New Jersey Food Council
30 West Lafayette St., Trenton, NJ 08608
Phone: 609/392-8899
Fax: 609/396-6571
Email: mailto:njfc@njfoodcouncil.com

BE HEARD ON ELECTION DAY – VOTE ON TUESDAY
Next Tuesday, November 6, New Jersey voters will head to the polls to elect all 120 seats to the State Legislature. This year’s election will see the largest turnover of seats since the Watergate Era of the early 1970’s as many legislators are retiring due to health or indictment or seeking advancement into the State Senate.

The Food Council Committee for Good Government (FCCfGG), the political action arm of the New Jersey Food Council, announced its endorsements of candidates seeking election to the State Legislature.

The FCCfGG selected 35 Republican candidates and 18 Democratic candidates for endorsement for election to the General Assembly and State Senate in the November election. The Committee used a variety of criteria in its selection process including voting records, leadership positions, committee memberships, accessibility, responsiveness to concerns of the food industry and positions on key legislation.

We remind our members to get to the polls and exercise their right to vote on Tuesday!

Endorsed candidates are:

District 1
Assembly-D Nelson Albano

District 4
Senate – D Fred Madden

District 5
Assembly – D Nilsa Cruz-Perez
Assembly – D Joe Roberts

District 6
Assembly – D Louis Greenwald

District 7
Senate – R Diane Allen
Assembly – D Herb Conaway

District 9
Senate – R Christopher J. Connors*
Assembly – R Brian Rumpf

District 10
Senate – R Andrew Ciesla
Assembly – R James Holzapfel

District 12
Senate – R Jennifer Beck*
Assembly – R Caroline Casagrande*
Assembly – R Declan O’Scanlon, Jr*.

District 13
Senate – R Joseph Kyrillos, Jr.
Assembly – R Amy Handlin
Assembly – R Samuel Thompson

District 14
Senate – R Bill Baroni*

District 15
Senate – D Shirley Turner
Assembly – D Bonnie Watson-Coleman

District 16
Senate – R Christopher “Kip” Bateman*
Assembly – R Peter Biondi

District 19
Assembly – D John Wisniewski

District 20
Senate – D Raymond Lesniak
Assembly – D Joseph Cryan

District 21
Senate – R Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
Assembly – R Jon Bramnick
Assembly – R Eric Munoz

District 23
Senate – R Leonard Lance
Assembly – R Michael Doherty
Assembly – R Marcia Karrow

District 24
Senate – R Steven Oroho*
Assembly – R Allison Littell

District 25
Senate – R Anthony Bucco
Assembly – R Michael P. Carroll
Assembly – R Richard Merkt

District 26
Senate – R Joseph Pennacchio*
Assembly – R Alex DeCroce

District 27
Senate – D Richard Codey
Assembly – D John McKeon

District 30
Senate – R Robert Singer
Assembly – R Ronald Dancer
Assembly – R Joseph Malone

District 34
Senate – D Nia Gill
Assembly – D Thomas Giblin

District 35
Senate – D John Girgenti
Assembly – D Nellie Pou

District 36
Senate – D Paul Sarlo

District 39
Senate – R Gerald Cardinale
Assembly – R John Rooney
Assembly – R Charlotte Vandervalk

District 40
Senate – R Kevin O’Toole*
Assembly – R David Russo

All candidates are incumbents unless designated with an *

2008 EVENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM UNDERWAY –IS YOUR COMPANY NAME ON THIS GROWING LIST!
NJFC introduced the Event Sponsorship program in 2005 with outstanding success and the association is now accepting commitments for 2008.

The program will continue to include four levels of sponsorship that will entitle companies to a pre-determined number of tickets to NJFC events, including the Annual Meeting, Night of Distinction, Trade Relations Conference and the Golf Outing. In addition, event sponsors will receive recognition in NJFC publications such as the News & Views and the quarterly newsletter ExpressLine, on our web-site as well as acknowledgement in promotional materials and placement on banners at NJFC events. Sponsors are considered premium supporters of NJFC.

We just kicked off the 2008 sponsor campaign and already NJFC members are demonstrating their strong support for this program. Let’s add your company name to the list of NJFC premium sponsors! Contact us today for details.

Gold Sponsors:
George Weston Bakeries

Silver Sponsors:
Inserra ShopRites
Saker ShopRites
Village Super Markets

Bronze Sponsors:
Kings Super Markets
Mission Foods
Quick Chek Food Stores
Wiss & Company, LLP

Brass Sponsors:
Brown’s Super Stores
Murphy’s Markets of South Jersey
ShopRite of Hunterdon County
Zallie ShopRites

US ATTORNEY CHRIS CHRISTIE HOLDS TOWN HALL MEETING AT NJFC LOSS PREVENTION CONFERENCE
With next week’s General Election, the timing was appropriate as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Christopher Christie addressed the NJFC Loss Prevention Conference during the featured “Town Hall Meeting” earlier this week. Chris Christie addressed public corruption issues and the culture of lost integrity and character in government, he discussed prosecution of organized retail theft rings, the proliferation of gangs and white collar crime issues with attendees.

Conference highlights included the Loss Prevention Leadership Awards presented to Barry Elliott, Food Circus Supermarkets and Mark Morro, Staples, Inc. and a vendor fair that showcased the latest in Loss Prevention security systems, services and products. Kudos to NJFC Event Coordinator Anne Lorraine Sweeney for a job well done. NJFC sends a special thanks to Conference Chair Tina Pilate of Wegmans and the entire Planning Committee for their help in organizing another meaningful Loss Prevention Conference.

Photos Galore

Don't forget to check out our library page to view photographs from our events.