Gina Genovese Calls for Childrens' Health and Safety – Tom Kean, Jr. Advertises Children Leaning out of School Bus Windows

For Immediate Release: October 24th, 2007

In his rush to publicize a one-sentence sound bite, Tom Kean, Jr. shows children putting themselves at risk with a caption saying “Keeping Kids Safe.”

Six young children hang out the windows of a school bus with hands and arms outside the bus. Three of these children are leaning far out of the windows with as much as half of their bodies outside the bus. The names “Kean,” “Munoz,” and “Bramnick” appear in large white letters underneath these children with the words, “Keeping Kids Safe.” The back of this advertisement says that Tom Kean, Jr. is “working to pass legislation” for penalties on predators.

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SENATOR KARCHER'S LEGISLATION IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SENIORS IS SIGNED INTO LAW

For Immediate Release: October 22nd, 2007

TINTON FALLS – Legislation sponsored by State Senator Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth and Mercer) that requires that a member of a continuing care retirement community be a member of the facility’s governing body and take part in discussions of certain subjects with residents’ representatives was signed into law today at a ceremony at Seabrook Village retirement community.

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FOX CONDEMNS ABUSE OF SENATORIAL COURTESY

For Immediate Release: October 17th, 2007

BELLE MEAD – Wayne Fox, Democratic Senatorial Candidate in the 16th District, blasted the abuse of Senatorial Courtesy that allows individual lawmakers to block the appointment of worthy gubernatorial appointees as a partisan tool to pad the patronage mill and power of regional political bosses.

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Sexual harassment lawsuit targets ex-Gov. DiFrancesco

Published October 25th, 2007 in Star-Ledger

A lawyer who claims she was sexually harassed by former Gov. Donald DiFrancesco and fired from his law firm when she "blew the whistle" on bad behavior by a municipal judge filed suit against the firm yesterday.

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Candidate calls GOP rival a Bush-style conservative

Published October 25th, 2007 in Trenton Times

Democratic State Senate candi date Seema Singh's attempt to paint her opponent as a George W. Bush conservative who walks in lockstep with the president were met with derision this week from state labor unions that have endorsed Bill Baroni, the Republican candidate from the 14th District.

Members of the state teachers union, the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters union called for Singh to stop a series of advertisements concern ing Baroni's voting record on issues such as stem cell research, Social Security, the environment and the Iraq war.

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Working to keep Jerseyans in New Jersey

Published October 25th, 2007 in Asbury Park Press

If politics, the economy and taxes are driving people to give up on New Jersey, candidates vying for the Legislature in the 13th District say they have ideas to win them over, while improving their quality of life.

Democrats say they are pushing for transparency in government and increased communication with constituents.

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