Middlesex County Democratic Organization Press Clips

Published July 3rd, 2008 in Various

Today's Middlesex County Press Clips

Freeholders purchase land to curb development

Published June 20th, 2008 in Star-Ledger

The Middlesex County freeholders announced yesterday the purchase of 10.5 acres near Woodbridge High School and the county-owned Merrill Park to prevent future development at the site.

Bright plans for Dismal Swamp

Published June 20th, 2008 in Star-Ledger

The Middlesex County freeholders took the first steps last night toward acquiring 40 additional acres of Dismal Swamp, an ecologically sensitive area environmentalists want preserved, in Edison and South Plainfield.

Ten acres added to open space in Woodbridge

Published June 20th, 2008 in Home News Tribune

More than 10 acres of undeveloped land in Iselin and Woodbridge proper will be preserved as open space in perpetuity through an agreement announced by township officials and Middlesex County Freeholders Thursday.

Middlesex freeholders preserve 10.5 acres

Published June 19th, 2008 in Star-Ledger

Middlesex County Freeholders announced today that they have bought 10-and-a-half acres of land next to a Woodbridge school and a county-owned park to keep as open space.

National Dems target three NJ congressional races

Published November 29th, 2007 in The Star-Ledger

The chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee plans to be in New Jersey today to promote the party's candidates for two open House seats in next year's election.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) will join state Sen. John Adler and Assemblywoman Linda Stender in meeting with reporters at the Statehouse. Adler is running for the 3rd District seat being vacated by Rep. Jim Saxton, who is retiring for health reasons. Stender is running for the 7th District seat of Rep. Mike Ferguson, who announced last week he would not seek re-election.

Buono Has Earned Another Senate Term

Published October 10th, 2007 in The Home News Tribune

Brown talks sensibly on these and a myriad of other pressing issues, and he is more than qualified as a candidate for the 18th District state Senate seat.

The trouble for Brown is that his opponent, Barbara Buono, has earned her incumbency and the public's respect throughout more than a dozen years of effective lawmaking.

Buono, a Democrat, was elected to the Senate in 2001 after seven years in the Assembly. During her tenure, especially as a senator, she has shown her pluck.

Women Supportive but Skeptical of Clinton, Poll Says

Published July 20th, 2007 in New York Times

Women view Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more favorably than men do, but she still faces skepticism among some women, especially those who are older and those who are married, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Dem Congressmen raising money, just in case

Published July 17th, 2007 in PoliticsNJ.com

Frank Pallone has the biggest war chest of any Congressman in the country.

New Populism Is Spurring Democrats on the Economy

Published July 16th, 2007 in New York Times

On Capitol Hill and on the presidential campaign trail, Democrats are increasingly moving toward a full-throated populist critique of the current economy.

Congressional Democrats Lead in the Money Race

Published July 15th, 2007 in New York Times

Their Congressional approval ratings may be sagging, but Democrats in the House and Senate have overwhelmingly outraised their Republican counterparts in the past three months.

Stender getting ready for round two

Published July 11th, 2007 in PoliticsNJ.com

Democrats in the 7th Congressional District aren’t thinking twice about fielding Assemblywoman Linda Stender to run for the seat again in 2008, despite the fact that she already lost once.

Pallone pushes for law banning commercial tautog fishing

Published July 9th, 2007 in Asbury Park Press

With its chisel-like teeth, the blackfish busies itself around reefs and wrecks and jetty rocks, nibbling off mussels and other small shellfish, growing to what some seafood fanciers consider the finest finfish of the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Corzine signs no-tax-hike budget but has dire warnings for future

Published June 28th, 2007 in Home News Tribune

TRENTON -- Gov. Jon S. Corzine today signed a $33.47 billion budget plan that doesn't increase taxes and boosts property tax relief, but did so with dire warnings for the state's future.

Corzine: Toll roads not for sale

Published June 28th, 2007 in Star-Ledger

Gov. Jon Corzine said today he is not going to sell the New Jersey Turnpike or other state assets to generate new revenues and angrily denounced critics of his plan who have characterized it that way.

Goodbye, my friend

Published June 27th, 2007 in Bergen Record

THERE HAVE BEEN many terms used to describe the late Sen. Byron Baer – Freedom Rider, Father of the Sunshine Law, civil rights activist.

N.J. lawmakers pushing for about-face on fort

Published June 22nd, 2007 in Asbury Park Press

In a flurry of activity Thursday, state and federal leaders condemned the 2005 process that led to the closure of Fort Monmouth and called for two separate federal investigations into the vote that shuttered the 90-year-old Army post.

EDUCATION; Foot-in-the-Door Plan Offered to Slim Schools

Published March 18th, 2007 in The New York Times

''New Jersey has the most wasteful and inefficient education delivery service in America,'' Senator Bob Smith, a Democrat from Piscataway who is the chairman of a consolidation committee and sponsored the latest bill, said in an interview. ''And that leads to the high property taxes. Even the parents know it's the truth.''

VITALE TO WASHINGTON - ‘SHOW US THE MONEY’

Published March 1st, 2007 in http://www.senatorjoevitale.com

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, the Chair of the New Jersey Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, issued the following statement today after testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, on the need for continued federal support for State programs aimed at providing health care for the uninsured:

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