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Star-Ledger Op-ed: Reflection for MLK Day

January 15, 2012
By Jerome C. Harris Jr.

Northern Valley Suburbanite: Englewood parents voice concerns with cuts to after-school program

 
 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

BY MARC LIGHTDALE
 
ENGLEWOOD - Twenty parents assembled at the Bergen Family Center Sept. 15 to show their support for the center's after-school program after cuts in state spending led to the loss of a $100,000 grant and forced the center to raise its prices for the parents using the program.
 
Earlier this year, Governor Christie used a line-item veto to eliminate all funding for New Jersey After 3.

The Record: Parents want after-school funds restored

 
 

Friday, September 16, 2011

BY Melissa Hayes
 
ENGLEWOOD – About 20 parents gathered at the Bergen Family Center on Thursday to protest the elimination of state funding for New Jersey After 3, which provides after-school programs for about 5,000 children, most of them in urban areas.
 
Karla Inestroza's eyes filled with tears as she told other parents her son could not attend the after-school program this year.
 
Inestroza's 6-year-old son had attended the program in the past and expected to return this year. But with fees nearly doubling, she said she can no longer afford it.

Op-Ed: Money for mall could be better spent elsewhere

 
 

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

BY Bill Holland
 

THE UGLY FALLOUT between Democratic legislators and Governor Christie in the aftermath of the 2012 budget battle has distracted attention from one outrageous taxpayer bailout on which they seem to agree.

 

On the same day they passed the budget, legislation also passed that permits public funding for the unfinished eyesore of a shopping mall formerly known as Xanadu. It turns out that the potential $350 million grant to the new developers of what’s now called the “American Dream in the Meadowlands” was not even legal when it was announced; the Economic Development Authority had no legal standing to issue the financial incentives.

 

To correct this, Christie quickly reached out to Newark Democrat Albert Coutinho to introduce an exemption.

Asbury Park Press Op-Ed: Budget cuts not the only option

Sunday, June 26, 2011
by Bill Holland
 
Contrary to Gov. Chris Christie’s self-described “combative” style, his approach to the state budget has too often been about passing the buck.
 
Last year, to pay for his tax cut for millionaires, he shifted the burden of providing essential services to New Jersey’s communities. After the state Supreme Court decided that his cuts to schools had violated the constitutional rights of New Jersey students, Christie washed his hands of the budget and placed the ball entirely in the Legislature’s court. But whether legislators are prepared to fill that void in leadership will be tested as they take action this month on the state budget.
 
As they do so, it is critical that they keep two points in mind. The first point is that the impact of the governor’s cuts has been deep, broad and severe.

NJ 101.5: Christie uses his red pen

 
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
 
BUDGET WATCH: CHRISTIE USES HIS RED PEN (FULL COVERAGE)
 
Christie Inks Budget, Democrats Cry Foul
 
(Trenton) Using his line-item and absolute veto authority, Governor Chris Christie slashed $900 million from the state budget the Democrat-controlled Legislature passed and he enacted a $29.7 billion spending plan hours before the fiscal year was to expire.
 
For the second year in a row, I proposed a constitutionally balanced budget that reduced spending, didn't raise taxes and protected critical priorities for the people of New Jersey," says Christie.

Burlington County Times: Burlington County nonprofit struggling with funding cuts

 

 
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
By David Levinsky
 
WILLINGBORO — Maria Lourdes Gaitan moved to New Jersey from her native Colombia three years ago, married an American citizen and settled in Burlington City. She hopes to one day become a U.S. citizen.
 

But she doesn’t read or speak English, which makes navigating the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services difficult.

Home News Tribune: Christie forecasts better days ahead in talk to business leaders

 
 
June 16, 2011
By Bob Jordan | Statehouse Bureau
 

PLAINSBORO — Gov. Chris Christie told some of the state’s most powerful corporate leaders and lobbyists Wednesday night that New Jersey is becoming a better place to do business.

 

Christie was at the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village to deliver a speech to approximately 500 business CEO’s and state lawmakers at the New Jersey Business & Industry Association’s State Dinner.

 

The organization has 22,000 members, making it the nation’s largest state-level employer association.

 

Christie highlighted his efforts to improve the state’s business climate since he took office last year. He said he’s followed through on promises to cut governmental red tape, veto proposed tax increases and reduce the tax burden on businesses.

Asbury Park Press: Christie to give talk to state’s business power brokers

 

June 15, 2011

BY Bob Jordan
 

Gov. Chris Christie is slated to make a speech to some of the state’s most powerful corporate leaders and lobbyists Wednesday night. Christie will be at the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village to meet approximately 500 corporate leaders at the New Jersey Business & Industry Association’s State Dinner. Christie likely will highlight his efforts to improve the state’s business climate since he took office last year.

 

But the governor’s business-friendly efforts have hurt other sectors, said Bill Holland, spokesman for Better Choices for New Jersey, a coalition of some 70 community, environmental, labor and religious groups.

 

Shortly before Christie’s scheduled speech, Holland said the meeting with “the state’s most powerful corporate lobbyists’’ showed that the governor “stands with big business instead of New Jersey’s working families.’’

South Brunswick Post: Local parents demand gov reinstate school funding

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Thursday, June 02, 2011
by Mary Brienza
 
A group of nine Monmouth Junction Elementary School parents held a press conference and braved the afternoon sun in front of the school on Ridge Road on May 25 to demand Gov. Christopher Christie restore school funding to the district.
 
Resident Lisa Rodgers, who has two children in the district, said all the state districts should be fully funded, not just the “Abbott” districts.
 
”Due to the lack of funding, South Brunswick is one of 205 school districts unable to meet core curriculum requirements mandated by the School Funding Reform Act passed in 2007,” Ms. Rodgers said. “The state is responsible for specifically funding $5.4 million to South Brunswick schools.”
 
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