Democrat incumbent Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-4) was THE prime sponsor of the Orsted $1 billion bailout, Save Jerseyans. LD4 GOP challengers Chris Del Borrello, Matt Walker and Amanda Esposito want to know how the Democrat Senate nominee secured a massive giveaway for a foreign-owned corporation but couldn’t bring home a single dollar to his own home district.
“After 17 years in Trenton, Paul Moriarty’s priorities are all screwed up. He’s lost touch with the working families, seniors, and small business people he is supposed to represent,” said Del Borrello, the LD4 GOP Senate nominee. “How else can you explain writing the law (A-5651) that bails out a foreign, offshore windmill company, while failing to deliver even one dollar of state funding through the budget process for his own constituents? I think the Assemblyman owes us all an explanation.”
“Let’s be honest here – Paul Moriarty and the state got taken for a ride by Orsted,” added Walker who is seeking an Assembly seat in the South Jersey district. “Just two months after he hands these guys a $1 billion tax subsidy with ratepayer money, they turn around and threaten to walk any way unless they get even more handouts at our expense. It’s really outrageous.”
“Not only is Orsted threatening to leave, but now other wind companies are warning they will do the same unless they get their slice of the corporate welfare pie,” said Esposito. “What is Paul Moriarty’s plan now? More corporate handouts? Yet, while he’s willing to lavish these multi-billion-dollar companies with our money, he can’t bother to deliver even one penny of relief to local taxpayers in an otherwise bloated state budget.”
The Fourth District is considered the top legislation battleground of Election 2023 owing not only to its competitive partisan make-up but also the incumbent Democrat senator’s decision to decline a reelection run.
