Senator Jennifer Beck (R-12) speaking in support of David Goldman (seated) during a Senate session on December 10, 2009. Goldman is seeking custody of his son, Sean, who was taken to Brazil in 2004 by his now deceased mother and never returned.
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Even in NJ, make them earn what they get
Home News Tribune 5/7/12
Today we offer support for a reform plan that has an unmistakable Jersey flavor to it. In other words, it’s hard to believe that the practice being reformed was ever allowed to exist in the first place.
State Sen. Jennifer Beck, R-Monmouth, said last week she will introduce a bill that would require insurance brokers to actually do something for a public agency before they can be paid.
Following testimony from Labor Commissioner Harold Wirths before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, Senators Anthony Bucco, Kevin O’Toole, Steven Oroho, Joe Pennacchio, and Jennifer Beck remarked that the labor indicators presented to the committee show a marked turnaround for the state’s long term economic health.
Senator Anthony Bucco (R-Morris), Republican Budget Officer:
The Administration is to be applauded for putting the state’s unemployment insurance fund on the path to solvency more quickly than anyone expected. Through a combination of tax reforms, efficiencies, and aggressive prosecution of fraud and abuse, this Governor has fixed the mess he inherited as a result of years of diversions and fiscal irresponsibility by an unchecked Democratic Majority in Trenton.
Senator Jennifer Beck, R-Monmouth, announced at today’s Senate Budget & Appropriations Department of Treasury hearing she will introduce legislation requiring insurance producers to perform bona fide services for public entities in order to be paid.
“This legislation prohibits politically motivated and wasteful commission-sharing arrangements for public contracts,” Beck said. “That practice has been condemned by investigating officials in New Jersey and other states, such as New York, which has banned brokers from being paid public money for nothing. The State Comptroller’s March 29 report on the Delaware River Port Authority’s pattern of inappropriate spending highlights this abusive practice in action in New Jersey.”
Legislators to Update Area Residents on Events in Trenton
Senator Jennifer Beck, Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande will hold a town hall meeting in Freehold to discuss some of the major issues being addressed in Trenton and will be on hand for questions.
What: Town Hall Meeting
Where:Freehold Senior Center (116 Jackson Mills Rd., Freehold)
When: Wednesday, May 2nd, 7:00PM – 8:30PM
Contact: Kevin Israel – (732) 933-1591
Republican Budget Committee member Senator Jennifer Beck said that Governor Chris Christie’s 5-year Transportation Capital Plan makes important progress in restoring solvency to a fund mismanaged by Democrat legislators and governors.
“Governor Christie was handed a Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) that was bankrupted by previous Administrations, and has put forth a responsible plan to finance infrastructure without asking New Jersey taxpayers for a bailout,” said Beck (R- Monmouth). “We are entering the second year of a five year plan which will increase pay as you go funding to $627 million and decrease bonding to $605 million by 2016.”
Republican Senators representing districts with large numbers of New York City commuters have sent a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg expressing their strong opposition to any effort to restore a .45% income tax on New Jersey commuters working in New York City.
The proposal to bring back the “commuter tax”, which was abolished in 2000, has been floated by Manhattan Borough President and 2013 Mayoral candidate Scott Stringer. Proceeds from the levy would be used to bail out the long-dysfunctional Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New Initiative Sends Extra Help to Struggling Schools and Rewards Educational Success
The 11th District Delegation – Sen. Jennifer Beck, and Assemblywomen Mary Pat Angelini and Caroline Casagrande, all R-Monmouth, today commended the Christie administration’s initiative to give greater freedom to high-performing schools and more assistance to improve low-performing schools.
“One of our primary jobs is to ensure that our students are receiving the best education possible,” explained Beck. “This new program is an adaptive and quantitative way to measure a school’s success and provide aid where needed. Fixing our schools is not a one-size-fits-all undertaking.”
Senator Jennifer Beck (R- Monmouth), issued the following statement on Trenton Democrats’ use of a flawed federal report to call into question the credibility of Governor Christie’s justification for scrapping the ARC Tunnel project:
The GAO report did not fully reflect the true burden to New Jersey taxpayers. It is inexplicable that the federal government’s accounting office would forget to include the $775 million Portal Bridge, the Port Authority’s financial liability, or to ignore that the cost estimates from the feds were continually moving.
Senator Jennifer Beck, Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande congratulated the Midtown Community Elementary School in Neptune for being selected to participate in the federal Green Ribbons Schools Program.
The Green Ribbon Schools program is an initiative to promote healthy living for students, parents, teachers and communities. Schools participate in an online system of student created and student driven activities to achieve recognition as a Green Ribbon School. The goals within the program’s structure are to Promote Nutrition, Fitness and Health Promote Environmentally-Friendly Campuses , Promote Outdoor Physical Activity and Nature Play.
Legislators to Update Area Residents on Events in Trenton
What: Senator Jennifer Beck, Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande will discuss some of the major issues being addressed in Trenton and will be on hand for questions.
