Sen. Beck Talks Pensions, Budget, and School Funding
District 11 Legislative Office members discuss state budget, abbot districts, sick pay payouts
Senator Jennifer Beck and Assemblywomen Mary Pat Angelini and Caroline Casagrande visited the Long Branch Senior Center on Wednesday night to discuss state-wide issues and how they affect the city as well as the rest of District 11, which includes Red Bank. Senator Beck said that the state's proposed budget is $32.1 billion and that education will receive the largest appropriation in state history with $8.9 billion. She said she was happy with the progress the state has made since 2009, "when New Jersey had the highest tax rate in the nation." She said 60,600 new jobs have been created since 2010 and that the unemployment rate has declined from 9.8 percent to 9.1 percent. Assemblywoman Angelini spoke specifically about school districts and…
anonymous
8:27 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
Senator Beck talks pensions??? What a joke! Why hasn't she addressed the pension fraud committed by her friend, former sheriff Kim Guadagno? This fraud emanated from Jenny's district and she REFUSES to call for an independent prosecutor to get to the bottom of it. You read; you decide. http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/14/11690662-gov-christies-pension-issue-nj-probe-looks-at-running-… more ›