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Senator John Adler, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says there is nothing he can do about a bad appointee to the state Parole Board. Respectfully, here are two things that Adler can and should do immediately to help rid the board of an unqualified appointee.

"This borrowing scheme is equivalent to asking elementary school children to take out loans to pay for their own education."

Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-39) criticized Governor Jon Corzine today after he signed legislation authorizing $3.9 billion to be borrowed for school construction without voter approval.

December 17, 2007

Honorable Anne Milgram

Attorney General,

State of New Jersey

Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex

Market & Warren Streets

Post office Box 080

Trenton, New Jersey 08625

Dear General Milgram:

            I am writing to request that you conduct an investigation into allegations that Governor Jon Corzine or members of his staff may have promised a state appointment to Mr. Sami Mehri in return for dropping out of a race for the office of Passaic County Freeholder.

Corzine, Ariyan, Manna and Fletcher:Politics First.  Bergen County Needs Last  Governor Corzine came to Bergen County today to stump for legislative candidates Ariyan, Manna and Fletcher.  The surprise? 

Taxpayers On The Hook For $51 Million Environmental Disaster.

            Senator Gerald Cardinale, (R-Bergen), today expressed dismay that the Legislative leadership is delaying hearings on the financial and environmentally troubled Encap project until after the election. Cardinale wants to know why New Jersey officials provided a politically connected developer with $300 million in public money to build a golf course and condominiums on sealed landfills despite warnings that the developer lacked the financial, managerial and technical resources to complete the project.

Exemption Would Allow Physicians to Purchase Banckrupt Hospital

Senator Gerald Cardinale, (R-39), announced today that he is drafting legislation which would create and exemption  to state statute and allow doctor’s to buy Pascack Valley Hospital. Current law prohibits physicians from owning hospitals in New Jersey.

Senator Gerald Cardinale, (R-39), issued the following statement regarding the passage of a resolution urging Governor Jon Corzine to reconsider his refusal through Commissioner Jacobs to provide transition funds for Pascack Valley hospital so that emergency services can be maintained during the bankruptcy proceedings. Pascack Valley is struggling under more than $100 million in debt.

Taxpayers On The Hook For $51 Million Environmental Disaster

Senator Gerald Cardinale, R-Bergen, today called on Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee to hold immediate hearings on the financial and environmentally troubled Encap project. Cardinale wants to know why New Jersey officials provided a politically connected developer with $300 million in public money to build a golf course and condominiums on sealed landfills despite warnings that the developer lacked the financial, managerial and technical resources to complete the project.

Proposes Bill to Prohibit Terror Regimes Access to Port Authority Property

Reacting to media reports that the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran intended to lay a wreath at the World Trade Center site next week, Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen) has directed that legislation be drafted to direct the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to establish protocols that would prohibit authority property or facilities from being accessed by any representative of a government that is on the United States State Department list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.

--Special Prosecutor Must Be Named To Investigate And Report Publicly On Corzine Administration’s Handling Of Riccio Matter—

Senator Gerald Cardinale, (R-Bergen), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee today called on Committee Chairman John Adler to delay the Committee’s consideration of Matthew Boxer’s nomination to be State Comptroller, until a special prosecutor is appointed to investigate accusations surrounding Mr. Riccio’s acceptance of monetary gifts from Governor Jon Corzine.