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Old Bridge NJ, tone deaf Middlesex County Republican organization invited former Governors Tom Kean , Chris Christie and Christine Todd Whitman to headline the Forsgate Country Club fund raiser event. The planned participation of former Governor Christine Todd Whitman, who recently expressed her hope that Republicans would lose Congress, and that president Trump should resign had drawn strong criticism from many party leaders and activists.
February 1, 2017
Ridgewood NJ, Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean called on New Jersey Senate Democrats to spend less time criticizing Washington and more time working to fix problems here in New Jersey:
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean called on Senate Democrats to stop working for headlines and start working for New Jersey. (SenateNJ.com)
“With Senate Democrats so focused on federal affairs in Washington, they’ve ignored work on reforms they have the power to advance in Trenton that could have a real impact on the lives of every New Jerseyan.
“They’ve planned votes to express opposition, but they haven’t planned any votes on cutting property taxes, nor have they planned votes on creating opportunities for students and job seekers, or on ethics reforms that would help to rebuild trust in our government institutions.
“Rather than work for headlines, Senate Democrats should start working for New Jersey.”
On the heels of Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-3) firing off letters to the U.S. Attorney and Attorney General concerning allegations of strong-arming tactics by the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean called for the immediate passage of pay-to-play legislation (S-341). Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ Read more
By JOHN SANTUCCI
KATIE KINDELAN
KAITLYN FOLMER
Jul 18, 2016, 3:07 PM ET
Ivanka Trump said the presidential campaign of her father, Donald Trump, is a “forward-looking moment.”
The 34-year-old also said she is not hurt that major figures in the Republican Party — George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Sen. John McCain and Ohio Gov. John Kasich among them — will not be attending the Republican National Convention, which kicked off today in Cleveland.
“That’s their choice if they don’t want to be part of the narrative, if they don’t want to be part of the future,” Ivanka Trump told “Good Morning America” co-anchor Lara Spencer in an interview today in New York City. “But this really is about a forward-looking moment.”
Tune in to “Good Morning America” tomorrow from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., ET, for more of Lara’s one-on-one interview with Ivanka Trump.
Ivanka Trump, a key adviser in her father’s campaign, acknowledged that he has bothered some in the party in his unlikely path from real estate mogul and reality TV star to presidential hopeful.
By Samantha Marcus | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on January 07, 2016 at 7:31 PM, updated January 08, 2016 at 8:19 AM
TRENTON — State Senate President Stephen Sweeney and labor leaders on Thursday defended his proposal to constitutionally enforce payments into the public pension system against arguments it’s a gift to special interests that will shackle New Jersey’s finances.
The scrap between Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and labor leaders vs. Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. (R-Union) and business lobbyists centered on what would be worse: a mandated pension contribution that would eat up so much money the state couldn’t respond to fiscal emergencies, or a pension system that continues hurtling toward insolvency.
Sweeney, the Democrat leading the charge on the amendment, told the Senate state government committee it’s in everyone’s interest to pay the bill now. Should a pension fund run out of money, the state would have to pay retirees’ pension benefits out of pocket, he said.
“If we don’t do this, by 2026 or 2027, when the pensions go broke, it’s nine or ten billion dollars. And that’s coming out of the budget. Directly out of the budget,” Sweeney said. “That’s armageddon.”
