4/2/02 McGreevey's Budget Leaves Wall
Street Wary
Democrat
Legislators Speak Out Against McGreevey's South Jersey Commuter
Tax
4/3/02 McGreevey
Defends His Planned Tax
Hikes
Media Reports That
McGreevey's New Taxes Put Construction Of $1.5 Billion Casino
On-Hold
4/4/02 McGreevey
Rejects Call By Abbott Districts For More
Aid
Rural Towns (Without
Police Forces) Protest McGreevey's New Tax For Trooper
Coverage
4/9/02 Media
Reports Sources Say South Jersey Commuter Tax Plan Is Dead -- But McGreevey
Remains Silent
4/10/02 Media
Reports McGreevey Back-Pedals On South Jersey Commuter Tax
4/11/02 Media
Reports McGreevey Will Name Democrat Party Loyalist As Director Of Consumer
Affairs -- (Exec. Dir. Of
Professional Trade Ass., Reni Erdos)
McGreevey Continues To Stand
By Santiago -- During A Radio
Phone-In Show Says, "(Santiago) Has The Integrity And Strength To Lead The
Organization
Forward"
4/12/02 Media
Reports McGreevey’s Budget Won't Spell Relief For Local Property-Tax
Rates -- McGreevey's State Aid Freeze
Expected to Push Municipal Taxes Higher
4/15/02 Media Reports On Secrecy
Surrounding McGreevey's Budget-- 20 Days And Counting Since He Announced
His Spending Plan And The Treasury Department Has Yet To Disclose Any
Details
4/17/02 Media Reports
Democrats Join Republicans In Calling For Specifics Of McGreevey's Secret
Budget
Media Reports That,
Fearing Rising Property Taxes, New Jerseyans Reject 34% Of School
Budgets
4/18/02 McGreevey
Ups His Demands For Newark
Arena
4/19/02 Media Reports
McGreevey's Tobacco Bond Deal Will Only Yield 40 Cents On The
Dollar
McGreevey Continues
To Block Release Of Budget
Details
4/20/02 Media
Reports Shortfall Found In Governor's Budget -- McGreevey Overestimated
Revenues By $503
Million
4/21/02 McGreevey's
First Hundred Days Earns Him Low
Grades
Media Reports
Scarcity Of Information Given On Budget -- Media Highlights Alarming Lack
of Details From McGreevey Administration About Budget Plans
4/22/02 Controversial
Hirings Continue To Dog
McGreevey
4/23/02 Under
Pressure, McGreevey Administration Abandons Idea Of Extending Corporate
Business Tax To Lawyers, Accountants, Doctors And Other
Professionals
4/24/02 New
Jersey's Largest Teachers Union Asks The NJ Supreme Court
To Veto McGreevey's Freeze of Abbott
Funding
4/25/02 Wall Street Bond Agency
“Fitch Ratings” Drops New Jersey's Credit Rating-- Cites
Reservations About McGreevey Budget
4/26/02 McGreevey
Insults NJ Supreme Court Justices --
Later Regrets His “Inartful” Choice Of
Words
Cipel’s
Duties Still Unclear - Media Reports
Lawmaker Has Asked McGreevey For Clarification On $110,000/Annual
Post
4/28/02 Media Reports State
Colleges Warn Budget Cuts Will Send Tuition Costs Soaring -- Double-Digit
Increases Are The
Norm
4/29/02 Media Reports
McGreevey Breaks Campaign Promise To Provide State-Subsidized Health Coverage
To Needy -- McGreevey Proposes Cuts to Low-Income Resident Health
Insurance Program (170,000
Affected)
4/30/02 Media Reports
McGreevey Provides Free State Police Protection To Newark/Camden, But Plans
to Charge 100 Rural Towns -- Questions Asked “How Can Santiago Be
Such A Marvelous Cop, If The State Pol
ice Have To Patrol His Old Turf,
Newark?"
