By Art Gallagher
The Federal Election Commission is requiring that Pallone for Congress amend its 30 Day Post General disclosure, to address discrepancies with previously filed reports and apparent inaccuracies in the reporting the aggregate contributions of two donors during the 2010 election cycle.
Pallone has until January 18, 2011 to submit the amended report, and any other reports that must be corrected as a result of the errors.
During the 2010 election cycle, Pallone raised $2,247,629.82 and spent $1,951,239.11. He had $3,229,847.56 on hand on November 22, according to his post general report.
Posted: December 17th, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: FEC, Frank Pallone | Tags: FEC, Frank Pallone | Comments Off on FEC Questions Pallone Too
By Art Gallagher
Remember back in September when Frank Pallone held a press conference in Keyport to announce the $400 million he was bringing home to the bayshore with the Coastal Jobs Creation Act? The Asbury Park Press covered it as if it were a done deal and Pallone was a hero.
In August Pallone told the NY Post’s Ken Moran that the bill would fund New Jersey’s recreational fishing registry, thereby preventing fisherman to have to pay a federal fee of $15-25 per year to fish in saltwater off New Jersey.
Well, here we are in December and there has been no movement on Pallone’s bill since July, two months before his press conference that impressed the Neptune Nudniks so much.
But the federal fee is coming, unless the New Jersey Senate passes S-1122, the companion version of which has already been passed by the Assembly, according to an Asbury Park Press piece that failed to mention the Pallone connection.
S1122, which is sponsored by Senators Jennifer Beck and Jeff Van Drew, would require the NJ DEP to set up a free state registery for recreational fisherman and to apply for “exempted state designation” so that NJ fisherman would not have to participate in or pay for the federal program. S1122 also allows the state to impose a state saltwater recreational fishing license, which is currently prohibited.
According the the NJ Recreational Fishing Alliance, the bill has strong bi-partisan support, but Senator Robert Smith, D-Middlesex, Chairman of the Senate Environment Committee won’t release the bill for a vote by the full Senate because the DEP does not want to create the state registery.
RFA makes their case for the bill, including an ecomomic impact analysis here.
Posted: December 1st, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Frank Pallone | Tags: Phoney Palloney, Recreational Fishing Alliance | Comments Off on Hey Frank, Where’s the $400 million? Will Anglers Have To Pay The Fee?
Sandy Hook Partners, LLC has been evicted from the three buildings it retained control over after its MasterLease with the National Park Service to rehabilitate Fort Hancock was terminated. The former park headquarters, the theater and the chapel were subject to the separate lease that Sandy Hook Parnters defaulted on in October.
The park service changed the locks on the buildings on November 24, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press.
Sandy Hook Partners was chosen from a pool of 20 applicants to rehabilitate Fort Hancock in 2001. There plan faced strong opposition from the late Judith Stanley Coleman who formed Save Sandy Hook to oppose the private redevelopment of the fort. The Sandy Hook Partners master lease was terminated last year when the firm failed to secure financing for their plan after six extensions to the agreement.
Congressman Frank Pallone supported private redevelopment before joining the opposition. He and Congressman Rush Holt are now urging the Park Service to lease the 36 rundown buildings to non-profits on a building by building basis and not as part of an overall rehabilitation effort.
That won’t work either. If Fort Hancock is to remain a historic landmark and open to the public, federal funding is the only viable option to restore the buildings. Pallone did not have the clout to make that happen during the Clinton administration nor during the first two years of the Obama administration. Not only is it unlikely that he can get funding for it now that he is soon to be a minority member of Congress, he’s not even trying.
In the meantime the buildings continue to deteriorate. It is very likely that they will continue to decline, unless Pallone can prevail on Senators Robert Menendez and/or Frank Lautenberg to secure funding for rehabilitation.
As the Park Service seeks public input on the future of the fort, they should also consider turning it over to the military….either the adjoining Coast Guard station or to the Earle Naval Weapons Station.
Posted: November 30th, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Frank Pallone, Sandy Hook | Tags: Fort Hancock, Frank Pallone, Sandy Hook | 1 Comment »
Politickernj has a poll running, “Who is the Democrats’ best 2013 candidate for governor?” that includes Congressman Frank Pallone.
