February 11, 2010

ASSEMBLYMAN O'SCANLON STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR CHRISTIE'S BUDGET SOLUTIONS

Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon, R-Monmouth and Mercer, a member of the Assembly Budget Committee, issued the following statement in response to Governor Christie's budget address:

"Governor Christie has inherited a $2 billion deficit and I am encouraged to see him respond to the challenge with strong decisive action.

"The steps he outlined please no one, but lay the foundation toward correcting years of poor budget decisions, misplaced priorities and a faulty financial structure based on overspending and overtaxing our residents who cannot afford it any more.

"The governor is taking a realistic and responsible approach to state's dire situation. If we sincerely work together - ignoring partisan differences and selfish interest in maintaining the status quo - then we will look back at today as the time we began to turn things around for the people of New Jersey."