Cifarelli

Republican Assembly Candidates in District 37 Frank Cifarelli and Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz reiterated their opposition to the Governor’s secret Asset Monetization Scheme.   If this Asset Monetization Plan was a good one for Taxpayers, Gov. Corzine would have releases the details of it before the election, but because he knew the plan would be hated by taxpayers and voters, he did not, so as to not hurt his Legislative Candidates, who are running for re-election.  He is deliberately hiding the plan because he knows the outrage that would have occurred, had he released the details before the election.  

Assembly candidates Frank Cifarelli and Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz stand united with public workers in continuing Friday, November 23, 2007 as a holiday.  Today, we stand with the thousands of workers who will have this benefit pulled from them, (unless it is a vital office need).  Previously, it has been a time honored tradition of Governors to give the day off and that should be honored, until the issue can be addressed formally in negotiations.

Dear Matt, We are very disappointed in your coverage of Johnson's and Huttle's ethical quagmire. In every commentary, you keep repeating tiresome conclusion that the Republican candidates for the Assembly stand no chance against ethically challenged Democratic "reformers from within" Johnson and Huttle. Yet, you keep calling Johnson the least intelligent Assemblyman in Trenton, the most vulnerable, and so on.

After denying for weeks that there is nothing wrong with holding dual public offices, that there is nothing wrong with collecting donations for Clean Election Program on Borough Hall property in Englewood, that there is nothing wrong with having direct conflict of interest in public contracts being awarded by the Bergen County

Reformer?  -  Valerie Huttle - Frank Huttle - DeCottis Law Firm - ENCAP - Ethical Conflict 

It has been said that nearly everyone has six degrees of separation from each other.    Interestingly enough, the same pattern exists for a “reform” Democratic District 37 politician, but from a different end point.     Valerie Huttle and her District 37 team has been portraying themselves as reform politicians, but the historical facts say otherwise.

Recently, we heard a lot about incumbent Assembly members Valerie Huttle and Gordon Johnson becoming instant reformers “from within” the Democratic Party. Their strategy is to take first steps in order to implement reforms in Trenton. They referred to these steps several times during the first Clean Election debate on October 15 in Hackensack.

At the invitation of the Korean American Voters Council,  all the District 37 Assembly Candidates participated in a debate on October 10th in Englewood, New Jersey.   Frank Cifarelli and Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz represented the Republican party and incumbents Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Gordon Johsnon represented the Democratic party.

A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BAN ON ALL DUAL OFFICEHOLDING – IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE  

Rarely has an idea had such universal support in New Jersey as the current topic of banning all Dual Office Holding, including a ban for current incumbents. Nearly every non-partisan good-government group and nearly every expert on good governance best-practices agree that Dual Office Holding is not in a public’s best interest, creates distortions and conflict-of-interests, and puts too much power in the hands of certain individuals.  Only a handful of states in the USA even allow Dual Office Holding and New Jersey has more Dual Office Holders than any other state.

Cifarelli and Siemaszkiewicz pledge

Repeal of Sales Tax Increases on Small Businesses and Consumers in 2008

New Jersey Legislative Democrats increased the Sales Tax for all purchases previously subject to the Sales Tax in New Jersey from 6% to 7% (a 17% increase) in 2006.  This Sales Tax increase hurt New Jersey consumers and hurt poorer people particularly, because of the Regressive nature of the Sales Tax.

The New Jersey politics hit the lowest possible point yesterday. Did FBI arrest another dozen of Democratic lawmakers on corruption charges? Did Chris Christie have another press conference announcing massive bribery scandal among New Jersey politicians? Did incumbent Senator Weinberg have a fistfight with Bergen County boss Joe Ferriero during the taxpayers’ funded Bergen County senior lunch yesterday?

 It is time for a change in New Jersey politics.