Michael Testa
A source in the State House tells us state Senator Michael Testa testifying in the Senate Budget Committee on the $9.9 billion borrowing plan said, “Governor Murphy’s giving the taxpayers a middle finger.”
Testa is fighting hard for us!
All kidding aside, it does take guts to stand up before a committee and go directly at the Governor. Testa is proving he has a giant set of “TESTAicles,” misspelling intended.
Good job Mike!
Camden County Republicans running for freeholders, Nicole Nance, Jennifer Moore and Johanna Scheets say the all Democrat County Freeholder Board should be worrying about helping people deal with hardships caused by COVID-19 rather than building a trail system through the county. Their press release on the matter follows:
Camden County Republican candidates for freeholder, Nicole Nance, Jennifer Moore and Johanna Scheets, said today that now is not the time to spend $50 million to build a multi-use trail designed for bicyclists, walkers and joggers through the county.
The final virtual session held by county government for residents to view the plans was held last night.
“Spending $50 million, no matter where the money comes from, during a global pandemic for a trail to ride bikes and walk or jog on is the last thing county government should be considering,” Nicole Nance said. “If the Freeholders are serious about getting grants, perhaps a better idea would be to look for grants to help people recover from this pandemic.”
“Before getting into a discussion of the poor timing of pushing this pet project, I have to wonder if the Freeholder Board listens to any comments they don’t want to hear,” Jennifer Moore commented. “When I served on Haddon Heights Council residents voiced concerns over potential parking issues along Atlantic Avenue, which serves the town’s Station Avenue Business District. Residents were also concerned about potential crime. One need only look at the Pinellas Trail in Florida that led to increases in crime and additional expense to communities that had to install surveillance cameras. This is a bad idea at the wrong time.”
“There was a time Camden County Republicans complained about the $25 million price tag for this pet project. Only two years later and the price tag is $50 million and Freeholder Jeff Nash is on record saying that number could change as plans evolve,” Johanna Scheets said. “Sure, they say they’re going to use grant money. Guess what – grant money comes from tax dollars, maybe not county tax dollars, but we all pay taxes, so we’re still all paying for this project one way or another. It’s not fair to ram something like this through in a county that according to tax-rates.org is ranked 23rd of 3,143 counties across the nation in order of median property taxes. If the Freeholders really want to go after grant money, let’s get grant money to help people through the financial hardships caused by this pandemic, not building a pet project.”
Republican candidate for Congress in CD1, Claire Gustafson, took a swing at Congressman Donald Norcross over a recent ProPublica report on the Camden tax break scandal. Gustafson’s press release on the matter follows:
Claire Gustafson, Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s first congressional district, upon learning Governor Phil Murphy’s administration has put $578 million in tax breaks on hold said, “The entire Economic Development Authority tax incentive scandal lies at Donald Norcross’s feet.”
“Now we learn a dozen companies have had their tax credits put on hold and are under investigation. No matter how much he spins it this scandal is owned by Donald Norcross,” Claire Gustafson said.
Gustafson continued, “It was Norcross who in February 2014 when he first ran for Congress, proudly proclaimed he ‘led the charge on getting the Economic Opportunity Act passed into law’ and promised it was ‘a game-changing law that will help create thousands of jobs in our region.’ Apparently, the only thing Donald’s game-changing law did was help folks connected to South Jersey’s political machine that happens to be led by the Norcross family.”
“Since at least February Donald Norcross has been trying to downplay his role in creating the law that created this mess. He’s obviously embarrassed folks connected to him have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar,” Gustafson said. “Embarrassment is part of the price one pays when they fight to pass a law designed to benefit one’s friends and family. I’m not going to let him get away with downplaying it and will continue to ask where the thousands of jobs Donald Norcross promised his law would deliver for our region are.”
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Bob Greco is a former chairman of the Cumberland County GOP and Steve Kush is a Republican political consultant. Together we'll deliver political news and opinion in our own unique way via a weekly radio show on Crusin' 92.1 FM every Saturday morning at 7:00 A.M. and here on this website.
