Cherry Hill

Depositions will begin soon in a case filed against the Township of Cherry Hill by a staff attorney who claims she was fired because she refused to play political patronage games.  This legal faceoff between Deborah Sanders and Mayor Bernard Platt’s administration has the potential to be a huge political story – though not necessarily a factor in the third district congressional race, where State Sen. John Adler, a product of the Cherry Hill Democratic Organization, is a candidate.  The trial won’t begin until after the election. 

ADLER: CASINO BAN SHOULD SNUFF PUBLIC SMOKING

TRENTON - Senator John H. Adler today praised a Senate panel for releasing his bill, S-1089, to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos.

"This is truly a last gasp for public smoking," said Senator Adler, D-Cherry Hill. "It's time for casinos to stop rolling the dice with people's lives."

ADLER ON BUDGET: LITTLE HELP TO TAXPAYERS

TRENTON - Senator John H. Adler, D-Cherry Hill, today made the following comments about the Corzine Administration's budget proposal.

"This budget proposal will provide little help to suburban taxpayers.

"There is no reason to put off hard budget decisions any longer."

ADLER: CONTINUE THE FIGHT AGAINST PUBLIC CORRUPTION AND HIGHER TAXES

TRENTON - Senator John H. Adler today made the following comment after Governor Corzine signed the bill he sponsored in the Senate, A-17/S-9, to streamline teaching mandates and school procedures.

"It's all good if it enables us to fight public corruption and find more ways to contain property taxes."

LAMPITT/GREENWALD/MCKEON BILL CRACKING DOWN ON PORN SHOPS CLEARS COMMITTEE

(TRENTON) -- The Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee today released a two-bill package Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt and Assemblymen Louis D. Greenwald and John F. McKeon sponsored to protect children and neighboring property owners in communities with sexually oriented business.

ADLER: GUILTY MAYOR SHOULD LOSE PENSION

TRENTON - Senator John H. Adler, D-Cherry Hill, made the following statement today following today's announcement that former Keyport Mayor John Merla pled guilty to a single public corruption charge:

"John Merla is getting off easy. A couple of years in jail and a fine pale in comparison to the damage he has done to the public trust.

GOVERNOR CORZINE ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL AWARDS FOR
FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH CATASTROPHIC ILLNESSES

TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today announced the most recent financial grants awarded by the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund (CICRF) Commission to help families dealing with their children’s extraordinary medical expenses.

ADLER: MORE EFFICIENCIES ARE NEEDED FOR SCHOOL REFORMS

TRENTON – Senator John H. Adler, the Senate’s leading advocate for school reforms, today said the efficiencies being advanced by a joint legislative panel he co-chairs must be followed by additional spending cuts to avoid tax hikes.

“We need more action to end the property tax crisis,� said Senator Adler, D-Cherry Hill. “We need to keep pressing ahead for more efficiencies, more spending cuts and more ways to eliminate waste.�

ADLER, CONAWAY CALL FOR FAIR FINANCING MODEL,
TRANSPARENCY TO CREATE PROPERTY TAX SAVINGS
School Reform Committee Co-Chairs Propose End to Divisive 'Abbott' Label,
Enhanced Protections Against Wasteful Spending

(TRENTON) – The co-chairmen of the Joint Legislative Committee on Public School Funding Reform released their recommendations today, calling for an entirely new system for financing public schools, enhanced protections against wasteful administrative spending, and greater authority for state officials to intervene in troubled schools to lessen local districts' over-reliance on property taxes to fund public education.

GOVERNOR CORZINE FILES NOMINATIONS

TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today submitted the following nominations to the State Senate. The nominations are subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.