Herald A Lantern 7 October 81

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.lames Hurfcy Jamrs K. Hurlrv of Mlllvlllr has servrd Ihp publiim Hrcllvp offlcr for 15 jvrars; first a Tumbprland County »• rppholdrr and for thr past j« years as a member of the N.J. Slate Assembly where he "has been Minority •'Republican) Leader far the past four years. He and his wife WaIda operate the James R. Hurley Assoc. advertlftinR and public relations flrmr They have two adult daughters and a third daughter in the eighth grade. Mr. Hurley is 49. Born in Seaford. Del., he was graduated from the University of North _ ( arolina and taught for a couple years at Millville High prior to becoming news director of WMVB in Millville where he was employed before going into public relations. He has held several leadership positions in the First Presbyterian Church. Millville. In 1978 he was cofounder of the South Jersey Tourism Council, a non-profit tourism promotion

agency.

Hurley wart) a Republican leader in the State Assembly for 10 years and has served on a number of Assembly commit-

(From Page 11 couldn’t pass anything on our own, but oft tinges they needed us. and therefore we were able to get some-things. And there are some common goal$ and common in-

terests

So I think we haOe an effective voice, but in the last eight'years it’s been particularly difficult under Brendan Byrne because of his attitude toward South Jersey.— and the Democrats in South Jersey didn't help that, by the way. because they didn’t support Brendan Byrne \ Almost everybody (South Jersey Democrats), including (Congressman). Hill Hughes and my opponent was on the side of somebody else eight years ago They were on the side of Joe Hoffman in’ ',77. m '73 I can't remember where they were This year they weren’t on the side of Jim Florio. Hughes wasn’t for Florio; he was for (Congressman) Bob Roe And my opponent didn’t take any position for. any candidate, he was waiting for the.high side of the vote to come up so he could grab it • Who was Joe Hoffman, as an aside? HURI.KY: He was the first Commissioner of I^bor and Industry under Brendan Byrne And he becarrte an advocate of economic development, and fchucMeJ he was a stranger in that cabinet, and he didn't last long He lasted that first four years. I guess, because he was an advocate of economic development rather than simply preservation and loss of jobs a no growth policy that Byrne has perpetuated during his term ' •Historically if was East and West, traditionally it’s Norfh and South New Jersey sr'erns fo be a stdte without unity add. to a degree, without a single identity. Is this because of geography; because we urv sititalerf between Philadelphia and New York City? Just why is it South Jersey and North Jersey instead of New Jersey? Antt. is fhi® dichotomy something to be enepuraged or discouraged? HURI.KY: In my ooinion it’s something to be discouraged /fM J think political candidates of all types^and generations have pe'rpetuated it. But we need a unifying voice And the unifying voice, in my opinion, ndt only has to be individual legislators but has to be the governor of ■ this state The governor has to spend his time and has to be tjte kind of captivating leader that pulls us together as a New Jersey Nobody's happy in New Jersey right now That’s the reason we have the South Jersey secession movement And it wasn't just South Jersey that was unhappy It was North Jersey too. but they couldn't secede;

they couldn't even talk about 1t< except that they were unhappy They have unfinished roads, and they have eroded beaches, and they have deteriorating cities; they have the same problems we all

have.

It was a malaise that came about all over the state, in my opinion. A«d it came for many reasons, not the least of which, was the tremendous Democrat control in the Legislature But I do think we all ought to be sending our time talking about unifying it. instead of talking about how we in South Jersey have been shortchanged Because there's some unique things about South Jersey. One of them is. of course, the county in which you live - Cape May County. Most of the people who live there.don’t want to see that terribly changed. They like to see the resort arda, tourist area, do well. They make money there, they make a living there But they're not about to change Cape May County into North Jersey. They wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. Not only the charm, but the equality of life in Cape May and Cumberland Counties compared to North Jersey; there just isn’t any. We have the uniqueness of the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean and ,a Ipt of other features that we wouldn’t trade for anything... * What are the top three problems facing ^tyew Jersey today; what's the solution? HURLEY-f The top three problems facing New Jersey, not necessarily in this

order:

—Oife would be economy and jobs. We simply have to put more people back to work. We have had an over-regulated and over taxed economic structure under the Byrne administration, and it has caused us to lose hundreds of thousands of jobs — some people say 350,000 jobs in the last ten

years, eight of therp under Byrne.

