NEWS FLASH: We have just received news that the AFL-CIO Retiree conference originally scheduled for April has been postponed until October 2012. Watch the website and April newsletter for more information.
Posted 2/10/12 lad
School Board Elections in November?
Governor Christie signed legislation on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 which would permit local municipalities to move their school board elections to November. As a "reward" for such a move, local school districts with budgets within the 2% "cap" would not be required to submit their budgets for public vote. The intent of the bill is to increase voter participation in school board elections and to save local districts from footing the bill for a separate election in April. Each town can make its own determination. Either the municipal government or the school board could pass a resolution or a petition of 15% of the registered voters who voted in the last general election could be filed with the school board requiring the change.
Posted 1/20/12 lad
2011 State Legislative Election ResultsDISTRICT 1
Senate Jeff Van Drew (D)
Assembly Nelson Albano (D) and Matthew Milam (D)
DISTRICT 2
Senate Jim Whelan (D)
Assembly John F. Amodeo (R) and Chris Brown (R)
DISTRICT 3
Senate Stephen Sweeney (D)
Assembly John J. Burzichelli (D) and Celeste M. Riley (D)
DISTRICT 4
Senate Fred H. Madden (D)
Assembly Paul D. Moriarty (D) and Gabriela Mosquera (D)
DISTRICT 5
Senate Donald Norcross (D)
Assembly Angel Fuentes (D) and Gilbert L. “Whip” Wilson (D)
DISTRICT 6
Senate James Beach (D)
Assembly Louis D. Greenwald (D) and Pamela R. Lampitt (D)
DISTRICT 7
Senate Diane Allen (R)
Assembly Herb Conaway (D) and Troy Singleton (D)
DISTRICT 8
Senate Dawn Marie Addiego (R)
Assembly Scott Rudder (R) and Christopher J. Brown (R)
DISTRICT 9
Senate Christopher J. Connors (R)
Assembly Brian E. Rumpf (R) and DiAnne Gove (R)
DISTRICT 10
Senate Jim Holzapfel (R)
Assembly Dave Wolfe (R) and Gregory P. McGuckin (R)
DISTRICT 11
Senate Jennifer Beck (R)
Assembly Mary Pat Angelini (R) and Caroline Casagrande (R)
DISTRICT 12
Senate Samuel D. Thompson (R)
Assembly Ronald S. Dancer (R) and Robert D. Clifton (R)Senate Bob Smith (D)
Assembly Joseph V. Egan (D) and Upendra Chivukula (D)
DISTRICT 18
Senate Barbara Buono (D)
Assembly Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D) and Peter J. Barnes, III (D)
DISTRICT 19
Senate Joseph F. Vitale (D)
Assembly John S. Wisniewski (D) and Craig J. Coughlin (D)
DISTRICT 20
Senate Raymond J. Lesniak (D)
Assembly Joseph Cryan (D) and Annette Quijano (D)
DISTRICT 21
Senate Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R)
Assembly Jon Bramnick (R) and Nancy F. Munoz (R)
DISTRICT 22
Senate Nicholas Scutari (D)
Assembly Jerry Green (D) and Linda Stender (D)
DISTRICT 23
Senate Michael J. Doherty (R)
Assembly Erik Peterson (R) and John DiMaio (R)
DISTRICT 24
Senate Steven V. Oroho (R)
Assembly Alison Littell McHose (R) and Gary R. Chiusano (R)
DISTRICT 25
Senate Anthony R. Bucco (R)
Assembly Michael Patrick Carroll (R) and Anthony M. Bucco (R)
DISTRICT 26
Senate Joe Pennacchio (R)
Assembly Alex DeCroce (R) and Jay Webber (R)
DISTRICT 27
Senate Richard J. Codey (D)
Assembly John F. McKeon (D) and Mila M. Jasey (D)
DISTRICT 28
Senate Ronald L. Rice (D)
Assembly Cleopatra G. Tucker (D) and Ralph R. Caputo (D)
DISTRICT 29
Senate M. Teresa Ruiz (D)
Assembly L. Grace Spencer (D) and Alberto Coutinho (D)
DISTRICT 30
Senate Robert W. Singer (R)
Assembly Sean T. Kean (R) and David Rible (R)
DISTRICT 31
Senate Sandra B. Cunningham (D)
Assembly Charles Mainor (D) and Jason O’Donnell (D)
DISTRICT 32
Senate Nicholas J. Sacco (D)
Assembly Vincent Prieto (D) and Angelica M. Jimenez (D)
DISTRICT 33
Senate Brian P. Stack (D)
Assembly Ruben J. Ramos, Jr. (D) and Sean Connors (D)
DISTRICT 34
Senate Nia H. Gill (D)
Assembly Sheila Y. Oliver (D) and Thomas P. Giblin (D)
DISTRICT 35
Senate Nellie Pou (D)
Assembly Shavonda E. Sumter (D) and Benjie E. Wimberly (D)
DISTRICT 36
Senate Paul A. Sarlo (D)
Assembly Gary S. Schaer (D) and Marlene Caride (D)
DISTRICT 37
Senate Loretta Weinberg (D)
Assembly Gordon M. Johnson (D) and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)
DISTRICT 38
Senate Robert M. Gordon (D)
Assembly Connie T. Wagner (D) and Timothy J. Eustace (D)
DISTRICT 39
Senate Gerald Cardinale (R)
Assembly Robert Schroeder (R) and Holly Schepisi (R)
DISTRICT 40
Senate Kevin J. O’Toole (R)
Assembly David C. Russo (R) and Scott T. Rumana (R)
SAVE OUR COLA!!
A committee of retired state employees has been working to save our Pension COLA. Retired or soon to be retired state employees are encourage to join the website that they created.
www.njretiredpublicemployees.com
posted 9/14-lf