Property Tax Reform:
Janice believes that the way to reduce property taxes (without raising income taxes) is to examine both the expense side and the revenue side of the equation. She will not make "hollow" promises of decreasing taxes by fixed percentages like the incumbents. She is an advocate of better government, not bigger government. On the expense side, she supports strict auditing on a continuous basis of all state and local expenses. On the revenue side, she will work to increase the revenue of the state by growing business opportunities because that will truly allow New Jersey to Prosper. She recognizes that good governing is not about whether it is a Democrat idea or Republican idea; it matters whether it is the best idea.

Stem Cell Research:
Janice believes that we need to invest in the potential of our future by funding the expansion of stem cell research. She supports efforts to make New Jersey a leader in Stem Cell Research. The potential for both long term and short term healthcare benefits along with the possible economic benefits of business that can locate in the state and people who can relocate here to work far outweigh the upfront investment we need to make. Janice believes we owe it to that family member with Parkinson’s, or the friend with Alzheimer’s to see if there is a possibility they could have a better way of living.

Education:
Janice is an advocate of public school education. She will work to continue to improve public school education for all districts. New Jersey must increase the amount of money it gives to local school districts. This is necessary in order to attract and retain quality teachers, reduce class size and provide the necessary programs so that our children will be well prepared to compete in the highly competitive global marketplace. It’s Janice’s belief that our schools should be educating our children to enable them to become leaders in business, science, technology and the creative arts.

State Transportation:
Janice does not support a gasoline tax increase. She thinks we must make sure that every cent collected from the current gasoline tax be dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund and not be diverted to the general fund. Also, she believes that 100 percent of federal Highway Trust Fund dollars to New Jersey must be dedicated to this fund and not diverted to other purposes. She’s a supporter of the highway bill currently pending before the U.S. Senate that would boost spending for the six-year highway and mass transit bill by $11 billion over the $284 billion passed by the House of Representatives last March. This bill will increase the flow of money into the highway trust fund without adding to the federal deficit or raising the 18.4-cents-a-gallon federal gasoline tax.

The Cost of State Pensions:
Janice supports Governor Codey’s executive order creating a Benefits Review Task Force to address the state’s escalating cost of benefit programs. His appointment of the task force of real working people- all with distinguished careers and experience in the areas of employee benefits, pensions, management, finance and economics, is a first step in the right direction in dealing with the rising costs of employee benefits to state employees. The creation of this task force is also consistent with her platform of coalition building. She supports the creation of citizens’ advisory boards to address difficult issues like this one.

Shared Services:
If elected to the assembly Janice will work to offer financial incentives to create shared services at the local level. She supports programs like, SHARE, or Sharing Available Resources Efficiently, which provides grant money to local governments and nonprofit organizations that want to consolidate services for its residents. Municipalities, counties and fire or other special districts are eligible for SHARE Grants, as well as nonprofit organizations that provide regional coordination of shared services. If we truly want to save money, we must examine the possibilities to combine our efforts in certain non-essential areas.