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Elected public officials have a responsibility to deliver essential public services at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers

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The following editorial by Senator Mike Doherty was published by NJ.com on November 8, 2019:

Elected public officials have a responsibility to deliver essential public services at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers. Too often, however, we see officials at all levels of government resigned to the notion that New Jersey will always be a high-cost place. They accept as fact that it’s impossible to fix our roads or build new schools without levying the highest taxes in the nation.

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New Jersey Small Business at the Breaking Point

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Ridgewood NJ, NJBIA President and CEO Michele N. Siekerka Esq. issued the following statement today regarding the current lame duck session of New Jersey’s Legislature.

“NJBIA urges our lawmakers to hit the pause button on policies and mandates that add increased burdens on New Jersey businesses, both small and large, as legislators work on their priorities for the close of the current Legislative session.

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Thank Phil Murphy For New Jersey’s Pathetic Economic Growth Rate

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Ridgewood NJ , according to the Garden State Initiative New Jersey GDP growth is dismal ranking 48th in the US. New Jersey’s economic growth fell by more than half to .7% in the 2nd quarter of 2019. New Jersey is growing at less than half the rate of New York, Pennsylvania or Delaware.

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Bergen County Council of Churches Loses its Mind and Gives Ethically Challenged Former Ridgewood Mayor the Presidents Award

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Ridgewood NJ, in what can be called an absolute lapse of judgment and slap in the face to every Ridgewood resident the Bergen County Council of Churches has shamefully awarded the former ethically challenged adulterous Ridgewood Mayor Paul Arosohn the “Presidents Award” ‘

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Bergen County is the third-highest taxed county in the United States

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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County is the third-highest taxed county in the United States. Our taxes are so high because the Democrats have complete control of the Bergen County government. They waste our money, expand the county government, and raise our taxes.

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Democrat Assembly candidate John Birkner Accused of Posting Signs at Auth Schepisi Campaign Headquarters

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MONTVALE NJ, Things turned a little ugly when a video filmed by Assembly candidate John Birkner was posted online Monday.  In the video, about 34 seconds long, shows Birkner in conflict with accuses a man in a goatee, of removing Democratic candidates’ signs.  The man, according to Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi, is a campaign volunteer who was working with two kids, scared off by Birkner and was removing the signs from private property being leased to the Schepisi and Auth campaigns when Birkner appeared.  Birkner demanded to film the trunk of the man’s Hyundai, handling some of the signs within, which prompted the driver to shut the trunk.

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Assembly members Holly Schepisi and Bob Auth Point Out Democratic Opponents Bought and Paid For

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“It is time to start asking the question, whose interests will John and Gerry represent if elected to the Legislature?”

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MONTVALE NJ, Following a six-figure ad buy from a shadowy dark-money group supporting the LD39 Democrats’ campaign, Assembly members Holly Schepisi and Bob Auth issued the following statement:

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New Jersey Ranked At Bottom of Barrel in Business Tax Climate for Sixth Year in a Row

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TRENTON NJ, the Tax Foundation released its annual State Business Tax Climate Index, and New Jersey is in 50th place for the sixth year in a row. The authors say the ten states in the lowest rankings “have a number of afflictions in common, complex, nonneutral taxes with comparatively high rates.”

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Oh look. ?. One “SANE” NJ Democratic Lawmaker., Van Drew Breaks With House Democrats

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Democrat Breaks Ranks, Van Drew Opposes Impeachment

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Trenton NJ, This lawmaker is one of the few House Democrats against the impeachment inquiry. He says he’s on the ‘right side of history.’

Freshman Rep. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J., is one of only a handful of House Democrats to oppose the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump and he’s not shy about explaining why.

His opinion has won public praise from Trump, angered progressive groups and sparked an effort to recruit a primary challenger to take him on. “Everybody says, ‘Be on the right side of history’ — I think the right side of history is not to impeach,” Van Drew said.

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New Jersey voters demand Democrats Get to Work and ‘Stop the Madness’

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Ridgewood NJ, voters across New Jersey showed up in droves in front of Rep. Andy Kim’s Toms River district office demanding that he and Reps. Tom Malinowski, Mikie Sherrill and Josh Gottheimer ‘Stop the Madness’ and end the baseless impeachment and investigation witch hunt against President Trump.

New Jersey resident and America Winning Coalition President Steve Rogers rallied the crowd stating that New Jerseyans stand “shoulder to shoulder with President Trump.”

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NJ5 Candidate Arati Kreibich Beats First Fundraising Goal, Raises Over $100K in 2 Months

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Glen Rock N.J., Arati Kreibich, a Democratic candidate for New Jersey’s 5th district House seat, has exceeded her first fundraising goal, breaking the $100,000 mark in just two months. Kreibich, a neuroscientist and a councilmember in Glen Rock, N.J., is waging a grassroots-powered primary challenge against an incumbent nicknamed by the press as “the Human Fundraising Machine.”

Kreibich said she is proud that more than 1,200 people have contributed to her campaign, mostly donors providing small-dollar amounts, not corporate-backed PACs that fill the war chests of other candidates.

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New Jersey’s Lawsuit Climate Ranked Among Nation’s Worst

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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey’s lawsuit climate ranks 43rd out of 50 in a new national survey released today by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR). This ranking is the lowest ever for the Garden State since the survey’s inception in 2002.

The 2019 Lawsuit Climate Survey: Ranking the States, conducted by renowned polling firm The Harris Poll on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, questioned senior business executives about the fairness and reasonableness of state court systems.

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Senator Kristin Corrado pushes investigation into the Murphy Administration’s hiring practices

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Trenton NJ, The vice-chair of the Legislative Select Oversight Committee to investigate the Murphy Administration’s hiring practices, Senator Kristin Corrado is calling for the panel to reconvene in light of questions surrounding the employment of a now-fired staff member of the governor.

“The committee left some glaring unfinished business,” Corrado said. “Summer is over. We need to get back to Trenton, sort out the mess and hold the administration accountable for what has become a long and growing list of hiring scandals.”

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“The ‘Pension Bomb’ is real and the clock is ticking. If pandering politicians like Governor Murphy don’t get honest and act now, it will explode.”

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Trenton NJ, Over the weekend, The Star Ledger warned that New Jersey is facing what they describe as a $1.2 billion “Pension Bomb”.
The combination of a scheduled payment of the state’s first full recommended pension contribution and Governor Murphy’s reckless rush to lower the assumed rate of return of the system’s investments have created a year-over-year increase of more than $1.2 billion in what taxpayers must pay to keep the public pension system afloat.

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