Dawn Fantasia
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NJ Assemblywoman LD24 ~ Public Charter School Administrator
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‼️ “The largest property tax relief package in New Jersey history.” ~Governor Mikie Sherrill (That’s what she said.) WHAT THEY’RE NOT TELLING YOU: Right out of the gate, Trenton had no feasible or sustainable plan to pay for StayNJ. But the Speaker got the Majority to finally wake up to the fact that crushing property taxes are driving seniors out of NJ, and gave them a reason to STAY. Then Gov. Sherrill got her hands on it. She slashed eligibility & even tried to yank $2,500 away from our lowest-income seniors. The battle for that group of seniors was won...but that was about it. Moderate-income seniors still got whacked and lost $2,500. The others were shoved out the door to sunny Florida (along with their retirement spending, investments & tax dollars). Very Hochul-esque. Wonder if we’ll beg them to come back, too? 💸 FUN BONUS FACT: Guess who else lost in the shell game? EVERYONE who gets an ANCHOR check. ANCHOR used to run two years behind, so two additional benefit years were still sitting in the hopper. Then came StayNJ, NJ suddenly jumped ahead, and Treasury now confirms the 2022 & 2023 ANCHOR benefit years were skipped. Two years GONE. And remember, that was YOUR money! Inflated property taxes you already paid, with two years of anticipated ANCHOR rebate checks wiped from the payment schedule. Welcome to the Trenton property-tax-relief shell game. 📺 Check out the NJ Assembly GOP YouTube channel & subscribe for The Rundown, What They’re Not Telling You & Side by Side. New episodes every Friday: Episode 3:
Dawn Fantasia26,355 просмотров • 7 дней назад
I'm going to say the quiet part out loud, Governor Mikie Sherrill, and with my full chest, just like I did when I voted AGAINST this bill on the Assembly floor. There is something deeply disturbing about a room full of female legislators - many of them mothers - grinning ear to ear while a bill is signed that shields providers and institutions from accountability for the potential, irreparable harm that may come to a child who makes a life-altering decision that may permanently affect their fertility as an adult. This is so unbelievably wrong on so many levels. We have lost our humanity.
Dawn Fantasia57,728 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
‼️MAKE IT MAKE SENSE Governor "lower the temperature" Sherrill can't take the heat in the kitchen: less than 24 hours after last night's mass arrests of rioters, she got SIGNIFICANT blowback from the far left fringe; she then decided to pull the NJ State Police from enforcement before sundown tonight & left the enforcement burden on Newark PD. Additionally, she continues to push the narrative that the real danger was Homeland Security ICE "surging into our streets". Madam Governor, it appears that the REAL danger is still surging... This is all so predictable. In her neverending audition for the presidency, she is scared of her own shadow, to the point of holding a NJ state legislator briefing re: Delaney Hall for DEMOCRAT LEGISLATORS ONLY. In sharp contrast, the Republican caucus received a brief email and an identical, duplicate text message from her staffers. If Governor Mikie Sherrill can't face 23 NJ Assembly GOP members and 15 from the New Jersey Senate Republicans to address our very valid safety concerns in real time, please don't EVER think she will find her backbone for you. The NJSP - New Jersey State Police did an EXCEPTIONAL job last night. Thank you Mayor Ras J. Baraka for the curfew implementation, and much gratitude for the brave men and women of the Newark PD who are standing strong for Newark and all of NJ tonight. 🎥 Eric Daugherty
Dawn Fantasia147,492 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill is lying to you. PERIOD. Friday night's debacle DID NOT escalate because of Homeland Security as she just claimed in today's press conference. It escalated because of MOSTLY PEACEFUL RIOTERS. Stop insulting the intelligence of the public. The people defacing property, biting and threatening law enforcement, creating chaos, and refusing to obey lawful orders are the problem. Thank God the NJSP - New Jersey State Police were there. Thank God DHS was there when things went sideways. Leadership means telling people the truth, even when it's politically inconvenient. Stop playing dumb. Stop making excuses. Act like a leader and call this what it is. Encourage cooperation between ALL law enforcement agencies to get this under control. If your goal is to ensure humane conditions in a detention facility, you have an odd way of showing it. NJ Assembly GOP
Dawn Fantasia66,547 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад
