Senator Bob Singer ahead of Upcoming Primary Elections 2013

i appreciate the opportunity to uh to talk to you about why i'm seeking re-election how important really this election is we started out approximately four years ago with governor christie changing the way the state does business lowering taxes making government smaller making teachers and other unit people accountable for their jobs it's been a long road in the last three and a half years we've accomplished a lot of balanced budgets lower taxes no tax increases are going forward from the state and certainly we've made accountable both teachers and other government people for their actions as well as shrinking the size of government that's really putting the government on the right path and putting the state on the right path and i think it's important to know through that we've grown the job market over 130 000 private sector jobs uh making new jersey uh eligible for business right for business and open for business and those are key factors that i think are important for us we have to take a look at the sandy storm and how this really devastated the state multi-billion dollar industry 40 000 people displaced homes destroyed infrastructure destroyed and i think the governor has done a wonderful job in getting us back on our feet and heading in the right direction but he did so part of his team and we are part of his team as a senator for the 30th district i've worked closely with governor christie i've had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with him i was the only legislator that went with him to israel last year and and built a good bonding with him on that he's called me we've discussed many issues down here uh concerning for example route 9. he understands how important it is to to lakewood in parts of the 30th district through howell and that's why he put six million dollars in this budget to start the ball rolling on rappon take a look what's happened on the garden state parkway they're doing major work both on route 70 and on cedar bridge we're doing uh exits next full interchanges right here in lakewood to lessen the traffic of surges that happen he's also extended that into toms server and bricktown so the whole region starts to see a better traffic flow based on the increase of population in the area so there is a recognition through the governor through the state uh that we have to do something for the infrastructure here and that he's part of that that pushing forward on that i i think it's important for us to realize that governor christie having the team supporting him in trenton makes a difference and i'm part of that team and i'm glad to say i'm part of the team that i'd like you the opportunity to go back with him for another four years to certainly finish the job he started four years ago getting the state on the right track and again certainly putting us in the right position for the future of new jersey and their citizens just on a side issue you know sometimes people just don't understand what goes on in trenton um i recently had a bill signed into law by the governor the tanning bill now someone say what's what is tanning but what how important is a tandem bill in these economic times i've worked on this bill for two years with the american cancer society because we've seen a rise in cancer in young people and children and very very honestly it was linked to tanning beds melanomas in some cases kill people we went ahead and banned children from using tanning beds in this state and the american cancer society and myself were diligently honestly this past and of course governor christie signed it i'll tell you how effective this is the federal government now is inducing legislation do the same thing because the connection between tanning beds and cancer in young children we're talking about children people under 18 is a fact and if we can prevent cancer or the heartbreak in some family having cancer in their child we want to be there i want to be there so i think sometimes when you look at things in the face of it and say what a tanning beds have to do with anything it has to do with fighting cancer for children it has to be doing the right thing you know we do the right thing for the entire state we do the right thing for for those of us that live in the 30 district as a father of four i certainly don't want to see one of my children god could have cancer and if i can say i help prevent it in other children to me that's a success story so as we take a look at legislation we do things that affect lakewood and the 30th directly we also do legislation for the betterment of the entire state of new jersey so i thank you for the opportunity to listen to me and i certainly hope that that you give me your consideration to go into voting booth on june 4th to vote in the primary and know that certainly i'll continue to do the fine job for you that i've done in the past and that i put my constituents first