Dan Cirucci: NJ Budget: Legislators Speak Out; Pay Attention!

Friday, June 25, 2021

NJ Budget: Legislators Speak Out; Pay Attention!

Below are links to tweets with embedded YouTube video from New Jersey State Senate Republicans who spoke during today’s New Jersey Senate floor debate on the FY 2022 State Budget, along with a brief synopsis:

Senator Steven Oroho (R-24), the Senate Republican Budget Officer:

“I've heard a lot about a surplus, this windfall, during debate over Gov. Murphy's budget proposal. New Jersey has no surplus. We have over $200 billion worth of unfunded liabilities that need to be addressed.”

https://twitter.com/stevenoroho/status/1408237729243140097

Senator Michael Testa (R-1), a member of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee:

“The budget that Democrats approved today is bad public policy and it's wrong for New Jersey and the forgotten taxpayers. It represents an orgy of pork and unnecessary spending.”

https://twitter.com/senatortesta/status/1408228584976695297

Senator Declan O'Scanlon (R-13), a member of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee:

“I don't like this historic lack of transparency. I don't like last minute bills that spend billions of dollars that nobody has read. I don't like massive amounts of pork and billion-dollar slush funds.”

https://twitter.com/senatenj/status/1408225586779148289

Senator Sam Thompson (R-12), a member of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee:

“This state budget process was awful for transparency. It undermines the guiding principles that are important to every democracy.”

https://twitter.com/SamThompsonNJ/status/1408231502853332993

Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean (R-21):

“As a result of the many impacts of the pandemic over the past 15 months, there are a great many needs that this budget should address to help New Jersey recover and come back stronger. Unfortunately, this proposal missed the mark.”

https://twitter.com/tomkean/status/1408225959665410049

Senator Bob Singer (R-30), Deputy Republican Leader:

“The budget that Democrats approved today is really around $51 billion when you add the federal dollars in received by New Jersey in recent months. It's unsustainable into the future. It'll lead to drastic budget cuts next year or huge increases in taxes.”

https://twitter.com/bobsingernj/status/1408248341289488392

Senator Anthony M. Bucco (R-25):

“The Democratic budget proposal approved by the Senate today represents missed opportunities for New Jerseyans. I'm afraid we'll be back here next year with nothing to show for the many tens of billions of dollars that are being spent.”

https://twitter.com/tonybucco/status/1408231144731070472

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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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