By Matt Rooney _ Phil Murphy continues to display an alarming proclivity for bucking constitutional restraints and best fiscal practices when they conflict with his political goals. Examples are a dime a dozen – most notably his litigated plan to Read More
Webber: Governor Murphy’s COVID-19 borrowing plan is unconstitutional
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy is reportedly weighing a massive $9 billion emergency bond scheme to compensate for an anticipated COVID-19 drop off in state revenues. Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-26) said on Friday that the Governor’s plan is unconstitutional. Read More
Moorestown’s $26M school bond referendum defeated
MOORESTOWN, N.J. – A two-part school bond referendum failed on Tuesday in Moorestown. The average impact was estimated at $160 per year for the average assessed home in the suburban Burlington County community. Each question failed by double-digits. – Here Read More
The Super pocketed extra bonus cash for selling Toms River’s $147M bond issue?
By Matt Rooney _ The biggest town in Republican red Ocean County voted to put upward pressure on their own taxes on Tuesday, passing a massive $147 million bond issue and throwing fiscal responsibility to the wind. Will our state’s voters Read More
KABOOM: The Bond Bomb That Rocked Cherry Hill | CIRUCCI
By Dan Cirucci Posted with permission from The Dan Cirucci Blog — If you felt the earth move slightly in Cherry Hill Tuesday night it wasn’t the crush of holiday shoppers or a traffic calamity on Route 70 or even an Read More
Voters reject more than a quarter billion in new spending | Spadea
By Bill Spadea This post originally appeared at NJ 101.5 _ Your vote actually counts. For all of the sneaky tactics taken by our politicians and education bureaucrats, voters still have the final say. On Tuesday, December 11th, voters in Cherry Read More
Voters reject bloated $210.8M bond referendum in Cherry Hill
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — The voters have spoken. A highly controversial $210.7 million school bond referendum appeared headed for a decisive defeat on Tuesday night in Cherry Hill, Save Jerseyans, one which had the vocal support of Democrat Mayor Mayor Chuck Cahn but which sowed deep Read More
Vote ‘No’ on N.J. Ballot Question #1, Trenton’s latest recklessly expensive abomination | Rooney
By Matt Rooney _ Study after study (most of which we share here at Save Jersey) confirm our state’s terrible fiscal condition, Save Jerseyans. It’s certainly not for lack of high-earners; on that front, we remain one of the wealthiest Read More
Christie Signs Six New Bills Into Law
From today’s Trenton list: S-260/ACS for A-452 (Connors, Van Drew/Mazzeo, Andrzejczak, Jimenez, Vainieri Huttle, Benson, Wimberly, Gove, Rumpf) – Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans S-793/A-4474 (Sarlo, Cunningham/Jasey) – Prohibits president or Read More