NJ is about to get sued into oblivion by the federal government because, ONCE AGAIN, NJ doesn't get the last word on federal law; this time, it's federal election law. And Governor Mikie Sherrill's whole "I don't have a problem with voter ID" gaslight is the icing on the cake: it will NEVER hit your desk when your own Party controls whether it gets there. But you already know that. #dirtyjersey NJ Assembly GOP New Jersey Senate Republicans New Jersey GOP Congressman Jeff Van Drew U.S. Department of Justice
Dawn Fantasia27,789 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
I'm a mom of three, and this is a message for every mom in New Jersey. Did you know .Mikie Sherrill opposed the Laken Riley Act — a bill that would have removed criminal illegal migrants from our country? She voted to allow males in female sports and safe spaces. She supports the medical transitioning of minors and opposes parental notification laws, keeping parents completely in the dark. And she supports one of the most extreme laws in the nation — right here in New Jersey — that allows abortions on minors, performed by non-doctors, without parents ever being notified. As a public school educator, I can tell you firsthand that she doesn’t want parents involved in what their children are learning or aware of the materials they’re exposed to in the classroom. That’s not protecting our daughters. That’s not protecting our kids. If you’re a mom, stand with me — and vote for Jack Ciattarelli. Protecting our families starts at the ballot box TOMORROW 🇺🇸
Dawn Fantasia121,509 просмотров • 10 месяцев назад
‼️TODAY IN TRENTON Another day, another torrid love affair between an unconstitutional bill & the Majority party. We've already stepped into this ring and gotten jabbed in the face. Now, the Majority's big idea is to climb back through the ropes & demand a rematch with your money. Seriously??? Federal immigration detention authority has been the law for nearly THREE DECADES. An inconvenient truth: President Bill Clinton (not President Donald J. Trump DJT) signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. GOP, Dems, and the courts alike have enforced & upheld it. Thirty years should be enough time for the sponsor to grasp the concept. But not in Trenton! When the progressive herd couldn't block immigration detention in court, they now try this. Only one wee little problem: WE CAN'T LEGALLY OBSTRUCT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY TAXING ITS CONTRACTOR INTO OBLIVION. So how exactly does NJ get around federal law, the CoreCivic decision, and that pesky Supremacy Clause? Short answer: WE DON'T. And get this: the bill designates a "Detention and Deportation Defense Initiative Support Fund" designed to bankroll legal services tied to detention & deportation proceedings. Their plan is to tax detention & then use the proceeds... to fight detention. To make matters worse, the bill sponsor never answered the constitutional question because there is no answer. Instead, we got a rambling word salad of grievances, feelings, and unrelated talking points that ignored the law. At this point, I'm not convinced the sponsor read her own bill, or maybe she's hoping to find a judge willing to ignore the Constitution so this steaming pile can limp across the finish line. How much of your money was spent paying lawyers to defend the last losing argument? Apparently, losing wasn't expensive enough the first time. Trenton's biggest obstacle isn't the private contractor. It's the Constitution. NJ Assembly GOP NJ Assembly Democrats Governor Mikie Sherrill Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin Thomas D. Homan
Dawn Fantasia17,735 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад
🚨PART ONE of TWO: JERSEY CITY BAILOUT FIASCO Jersey City is now getting a $105M state loan & a $15M Transitional Aid grant to bail them out of an alleged fiscal crisis that didn't happen out of nowhere. NJ Assembly Democrats NJ Senate Democrats voted to authorize Governor Mikie Sherrill's JC's bailout package before anyone (including the JC Council, apparently) knew the actual loan terms. The bailout was announced on June 29th; the detailed Memorandum of Understanding wasn't released until July 13th, when we finally saw that the $105M loan carries 2.75% interest over 10 years and 3 months, along with a $15M grant coupled with "oversight" from the NJ Department of Community Affairs. Now that’s a trip. Where exactly has the NJ Department of Community Affairs been? If we are to believe that Jersey City's finances had deteriorated to the point of one-time revenues, emergency borrowing, depleted reserves, delayed obligations, unpaid bills & budget gimmicks, where was the oversight BEFORE taxpayers handed over a $120 million rescue package? Oversight is supposed to PREVENT fiscal disasters, not roll up after the fact with a checkbook linked to your bank account. Meanwhile, Jersey City government is now publicly fighting over whether to enact the 15.5% property tax increase that Mayor James Solomon's financial plan relies on. SIDEBAR: Camden and Paterson have each received “Transitional Aid” for 16 out of 16 consecutive years. In Jersey, “transitional” a synonym for “permanent”. THE MORE YOU KNOW™. #dirtyjersey
