May 13, 2013
Contact: Brad Schnure / (609) 847-3600
Senator Christopher Bateman,
Senator Dawn Marie Addiego
Would Allow Proceeds Received from Games of Chance to Support Veterans’ Organization
Legislation sponsored by Senators Kip Bateman (R-16) and Dawn Marie Addiego (R-8) giving veterans’ organization more flexibility to manage their costs has been approved by the New Jersey Senate. The measures, S-87 and SCR-11, would allow those organizations to use the net proceeds from games of chance to support their organizations financially.
“Many non-profits, including organizations that serve our veterans, have struggled financially in recent years as donors facing economic hardships of their own haven’t been able to give as much,” said Bateman. “The legislation and constitutional amendment that we have proposed would provide additional financial flexibility to veterans’ groups by allowing them to tap a new stream of revenues to help pay their bills.”
(more…)
May 13, 2013
Contact: Jeremy Rosen / (609) 847-3600
Senator Dawn Marie Addiego,
Senator Diane Allen
The New Jersey Senate approved today a resolution honoring Steve Sabol, sponsored by Senators Diane Allen and Dawn Marie Addiego, both R-Burlington, and supported by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
“Steve Sabol is one of New Jersey’s most innovative entrepreneurs and his creativity has revolutionized both sports and documentary cinematography around the world,” Allen said. “He has made Mount Laurel the home of America’s favorite sport, having created a model business employing hundreds of people and boasting the world’s largest sports film library. He showed us the passion of the game — and made it our passion, too.”
“With ingenuity and grace, Steve Sabol has humanized America’s favorite sport bringing people inside the hearts and minds of their football heroes,” added Addiego. “Continuing Steve Sabol’s passion, NFL Films will continue to make Burlington County proud, as it chronicles the season of New Jersey’s Super Bowl.”
(more…)
Senators Tom Kean (R-21), Anthony Bucco (R-25) and Dawn Marie Addiego (R-8) joined Governor Chris Christie for the signing of SJR-70 on Monday, April 15, 2013. The legislators are co-sponsors of the Senate Joint Resolution congratulating Israel for 65 years of independence.
Kean said, “On the anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel, it is important that we reaffirm our support for Israel and its people. New Jersey and Israel share deep ties, both cultural and economic, that represent a unique friendship that we must make every effort to sustain.”
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean (center) and Senator Anthony Bucco (right) watching as Governor Chris Christie signs SJR-70 on Monday, April 15, 2013.
Co-sponsors of SJR-70, Sen. Dawn Marie Addiego (left) and Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean (right), pictured with New Jersey Israel Commission Chairman Mark S. Levenson (center), at the signing of the resolution.
February 14, 2013
Contact: Robbie Kenney / (609) 654-1498
Assemblyman Christopher J. Brown
Drafts Assembly Resolution & Launches Online Petition to Support Olympic Wrestling
Assemblyman Chris Brown, a former high school wrestler and a volunteer youth wrestling coach, is introducing a resolution calling for the International Olympic Committee to reverse its decision to remove the sport from the global athletic event beginning with the 2020 summer games.
“The entire wrestling community is stunned by the IOC’s decision to eliminate one of the first sports contested in the original Olympiads,” said Assemblyman Brown. “Regretfully, the committee has ignored the history, the integrity, and the tremendous character-building aspects of the sport, instead bowing to political and personal interests to retain ‘questionable’ sports like the Modern Pentathlon and Badminton.”
(more…)
February 14, 2013
Contact: Robbie Kenney / (609) 654-1498
Assemblyman Christopher J. Brown
By signing this petition, I add my support to Assemblyman Chris Brown’s efforts to encourage the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reinstate Wrestling as an Olympic sport.
I am shocked that the IOC has targeted Wrestling, one of the original Olympic sports which can trace its Olympic heritage back to the ancient games in 780 B.C.
(more…)
January 30, 2013
Contact: Jeremy Rosen / (609) 847-3600
Senator Dawn Marie Addiego,
Senator Diane Allen
To memorialize one of New Jersey’s most innovative entrepreneurs, Senators Diane Allen and Dawn Marie Addiego (both R-Burlington) are introducing on Monday a resolution honoring NFL Films Pioneer Steve Sabol.
“Steve Sabol inspired the finest cinematic reflection of any sport and left nothing on the field,” Allen said. “His innovative filmmaking documented the intellect, emotion and humanity in America’s most aggressive and popular sport.”
“Steve Sabol’s ingenuity, artistic brilliance and endless commitment to creating history are celebrated across the country and around the world,” Addiego added. “He is a pride of Burlington County whose legacy will surely be continued by NFL Films, with their coverage of this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVII and beyond.”
(more…)
December 20, 2012
Contact: Robbie Kenney / (609) 654-1498
District 8
Grant Will Pay for Siding and Roof Work at Special Services’ Lumberton Campus
Senator Dawn Marie Addiego, Assemblyman Scott Rudder, and Assembly Chris Brown welcome word that the Burlington County Special Services school district would benefit from a grant from the School Development Authority.
With the grant funding of $675,000 from the SDA’s Regular Operating District Grant Program, more than 43,000 square feet of the school building in Lumberton will be re-sided, and the roof will be replaced.
(more…)
December 6, 2012
Contact: Robbie Kenney / (609) 654-1498
Senator Dawn Marie Addiego
Legislation sponsored by Senator Dawn Marie Addiego holding colleges and universities that donate food to charitable organizations harmless from civil liability has been signed into law by Governor Chris Christie.
“Even food that is donated to the needy with the best of intentions can spoil or be contaminated in some way, and the donor very likely would have no idea,” said Addiego (R- Burlington/Atlantic/Camden). “Student groups at colleges and universities are getting more active in combating hunger in their communities as attention is increasingly drawn to the issue. These students and institutions should not have to suffer through a legal drama because, in the process of trying to do good, the beneficiary accidentally became sick. Such cases are accidents not worthy of blame and punitive damages.”
(more…)
December 5, 2012
Contact: Robbie Kenney / (609) 654-1498
District 8
Legislators Supporting Sheriff Jean Stanfield’s Annual Toy Drive on Behalf of Burlington County Children
Many families in our area are struggling with unemployment or financial challenges, and facing the prospects of a holiday season without gifts for their children.
To help brighten the season and put a smile on the faces of as many youngsters as possible, the 8th District legislative team of Senator Dawn Marie Addiego, Assemblyman Scott Rudder and Assemblyman Chris Brown are joining in Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield’s annual toy drive.
Toys can be contributed at the 8th District Office, 176 Route 70, at Jones Road, behind the Dunkin Donuts in Medford during normal business hours, Monday through Friday.
(more…)
November 29, 2012
Contact: Robbie Kenney / (609) 654-1498
Senator Dawn Marie Addiego
Senator Dawn Marie Addiego (R-8) issued the following statement regarding her votes against SCR-1 and S-3, measures which would increase New Jersey’s minimum wage and require annual adjustments tied to increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI):
“It is clear that the large minimum wage increase that Democrats are pushing will make it harder for out of work New Jerseyans to find jobs, and more difficult for struggling small businesses to maintain the employees they already have.
(more…)
