Posted on 02/13/2007 5:22:28 AM PST by Calpernia
The U-S Attorney's Office and the New Jersey Legislature are set to square off in federal court tomorrow over records federal prosecutors want as part of a far-reaching political corruption investigation.
The Legislature's legal arm considers the documents confidential and has refused to release them.
The Star-Ledger of Newark reports that U-S Attorney Christopher Christie has subpoenaed internal memos, e-mails and other documents that the Legislature generates while drafting the annual state budget.
The documents are being sought as part of an investigation into whether any elected officials improperly directed money to certain pet organizations.
The current 30-point-eight (b) billion state budget contains more than 270 (m) million in last-minute add-ons, commonly known as "Christmas tree items."
The items were mostly put in by members of the controlling Democratic Party.
Here are the earmarks identified for New Jersey, which total $10,760,000. Check out the earmarks for your state and then call your congressman and ask if he or she sponsored any of your state's earmarks. If the answer is yes, ask why the congressman's name isn't on the earmark. If you recognize the institution designated to receive the earmarked tax dollars, call them and ask them what they intend to do with your money.
Then email us at info@examiner.com with the subject line "Earmarks" and tell us what you found out.
| Amount | City | Description |
| $1,000,000 | Florham Park | Atlantic Health Systems for a universal electronic health records system |
| $750,000 | Denville | St. Clare's Hospital for facilities and equipment |
| $550,000 | Camden | Rutgers University School of Law for student scholarships and loan repayment, internships and public interest programming |
| $500,000 | Parsippany | United Jewish Communities of Metrowest, for naturally occurring retirement communities demonstration project |
| $500,000 | Morristown | Morris Museum for development of the Interactive Educational Workshop Center exhibit |
| $350,000 | Trenton | St. Francis Medical Center for facilities and equipment |
| $350,000 | Pomona | Richard Stockton College of New Jersey for curriculum development at Aviation Research and Technology Park |
| $300,000 | Marlton | Virtua Health for facilities and equipment |
| $300,000 | Morristown | National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, for the Play It Smart Program |
| $300,000 | Mountainside | Children's Specialized Hospital, for facilities and equipment |
| $300,000 | Paterson | St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center for facilities and equipment |
| $300,000 | Bergen County | UJA Federation of Bergen County, for the Safe and Secure Senior Program |
| $275,000 | North Bergen | Palisades Medical Center for facilities and equipment |
| $275,000 | Englewood | Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, for facilities and equipment |
| $275,000 | Teaneck | Holy Name Hospital, for facilities and equipment |
| $275,000 | Newark | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, for research, education, and community outreach activities of the Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities |
| $250,000 | Hackettstown | Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, for facilities and equipment |
| $250,000 | Ridgewood | Valley Hospital for facilities and equipment |
| $250,000 | Lincroft | Brookdale Community College, for workforce training programs though its Center for Excellence in Technology, Telecommunications and Economic Development |
| $250,000 | Paterson | Barnert Hospital for facilities and equipment |
| $250,000 | Lincroft | Brookdale Community College, for a Student Success Center in Asbury Park, which may include purchase of equipment |
| $250,000 | Wyckoff | Christian Health Care Center, for medical records systems upgrades |
| $200,000 | South Amboy | Jewish Federation of Middlesex County, for a naturally occurring retirement communities demonstration project |
| $200,000 | Lakewood | School children with Hidden Intelligence for the special education program |
| $200,000 | Greater Monmouth County | Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County, NJ for a naturally occurring retirement community demonstration project |
| $200,000 | Flemington | Hunterdon Medical Center, for equipment |
| $200,000 | Maywood | Adler Aphasia Center for a program to improve communications and other life skills for people with aphasia |
| $200,000 | Hammonton | William B. Kessler Memorial Hospital for an integrated hospital information system |
| $200,000 | Mahwah | Ramapo College for nursing laboratory equipment |
| $200,000 | Willingboro | Lourdes Health Systems, Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County for equipment |
| $175,000 | East Orange | East Orange General Hospital, for facilities and equipment |
| $150,000 | Egg Harbor Township | AtlantiCare Behavioral Health for facilities and equipment |
| $150,000 | Scotch Plains | Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey, for the naturally occurring retirement communities demonstration project |
| $110,000 | Yardville | Visitation Home, Inc., for care of developmentally disabled residents |
| $100,000 | Hackettstown | Centenary College, for facilities and equipment for the Nurse Training program |
| $100,000 | Browns Mills | Deborah Heart and Lung Cancer, for facilities and equipment at the Women's Cardiovascular Wellness Center |
| $100,000 | Deal | Sephardic Bikur Holim of Monmouth County, for social services programs |
| $100,000 | Flemington | Hunterdon Medical Center, for its Latino Healthcare Initiative |
| $75,000 | New Brunswick | Hyacinth AIDS Foundation for anHIV/AIDS counseling and testing program |
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Hmmm interesting. ~P~
I don't know if the Congressional Earmarks are different from the CHRISTMAS TREE ITEMS though.
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