DONOHUE-CONRAD 2009

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Contacts:        Mike Donohue – (609) 780-6525

                        Frank Conrad – (609) 374-0122

 

DONOHUE - CONRAD CALL FOR 100-DAY TAX REVOLT

 

March 17, 2009, Ocean City, NJ: Republicans Assembly Candidates Mike Donohue and Frank Conrad today call on residents of the First District to participate in a 100-Day Tax Revolt against the tax assault Gov. Jon Corzine launched in his proposed budget.

 

“Americans don’t just sit around and whine about tax hikes. We take action.  Gov. Corzine and his friends in the Legislature are going to hear from the people of the First District as, over the next 100 days, we host an all-out Tax Revolt,” Donohue says. “We will take our protest to the streets of Atlantic, Cumberland and Cape May counties. Between now and July 1, when the budget is introduced in the N.J. Assembly, we will hold a public protest in every town in the First District.”

 

“Property taxpayers and business owners in South Jersey are hit extra hard by the Corzine tax proposals,” Donohue says. “The average family loses its property tax rebate and its property tax deduction and is paying higher property taxes because of reduced state aid.”

 

At the same time, Gov. Corzine refuses to send any of the billions of federal stimulus dollars to Cumberland County. The tax assault continues: South Jersey’s tourism-based economy suffers as beach funding is slashed, tourism promotion is reduced and wine and liquor taxes are hiked.  Soon, payroll taxes will increase, further burdening the small businesses of South Jersey.

 

The Donohue-Conrad campaign will visit each of the 22 towns in the First District, inviting average citizens to voice their outrage and offer alternatives to the Corzine Democrats’ plan to impose crippling tax policies on South Jersey. The protests will be videotaped, posted online at DonohueConrad.com and sent to the Governor.

 

“Our campaign is about taking it to the streets,” Conrad says. “People have had it with the tax-and-spend policies of the Corzine Democrats. Taxpayers are looking for an outlet to shout out their protest.”

 

“Today we call on the residents of the First District to join us in a 100-Day Tax Revolt,” Conrad says. “We will record the protests and ideas of frustrated taxpayers, post them on our website and send them to the Governor and the First District Democrats to show them that voters have had it with their irresponsible budget proposals.”

 

Interested residents can go to DonohueConrad.com and click the 100 Day Tax Revolt button to find out when the Donohue-Conrad campaign will be visiting their town.

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