Latest Fact-Checks By Bill Wichert

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Herb Conaway Jr.
Herb Conaway Jr.
stated on June 20, 2011 in a rally at the Statehouse:
"This governor has cut funding repeatedly for people who have AIDS, who need drugs to save their life."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • July 8, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 16, 2011 in a television interview on On the Line:
"Only the State of New York spends more money on Medicaid than the State of New Jersey."
False
By Bill Wichert • July 5, 2011
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release:
Gov. Chris Christie owes the state money "for amenities like extra Gorgonzola cheese for his staff on these trips."
False
By Bill Wichert • July 3, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "Top Line":
"Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 28, 2011
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on June 6, 2011 in a column on bluejersey.com:
"(New Jersey Network) is the only news station which covers New Jersey government."
False
By Bill Wichert • June 24, 2011
Kim Guadagno
Kim Guadagno
stated on May 11, 2011 in a radio interview on WNYC:
After not having any foreign trade offices overseas for the past decade, New Jersey opened offices in Shanghai and London in the past six months, and has seen an 18 percent increase in exports.
False
By Bill Wichert • June 23, 2011
Diane Allen
Diane Allen
stated on May 9, 2011 in a press release:
Says Ocean Spray is moving its Bordentown processing facility to Pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
False
By Bill Wichert • June 20, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 20, 2011 in a speech at Princeton University:
Democratic tax hikes led $70 billion of wealth to leave New Jersey between 2004 and 2008, and mainly relocate to Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 17, 2011
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
New Jersey Assembly Democrats
stated on May 10, 2011 in 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
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on May 12, 2011 in a message on Facebook:
Because Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a 30-bill job creation package, "New Jersey ranks 50th in the nation in job creation."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • June 12, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:
Out of 150,000 tenured teachers in the last 10 years, only 17 have been dismissed for incompetence.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • June 10, 2011
New Jersey Sierra Club
New Jersey Sierra Club
stated on May 17, 2011 in 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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