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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Hagner, Holtzman Pledge Not to Raise Gas Prices

The GOP state assembly candidates for the 27th district said gas increases take millions from taxpayers.

Nicole Hagner and Lee Holtzman, the GOP candidates for the State Assembly from the 27th district, pledged not to raise New Jersey gasoline prices if elected and ask their Democratic opponents to pledge the same. Hagner, the mayor of Chatham Township, said, “New Jersey cannot afford to take hundreds of millions of dollars from our already overburdened homeowners and businesses and give it to Trenton politicians.” According to a press release from the two candidates, Democrats have tried to raise the price of gas at least three times since 2008. Holtzman, an attorney from Livingston, said the Democratic incumbents in the assembly will likely keep pushing for higher taxes. “We will not increase the financial burden on our residents by …

Friday, August 26, 2011

Hagner, Holtzman Want Employee Pay-Out Reform

The two GOP candidates held a press conference Thursday where they called for change in Trenton.

At a press conference at Chatham Township's municipal building Thursday, Chatham Township Mayor Nicole Hagner and Lee Holtzman, the two GOP candidates for the General Assembly representing the 27th District, blasted the current practice of huge pay outs of accumulated sick and vacation time for municipal employees. Citing a recent Bloomberg News report, the candidates said the Garden State was facing hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to government workers for unused sick time and other leave. The two said if elected to Trenton they would support limits on payouts for unused sick days and vacation days. Hagner said Chatham Township has already limited cash payments for unused vacation days and capping unused sick leave days to …

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Hagner: State Employee Contracts a 'Burden' on Taxpayers

The State Assembly candidate and her runningmate will discuss state employee retirement contracts and vacation buyouts.

Nicole Hagner, the 27th District's Republican candidate for the General Assembly, and runningmate Lee Holtzman announced they will hold a press conference to discuss state employee contracts, which cost "millions of dollars each year for unused vacation and sick days," according to a statement released Wednesday. "Municipal employees already receive generous pensions and health benefits upon retirement. It is a burden to ask cash-strapped taxpayers to cough up thousands more for each employee who has accumulated vacation time and unused sick days as an added going away bonus upon retirement,” Hagner said. Holtzman, a Livingston resident, said, "In the past year, New Jersey taxpayers doled out at least $43 million for unused sick and …

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