Dawn Fantasia12,495 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад
Thank you,PIX11 News for including my perspective today on NJ's energy shortage. The issue is two-fold: long-term goals must be paired with short-term relief. Both houses cast a UNANIMOUS YES vote for A4881. Expanding nuclear is a critical piece of our long-term strategy, understanding the benefits are still 7-10 years away. As for IMMEDIATE RELIEF, NJ Assembly GOP already has the bills.on deck: • A5723: Suspend the sales tax & the Societal Benefits Charge on electric & gas bills, putting an estimated $400-469M back into the pockets of NJ families. • A907: Instead of asking ratepayers to bankroll another progressive policy experiment, "green energy" initiative, rebate shell game, or mandate, Trenton better make sure the people paying the bills can actually afford them first. The bill protects ratepayers from being forced to bail out failed offshore wind projects. NJ already kissed $175M goodbye on the Ørsted fiasco with nothing to show for it & this bill makes sure families aren't left paying for the next progressive failure. • A2463: Get NJ out of RGGI, the "carbon credit" scam that makes power plants pay for emissions & passes those costs on to your electric bill. NJ has collected more than $1.2B through RGGI & families are getting hammered by rising utility bills as a direct result, while the State hasn't even come close to its pipe dream emissions goals. Ending RGGI is estimated to save NJ ratepayers about $279M every year. Another inconvenient truth is that we now import roughly 40% of our electricity from neighboring states that burn fossil fuels & pat ourselves on the back like we did something noble by jacking up costs & straining the regional grid. So ridiculous. Energy & common sense are both in short supply. • My bill, A4968: Increase NJ's commitment to LIHEAP so economically- disadvantaged families who genuinely need help receive more assistance. IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIES. This debacle didn't happen TO us. Many of the same legislators who occupy the Majority embraced the dim, short-sighted policies that got us into this energy mess in the first place. Instead of funding sparkly stadium lights, French art museums, bailouts for cities that spend like spoiled teenagers with their parents' AMEX card, or millions for politically-favored recreation centers & swimming pools, how about we lower people's utility bills instead? The GOP would be more than happy to help the Majority identify where those cuts can be made to provide immediate relief for the families & businesses footing the bill. NJ Assembly GOP New Jersey Senate Republicans NJ Assembly Democrats NJ Senate Democrats Governor Mikie Sherrill
Dawn Fantasia11,217 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад
‼️Yesterday was a morning-into-late-night marathon that culminated in Governor Mikie Sherrill taking a bow for a $60.7 billion duplicitous dumpster fire fraught with misplaced priorities, plenty of pork for the Majority, and the Left clapping like seals over the railroading of NJ families and businesses. You had to be there to fully appreciate the hypocrisy. At times, the entitlement on display was enough to choke a horse, and the NJ Assembly GOP was having none of it. The last 48 hours have been brutal with the amount of reading, writing & digesting required to get through this debacle (that was dumped on us in the wee hours of Monday morning for a Tuesday vote). On about three hours of sleep & a gallon of coffee, we came in swinging and, at the very least, were resolved to show the people of New Jersey EXACTLY what went down with YOUR MONEY. Unfortunately, my guess is many in the Majority had a very different experience. All they needed were two things: the green YES button and a finger. And I think we all know which finger that was. There are so many parts of this budget that deserve to be exposed, and over the coming days I'm going to do exactly that. From unfair school funding, bizarre Medicaid employer penalties, myopic energy policy, absurd corporate taxes, sloppy mismanagement of SNAP & Medicaid, illegal immigration legal defense funds, ridiculous and unjustified bailouts, forced high-density housing mandates, the endless cost of lawsuits— and the abhorrent backroom budget process itself— I'm going to share as best I can of how, (quite literally) the sausage gets made. I'll start with a snippet re: Education, because that's been my career long before politics. What happened in this budget to schools in the Highlands, the Pinelands, and so many other communities across New Jersey was a travesty. Now, even some of the Majority's OWN districts are feeling the heat, but they continue to toe the company line to the detriment of students and families that deserve so much better than this.
