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Montvale NJ, A newly released poll shows Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali in a statistical tie with Democrat Josh Gottheimer and running stronger than any of the other Republican challengers.
“When voters learn that Gottheimer is against secure borders, votes 90% of the time with Nancy Pelosi, wants to raise taxes, and favors a government takeover of healthcare, we are confident that victory will be ours in November.” Stated Ghassali.
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Trenton NJ, Assembly Republicans are walking to their talk of cutting the corporate business tax to make the state more business friendly. Assemblymen Christopher DePhillips and John DiMaio are introducing a bill (A3754) with Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso that would gradually cut the rate to a flat 2.5 percent.
“The reason we need a tax incentive program to attract businesses is because taxes are too high,” said DePhillips (R-Bergen). “The simple answer is to lower the rate to a point that makes New Jersey more attractive financially than other states.”
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By Doug Steinhardt
When I was in law school, I played piano at local piano bars to help support myself. I’ve always been a jazz music fan, and one of my favorite quotes is from jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, who said, “The piano ain’t got no wrong notes.”
I always thought that wisdom liberating. It reminds me there is no script for creating or problem solving. It’s also a great measure of self-accountability. If Monk’s quote taught me anything it’s that in life, I’m my only obstacle. I never blame the piano if the song doesn’t sound right.
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TRENTON NJ, Jewish centers and synagogues have experienced bomb threats as the number of bias incidents in the state significantly increased. On Monday, the Assembly unanimously passed a bill (A724), co-sponsored by Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney, allowing the crime of creating a false public alarm to be charged as bias intimidation.
“Criminals who make hate-filled threats against a religious community will be punished properly under this bill,” said Rooney (R-Bergen). “We will protect people’s right to practice their religion and we will not tolerate bomb threats.”
Continue reading NJ Assembly Passes Bill to Combat Bomb Scares
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Ridgewood NJ, There’s a story that’s being largely ignored by everyone, and it’s that Democrat party affiliation has tanked in recent months, after almost always being positive. In October, Democrats had an +8% advantage over Republicans in terms of which party Americans identify as (calculated simply as % Democrat minus % Republican = net +8 for Democrats), according to Gallup. This is a monthly tracking poll, and during the last three presidential elections, consisting of 45 total months of data, the Democrats have only had a negative rating versus the Republicans in 2 of those months, and even then they were just slightly negative, and it was early on in the campaigns, in September and October. Other than that, the Dems have been positive the whole time, and usually by a comfortable margin. In 2008, the Democrats were +14 at this point in the election cycle, and would peak at +18. Today they are -3, down from +8 in October, to +2 in November, to -2 in December and January. (The grey line on the graph clearly shows the Dems consistently under-performing the last three election cycles). Meanwhile, Trump’s approval has popped to 49% according to Gallup. It’s almost like the more the country sees what the Democrats actually are, instead of just thinking of them in hypothetical terms, the more the country is rejecting them. And the more Trump is secondary news to the Democrats’ dysfunction and extremism, and the more the country does well under him and all those apocalyptic predictions about his presidency prove to be the hyperbole they were, the more Trump becomes popular.
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Mahwah NJ, 5th District Congressional candidate Frank Pallotta asked his fellow GOP candidates to make a united stand with him to cut property taxes. In a letter to congressional candidates John McCann, Mike Ghassali, Jim Baldini, Jon Dalrymple, and Hector Castillo, Pallotta pointed out that he was the only Republican candidate with a plan to address the problem of rising property taxes in New Jersey.
Property taxes have been a major theme of the 5th District incumbent – Democrat Congressman Josh Gottheimer – who has proposed undoing the Trump tax cuts as a way to address New Jersey’s highest-in-the-nation property taxes. Pallotta has promised to “tackle the issues Gottheimer has only talked about.”
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Progressive Groups Looking for More, More, More
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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Testa called the $3 billion tax increase plan promoted this week by a coalition of progressive organizations “a recipe for disaster.”
