Former Member, Law and Public Safety Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Chair, Morristown Republican Committee
Member, New Jersey Republican Committee, 1978
Former Member, Law and Public Safety Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly
Former Chair, Morristown Republican Committee
Member, New Jersey Republican Committee, 1978
Favorite Book:
Shelby Foote "The Civil War"; anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald or Jean Shepherd; Harry Potter series.
Favorite Movie:
Gettysburg, Animal House, Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings
Favorite Quote:
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country". JFK
"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice." Thomas Paine.
Favorite TV Shows:
Whatever's on The Science Channel or The History Channel
Favorite Type of Music:
Beatles, Bach, Beach Boys, Ween
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Ice Hockey, Stamp Collecting, History
1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer
2. Abortions should always be legal.
- No Answer
3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer
4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- No Answer
5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- X
6. Prohibit public funding of abortions and of organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
- X
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Education (higher)
- Greatly Decrease
2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Decrease
3. Environment
- Maintain Status
4. Health care
- Maintain Status
5. Law enforcement
- Maintain Status
6. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- Slightly Decrease
7. Welfare
- Eliminate
8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status
2. Capital gains taxes
- Greatly Decrease
3. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status
4. Corporate taxes
- Greatly Decrease
5. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Maintain Status
6. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Greatly Decrease
7. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate
8. Property taxes
- Greatly Decrease
9. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status
10. Vehicle taxes
- Maintain Status
11. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
12. Should Internet sales be taxed?
- No
13. Do you support raising the gasoline tax to help balance the state budget?
- No
14. Do you support raising the gasoline tax to finance road improvements?
- No
15. Do you support installing video lottery terminals at the Meadowlands horse track to increase state revenue?
- Yes
16. Should New Jersey convene a constitutional convention to address its property tax system?
- Yes
17. Should New Jersey convene a special session of the state legislature to address its property tax system?
- Yes
18. What are your proposals for correcting New Jersey?s structural budget deficit? Please use forty (40) words or less. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- Slash spending in urban areas, stop borrowing, cut all local spending (by the state), reduce # of state employees.
19. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support the current limit of two consecutive four-year terms for New Jersey governors?
- Yes
2. Do you support limiting the number of terms for New Jersey state senators and representatives?
- Yes
1. Individual
- No
2. PAC
- No
3. Corporate
- No
4. Political Parties
- No
5. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
6. Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
- No
7. Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying, and ensuring accuracy of votes?
- Yes
8. Do you support prohibiting the reporting of media exit polling results until all polling locations in New Jersey are closed?
- Undecided
9. Should New Jersey prohibit ?wheeling,? the practice of funneling funds into a local campaign from various entities across the state in order to circumvent contribution limits?
- Yes
10. Should New Jersey prohibit contributors to municipal level campaigns from being awarded state contracts worth more than $17,500?
- No
11. Should New Jersey prohibit elected officials from holding more than one office at the same time?
- Yes
12. Should New Jersey amend its constitution to create the office of lieutenant governor?
- Yes
13. Should New Jersey recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- No
14. Should New Jersey restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman?
- Yes
15. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
- No Answer
2. Support the death penalty in New Jersey.
- X
3. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- X
4. End parole for repeat violent offenders.
- X
5. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X
6. Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
- X
7. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
- No Answer
8. Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
- X
9. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
- No Answer
10. Increase funding for state and local emergency agencies to prevent and to respond to terrorist attacks.
- No Answer
11. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Support national standards and testing of public school students.
- No Answer
2. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any public school.
- No Answer
3. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
- X
4. Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure).
- No Answer
5. Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers.
- No Answer
6. Support teacher testing and reward with merit pay.
- X
7. Endorse voluntary prayer in public schools.
- No Answer
8. Require public schools to administer high school exit exams.
- X
9. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
- No Answer
10. Increase funding for Head Start programs.
- No Answer
11. Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
- No Answer
12. Support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods.
- No Answer
13. Support abstinence-only sexual education programs.
- No Answer
14. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market.
- No Answer
2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- X
3. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- No Answer
4. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- No Answer
5. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- No Answer
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Public employment
- No
2. State college and university admissions
- No
3. State contracting
- No
4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
- X
2. Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, and oil).
- No Answer
3. Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
- No Answer
4. Support funding for open space preservation.
- X
5. Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
- X
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer
2. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- X
3. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer
4. Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
- X
5. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
- No Answer
6. Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows.
- No Answer
7. Support current licensing requirements for gun possession.
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
- No Answer
2. Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
- No Answer
3. Limit the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- X
4. Support patients' right to sue their HMOs.
- No Answer
5. Support patients' right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied.
- No Answer
6. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- X
7. Legalize physician assisted suicide in New Jersey.
- No Answer
8. Allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
- X
9. Support a $200 million housing trust fund for individuals with mental illness or other disabilities.
- No Answer
10. Forgive up to $20,000 in student loans for New Jersey residents who work in a state, county, or non-profit mental health or social service agency.
- X
11. Allocate $150 million in capital funds to build a stem cell institute in New Jersey.
- No Answer
12. Support a $230 million bond referendum to increase funding for stem cell research.
- No Answer
13. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
- X
2. Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- No Answer
3. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- No Answer
4. Support current limits on benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare.
- X
5. Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
- X
6. Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to extend health and child care subsidies to the working poor.
- No Answer
7. Support marriage promotion programs for welfare recipients.
- X
8. Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
- X
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
Please explain in a total of 75 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer