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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Says his administration balanced "two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 2, 2011
Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan
stated on September 15, 2011 a debate with Assemblyman Vince Polistina:
Because of Jim Whelan, "the 1990s are the only decade since the 1920s when the population of Atlantic City actually went up."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 30, 2011
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
stated on September 9, 2011 an opinion article:
Says "New Jersey’s $1 billion horse racing industry … employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • September 22, 2011
New Jersey Sierra Club
New Jersey Sierra Club
stated on September 6, 2011 a press release:
Says New Jersey is "losing 50 football fields of open space to development every day and the more we develop upstream the more flooding we have downstream."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 19, 2011
Hetty Rosenstein
Hetty Rosenstein
stated on August 31, 2011 a press release from the Communication Workers of America:
"The average state pension, including managers, is $23,000 a year; and just $14,000 for local government workers."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 18, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 10, 2011 a news conference in Belmar :
"Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, we've created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 21, 2011
NJ-CAN
NJ-CAN
stated on August 9, 2011 a petition:
Says the state’s pension and health benefits reform includes "the destruction of public sector collective bargaining rights."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 15, 2011
Tom Kean
Tom Kean
stated on August 1, 2011 a question-and-answer column in The Star-Ledger:
"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2011
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on July 17, 2011 a column:
"Recently we have seen our government debt grow by $3.4 trillion during the first 29 months of the Obama administration -- the equivalent of about $4 billion per day."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • July 28, 2011
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
stated on July 12, 2011 testimony during a Senate hearing:
Says "the most dangerous time for children" is from "3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple"
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • July 25, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 12, 2011 a radio ad:
Says the state budget "doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans" and had "no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • July 24, 2011
Dominick Marino
Dominick Marino
stated on June 6, 2011 a column on PolitickerNJ.com:
"The firefighter and police officer pension system is not headed for bankruptcy, far from it. That’s because New Jersey first responders -- fire fighters and police officers -- have never missed making payments to the retirement system." 
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • July 22, 2011
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on July 8, 2011 a press release from Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex):
"Numerous studies have shown that these so-called right-to-work laws do not generate jobs and economic growth."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • July 15, 2011
Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan
stated on July 5, 2011 a press release:
"In our proposal, we would have expanded school aid across the board … Governor Christie slashed school aid in this budget, preferring instead to extend a tax break for millionaires over funding in the classroom."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • July 11, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:
"When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • June 21, 2011
New Jersey Education Association
New Jersey Education Association
stated on May 4, 2011 a television ad:
"As soon as Chris Christie was governor, he gave tax cuts to millionaires."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • June 19, 2011
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
stated on May 10, 2011 a press release:
Gov. Chris Christie caused a 4.1 percent increase in property taxes in 2010, marking the highest increase since 2007.
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • June 16, 2011
New Jersey Sierra Club
New Jersey Sierra Club
stated on May 17, 2011 a press release:
"Every year the state loses 8,000-10,000 acres of land in bear country."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • June 10, 2011
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