Pennacchio

"Total cost per mile in New Jersey is nearly 19 times the national average"

Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26) issued the following statement today regarding New Jersey having the highest administrative costs per mile to operate state-controlled roads:

Could Save Taxpayers $200 million a year

Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26) is answering the Governor’s call to find cuts in state spending, as opposed to increasing tolls, in order to balance the budget and pay down state debt. Senator Pennacchio is calling on the Governor to use his constitutional authority to remove Special Aid to municipalities throughout the state.  

Add-Ons Cost Taxpayers more than $100 Million in FY 2008 Budget

Senator Joe Pennacchio, (R-26), called on Governor Jon Corzine to exercise his Constitutional authority to veto any legislative additions in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2009 budget.  In the current budget items added to the final document cost taxpayers more than $100 million.

GOVERNOR PLANS TO PAY OFF VISA WITH AMEX CARD

  Jon Corzine has been telling the public that his plan will reduce debt.  The opposite is true.

Newly sworn in Senator Joe Pennacchio, (R-26), issued the following statement today in response to Governor John Corzine’s State of the State message.

(Atlantic City, NJ) – Assemblyman Jim Whelan, the Second District Democratic state Senate candidate, and his Assembly runningmates, Joe Kuehner and Blondell Spellman, today vowed to fight Republican Assemblyman Joe Pennacchio's proposal to amend the state constitution to legalize gambling in North Jersey by allowing slot machine wagering at horse and/or motor vehicle racetracks outside of Atlantic City. The 2nd district Democrats said they will launch a campaign to stop this politically motivated power grab that strikes at the heart of South Jersey's gaming and tourism industry.