Governor is probably the only higher office that Pallone would run for because can run in an odd-year election and not risk his congressional seat. He declined to risk his seat to take Senator Robert Torricelli’s place on the ballot in 2002.
The only way Pallone could win the Democratic nomination for Governor in 2013 is if no one else wanted to run against Chris Christie.
Posted: November 23rd, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, Frank Pallone | Tags: Chris Christie, Frank Pallone | 1 Comment »
In a reprise of an issue from last year’s gubernatorial campaign, Governor Chris Christie’s travel expenses while U.S. Attorney have been criticised in a Justice Department Audit.
The audit says Christie over spent by a total of $2,176 over 14 trips. 12 of those trips involved cases that earned the government $311 million in civil penalties.
I wonder how much the audit cost.
The Asbury Park Press has the story. The APP gives the story much more prominent coverage than they did the ReGen story that involved Senators Robert Menendex, Frank Lautenberg and Congressmen Frank Pallone and Steve Rothman pressuring the FDA to approve an unsafe medical device in exchange for campaign contributions.
Posted: November 9th, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, Frank Pallone | Tags: Chris Christie, Frank Pallone, Justice Department, ReGen | 1 Comment »
Urban Democratic strongholds in Trenton and Plainfield figured prominently in the outcomes of the Congressional races in NJ 12 and 6.
In the 12th district, Trenton voters provided Rush Holt with 8,044 votes to Scott Sipprelle’s 437. Holt won the entire district by 13,836 votes.
In NJ-6, 43% of Frank Pallone’s margin of victory came from Plainfield were he won 7950 votes to Anna Little’s 667. Democratic sources told MMM that Pallone spent $30,000 to get out the vote in Plainfield.
Posted: November 4th, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Anna Little, Frank Pallone, Rush Holt, Scott Sipprelle | Tags: Anna Little, Frank Pallone, Rush Holt, Scott Sipprelle | 16 Comments »
Before an enthusiastic crowd 250-300 people, Anna Little conceded her CD-6 congressional race to Frank Pallone and announced that she would be back in 2012.
Little announced the formation of the Anna’s Army Foundation , Anna’s Army PAC and the Little Government is Good Government PAC.
Posted: November 3rd, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Anna Little, Frank Pallone | Tags: Anna Little, Frank Pallone | 15 Comments »
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(HIGHLANDS, November 1) – Republican Congressional challenger Anna Little’s campaign wrapped up its final full day on the campaign trail today with its Final Argument.
If you believe that:
- Your taxes are too low
- Washington doesn’t spend enough of your money already
- Washington bureaucrats should be involved in your personal health care decisions
- Borrowing trillions of dollars and handing the bill to your grandchildren is fair
- Our nation is heading in the right direction
Then your vote is clear – 22-year incumbent Frank Pallone is your man.
But if you believe that:
- Your taxes are too high
- Washington already spends too much of your money
- Washington bureaucrats have no business between you and your Doctor
- Borrowing trillions of dollars and handing the bill to your grandchildren is immoral
- Our nation is heading in the wrong direction
Then your vote is just as clear – Anna Little needs your vote!
To see the Little v. Pallone “War by the Shore” – Friday night’s debate on News 12 New Jersey – click here: http://www.news12.com/Login/home_login?articleId=265223&position=1&news_type=news
Victory Celebration: Join Anna’s Army tomorrow night 8 PM at The Shore Casino 1 Simon Lake Dr Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716-1259
To make one last donation to the cause, please click here: http://annalittleforcongress.com/paypal/donation3.html
And … on behalf of Anna, the campaign staff, Anna’s Army, and the thousands of friends we’ve made on the campaign trail … THANK YOU.
NOW GET OUT AND VOTE, AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE YOU KNOW VOTES, TOO!
