Senator Steven Oroho and Assemblywoman Alison McHose (Sussex/Morris/Hunterdon) issued the following joint statement on the Governor’s “State of the State” message to the Legislature.

McHose says Corzine fails to enact a fiscally responsible budget

Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose today acknowledged Governor Jon S. Corzine’s half-hearted attempt to restrain the Democrat-controlled Legislature from funneling taxpayer dollars to their politically-connected friends and organizations across the State, but said that in the end, he didn’t go far enough.

McHose says New Jersey is failing families

Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose today commented on a Monmouth University poll that indicated New Jersey families are having a tough time keeping up with the cost of living even while their peers across the nation are enjoying greater prosperity.

The race for State Senate in the 24th district, where Robert Littell is retiring after nearly 40 years in Trenton, has already become the nastiest campaign in the state -- and that includes some real contentious intra-party battles in Hudson and Bergen counties. In that contest, seven-term Assemblyman Guy Gregg faces the Littell family candidate, Sussex County Freeholder Steve Oroho. The Littell family -- most specifically Virginia Littell, a former Republican State Chairwoman and the Senator's wife -- despise Gregg, who had been prepared to challenge the aging Senator in the Republican primary.

Oroho is running on a ticket with incumbent Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, the Senator's daughter. In her role as an Oroho surrogate, McHose has created quite a stir in recent days by attacking individuals and organizations that are supporting Gregg -- including some who also support her own re-election bid. Baffled Republicans who know McHose say that she is not possibly as doltish as she seems to be coming across as the spokeswoman for her campaign strategist, Bill Winkler.

Add Bret Schundler to the growing list of Republicans who are upset with Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose's statements on behalf of her preferred candidate for her father's State Senate seat, Sussex County Freeholder Steve Oroho.