A YEAR WORTH OF SURGERY AND THERAPY...THE FINGERS ARE FINALLY MOVING...

WAKE UP NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS New Jersey Governor Corzine is trying to sell a financial restructuring plan, which relies on toll increases of 800 percent to pay off half of the state's debt and fund future transportation projects. A DRIVE FROM NY CITY TO CAPE MAY COULD COST OVER 250 DOLLARS… OUR RESPONSE IS: DON’T HOCK OUR ROADS DON’T PIMP OUR PARKWAY TOLLS IT IS TIME TO STOP THE MADNESS OF DEFECIT SPENDING TELL GOVERNOR CORZINE: BALANCE YOUR BUDGET STOP TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO SPEND MONEY YOU DON’T HAVE WE DON’T NEED MORE TAXES WHAT WE NEED IS RESPONSIBLE SPENDING Campaign Committee to Stop the Toll Hike Governor Corzine has announced his Campaign Committee to push his Asset Monetization Scam. The list is a Who's Who of New Jersey beneficiaries of government largesse when Trenton is handing out the hard earned taxpayer dollars they have expropriated from our wallets. Now it is time to fight back. Americans for Prosperity is recruiting business leaders, community activists, religious leaders and elected officials willing to serve on our Campaign to Stop the Toll Hike Scam. Now is the time for all good men and women to step up to the plate. Please contact me at steven.lonegan@afphq.org if you want to be part of this historic effort. Join the many, the proud, the defenders of taxpayers. The “Asset Monetization” Questions the Governor Doesn’t Want To Answer QAnswer: Governor Corzine wants to bond $38 billion (the largest borrowing scheme by any state) as early as this June. Bond holders will expect interest starting immediately. However, the governor is delaying the toll increases necessary to pay this debt for two years, or until after the election in 2009. To cover this cost, he will borrow approximately $4 billion as part of the $38 billion. Toll payers will pay for this political ploy for seventy five years into the future. This is called “capitalized interest” and would be acceptable practice if the money was being borrowed to build a needed road that did not exist and tolls would not come until after it was built. Governor Corzine recognizes the political and economic impact and is borrowing this huge sum to delay the increases until after the election. Question: Will you be using $16 billion of this new debt to reduce the state’s existing debt from $33 billion to $16 billion? Isn’t this borrowing Peter to pay Paul? Will you guarantee taxpayers the current state debt will be cut in half? Answer: The Governor is not telling the taxpayers that he is poised to bond another $11 billion in state debt over the next year or so!. Section D3 of the State Debt Report illustrates the Governor’s intention to issue this debt that is “Authorized but not yet paid.” The State’s actual debt will jump more than $11 billion while the Governor is bonding his $38 billion in Toll Debt. Question: How will the state save money by paying down some of its existing debt with new debt? Answer: We won’t. The Governor will be paying off shorter term, lower interest bonds with longer term (75 year) higher interest bonds. This is equivalent to refinancing your home by replacing a twenty five year mortgage at 4% with a seventy five year mortgage at 7% and just putting your debts off to the next two generations. .STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT TELL GOVERNOR CORZINE DON’T HOCK OUR ROADS DON’T PIMP OUR PARKWAY TOLLS Thanks, Big Country Mike Mattera

Area musicians sing protest song (Please copy and paste sites) “DON”T HOCK OUR ROADS” http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=650197 Contact: LibertyandProsperity.org c/o Acting President SETH GROSSMAN 453 Shore Road Somers Point, New Jersey 08244, USA 609-927-7333 E-mail seth@dandy.net or SethG49@aol.com. Thanks, Big Country Mike Mattera

Big Country Mike Mattera’s BLIND DATE! …hear what happened!! In a recent online interview, Celine Carroll compared co-writing to going on a blind date (I love blind dates) …So I contacted Celine in Ireland and asked her on a blind date… I sent her some lyrics, she set them to music…and the rest is ‘History’ Check out OUR song “I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU” on my page and on Celine’s…. http:www.myspace.com/celinecarroll And by the way….This Slow Dance is on us…Enjoy