Our Policies
High-Density Housing State Mandates
New Jersey is the most densely populated State in the Nation. Within District 36, we have four of the most densely populated municipalities in New Jersey, Cliffside Park, Fairview, Passaic and Wallington. Over the next 10 years, the State has mandated that our District 36 communities add over 6,500 new units.
We must address affordable housing unit mandates for each town within New Jersey, where each area has been issued an order to provide a certain number of units. Let us consider the overdue and much needed infrastructure enhancements before requiring more housing units and even greater density. Our residents, including Veterans, Seniors, Disabled and Adult Developmentally disabled need clean affordable living accommodation, but we need to create them through smarter and well-thought-out plans and initiatives, not mandates.
Secure Communities
We must secure our communities by revoking the “Sanctuary” status of the State of New Jersey. Our great local, county and State police agencies must be able to cooperate with ICE and other federal law enforcement agencies to remove criminals from our streets. They must be able to collaborate and share intelligence where necessary, to deter and disrupt crime. Both issues created under the Sanctuary State status. New Jersey’s bail system is broken and must be overhauled. Protection of our citizens must be the priority.
Our communities and residents deserve to be secure from recidivist offenders, who are arrested and released before the officer has even completed his/her paperwork. We must provide law enforcement and other first responders with the training, tools, resources and technology they need to better secure our District and our State. We need to provide tougher penalties for recidivist juveniles committing violent crime and auto theft.
Reducing Taxes & Promoting Economic Growth
New Jersey has the highest property tax, income tax and business tax in the Country - we need to cut those across the board. Return that money to our hard-working taxpayers, assist our small business, support and grow our local economy. We need a permanent Senior property tax freeze and create a property tax cap. These programs we institute should be very easy and not require the taxpayer to file forms, go online or mail anything in. We must significantly reduce income tax rates and business tax rates. New Jersey must stop creating regulation for regulation’s sake, which only impedes the creation of new business. New Jersey’s outmigration is off the charts, a direct result of high taxes, restrictive business regulations and challenging policies.
Small business is the backbone of New Jersey, we need to take steps to make it easier to start, operate and maintain business without restrictions, prohibitions, environmental roadblocks, onerous regulation and challenging tax rate.
We need a full review of our budget from beginning to end. There is enormous opportunity, right now, to eliminate needless and wasteful spending and put money back into your pocket. The Murphy administration, in his final few months, is leaving a legacy of TAX and other increases. “Fun” Tax, higher utility rates, broken NJ Transit system where prices will rise, and increased corporate tax rate. It’s Time this ends!
Educational Opportunities and Family Values
Recently, the Murphy administration cut aid to schools throughout New Jersey, which directly impacted our communities within District 36. The Democrats fix to a failed school funding formula was to tax you and us, more. We need to adjust this and lower costs Statewide.
President Trump’s election was a mandate from across our great Nation, to eliminate woke school policies and put the focus back on strong education for children. For those students who will not move on to college, we need to introduce more Trade, Skills and STEM programs and provide incentives for trade unions to partner with our public schools. We are interested in partnering with trade unions to start programs in partnership with our schools. Invite them in for career days or college fairs. We recognize and understand that college is not for every High School student. We want to provide additional options and work with our unions to help create those opportunities.
We will also fight for female sports and follow up on President Trump’s Executive Order to keep males from competing against our daughter’s. It is not only unfair, but it is extremely dangerous.
Additional Viewpoints and Positions to help fix N.J.
We share strong conservative and Republican values, such as individual responsibility, limited government, free markets, personal liberty and the security of our Nation.
Additionally, we see the following as important items to tackle when elected:
Voter ID laws
Realistic Energy Plan
Affordable Living
Smarter School Funding
Stronger Penalties for Fentanyl
Common Sense Gun laws
Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
Inflation has risen to record levels, healthcare costs have increased exponentially and property taxes are some of the highest in the United States. This is all while equity markets have significantly increased. Through all of this, our over 53,000 first responders and 300,000 public pension system retirees, have not received a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) since June 2011. Our 1st responders, some of them 9/11 survivors and others who were injured in the line of duty, have been abandoned. Their retirement has become unaffordable, it's time for a cost-of-living adjustment. They deserver better, let’s respect their service.