Sen. Michael Testa derided a plan to increase taxes by $3 billion, floated this week by liberal organizations. ‘Taxes are the problem, not the solution,’ he said.
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MAHWAH NJ, Today, New Jersey District 5 Republican Congressional Candidate Frank Pallotta issued the following statement on Josh Gottheimer’s Endorsement of Mike Bloomberg for President:
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Trenton NJ, Senator Anthony M. Bucco said calls from a progressive coalition for $3 billion of higher taxes and new spending is the exact opposite of what New Jersey should do to improve affordability for families.
“Despite what these left-wing groups are saying, New Jersey’s problem isn’t that we tax and spend too little, it’s that we tax and spend too much,” said Bucco (R-25). “How many times have we been promised that another billion or two in taxes is the answer to all of our state’s problems? It’s never worked. We’re now stuck with the highest taxes in the country and a crisis of affordability that’s driving families and retirees from New Jersey in droves.”
Continue reading New Jersey Families Need Tax Relief Not More Taxes
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Trenton NJ, Legislation introduced by Senator Sam Thompson would hang up the phone on telemarketers hiding their identities by spoofing the name or phone number displaying on caller ID.
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Mahwah NJ, all five Sussex County Freeholders – Director Sylvia Petillo, Deputy Director Dawn Fantasia, Herb Yardley, Josh Hertzberg, and Anthony Fasano – made the following statement in support of Republican Frank Pallotta’s campaign for New Jersey’s Fifth Congressional District:
Continue reading All Five Sussex County Freeholders Unanimously Endorse Pallotta for Congress
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Ridgewood NJ, CD5 Congressional Candidate Paul Duggan shows his foreign policy experience in a recent visit to Berlin .
Duggans AfD connections in Berlin show a step above the rest in international foreign policy experience . Picture Conservative Party Candidate Paul A Duggan and AfD Berlin Parliament Representative Dr Hugh Bronson. AfD is the German Tea party and after recent elections in Thuringen are poised to topple Frau Merkels CDU .
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Old Bridge NJ , Mark Razzoli, Republican candidate for the House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District today called on his opponent to withdraw her support for H.R. 5383, known as the “New Way Forward Act”.
H.R. 5383 dismantles the public safety provisions of the American immigration system. Among other things, it eliminates “crimes of moral turpitude” as a legal basis for deportation of a criminal alien, and greatly reduces the category of “aggravated felony” as a legal basis for deportation.
Continue reading THE ‘NEW WAY FORWARD’ ACT PROTECTS DANGEROUS CRIMINAL ALIENS
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Morristown NJ, The economy-killing agenda behind the so-called Protecting the Right to Organize Act cannot be obfuscated by its lofty title. By design, this bill eliminates the business franchise model that employs more than 7 million Americans and contributes nearly $675 Billion to our national economy. Under the guise of expanding worker rights, this legislation destroys entrepreneurship, specifically the ability of Americans to open and own small businesses under a national brand. The bill also expands the equally destructive schemes in New Jersey and elsewhere to end the ability of Americans to operate as independent contractors, from single parents working as on-line college professors to independent truck drivers and self-employed writers or special education instructors. Mikie Sherrill continues to fail the people of the 11th District by following Nancy Pelosi’s agenda and supporting bills that restrict the ability of Americans to achieve the American dream. It’s time to put the people of New Jersey 11th first.
Continue reading Republican Candidate Rosemary Becchi Blasts Job Killing PRO Act
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Washington DC, Special thanks to Secretary Elaine Chao for her leadership in combatting the cruelty of human trafficking both in the eight years she served as Secretary of Labor, and now, at Transportation and for the Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking Initiative.
Deep thanks as well to all the assembled leaders—for your commitment and effectiveness in this human rights and humanitarian cause.
Truckers Against Trafficking have written the book on how to discern and disrupt human trafficking networks through training and referrals to law enforcement. You are the eyes and ears on the highways—thank you, Kendris.
