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WATSON
COLEMAN: POTENTIAL TOLL HIKES MAKE ASSET MONETIZATION PROPOSAL A
NON-STARTER IN ASSEMBLY
(TRENTON) --
Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) issued the
following statement on legislation Senator Raymond J. Lesniak
unveiled today to authorize a potential sale or leasing of state
toll roads and the PNC Arts Center:
"While asset
monetization has enormous potential for freeing up capital, this
bill will be a certain non-starter in the General Assembly unless it
contains stronger protections against prospective runaway toll
increases.
"Senator Lesniak
deserves credit for taking on this enormously complex issue, but he
is putting the cart before the horse by advancing this legislation
when the administration has yet to complete its own examination of
this issue.
"New Jersey
shouldn't be in a race to sell and lease state assets. Let's obey
the speed limits and make sure any legislation on this issue is
properly tuned up to ensure that it fires on all cylinders for
taxpayers and motorists alike."
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FOR RELEASE:
January 31,
2007
CONTACT:
Assembly Majority Leader
Press Office
(609) 292-7065
Posted by Alescia Teel on January 31, 2007 04:15 PM
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