Stop Governor Christie from Waiving Our Safeguards!

Governor Christie is putting corporate special interests and his big campaign contributors ahead of the public interest. He has ordered all state agencies to issue rules to waive the safeguards they are supposed to enforce. These safeguards protect our health and safety at work; our air, water, and open spaces; and our rights as consumers.

Christie’s political appointees will be able to let any chemical, oil, banking, insurance, drug, or development company violate our safeguards if they think it creates "an undue hardship."

Our state will face more corruption, as big corporations and the wealthy make even more campaign contributions, hoping to obtain waivers in return. He started with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Division of Consumer Affairs. Other agencies will likely follow.

When the legislature wants an agency to grant waivers, it provides for the power in the law. If Governor Christie truly believes that the safeguards we all count on should be repealed, he should go to the legislature -- not unilaterally set up a process to let wealthy corporations and individuals simply ignore the law.

We need to stop this policy in its tracks by getting the State Legislature to block the first agency’s waiver rule. Please sign the petition below.

Stop Gov. Christie from Waiving Our Safeguards!

Chris Christie is putting corporate special interest and his big campaign contributions ahead of the public interest. He has ordered all state agencies to issue rules to waive the safeguards they are supposed to enforce. These safeguards protect our health and safety at work; our air, water, and open spaces; and our rights as consumers. We the undersigned, call on all NJ legislators to stand up for our families and communities and...

1. Vote for resolutions that reject the waiver rules issued by the first two state agencies so far – the Department of Environmental Protection and Division of Consumer Affairs.*

2. Vote for future resolutions that reject Christie’s waivers of our safeguards by other agencies.

* ACR37/SCR59 and ACR146/SCR116
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    480 Thu May 16 17:28:06 EDT 2013 James Pope NJ
    479 Thu May 16 15:38:48 EDT 2013 Gerald Newsome Newark, NJ
    478 Thu May 16 13:35:56 EDT 2013 Alberto Hernandez Edison, NJ
    477 Thu May 16 10:31:38 EDT 2013 Anonymous Somerset, NJ
    476 Wed May 15 23:42:46 EDT 2013 Anonymous Williamstown, NJ
    475 Mon May 13 21:27:50 EDT 2013 Diane Hoffman Montclair, NJ
    474 Mon May 13 19:33:34 EDT 2013 Anonymous West Creek, NJ Waiver Rules essentially grant ordinary people who work in agencies of government the power to over-ride the laws that were put in place to protect us. They makes a mockery of decades of work put into More....
    473 Mon May 13 19:13:54 EDT 2013 Anonymous Clementon, NJ
    472 Mon May 13 17:13:24 EDT 2013 Joanne Moritz Vineland, NJ
    471 Mon May 13 16:47:38 EDT 2013 Casey Shorthouse
    470 Mon May 13 15:14:34 EDT 2013 Michael Carvalho Bloomfield, NJ
    469 Mon May 13 14:55:05 EDT 2013 Dorothy Gutenkauf Plainfield, NJ
    468 Mon May 13 14:51:49 EDT 2013 Leslie Dreispan Clifton, NJ
    467 Sun May 12 10:36:14 EDT 2013 Krystina Mahoney Maplewood, NJ Do not eliminate the safeguards put in place to protect the long term future of NJ. These safeguards protect our workers, our air, our water and use of open spaces. This will kill our future for the benefit More....
    466 Sat May 11 17:59:55 EDT 2013 Anonymous Ocean City, NJ
    465 Thu May 09 10:07:22 EDT 2013 Molly Greenberg Matawan, NJ
    464 Sun May 05 09:50:09 EDT 2013 John Dunn collingswood, NJ
    463 Sat May 04 16:59:36 EDT 2013 David Tykulsker Montclair, NJ
    462 Thu Apr 25 14:32:21 EDT 2013 steve miller Princeton, NJ
    461 Thu Apr 25 10:22:29 EDT 2013 Brian Dilks-Brotman Collingswood, NJ
    460 Wed Apr 24 18:32:11 EDT 2013 Gayle Tunstead NJ
    459 Wed Apr 24 12:58:19 EDT 2013 Anonymous Paulsboro, NJ
    458 Wed Apr 24 12:56:05 EDT 2013 Anonymous
    457 Tue Apr 23 18:21:33 EDT 2013 Barb Conover Montclair, NJ the waiver rule is the most environmentally dangerous of Christie's actions
    456 Thu Apr 18 14:07:45 EDT 2013 Robert Carson Rahway, NJ
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