By Declan O’Scanlon _ Somehow we’ve only distributed 30% of our vaccine allotment so far. There are other states at 62% so what’s the issue here? Plans were in the works for months, supposedly, and yet we haven’t included all Read More
OPINION: Murphy should move ahead with a May 23rd reopening plan | O’Scanlon
By Declan O’Scanlon _ “We waited,” Murphy said, “because we wanted to get it right.” Governor Murphy said that in response to a question about whether he waited too long to call for our state lockdown. – Sometimes hesitating to Read More
O’SCANLON: It’s time for Phil Murphy “to stop leaving voicemails” and get serious about budgeting
By Declan O’Scanlon _ Governor Murphy’s relentless, rabid desire to appease his progressive base will end up hurting everyone, including the people he is trying to help. The top 1.4 percent of earners in New Jersey generate 41 percent of Read More
Op-Ed: Setting the Record Straight On My Legalized Marijuana Position
By Declan O’Scanlon _ In the ill-fated recent rush to pass legislation that would legalize, tax, and regulate recreational adult use of marijuana, my position on the legislation, and the issue, has been misunderstood and mischaracterized by some New Jersey Read More
O’Scanlon: Murphy’s lying about brine costing pennies on the dollar
By Declan O’Scanlon _ It’s time for someone to challenge Governor Murphy’s assertion that this is a pennies per mile cost: it’s not. There was simply no way that a .17 per mile number was an accurate reflection of the Read More
O’Scanlon: “We can’t tax our way out of this mess.”
By Declan O’Scanlon _ This budget won’t lift up the middle class. It will leave generations of New Jersey residents with no hope for a prosperous future. Even if the Governor’s rosy projections – of both revenue and savings – Read More
O’Scanlon: New $15 minimum wage will have a disastrous impact on New Jersey
By Declan O’Scanlon _ This law will have disastrous consequences for our business community and minimum wage workers. It simply goes too far too fast. I serve on the bipartisan manufacturing caucus and we heard from every single manufacturer that Read More
O’SCANLON: End the obscene over-brining of New Jersey’s roads!
By Declan O’Scanlon _ The lack of government response and preparedness for the first winter storm of the season was clearly a failure. Although it was somewhat ameliorated by the moving target forecast, there’s no question we should have been Read More
O’Scanlon: “No one should be fooled” by school bus camera bill
New Jersey motorists need to be warned that Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., one of the two now-infamous red light camera companies blessedly sent packing with the end of the failed pilot program in December, is trying to bring automated enforcement Read More