Dawn Fantasia12,409 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад
🔌⚡Let's start with the obvious: OUR NJ ELECTRIC BILLS ARE OBSCENE. In Governor Mikie Sherrill's mammoth $60.7B budget address, she briefly referenced natural gas and nuclear energy. The rest of the speech followed the "green energy" fairy tale trajectory of her predecessor, with an emphasis on investing in solar energy and battery storage. Here’s the problem: solar and battery storage are SUPPLEMENTS, not primary power sources. Solar works when the sun's out, but the grid needs power 24/7. This may shock and surprise some, but NJ is not Texas so any comparison is completely invalid. And batteries don’t generate electricity; they store excess solar for a few hours and cost billions to build. Most store 2–4 hours of power, next generation shoots for 6–10 hours. A 24-hour battery grid is still theoretical. Here is a comparison of power reliability rates: Solar — about 8% Offshore wind — 40–50% Natural gas — 80%+ Nuclear — up to 95% Meanwhile, PJM (the regional grid operator) warned us that by 2030, the region could lose about 40 gigawatts of reliable power generation (while replacing less than half of it).Since March, there has at least been some movement on the nuclear front in NJ, but on natural gas? Mostly lip service so far. We keep hearing about storage, batteries and demand management. Great story. Where's the generation? NJ ALREADY lost $175M on the Ørsted offshore wind gamble & despite the collapse of several major projects, Trenton continues pushing to revive offshore wind, fighting federal action in court to shut it down. The kicker is that even at full capacity, that project too would have delivered well under 20 gigawatts upon completion — less than half the power NJ actually needs. So how'd we end up here in the first place? NJ used to be an energy EXPORTER. Well, Trenton Democrats shuttered reliable power before replacements existed, so now NJ IMPORTS 35–40% of our electricity from states in our regional grid. The Dems pat themselves on the back for being “green,” while importing electricity from PA generated with much-needed fossil fuels, including coal. It gets more surreal. The same Dems assign blame to (and threaten to leave) PJM. We're importing power and acting like we hold the cards. WE DON'T (just ask Pennsylvania). And "green"? Grid batteries use lithium, cobalt, nickel and other mined minerals, produced through massive industrial extraction & chemical processing. They're ridiculously expensive to build and a disposal nightmare. Is this what they call environmentally-friendly “green energy”? Now look at the budget shell game. The budget highlights spending tied to the Clean Energy Fund ($700M a year) and RGGI (roughly $80–100M annually). Those funds don’t come from Trenton. They come from YOU — surcharges you already pay for, built into your electric bill (don't forget! Over the years, billions of dollars have been diverted out of the Clean Energy Fund to plug other holes in the state budget.) THE GAME IN THE NUTSHELL: Raise your rates. Collect the money through RGGI and Clean Energy Fund charges. Hand a sliver back as a “utility credit.” Smile big at the press conference with your climate activist crew. As the Governor & Majority party celebrate "clean energy" budget spending, understand that most of it is just recycling money you've paid in your electric bill. This budget STILL gambles on “green energy.” With your wallet. SIDEBAR: During the campaign, Mikie Sherrill promised to "freeze electric rates." Fun fact: as Governor, her Executive Order didn’t freeze anything. It "urged" the Board of Public Utilities to "consider" taking action. A far cry from freezing rates, which is not a function of any NJ Governor.
Dawn Fantasia12,282 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад
THIS IS RIDICULOUS. Before NJ appoints itself to help fill a "void in world health leadership," perhaps we should demonstrate that we've rectified the public health failures that occurred under our OWN roof? NJ paid nearly $53M to settle claims arising from tragic COVID deaths in state-run veterans homes. As a direct result, U.S. Department of Justice required reforms & ongoing independent monitoring. Nor should NJ taxpayers be footing the bill to put NJDOH officials on planes and send them halfway across the globe to participate in international health initiatives while serious public health challenges remain unresolved right here at home. We have our hands full in New Jersey. Let's focus on New Jersey. NJ Assembly GOP
Dawn Fantasia13,937 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад
I beg to differ. EXHIBIT A: LAST YEAR'S DEBACLE These ARE NOT statewide priorities. THESE ARE EXTRAS— wants masquerading as needs. Hardworking NJ families ARE DONE with being taken to the cleaners for these vanity projects in Democrat districts! NJ Assembly GOP New Jersey Senate Republicans Governor Mikie Sherrill NJ Assembly Democrats NJ Senate Democrats
Dawn Fantasia18,676 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад
NJ Democrats voted to create “sanctuaries” from federal law enforcement, which in turn attracts predators to the SAME SPACES that victims go for safety, all in the name of “compassion” for those here illegally. In NJ, avoiding ICE outweighs protecting victims from criminals.
