Dan Cirucci: NJ: Just The Facts!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

NJ: Just The Facts!

IT'S ALL IN THE NUMBERS...

New Jersey's unemployment rate is at 8.4%, highest in nearly 17 years. (Michael Diamond, "N.J. jobless rate rises to 8.4%," Asbury Park Press, 05/20/09)

New Jersey lost 90,000 jobs, under Corzine. The number of employed individuals in January 2006 was 4,252,296 while in March 2009 it was 4,162,795. (Marcela Ospina Maziarz and Kevin Smith, "New Jersey Unemployment Rate at 8.3 Percent in March; Employment Down by 17,200 Over the Month," Press Release, NJ Department of Labor, 04/15/09)

Since Jon Corzine took office, unemployment in New Jersey has climbed nearly 80 percent. (Bureau of Labor Statistics Website, data.bls.gov, Accessed: 06/03/09)

Jobs have declined for 15 consecutive months. "New Jersey's labor market continued to contract in April as employment fell for the 15th consecutive month." (Marcela Ospina Maziarz and Kevin Smith, "Employment in NJ Fell by 14,400 in April; Unemployment Rate Rose Slightly to 8.4 Percent," Press Release, NJ Department of Labor, 05/20/09)

Economists agree New Jersey's problems existed before the economic meltdown. Joel Nardoff, an economist with TD Bank: "We went into the year in desperate shape and came out a complete basket case[.]" (Michael Diamond, "Economy to remain Job No. 1 in 2009," Asbury Park Press, 12/30/08)

New Jersey is dead LAST - 50 out of 50 - in business climate ranking and businesses are leaving the state for friendlier business climates. Regulation and high business tax rates have given our state's business image a black eye and deterred private sector employment. (Joshua Barro, "2009 State Business Tax Climate Index," The Tax Foundation, October 2008, http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/bp58.pdf)

A report by Rutgers University ranked New Jersey 46th out of 50 states in total job growth in the first half of 2008, even though its total employment base is the 11th largest. The state was 21st in job growth in 2006. New Jersey only gained 4,700 jobs in 2007 and lost 16,000 in the first eight months of 2008. (James Hughes, Joseph Seneca, Will Irving, Issue Paper: Number 27, "Reversal of Economic Fortune: Regional and State Prosperity at Risk," April 2008)

Private sector job growth in New Jersey fell behind others in our region:

New York...12 times higher private sector job growth than New Jersey
Pennsylvania...7 times higher private sector job growth than New Jersey
Massachusettes...6 times higher private sector job growth than New Jersey

(James Hughes, Joseph Seneca, Will Irving, Issue Paper: Number 27, "Reversal of Economic Fortune: Regional and State Prosperity at Risk," April 2008)

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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