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MEISWINKLE CALLS FOR OVERSIGHT OF BONDING AUTHORITIES
Independent Gubernatorial candidate, David Meiswinkle, running on a ticket of Middle Class Empowerment, has stated,” The Bonding Authorities of New Jersey are breeding grounds for political corruption and must be monitored.”
Meiswinkle says that New Jersey has more than 300 local and state authorities which operate as independent bodies capable of floating bonds and which have no oversight.
Meiswinkle, a former New Brunswick police officer who combated the John Lynch political machine for 8 years, pointed out that the School Construction Corporation (SCC) floated $8.6 Billions in bonds to build and repair schools. The money, which was to last 10 years, was gone after three.
According to Meiswinkle, the Inspector General’s report concerning the SCC, indicate, “lax and non-existent oversight and accountability, weak internal management and financial controls, and questionable personnel practices.”
“This situation was rife with insider deals and political payoffs”, said Meiswinkle. “Why was no criminal investigation initiated from the Governor’s office?”
Another suspicious dealing involved the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) in which over $80 million was secreted in a private account outside state review, and for which again, there was no criminal investigation.
Meiswinkle stated, “These Bonding Authorities are a treasure-trove for corrupt politicians. They must be scrutinized. There must be accountability and transparency. The potential loss to the taxpayers from lack of oversight and enforcement of criminal laws is in the millions of dollars.”
Meiswinkle also asserted, “The New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA), The Sports and Exposition Authority and, the Delaware River Port Authority are political fiefdoms which must be monitored.”
MEISWINKLE CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN STATE JOB LOSS
Independent candidate David Meiswinkle, running on a ticket of Middle Class Empowerment has stated that if elected Governor, he would hold all New Jersey Congressmen and United States Senators accountable for federal legislation and trade policies they supported which have contributed to massive job drain and higher taxes in New Jersey.
Meiswinkle asserts that much of the increased taxes in New Jersey are the result of the loss of manufacturing and industrial sector jobs. Most have gone to Mexico and overseas to countries where United States corporations are making huge profits utilizing cheap labor at the expense of the economic health of the United States, their country of origin.
Meiswinkle stated that he would call Congressmen as well the United States Senators to Trenton on an emergent basis. They would be requested to come to the State House and address the New Jersey State Assembly and the Senate to explain why federal legislation has been crafted to make the United States a country of services at the expense of manufacturing and industry, and what policies they can propose to reverse the loss of manufacturing and industry from our state.
If the Congressmen are not receptive to changing the federal trade policies, Meiswinkle made clear that he supports, initiative, referendum and recall; and he will move to implement it. Meiswinkle explained, “We will apply recall to Federal officials elected by New Jersey residents. If they do not change these trade policies to favor our States, and bring our jobs back home, they will be dismissed through a recall petition of the citizens and replaced by more patriotic representatives.” Meiswinkle stated, “The Congress is supposed to represent their constituents, New Jersey citizens, not special corporate interests or Wall Street banking interests”. “New Jersey citizens want and deserve jobs,”
In addition, Meiswinkle said that he would host a Governor’s conference and invite to New Jersey all United States Governors to discuss the federal trade policies that have so disastrously altered the United States economic landscape. Meiswinkle asserted, “Federal policies have affected the State economies. Washington D.C. remains aloof and removed from the States and with its thousand of bureaucrats does not feel the sting of these policies, as we on the State level do.” Meiswinkle stated that, “economic wellbeing of New Jersey has become a States rights issue which he intends to defend.”
David Meiswinkle for Governor
Noelani Musicaro for Lt. Governor
http://www.meiswinkle4governor.com 1-877-376-4468
Contact: Michael Cote
Phone: (732) 846-7029
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
David Meiswinkle is an attorney, retired police officer, and U.S. Army veteran. He is an independent candidate for Governor running on the Middle Class Empowerment ticket with Noelani Musicaro, candidate for Lt. Governor.
For more information, contact Michael Cote at (732) 846-7029
Or visit: http://www.meiswinkle4governor.com/
September 4, 2009
Meiswinkle Calls for New 9/11 Commission
Independent candidate for New Jersey Governor, David Meiswinkle has called for the creation of a new commission to investigate the circumstances involving the September 11, 2001 catastrophe.
“Nearly 700 New Jersey residents died on that awful day, and an unknown number have since died or grown ill from exposure to contamination at the World Trade Center. These people and their families deserve the truth,” said Meiswinkle, who is running on the Middle Class Empowerment slate with Noelani Musicaro for Lt. Governor.
Citing the failures of The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, Meiswinkle said, “We need a well-financed, professionally staffed, fully independent and objective commission with all the necessary resources and subpoena power to get at the truth.
“It’s no secret that the Bush administration opposed the first 9/11 Commission, then they underfunded it, and then they placed an unreasonable 3-month deadline to complete its task. Even its co-chairs, Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton said the original commission was ‘set up for failure’.”
“We need a new commission with the muscle and determination to get the job done right.”
The 9/11 Commission completed its work and released a report in August 2004. The report concluded that the 9/11 attacks could have been prevented and issued lengthy recommendations for institutional change. The commission and its conclusions have come under extensive criticism, even from its own commissioners.
Meiswinkle, who is an attorney and a retired 23-year police officer, has accused the Bush administration of actively trying to cover up the events leading to the 9/11 disaster.
“This is the greatest failure to defend our country from attack in our nation’s history. There were many warnings but they were not heeded. Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield had every reason to cover up their failures. The original 9/11 commissioners believed that the CIA, Pentagon, FAA, and NORAD representatives were deliberately deceiving them. They even wanted to refer criminal prosecution to the justice department.”
In August 2006, Kean and Hamilton published a book titled Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission. In it, they stated that the 9/11 Commission was "set up to fail," and that the commission was so frustrated with repeated misstatements by government officials that they considered referring obstruction of justice charges to the Justice Department.
Meiswinkle believes issues concerning the 9/11 investigation have a direct bearing on the campaign for New Jersey governor. “Chris Christie is basing his campaign as a corruption fighter. But recent revelations about Christie’s political ties to Karl Rove and the White House raises suspicion as to why he was chosen to be U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
“The collusion extends to the selection of Christopher Christie as the top Justice Department official for the state,” Meiswinkle asserted. “Bush nominated Christie for the position only three months after 9/11. Yet, Christie never bothered to use the powers of his federal office to investigate the greatest crime in history. He betrayed New Jerseyans who died in that holocaust.
“Christie got his nomination solely because he was the biggest New Jersey fund raiser for Bush — he had no criminal law expertise. Christie’s previous experience was as a lobbyist, County Freeholder, and an attorney. Clearly, Christie was put in place as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey as a political favor and to squash any federal investigation of 9/11.”
If elected, Meiswinkle would empower a new 9/11 commission headed by the New Jersey Attorney General and would call upon President Obama to compel the Justice Department to investigate charges presented by the original 9/11 commission.
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