“The Corzine administration knows by now exactly where it expects to spend most or all of the stimulus money,” Pennacchio said. “The governor and the president have promised full transparency in the spending of this aid, which is supposed to put our economy back on its feet, not provide the governor with an election-year goody bag for his supporters.

“So where’s the disclosure?” Pennacchio said. “The governor’s Web site, http://www.recovery.nj.gov/ is as transparent as a lump of coal.

Read the rest of Pennacchio: Corzine Stimulus Transparency Watch, Day Three (158 words)

Senator Joe Pennacchio, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, called upon the Corzine Administration to join 45 other states in the nation and abandon the state-enforced ban on retail coupons for milk. Senator Pennacchio has introduced legislation to end the ban on retail milk coupons (S-2772), which is now pending in the Senate Commerce Committee. This is the second release in a continuing series, concerning laws, rules and regulations that hurt consumers and businesses in New Jersey.

Read the rest of Pennacchio to Corzine: Drop Milk Coupon Ban (238 words)

The unfulfilled promise of transparency on Governor Corzine’s federal stimulus website, http://www.recovery.nj.gov/

Senator Joe Pennacchio, prime sponsor of the Transparency in Government Act, issued the following statement about the governor’s unmet promise of transparency in the spending of $17 billion in federal stimulus funds, and urged the governor immediately to show county-by-county, community-by-community and project-by-project how he expects stimulus money to be allocated and spent in New Jersey:

“Governor Corzine’s federal stimulus Web site is very attractive, but almost useless to busy taxpayers,” Senator Pennacchio said. “Messages remind us that taxpayers have every right to know on a timely basis how their stimulus money is being spent, but where’s the beef?”

Read the rest of Pennacchio: Who Gets the Stimulus Money? Governor Corzine STILL Isn’t Transparent (457 words)

Senators Joe Pennacchio (R-26) and Marcia Karrow (R-23), both members of the Senate Budget Committee, criticized Governor Corzine today for a lack of transparency and accountability in regard to how New Jersey is spending $17.5 billion of federal stimulus funds. In an editorial today, the Asbury Park Press noted that New Jersey’s Web site — www.recovery.nj.gov — provides almost no detail about where billions of dollars have been and will be spent, especially when compared to Web sites now operated by Michigan and Florida.

Read the rest of Pennacchio and Karrow: Another Empty Promise by Corzine Administration (234 words)

“The governor has made a cynical political appointment to a position that should never be filled. There is no duty of the elections superintendent in Morris County that is not already being performed by some other agency.

Read the rest of Morris County Senators Outraged at Governor Corzine’s Attempt to Evade Oversight in Political Patronage Appointment (172 words)

Read the rest of Republican Senate Budget Leaders Say They Won’t Join Corzine on Road to Fiscal Disaster (399 words)

Republican members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee have joined with their colleagues in the Assembly to prepare a blueprint for change that Governor Corzine can adopt to save taxpayers $783 million. These are ideas that will generate savings the governor can use to help businesses create desperately needed jobs or to return money to taxpayers crying out for help with their mounting bills during this recession.

Read the rest of Senate, Assembly Republicans Offer Corzine a Plan to Save $783 Million (435 words)

Read the rest of Pennacchio: Corzine Needs to Level with the Taxpayers on the Terms of His $2 Billion Line of Credit (190 words)

Governor Corzine bristles when anyone points out failed policies that have worsened today’s budget mess and reflexively labels them as “partisan.” However, unless he acknowledges failed policies, he will never be able to correct them and things won’t get much better for people in New Jersey.

Here are some of the failed policies that have made our situation worse.

Read the rest of Republican Budget Members: Corzine Needs to Acknowledge Failings If Problems Are to Be Fixed (376 words)

Read the rest of Senator Pennacchio to OPRA Treasury and Higher Education Student Authority (162 words)