Spring 2003 Edition       

Ed Trawinski    Following is a press release issued by Ed Trawinski.   (Note:  the gentleman on the right in last Fall's photo is not Trawinski's running mate.)   - - - - - - - - - - - -    Former Fair Lawn Mayor Ed Trawinski and Bergen County Freeholder Lou Tedesco - recently nominated as Republican Candidates for Assembly in central Bergen's  District 38,--  say their campaign will focus on solutions to New Jersey's mounting ethical and economic problems.   "We are honored to be nominated by the District 38 Republican committee and we will take our responsibility to represent the GOP very seriously," said Trawinski.   "It's clear to everyone that Gov. McGreevey and the Democrat Party have New Jersey headed in the wrong direction on a whole host of issues and we plan to engage the Democrats in a dialogue on who has the best plan for New Jersey's future." he added.   Tedesco said McGreevey and the Bergen County Democrats are mired in controversies arising from unrestrained patronage and an unprecedented money grab.   "The Democrat Party from the top down is concerned only with power and money and not with solving the problems confronting this state." said Tedesco.  "The Democrats are preoccupied with giving high paying jobs to their friends and shaking down contributors for money. That's why they can't find the time to deal with the issues that matter to working people such as auto insurance, medical malpractice insurance and property taxes."   Trawinski and Tedesco point out that McGreevey and the Democrats have gone from one crisis to another in the past 15 months, showing no ability to lead.   "There are almost 500,000 families losing their NJ SAVER rebate this year, yet Gov. McGreevey is preoccupied with overcoming embarrassing scandals involving his appointees and raising money for his party. No wonder property taxes are going through the roof," said Trawinski.   "The people of Bergen County need property tax relief and we will fight to bring back a greater share of the nearly $1 billion a year Bergen residents send to Trenton," said Tedesco.   On other issues, Trawinksi and Tedesco say they  oppose the governor's plan to tax individuals and companies to fund a pool to pay for medical malpractice lawsuit claims and they vow to bring "sanity" back to auto insurance.   "New Jersey must put the consumers first when it comes to health care.  Taxing policy holders to pay for lawsuit claims - as the Democrat leadership wants to do -- is an invitation to create more litigation and higher costs for everyone," says Trawinksi.   Car insurance, says Tedesco, has to be dealt with in a similar manner. "New Jersey's car insurance program serves only the special interests who McGreevey is beholden to. It's time we had a sane car insurance plan that servers the interests of the consumers."   On a matter closer to home, Trawinski and Tedesco say they will fight to make sure that the massive redevelopment of the meadowlands – the Xanadu project by Mills-Mack-Cali, can be shaped to benefit Bergen County.   Of particular concern for Tedesco is to have a mass transit and highway improvement plan in place and flooding and environmental issues  addressed before contracts are signed between the state and Mills. "We don't need more traffic jams in Bergen," says Tedesco.   Trawinski said besides the traffic generated by Xanadu, he is concerned that Bergen taxpayers get their fair share of the tax revenue generated by the redevelopment in the meadowlands.   "Before any contracts are signed, before a shovel ever touches the ground, there has to be a tax sharing plan in place that benefits the people of Bergen County and I mean the entire county," says Trawinski.   The 38th District comprises the following municipalities: Cliffside Park Borough, Edgewater Borough, Elmwood Park Borough, Fair Lawn Borough, Fort Lee Borough, Hasbrouck Heights Borough, Little Ferry Borough, Lodi Borough, Paramus Borough, Ridgefield Borough, Saddle Brook Township, South Hackensack Township, Teterboro Borough.     Click on Search, below, to see all the references to Ed Trawinski in Fair Lawn News.