6/1/02 Media Reports Voters
Say The Newark Arena Is A Bad Idea
6/2/02 Media
Reports The Tax Hike May Grow For
Cigarettes -- Proposed Increase
Goes From 50 Cents To 60 Cents; (Final increase: 70
Cents)
Standard & Poor's
Downgrades State’s Rating Because It Dislikes McGreevey's Budget
Plan-- $16.7 Billion In Debt Affected. (Third Downgrade By A Wall
Street Rating Firm)
6/4/02 Governor
James E. McGreevey Chooses NOT To Vote In New Jersey State Primary
Election
6/5/02 McGreevey
Chooses Politically-Connected Democratic Donor Michael DeCottis To Serve As
Second-In-Command At The Port Authority Of NY/NJ
6/7/02 Treasury
Officials Confirm Commerce Bank, With Ties to South Jersey Power-Broker
George E. Norcross III, Has Been Awarded The First Major Bond Contract Under
The New Administration --
Potential Earnings of Millions Off The Deal; Commerce, Through A Variety Of
Means, Funneled Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Into Democratic Campaigns
During The Most Recent Election Cycle
6/8/02 Media
Reports McGreevey's Business Tax Plan Goes Far Beyond Closing Of
Loopholes
6/9/02 Media
Reports In Addition To Commerce Making Millions Off The Bond Contract, Other
Companies With Links To The Democratic Party Have Also Been Selected To
Work On Bond Borrowing--
Companies Include McManimon & Scotland, A Newark-Based Firm Whose
Employees Gave $21,600 To McGreevey In
1997
6/13/02 Media Reports That
McGreevey Cuts Work Force, But His Figures Don't Add Up -- McGreevey
Writes To 2 Million New Jersey Homeowners That He Reduced The State Work
Force By 600 Positions; Records From The Department Of Personnel Prove
The Number Is Really Only
344
Media Reports
\ McGreevey Political Allies Have Recently Landed Lucrative Consulting
Contracts --Specifically, Jack
Arseneault, Adam Kaufman And The Lobbying Firm Of Harold Hodes Were All
Hired To Represent Companies Since Hired For State Banking Work That Will
Earn The Companies Millions In
Fees
6/16/02 Media
Reports Two-Part Series On Paying For Power, How Kushner Funneled Millions To
Politicians And Became The Governor's Choice To Lead The Port Authority of
NY/NJ
6/17/02 Media
Reports Kushner’s Access to McGreevey Administration Is Enriching The
Developer (Port Authority Chairman) and Perth
Amboy -- Proposed Waterfront
Project Gets Special Treatment By State
Officials
6/20/02
Media Reports McGreevey
Nominated One Of His Biggest Political Backers, State AFL-CIO President
Charles Wowkanech, For Job On New Jersey's Board Of Commissioners Of
Pilotage -- Position Pays Up To
$350 An Hour; Media Reports Wowkanech Lacks Necessary Experience For Post
6/28/02 Media Reports McGreevey
Budget Stalls As Arm-Twisting Continues For Newark Arena -- State
Shut-Down Looms