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Posted: November 1st, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Anna Little, Frank Pallone | Tags: Anna Little, Frank Pallone | Comments Off on LITTLE CAMP: THE FINAL ARGUMENT
By Ernesto Cullari
The American dream has never been more distant. The divide between being creative, entrepreneurial and reaping a reward for your hard work has never been greater. It feels like times have quickly changed for the worse. One thing is clear, job losses are rampant and our economic forecast is about to get cloudier in the new year when the Bush tax cuts (that we have all benefited from) expire. The Democrat agenda of big government, big spending and punitive taxation is a historical failure and nearly all of us know someone who has been hurt by it. It’s time to stop blaming Bush. It’s time to hold our current legislators accountable for their defect spending votes, which have driven our economy off a cliff and into an abyss of mass unemployment and pervasive financial despair.
The largest tax increase in American history is on its way. The people responsible for it are still in power. The agenda of Rush Holt, Frank Pallone and Nancy Pelosi is too burdensome, it’s too costly and common sense tells you that it’s time to get rid of them and try something old, before it’s too late.
That’s right I said old. It’s time once again for commonsensical small government conservatism. Ronald Reagan once said, “We’ve tried spending our way to prosperity for more than four decades and it hasn’t worked. . .. Twice in this century, in the 1920’s and in the early 60’s we cut taxes substantially and the stimulant to the economy was substantial and immediate.” Reagan was right. He cut taxes substantially and up until recently we have been enjoying the prosperity that has flowed from his wise choice. That choice is yours once again.
In local elections do you always vote Democrat? Look around you. This election isn’t about political loyalties. This is about survival. 76% of you know someone who is looking for a job, according to Rasmussen Reports. Maybe you are out of work yourself or you had to take a job that you thought you’d never have to take again, just to make ends meet. You feel you’ve paid your dues and yet the poor political decisions made by an elite few have you starting at the bottom again. Democrats like Rush Holt and Frank Pallone have had total power over the federal government and yet they have been a complete failure.
Your vote for Anna Little or Scott Sipprelle is a vote against this political establishment. It is a vote against cronyism and special interest groups. It is a vote for small commonsensical government. In a conservative government maintaining individual liberty is of special interest.
17% percent of people in our community are under-employed. 1 in 10 among us are unemployed, despite an intrusive federal government. This election is about betrayal. Our representatives in Congress have betrayed us with their big government idealism that has favored: Wall Street bailouts, a trillion dollar stimulus bill, a trillion dollar overthrow of private healthcare, a trillion dollar omnibus bill, the complete nationalization of the student loan industry, federal funding for abortions. In total since Nancy Pelosi, Frank Pallone and Rush Holt have betrayed us to the tune of 5 trillion dollars since they took control of Congress.
So as you can see this isn’t just another election. This isn’t simply about Democrat or Republican. This is about common sense. Will you put back in office the very fools that have driven us to financial ruin or will you look back to better days, the days of small government Reagan Conservatism? Common sense tells me that Anna Little and Scott Sipprelle will be our next representatives in Congress.
Posted: November 1st, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Anna Little, Frank Pallone, Rush Holt, Scott Sipprelle | Tags: Anna Little, Ernesto Cullari, Frank Pallone, Rush Holt, Scott Sipprelle | Comments Off on A Common Sense Election
Submitted by “Comrade Pallone”
I kid you not! Communist Party USA. Follow the link. Not that this should be news that he is ‘Progressive’ as in ‘progress to communism.’
When the Communist Party says @FrankPallone is a good example we have a problem in #NJ6 http://bit.ly/b8Mzfx Vote @Little4Congress #tcot
http://www.cpusa.org/carrying-the-peoples-election-victories-forward/Solution:
Liberal blog site Daily Kos commenter lauds Pallone being ‘a good progressive’ with ‘a good progressive voting record.’
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/25/11384/483
Pallone has been a good progressive with a good voting record. Little sure sounds like trouble.
And, indeed, Pallone is a Progressive Caucus Member.
Pallone famously said: “I’m going to run on my record”
http://www.politickernj.com/max/39690/pallone-launches-his-campaign-appeal-grassroots-progressive-organizing
How’s THAT going, Frank?
Posted: October 31st, 2010 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Frank Pallone | Tags: Frank Pallone, US Communist Party | 1 Comment »
