Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) continued to call on Governor Jon Corzine today to release the results of a Rutgers study provided to the State Planning Commission that projects future population, employment and housing numbers in New Jersey. The numbers from the Rutgers Study apparently indicate that job growth for the period encompassing the years 2008 to 2028 will only amount to 6,550 annually, compared with the administration’s previous projection of 54,000 over the same period.

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The Alliance, in its first rating of state legislators, gave Bateman a perfect score for voting in the interest of taxpayers on 10 critical bills.

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“Over the last decade, the policies of Governor Corzine and his allies have failed New Jersey’s struggling middle class,” Senate Republican Leader Kean said. “People are looking for change in Trenton, and our caucus is united and determined to provide real alternatives to the governor’s failed policies that will create jobs and make our state more affordable for everyone.”

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Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman, a member of the Senate Environment Committee, today called on Governor Jon Corzine to fulfill his obligations and fill the five longstanding vacancies on the State Planning Commission. The Commission is supposed to consist of seventeen members. Currently, twelve members serve on the board and three of the members are holdovers whose terms have expired.

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Senator Kip Bateman said he will pursue every possible legislative action to make irrelevant the absurd and outrageous appeals court ruling that towns can be forced to accept construction of affordable housing even when they have met the housing quotas imposed by law and regulation.

He urged Governor Corzine to speak up today in opposition to the ruling, which will cripple efforts to control property taxes, prevent school overcrowding and preserve vanishing open space in communities all across our state. He also urged Corzine to consider asking the attorney general to join in any appeal.

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“The numbers speak for themselves. Governor Corzine’s policies have left New Jersey in a worse economic situation than all of its neighbors – we have the highest unemployment, the highest taxes, and some of the highest debt in the country. New Jersey’s businesses and middle-class families continue to flee the state for more hospitable climates.

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“New Jersey residents are suffocating under the weight of state and local taxes,” said  Bateman, the Deputy Republican Conference Leader. “The Legislature has approved a budget that adds more than $1 billion to the already oppressive tax burden borne by middle-class New Jersey.

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Senator Kip Bateman (R-16) responded this morning to a new report by Morningstar that ranks New Jersey’s 529 college savings plan among the five worst in the nation. Morningstar, a highly respected investment research firm, based their ranking on New Jersey’s abnormally high fees, risky investment strategies and a lack of investment options in the New Jersey Best 529 College Savings Plan.

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