Although efforts to halt continued funding of two stem cell labs in Newark and Camden were stalled by a panel yesterday, Governor Corzine and Legislative sponsors of the Stem Cell Bond Act have indicated they intend to move forward with the construction of the New Brunswick Embryonic Stem Cell Research Institute. This Institute is a boondoggle that will be paid for by issuing more bonds and putting the state in further debt. The Institute is supposed to be jointly managed jointly by UMDNJ (whose recent scandals cost taxpayers millions) and Rutgers University. Governor Corzine, Senate Majority Leader Dick Codey and Co. are planning to proceed with this boondoggle even though the Bond Act was rejected by the voters. Legislative leaders need to hear from us!

Please call the legislators listed below ASAP and deliver the following message:

Stop the construction of the New Brunswick Embryonic Stem Cell Research Institute. The land should be sold and the proceeds should be applied to pay down the state debt.

Senate President Richard Codey

(973) 731-6770
(609) 292-5215

Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts

(856) 742-7600
(609) 292-7065

Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr.

(908) 232-3673
(609) 292-5339

Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce

(973) 984-0922
(609) 292-5199

VOTE NO ON Question 1!

YES on Question 1 is a vote for an 8% sales tax.

Last year, Governor Corzine and his legislature raised the sales tax from 6% to 7% with the promise of property tax relief. Now they want voters to "permanently dedicate" a 1% sales tax for increased "aid."

What Question 1 is really all about is raising the sales tax to 8%. If Question 1 passes, revenues "lost" to "property tax relief" (which never goes to suburban and rural homeowners) will have to be made up with higher sales taxes.

Question 1 is a feeble attempt to fool voters into raising their own taxes so corrupt urban politicians can waste more of our money.

VOTE NO ON Question 2!

YES on Question 2 is a vote for a risky scheme Wall Street won't fund. That's why it calls for the issue of $500 million in bonds, increasing state debt when the deficit for next year is already $3 billion.

Question 2 uses deceptive language to imply that this is a vote to fund adult stem cell research projects actually producing cures to diseases. But this science needs no government funding. Wall Street and the Drug Companies are already paying for it.

Instead, Question 2 asks voters to give away a half billion dollar corporate welfare handout for Embryonic Stem Cell experiments involving human cloning. While they claim this money will cure diseases ranging from Cancer to Alzheimers to Diabetes, 35 years of this "Fetal Tissue Research" hasn't cured anything. Nothing at all. It's the ultimate taxpayer rip-off.

VOTE NO ON Question 3!

YES on Question 3 is a vote for Eminent Domain and more bonding.

Question 3 gives the state the power and money to begin "negotiations" with homeowners who live near rivers to sell their land to the state for "open space" -- part of an ongoing effort to stop construction of one family homes in New Jersey in favor of high density attached townhouses, condominiums and apartment buildings.

While the question says land will only be taken from "willing sellers" does anyone think a homeowner or small business owner will have any leverage when a judge or bureaucrat decides that "preserving Open Space" is more important than your property rights.

"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson