As New Jersey citizens, we have a right to know where our tax dollars are spent. Save Our Assets NJ is a coalition concerned about the fate of New Jersey’s toll roads.

Our concerns lie in the facts that Governor Corzine is proposing a road tax that will result in much higher costs to businesses, taxpayers and commuters. We are asking Governor Corzine and the New Jersey Legislature not to put our future in debt.

Written By Peter Humphreys

Is the sky falling? Are we really in a financial emergency? Part V: Does the financial community think that we are bankrupt?
On: 02/15/2008 10:13:26

The Governor’s supporters have said that New Jersey is “bankrupt.”  The Governor has said we are “pretty much broke.”  But Wall Street does not agree.

Independent rating agencies, such as Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s review the finances and economic outlook of companies and government units.  They have analyzed the finances of New Jersey and its ability to pay its obligations as they come due.

Standard & Poor’s has given New Jersey a AA rating.  This means the state has a “very strong capacity to meet its financial commitments.”  Moody’s has  given New Jersey a Aa3 rating.  This means the obligations of the state are of “high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.”

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Sunday, September 07, 2008
Editorial: Taking its toll

NorthJersey.com
Editorial

THE MESSAGE was loud and clear: No toll increases. No way. No. Or to use a word from Rudy Giuliani's recent address to Republicans in St. Paul: "Nada."

When Governor Corzine tried to sell his idea of creating a public benefits corporation that would run the state's toll roads, he c...
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Fight back on toll hikes

Asbury Park Press
Editorial

Here we go again.

It seems like only yesterday that Gov. Corzine's monetization plan — the one that would have increased tolls on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike 800 percent by 2022 — was killed by the public outcry.

Well, state officials have come up with something wor...
Saturday, September 06, 2008
A.C. Expressway toll hike of 50% planned

By Paul Nussbaum
Philadelphia Inquirer

Prepare to pay more for that trip to the Shore.
Tolls on the Atlantic City Expressway will increase by 50 percent early next year if the expressway's board approves a proposed hike announced yesterday.

A trip from Philadelphia to Atlantic City would cost $3.75, up from $2.50.
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Hikes slated for toll roads

By Trish G. Graber
Gloucester County Times

Proposed fare hikes have been announced on the state's toll roads to fund transportation improvements Š more than $200 million on the Atlantic City Expressway alone Š in what appears to be a clean break from the governor's ambitious toll plan that died last year.

Under the pro...












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