Manzo Joins Cunningham And Chiappone In 31st Dist Race

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Manzo Joins Cunningham And Chiappone In 31st Dist Race

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Posted by Manolo on March 30, 2003 at 09:28:06:

By Steven Glazer

Urban Times News
March 21 - March 27, 2003

(Jersey City) Louis Manzo threw
his hat in the ring for 31st District
Assembly seat joining the ticket headed
by Mayor Glenn Cunningham with
Bayonne Council Member Anthony
Chiappone. Manzo, a former Freeholder
and Jersey City Health Chief rounds out a
ticket that will go against the formidable
Hudson County Democratic Organization.
Freeholder Bill O'Dea told the enthusias-
tic crowd that "the organization outspent
us five-to-one last time and we outpolled
them three-to-two. We intend to go up
against the machine and we intend to win.
We have been labeled mavericks and it is
a lable that I wear proudly. Our strength is
built on people, not on megabuck corpo-
rate media campaigns."
Manzo particularly has been stir-
ring interest lately with a novel proposal
to tax political campaign contributions.
Manzo calls it his "Robin Hood Tax."
"All campaign contributions would be
taxed just as if it were ordinary earned
income. The more you raise, the more you
pay. The funds would be directed espe-
cially for the benefit of children and sen-
iors. I would want to see the money used
to restore Seniors' Medicaid cuts and
money just cut from the state budget to
immunize approximately 6,000 kids in
Jersey City," said Manzo.
"I wanted to run because I think
that the party in power has given up its
right to govern and no longer represents
the voters that put them in office. They
have lost the right to represent the people.
They only care about the holders of no-bid
contracts," said Manzo. "That is why over
in Bergen County, they get Xanadu and
here in Hudson, we get raw sewage and
household trash. They have sold out every
retail merchant here in Hudson County.
We are in danger of becoming the
Garbage Capital of the East Coast, if not
the country, thanks to these guys. But it's
OK as long as the right people keep on
getting their contracts. When they run a
campaign fundraiser, they are looking out
into a room full of contract holders. When
we hold an event like this one we look out
and see our friends and our neighbors, the
people who with live with."
Jersey City Mayor Glenn
Cunningham told the crowd "We are
building a movement here to liberate our
city from the power brokers. The whole
system is geared toward them getting their
buddies more contracts. We are going to
move out and liberate other towns in
Hudson County. With us everything will
be out in the open.

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:      By Steven Glazer 

: Urban Times News
: March 21 - March 27, 2003

:     (Jersey City) Louis Manzo threw 
: his hat in the ring for 31st District 
: Assembly seat joining the ticket headed 
: by Mayor Glenn Cunningham with 
: Bayonne Council Member Anthony 
: Chiappone. Manzo, a former Freeholder 
: and Jersey City Health Chief rounds out a 
: ticket that will go against the formidable
: Hudson County Democratic Organization.
: Freeholder Bill O'Dea told the enthusias- 
: tic crowd that "the organization outspent 
: us five-to-one last time and we outpolled 
: them three-to-two. We intend to go up 
: against the machine and we intend to win. 
: We have been labeled mavericks and it is 
: a lable that I wear proudly. Our strength is
: built on people, not on megabuck corpo- 
: rate media campaigns."
:    Manzo particularly has been stir- 
: ring interest lately with a novel proposal 
: to tax political campaign contributions.
: Manzo calls it his "Robin Hood Tax." 
: "All campaign contributions would be 
: taxed just as if it were ordinary earned 
: income. The more you raise, the more you 
: pay. The funds would be directed espe- 
: cially for the benefit of children and sen- 
: iors. I would want to see the money used 
: to restore Seniors' Medicaid cuts and 
: money just cut from the state budget to 
: immunize approximately 6,000 kids in 
: Jersey City," said Manzo.
:   "I wanted to run because I think 
: that the party in power has given up its 
: right to govern and no longer represents 
: the voters that put them in office. They 
: have lost the right to represent the people.
: They only care about the holders of no-bid 
: contracts," said Manzo. "That is why over 
: in Bergen County, they get Xanadu and 
: here in Hudson, we get raw sewage and 
: household trash. They have sold out every
: retail merchant here in Hudson County. 
: We are in danger of becoming the 
: Garbage Capital of the East Coast, if not 
: the country, thanks to these guys. But it's
: OK as long as the right people keep on 
: getting their contracts. When they run a 
: campaign fundraiser, they are looking out 
: into a room full of contract holders. When 
: we hold an event like this one we look out 
: and see our friends and our neighbors, the 
: people who with live with."
:   Jersey City Mayor Glenn 
: Cunningham told the crowd "We are 
: building a movement here to liberate our 
: city from the power brokers. The whole 
: system is geared toward them getting their 
: buddies more contracts. We are going to 
: move out and liberate other towns in 
: Hudson County. With us everything will 
: be out in the open.


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