locally globally, and of course nationally. With the interconnectivity of today’s global marketplace, this concern is more than justified. What we do…
Suicides Point To Need For More Mental Health Funding
By Assemblyman John Wisniewski We were all truly saddened to learn that yet another person had chosen to jump off the Victory Bridge and end their life. It is nearly impossible to imagine the pain and sorrow felt by a…
Who’s Going To Bail Us Out?
By Michael M. Shapiro The federal government’s proposal to spend approximately $700 billion to bail out financial institutions drowning in the sub-prime mortgage mess raises the issue of whether such a bailout should be taking place. It would seem that…
Congress Should Vote ‘No’ on Bailout
By Bob Barr The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic Parties are rushing ahead with their $700 billion bill. Without a single hearing and without considering other solutions, Congress is preparing to put the typical American family on the…
Toss Up: Corzine or Christie?
By Michael M. Shapiro Gov. Corzine may have an upside down 40%-51% approval rating; however, he is still in a dead heat with current United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Chris Christie, in a hypothetical matchup for…
Don’t Fuel The Fire: Fire The Arsonists
By Jeff M. Wilson Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson along with Federal Reserve Board Chariman Ben Bernanke offered to solve all of the current Wall Street credit problems. Their solution, Congress remits to them a blank check payable for $700 Billion.…