Dawn Fantasia22,871 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад
‼️WE SHOULD HAUL YOU IN UNDER SUBPOENA Governor Mikie Sherrill's new Commissioner of New Jersey Department of Education & Office of Special Ed “declined the invitation” issued by the Chair of the Assembly Ed Committee to testify regarding the trainwreck parents, teachers, advocates & districts across NJ have been reporting for YEARS. The level of disrespect shown to the Chair and to Speaker Craig J. Coughlin is outrageous. Are you not accountable to the Legislature? To the people of NJ? You oversee a statewide system impacting vulnerable kids, refuse to testify before the people’s elected representatives & act like answers are OPTIONAL? QUESTIONS YOU HID FROM: 1️⃣ How many full-time employees currently work in the Office of Special Ed handling complaints, investigations, compliance & monitoring? 2️⃣ How many investigators specifically handle parent complaints? 3️⃣ What is the average caseload per investigator? 4️⃣ Of the nearly 3K requests referenced in NJ Sporlight, how many became formal investigations? 5️⃣ Of those investigations, how many found districts noncompliant? 6️⃣ What happens AFTER a district is found noncompliant? Walk us through the actual enforcement process step by step. 7️⃣ How does the Dept. verify corrective action was actually implemented instead of just promised on paper? 8️⃣ How many districts have been repeat offenders over the last five years? 9️⃣ At what point does repeated noncompliance trigger a systemic review instead of endless case-by-case handling? 🔟 Does the Office conduct targeted audits or intervention reviews for districts with recurring violations? 1️⃣1️⃣ Why are parents forced to file OPRA requests to view materials submitted by their own district in their own complaint cases? 1️⃣2️⃣ How have the recent OPRA changes impacted parents seeking records tied to special ed disputes? 1️⃣3️⃣ Does the Dept. acknowledge that weakening OPRA creates additional barriers for families already struggling to advocate for their children? 1️⃣4️⃣ Why can’t parents automatically receive all submissions and evidence related to their complaint with proper redactions where necessary? 1️⃣5️⃣ If a parent files a complaint against the Office of Special Ed itself, why is that complaint often handled internally instead of by an independent entity? 1️⃣6️⃣ Has the Dept. requested additional staffing, funding, or statutory authority from the Legislature to address workload concerns? 1️⃣7️⃣ If not, why not? 1️⃣8️⃣ How does the Dept. measure whether a child was actually made whole after violations occurred? 1️⃣9️⃣ How often are compensatory services ordered with specific enforceable parameters instead of vague directives? 2️⃣0️⃣ What percentage of corrective action plans are later re-checked for compliance? 2️⃣1️⃣ How many families proceed to litigation after first attempting to resolve issues through the state complaint process? 2️⃣2️⃣ Does the Dept. track whether families abandon complaints because they lack money, legal representation, transportation, or time? 2️⃣3️⃣ What accommodations exist for parents with limited language proficiency, disabilities, or limited legal knowledge? 2️⃣4️⃣ Does the Dept. believe families with financial means currently have a greater ability to secure services through litigation? 2️⃣5️⃣ Is the state concerned that enforcement is effectively becoming dependent on how aggressive, educated, connected, or wealthy a parent is? We're not talking about a handful of isolated incidents here! We're talking serious, structural failures. NJ found districts noncompliant in more than HALF of investigated cases this past year. Parents are describing a process where they're exhausted, ignored, forced into court, hire lawyers they can't afford, be left financially drained or left teaching themselves special ed law while trying to take care of their kids with serious needs. This level of dysfunction is a new low. NJ Assembly GOP
Dawn Fantasia14,663 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад