Joe Locricchio

Joe Locricchio, candidate for the State Senate in the 12th District called for a reduction in spending. "You cannot cut taxes unless you cut spending" Locricchio said. " New Jersey is on of only 5 states in the country to not cut spending since 2000. My plan is a 2 for 1 plan. For every 2 dollars we cut in spending we cut 1 dollar in taxes" Locricchio's plan call for a 5 billion dollar spending reduction over the next 3 years. "This budget is so over inflated people can't catch up, it's no wonder people are being forced to move out of the state" Locricchio went on to say " Instead of cutiing Trans Fat, let's cut the fat out of this budget and give our residents the tax relief they deserve" Locricchio is a Committeeman in Manalapan and has cut taxes in 2005 and 2006.

Locricchio Calls for Abolishing "Puharic Plan"
Freeholder Anna Little Says Plan "Borderline Unconstitutional"

Date: For Immediate Release
Contact: Joe Locricchio
Patriot0328@aol.com

After a recent Asbury Park Press editorial rebuking the Monmouth County GOP plan to charge candidates $1,000 or more to have a background investigation conducted on themselves before a "vetting process" is conducted by hand-picked supporters of the County Chairman, State Senate candidate for the 12th District and Manalapan Township Committeeman Joe Locricchio confirms his plan to shun the biased and questionable plan, and says it must be abolished.

"From the start I have been against Mr. Puharic's hand-picked selection process. The Asbury Park Press compared the Puharic plan to a Communist concept used in the former Soviet Union. That is not what the party of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan stands for. The Constitution of the United States allows for representatives to be chosen by all the people, not by a back-room vetting process decided by a dozen of Puharic's loyalists. I call on Mr. Puharic to allow the people to make their own choices."

On Monday, Monmouth County Freeholder Anna Little announced her concerns for the Puharic Plan, calling it "questionable at best and borderline unconstitutional," and the plan to charge candidates at least $1,000 for a background check "unusual."

Locricchio says Mr. Puharic in one breath has called his plan "voluntary" and "recommended," however has stated "Only those approved by the screening committee may participate in a Republican county convention."

"Mr. Puharic calls this 'voluntary,' but if you don't submit to the Puharic plan or pay to be a part of it, you can't be a part of the election process. I call on Mr. Puharic to remove what has been called his 'Orwellian scheme' and place the election process back in the hands of the people."