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*Bucco and Oroho: Governor Corzine Still Playing ‘Hide the Numbers’ Game
Senate Republican Budget Officer Anthony Bucco and Senator Steve Oroho, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, criticized Governor Corzine for refusing to regularly update revenue numbers despite repeated requests for openness and transparency. The governor has daily access to revenue collection figures. Senators Bucco and Oroho expressed outrage that Governor Corzine doesn’t share those numbers so that business owners, legislators and the voting public can track what’s happening during this economic crisis, as business people and residents can do in other states.
\”Governor Corzine clings to the notion that only members of his administration need to know what’s happening with the state’s revenue collections,\” Senator Bucco said. \”It’s hard to imagine a stance that is more condescending and undemocratic.\”
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