Howard Kleinhendler On The Record Elections 2011

hello I'm Howard Klein Handler some of you have seen my writings on this page during the last six months but now it's crunch time we're a week away from election day and it's time for you the voters to make up your mind on who you're going to vote for we have as I've explained a once in a lifetime practically opportunity this election there are two vacant seats for the assembly long time assemblyman melona dancer no longer live in the district and aren't running and the Republicans have put up two people from Wall Township that don't know anything about Lakewood whom nobody here knows I on the other hand am a 25-year resident I I go through the daily life that you go through and here's why I think I deserve your vote first I know that the big issue in Lakewood today is our high property taxes and I plan on doing something about it the first day I get to the assembly number one we need to get more money to our municipalities and the way to get our money here is through consolidation of school districts consolidation of Municipal services so that we we can use those savings to enhance the money that remains in our Township if the if the township has more money then we don't have to raise taxes on home loans number two we've got to get more money from Washington for every one dollar we send to Washington only 59 cents comes back to New Jersey Virginia for example gets a buck 55 for every dollar they send we can't subsidize other states any longer we have to take care of ourselves that's how we get more money to the municipality less money out of your pocket the homeowner number two another big part of of Mind mandate should you elect me is going to be to find people work Ocean County has an unemployment rate of 9.9 percent the state the state in general is at 9.4 percent both way above the national average and if you go to the neighboring states New York or Pennsylvania their unemployment rate is down to eight percent now why is that because the Republican policies that we've seen the last couple of years with this Administration just have not worked while we may have a very popular Governor his policies have not worked and the reason for that is you can't just cut your way to Prosperity we have to invest in order to build up our our worker base build up our business space so that more Revenue comes into New Jersey and more people want to hire people that live in New Jersey now how do we do that number one entice businesses to come here through tax abatements tax credit and Loan guarantees we have 20 vacancies in our strip malls we have a 25 vacancy in our commercial space in North Jersey that's unacceptable and we can finish we can fix that and remedy that with intelligent policy and trend instead of putting 400 million dollars into Xanadu in North Jersey or pouring hundreds more into into Atlantic City two areas that don't generate any money that aren't the decline we're better served by putting that money into clever ways to attract businesses that's number one number two we must invest in infrastructure spending we do that through federal grants and some State money but by doing that we create jobs we create tracks Revenue we create buyers that are going to come to our businesses and we need good roads all of us just saw what happened with Hurricane Irene imagine if our roads are get further deteriorated what's going to happen with the next flood and there are some Republicans who think well the way to Prosperity is to dig holes in the ground and Frack our way with this oil business to Prosperity well if we do that guess what's going to happen the next time Hurricane Irene comes you're not going to be pumping water out of your basements you're going to be pumping methane out of your basements you're gonna have to go down there in spacesuits in order to clean out your basement that is not intelligent planning that is not going to bring prosperity to New Jersey we need people to fix our roads we need people to fix our bridges we need an intelligent effective train system I've always been a strong advocate of the mom line and there's Federal money for that Mom line there are billions of dollars sitting in Washington somebody's got to just knock on the door and say we want it here in New Jersey and that is the way we get people back to work another way to get people back to work is through sales tax holidays and I've spoken about this before on these pages you have a back to school season you have a holiday season at the end of the year you cut out all sales tax for two weeks during each period and you'll see how people from New York and Philadelphia where they each pay over eight percent in sales tax will come flocking to our stores and that'll generate booming business enhance employment and and attract and increase State revenues that's how it works right now we are in a downward negative spiral because all we're doing is cutting back and cutting back less Revenue less people and it feeds on itself and the results are in the facts I don't care how great a fan you are of this Administration the numbers don't lie unemployment is up our credit rating is down our revenues are down our property taxes are up those facts don't lie so you don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand that the policies of cut with no investment and no Revenue generation doesn't work finally let me explain to you that our seniors and our poor are important to us and we can't take whatever Prosperity we have and take it away from these these elements of society we can't cut Jersey care to the young couples who are just getting married or the poor families who can't afford insurance we can't cut back and increase Medicaid deductibles for elderly people what's going to happen you're just going to push more and more people into our emergency rooms that are already very crowded and guess what who pays the bill for those emergency rooms at the end of the day you and me so how are you saving money you're better off getting these people early care preventive care so they don't have to run into an emergency room when their condition is far far worse and much much greater and they require far more attention help them really help them prevent we save money look as I said at the outset this is a once in a lifetime opportunity every one of you have two votes you get to vote for two assembly spots even if you are a traditional Republican you can still vote for one Republican and you can still vote for me you know it's not at all or nothing the ticket can be split now ask yourself the question the Democrats are in control of both the assembly and the Senate they will retain that control every expert says that because the redistricting favors the Democrats so even if you vote for one Republican assemblyman someone who's going to sit in the minority what value is added by voting for that second republican assemblyman from Wall Township that's going to sit in the minority want to be better and smarter to at least use that second vote for me so now you have somebody in the Democratic party who's going to be sitting in the majority and who's going to be able to bring a bipartisan approach to getting what's good for my good and what's good for the district think about it look at it as somebody's coming to you to invest in a business you want to invest in this business and another business where are you gonna get the biggest bag for your buck I say put some of your money into me and you get the best of both worlds because I know what Lakewood needs I know what it's like to live here I've raised my family here I walk in the streets with you I see the problems with the crime I see the problems with with the poverty levels here I think the problems with education and I'm somebody you can trust I'm with you on social policy I'm pro-life and I support the defensive Marriage Act which defines marriage as a union between only a man and a woman there's nothing to talk about on those issues and I've gone on the record on those issues so it's not like you're going out on a limb if you put your trust in me on the contrary I'm somebody who you know that if there's an issue in Lakewood my address is published not only in the phone book but in the Lakewood directory and I'm somebody you can count on so I'm asking for your support this November 8th it's an important election you've got to get out to vote and again I should Challenge and I will cherish every single vote of confidence in my candidacy and I can tell you one thing you will not be disappointed if you put your trust in me thank you