Governor Corzine

TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Stephen M. Sweeney today said the State budget for the new fiscal year “begins a process of accountability and integrity” which reflects tough economic times and the need for efficiencies at all levels of government.

            Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland, made his comments as Governor Corzine enacted S-2009/A-2800 which provides funds for maintaining government operations beginning July 1

TRENTON – Senator Barbara Buono, Chair of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, today said her top budget priorities are restoring cuts in state aid to municipalities, especially smaller towns hit hard by proposed reductions, and rejecting any bids to insert so-called “Christmas Tree Items” in

TRENTON – Senator Barbara Buono, Chair of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, today called for bipartisan legislative support for Governor Corzine’s proposal to replenish depleted balances in the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund with surplus revenues.

TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Stephen M.

KYRILLOS:  BUDGET CUTS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERGRepublican Caucus Vows To Find More Savings For Taxpayers In Budget

            Senator Joseph Kyrillos, (R-Monmouth/Middlesex), issued the following statement following Governor Corzine’s Fiscal Year 2009 budget.

             “Governor Corzine’s proposed budget cuts represent the tip of the iceberg. We will identify additional cuts to the State Budget. We need to begin a revolutionary and evolutionary process to reinvent what has been a broken state government.

TRENTON – Senator Barbara Buono, Chair of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, today said “accountability” will be her top priority as her panel prepares to review Governor Corzine’s spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Stephen M. Sweeney today said he backed the spending cuts in Governor Corzine’s proposed budget as a proper response to public calls for reduced government spending.

Kyrillos Calls on Corzine to Maintain Full Disclosure of His Non-Profit Toll Hike  

            Senator Joseph Kyrillos (R-13) responded today to reports that a massive media blitz planned by the Governor to support his toll hike scheme that will be funded through a non-profit lobbying organization run by a former Administration staffer.

            “Governor Corzine is failing the public relations battle and has been unable to convince New Jersey residents that his massive toll hike plan is necessary, said Kyrillos.  “From his town hall meetings, it is clear that the Governor has not been able to sell his plan when speaking directly to the public.”

            The Governor has enlisted a former staffer of his Administration, Jennifer Godoski, to create and manage a non-profit entity, ‘Save Our State-New Jersey,’ to manage a media campaign to promote his monetization plan.  One Corzine advisor has confirmed that the Governor will personally write a check to the organization to help pay for operating costs and advertising expenses.

TRENTON – Senator Paul A. Sarlo, Vice Chair of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, today said the Corzine Administration needs to “spotlight the specific inner workings” of the public benefits corporation that would oversee State toll roads under the proposed fiscal restructuring and debt reduction plan.

“I’d like to hear how the stockholders and board of directors of the PBC get selected,” said Senator Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex and Passaic. “I’d like to know, too, about the potential compensation for the executive director.”