Adding insult to injury, New Jersey businesses will receive an additional burden come 2009.   They will be forced to comply with the Paid Family Leave Act.   This tax and burden promises to kick New Jersey’s business climate while it is down.    Matt Rooney of Save Jersey blogs: Paid Family Leave Tax Starts January [...]

Matt Rooney · NJ 101.5

   Here is an Americans for Prosperity update: New Jersey Should Fire Goldman Sachs The state of New Jersey has paid Goldman Sachs millions of dollars in fees and incurred billions of dollars in debt that their financial wizards insisted was safe.  Now we know Goldman was pocketing our taxpayer dollars while turning around and [...]

Governor Jon Corzine

   Bob S. brings the following article to our attention, “Obama to nominate Hillary as secretary of state Monday despite Constitutional prohibition,” by Dan Spencer.   In it, Mr. Spencer brings out a salient point: Hillary’s nomination will be made in the face of the Constitutional prohibition in the Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 6, clause [...]

Dan Spencer · Emolument Clause · The Examiner

BREAKING NEWS: Student Government Leader at Michigan State University Found Guilty of ‘Spamming’ after Criticizing Administrative Decision   A Michigan State University student government leader has been found guilty of “spamming” and misuse of university resources after she criticized the administration’s plan to change the school calendar. MSU junior Kara Spencer had carefully selected and [...]

Adam Kissel · Greg Lukianoff · Kara Spencer · Lou Anna K. Simon · Michigan State University · Randall J. Hall

   Here is the 15 December update from Steve Lonegan and Americans for Prosperity:     Department of Community Affairs refuses extension of deadline for Low Income Housing plans TAKE ACTION BY CLICKING HERE.  Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Director Joe Dorea has refused a request from hundreds of New Jersey small town mayors to [...]

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   The following is from Americans for Prosperity’s 10 December Newsletter: AFP backs Pennacchio Transparency Bill State Senator Joseph Pennacchio (R – Morris-Passaic) held a news conference on Monday this week to discuss his Transparency Legislation requiring the state to make all expenditures available on the internet for public review, giving taxpayers the ability to [...]

Grover Norquist

   Liberty and Prosperity’s seventh principle is to Repudiate New Jersey’s Unconstitutional Debt.   The following is taken from Americans for Prosperity – New Jersey chapter’s 10 December newsletter:  Lonegan to appeal court ruling permitting $3.9 Billion in new debt without voter approval. Steve Lonegan will be appealing Superior Court Judge Jonathan Harris’ ruling dismissing the [...]

Lonegan v. Corzine · NJ Superior Court Judge Jonathan Harris · seth grossman

   Our fifth principle is to Post all Public Contracts and Government Salaries on the Internet.   We join Senator Joseph Pennacchio in demanding that Trenton release the details of the failed investment of our money with Lehman Brothers. NJ SENATE REPUBLICANS P.O. Box 099 • Trenton, NJ 08625 • www.senatenj.com • Phone: (609) 292-5199 • [...]

Amie Forgatch · Lehman Brothers

   Here is the recent newsletter from Americans for Prosperity – New Jersey chapter.   The topic also happens to be Liberty and Prosperity’s seventh liberty principle, “Repudiate New Jersey’s Unconstitutional Debt.” Just over five years ago, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided on two of the most important cases in the state’s fiscal history– Lonegan [...]

Christie Todd Whitman