So. this‘problem has been growing and it’s not just because we’»e a I^drtheast state, because we still have the talent and we-still have the market. We’re here in the heart of the megalopolis and we can still prosper as we have in years past. But the Democrats have caused us to be noncompetitive in the market with surrounding stabes and with the Sun Belt, but most of them moved to nearby states. And Uiat’s ■one of the Ironies of the whole situation. So, the economy and jobs is a difficult one, and that relates directly to unemployment com’pensfetion, which needs

overhauling in New Jersey.

—Another major problem is crime. There is a feeling, and has been for years.

'in the LegislaturcUhat the death penalty is needed; irt fact. vRTpassed it on several occasions ohly to be vetoed by three governors. I think that day is past. 1 think the new session will see a death penalty Mil reenacted as a deterrent against crime. I certainly don’t want to put anybody to .death or see anybody put to death, but khowing the death penalty fs there will be a deterrent, in my opinion after 14 years

experience

We wereable to practically override the Governor’s veto;' we forced the Governor into accepting mandatory sentences. We’re going to have stronger mandatory

sentences in the future.

The Democrats have dillydallied with the juvenile justice reform package for years. I’ve had one in for three or four years that'came directly from Chief Justice Richard Hughes, a former governor of this state. He advocated it at his last judicial conference, and I took it and introduced it as a package of bills And the Democrats wouldn’t even look at that. Now they have finally? ih the past couple of months, drafted brand new bills, and they were hoping to get them thru before election, I’m sure, so they could take credit for

them, but they didn’t.

But they incorporate my bills and they establish a Family Court, a one judge one family concept that relates not just to the juvenile — but we have discovered over the years that the juvenile problem relates very much to the family environment and to the parents. And the alcoholism, the drug abuse, the physical and mental abuse and violence that goes on in the home — all has a bearing on the behavior of the juvenile So, we’re moving in the direction to give that (family court) a try. And " does incorporate my bills, and I'm

sponsor of the new bills.

We re building a new prisorf. In my opi mon. the people would vote for another prison, because they belivo in mandatory prison sentences, they believe in the death penalty, and they want to see people who do wrong in a violent way put in jail. The crime issue, there's no doubt about it, is a big one in New Jersey We have had a 20 per cent increase in violent crime in

the last year.

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(FromPagcl) and is this dichotomy something to be encouraged or discouraged? \ SALMON: First of all, one of the reasons for that is the (news) media market we find ourself in. TV and radio out of Philadelphia covers South Jersey. The tv and radio out of New York covers North Jersey. And what I said and many others have said is we need to have a tv station that covers all of New Jersey. That's one. Two, to get us together, South Jersey must'be given a fair share of appointments so that we can have a say on the major boards that are in Trenton. I have been campaigning th&t we havep't had that kind of share And you know it’s-interesting; I'm in € situation where both the Republican candidate for governor andihe Democratic candidate for governor are saying what I’ve been saying in my campaign - that wediave been shortchanged. The Republican candidate for governor, Tom Kean, has slwlihat South Jersey has not been represented in Trepton. I find it very intci * i esting:'A person who has served in the Legislature with our own Assemblyman that I’m ruriping against has reached the conclusion that we have not been represented. And that’s what I’m saying also; It’s time for South Jersey to ha ve a share and a piece of the action in Trenton, New Jersey. • What are the top three problems facing Now Jersey today, and what are the salu-

tins?

