KEAN, RIBLE & ANGELINI KICK OFF CAMPAIGN
WILL FIGHT TO MAKE MONMOUTH COUNTY MORE AFFORDABLE

11th District legislative candidates Sean Kean, Dave Rible and Mary Pat Angelini kicked of their campaign today at the landmark Circus Drive-In in Wall.

Elected officials and supporters enjoyed hamburgers and hot dogs as the candidates detailed their plans to make Monmouth County more affordable.

Assemblyman Sean Kean who is running for the State Senate seat being vacated by Senator Joseph Palaia said his time in the Legislature has demonstrated that the Democrat majorities in Trenton are not interested in doing what is necessary to reduce taxes.

“In the past five years under Democrat control, state spending has ballooned by nearly $10 billion,” he said. “The Democrats running Trenton continue to ask the overburdened taxpayers to foot the bill for their spending addiction.”

Kean cited the Democrat proposal to sell the state’s toll roads as an example of the poor decision making that has led to outrageous tax increases and has placed the state in a precarious financial position.

“The fact that Democrats are even considering selling state assets like the Garden State Parkway illustrates how desperate they are to feed their spending habit,” he said.

Angelini and Rible are running for the Assembly seats currently held by Kean and Assemblyman Steve Corodemus who is retiring.

A former Wall Township police officer and successful small business owner, Rible said he wants to go to Trenton to reduce spending and cut the taxes that are making it hard for taxpayers and businesses to afford to remain in New Jersey.

“Throughout Monmouth County businesses and taxpayers are struggling to pay constantly increasing taxes,” he said. “We need to reduce spending and cut the outrageous taxes that are devastating the residents of Monmouth County.”

Angelini, of Ocean Township, is the executive director of a non-profit agency that seeks to prevent drug and alcohol abuse. She said she is especially concerned with reducing property taxes.

“I think I speak for all of the taxpayers when I say ‘Enough is enough,’” she said. “Monmouth County’s taxpayers cannot keep up with the dramatic increases in their property taxes and we will continue to see more and more people leaving the state for more affordable locations.”

All three candidates slammed the Democrats tax relief plan and agreed that the state needs to reduce spending in order to cut taxes. They all endorsed the Assembly Republican plan that would provide up to a 30% tax cut to all taxpayers by cutting state spending by $1.5 billion.

“The recent ‘reform’ plan offered by the Democrats is nothing more than an election year gimmick,” said Kean. “New Jersey’s taxpayers are not going to be bought off by a tax ‘relief’ plan that is paid for by raising taxes.”

“The taxpayers are tired of all the gimmicks,” said Angelini. “Instead of election year rebates that cannot be sustained, we need real reform that will let the taxpayers keep more of their hard earned money in their pockets.”

“Monmouth County taxpayers begging for relief have been rewarded with nothing but bloated budgets and higher taxes,” said Rible. “Time and time again, the Democrats running Trenton have failed to deliver the tax relief we so desperately need.”

The candidates said they look forward to meeting with voters to discuss their plan to make Monmouth County more affordable. They also urged voters to learn more about them by visiting their website, www.shoreteam07.com.

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