Posted on 03/29/2002 11:30:37 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
New Jersey voters must be kicking themselves. When he ran against conservative Bret Schundler for governor, Democrat Jim McGreevey vowed not to raise taxes, but just like Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, he's all too eager to show his true colors.
The day after he was elected he reiterated his campaign promise: "I am ruling out a tax increase." But in his first budget, released this week, McGreevey proposed tax increases on businesses (and thus consumers) and cigarettes - though now he claims his word applied only to taxes on income, gasoline and sales.
"It should not come as much of a surprise, as he has been edging slowly away from his seemingly blanket declaration since he was elected," United Press International reported today.
"What is a surprise is that McGreevey 'muzzled' - to quote the North Jersey Media Group's Wendy Ruderman - top officials in his administration, including State Treasurer John McCormac, breaking with tradition and refusing to make them available to answer questions about the budget from the media on the record."
"While a McGreevey spokesman did offer to make several officials available to the press after the governor's Tuesday budget address, the press was told that their names could not be used and that television cameras and photographers were not permitted to attend the Q&A session. Dozens of reporters walked out of the briefing in protest."
Have politicians still not learned from the sorry example of White House one-termer George H.W. "Read My Lips" Bush?
Well, the city of Philadelphia was very happy to hear that. Now Philadelphia can collect the 4.2% wage tax on all the New Jersey residents who come in to Philadelphia to work. Almost no one goes from Phila (or PA, relatively) into New Jersey to work. Apparently, he became so fixated on the taxes he wasn’t collecting from Pennsylvanians, he didn’t realize how much he’d loose from his own residents.
Of course he could always just let Philadelphia hit his people with a wage tax and so could New Jersey. I’m sure a Democrat wouldn’t have any problem with that…
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
That will send state spending on an upwards spiral, while greasing the palms of the leg-breakers who backed his campaign.
No wonder Donnie DiFrancesco feared a Schundler win so badly. The state corruption coffers are filled to the brim for the slimeballs in both parties.
Wednesday, March 27, 2002
Associated Press
TRENTON - State police Superintendent Joseph Santiago has reportedly "graduated" from the state police academy. Santiago was the only member of a specially created class at the academy, according to New Jersey 101.5 FM.
The radio station reported Tuesday that Santiago, whose nomination was strongly opposed by police unions, earned the right to carry a badge, wear a uniform, and assume the rank of colonel. Santiago did not actually attend any classes at the state police academy.
Several troopers said they were angered by the news and that it was a breach of protocol. They also question why two troopers close to Santiago were promoted while other promotions have been put on hold.
State Sen. Peter Inverso, R-Mercer, challenged McGreevey to explain the action.
"From all indications, this alleged action appears to be a blatant attempt to ignore the current high standards in place for state police personnel," Inverso wrote in a letter to McGreevey.
During an interview broadcast Tuesday night on 101.5, McGreevey said he had asked Santiago earlier in the day for an explanation. The governor declined to comment until the superintendent offered his report. Reference
Not this one - I escaped to Free America about 15 months ago, and ain't going back except to visit.
A business associate of mine, who is a former New York democrat who now lives in NJ, told me that his son informed him to never vote Democrat in New Jersey! Every time we've had a democrat Gov. we got skrewed! What will it take for the NJ voters to WAKE UP!!!!!!
Think back- State Income tax, Sky high auto insurance rates, Through the roof property taxes ect.........
McGreedy has been saying that there is a budget shortfall. Then how come former Gov. Whitman said that she left NJ in good shape? Did Donnie D spend it all or is McGreedy lying ?????????
Your government school edukatin is showing.
Letting people keep more of their own money grows the economy; confiscating it shrinks the economy.
It's not a zero-sum game, if you know what that is, which I highly doubt.
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