SALMON: I think as far as the State of New Jersey is concerned, and particularly in South Jersey - and I think maybe I should mention, as far as my campaign is concerned —. I think the top three problems are as follows: —Number one, a need for us to have an effective say in Trenton by having appointees in the important boards. —Number two, jobs.^Jobs are without question an important part of this cam>aign. And we need to be able to have the clnd of state government that works with _ both the local and the county governments to help create jobs and employment; to work with industry and business that’s here - the tourism and the fishing industries — to make sure that we can move in a direction that enhances industry and business in creating additional jobs so that our people may be employed and the economy may beistrong. * —I think the third major problem we’re going to face is We problem of balancing the.priorities of nsds in the State of Neii Jersey. As a result of the cuts in Washington, we are going to be receiving ' $1.2 billion less in aid in the State of New Jersey... • You say billion ? SALMON: Billion, right; $1.2 billion less in state aid. Some of this money is money that’s going to go to otjier parts of the cmintry that we used to receive; to the Sun Belt gfid the western part of the (nation). And I really feel that New Jersey is going to have a tremendous problem in making sure we provide the necessary programs, but in the same time kedp a balanced budget and keep the tax rate at the level it is now. —The fourth area, that I’d like to mention. is I think the state needs to institute a statewide Workfare Program, and return* to the dignity of work. •How would you rate the effectiveness of retiring Republican incumbent State Senator James Cafiero of Wildwood as a representative of his First Legislative codstituencyf SALMON: I think Jim Cafiero is a very nice person and I have a high respect for him, but I feel he could have been more effective for the area. In fact, I feel all three of our present iMjslators have not been effective in the areP. And it’s pointed up by both candidates as they’re speaking, and they're running for governor; when they say we haven't had the strong representation and that we haven't had appointments on the key commissions and boards in the state, and that we haven’t had legislation that’s been positive toward South Jersey.' Novelet me say this too. I am proposing three ways that we can affectively communicate with the constituents, and I think ^we’ve lost this. I think that we communicate when we’re running for onice but we forget that we're supposed to communicate after we’re in office. And I'm proposing three things that have never been done by these three legislato^hat have been there 38 years: ^L .A Senator’s Advisory Committee, where we select people from all different areas and backgrounds, to give input on legislation in Trenton; 2 Legislative Seminars, where we meet on a regular basis during the year with all the elected officials, both county and local, and we review the legislation so we have

Edward Salmon

Edward II. Salmon has been a teacher and coafch, the yotiagest mayor of Millvll\ewhere he served on City Commission Toi\slx years, and Is currently serving his second term as a Cumberland

County Freeholder.

Now J8, he was JJO when elected mayor, garnering 81 per cent of the votes. When he first rati for Freeholder In 1976, he received thefuost votes ever from - Cumberland County. During his 17-year teaching career, he coached championship basketball, track and cross country teams at Millville High, achieving an 81 per cent winning record In iterscholastic sports. He is currently director of Health, Physical Education and Intramural Sports for the Millville School System. Salmon is a graduate of Gettysburg College and Glassboro State College. He has held leadership positions in the First Presbyterian Church of Millville and the Tabernacle Assn, in Ocean City where he and his family maintain a summer home. He and his wife Marilyn have two young

teenage children.

local input on legislation; and 3. Tapn Meetings, where I go to all 22 munic^lities and anyone that has a problem or a concern with the state can come and express their feelings. •To our knowledge there has never been a definitive determination of whether the death penalty is a deterrent to heindus crime. What is your understanding; and, the deterent question aside, are there other reasons the death penalty should be restored .in New Jersey? SALMON: I take the position that the death penalty should be restored in New Jersey, especially in certain crimes; for example, the assassination of a president or any other public elected official. I feel That policemen who are doing their line of duty; any kind of premeditated murder — I feel that the death penalty will have some deterrence. •Do you know of any studies, or anything at all that has determined one way or another whether it is, indeed, a deterrent? SALMON: I think all the information that I’ve read, I have never seen anything particularly that can point to that intellectually and say "A, B, C, and D." I say that to you straighforward. I do feel this, tho; that I have heard people talk and I’ve heard what people feel — and emotionally what people feel is just as important because that does have a reaction of working on other people. And individuals fftl that if a death penalty was there on heinous crimes — on mass murders and things of this nature - that the word does get out. and people realize this is something that cannot be tolerated. •Among many quvstions on the November ballot is a proposal to amend the State Constitution concerning riparian rights. A Yes vote would place a one-year time limit on the state's claim to any lands which have been flowed by tidal waters during the past 40 years Currently there are no such time restrictions. Advocates say the change is necessary to remove uncertainty about title from lands along the coast and rivers. Opponents say it would diminish the constitutional provi sion which earmarks assets from the sale of riparian lands to support free public schools in New Jersey, and undermind the current dbuble-A-bond rating guaranteed local school bonds. What is your position on the riparian rights amendment question? SALMON: I Would vote Yes. •You would vote Yes to change it? SALMON: Yes, within the 40-year limit. •Why is that? SALMON: Because, as I understand the riparian rights issue, there could be people (Page 31 Please)