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Hurley: A Shoe-in Until..

RUey: Restore Integrity.

, «Krom Page !■) this time around has nevo- held public of fice, he can hanlly compete with Hurley on name-recognition As a senator, Hurley earns $18,000a year and is allocated another fcS-.OQO for staff ta ^ull time administrator, a part-Ume

the New Jersey Automotive Dealers' Association have also contributed to his campaign, he says During the May primary, Hurley reported a donation from The Tobacco Institute as well. Complaining that Hurley and Salmon together spent nearly $150,000 on their 1981

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secretary and two part-time aides. The salary for the part-time legislative job will increase to 825,000 next year but Hurley would like to see the office changed to a full-time position, he says THEN I WOULD BE entirely free,” he said, alluding to his non-legislative commitments "Then it would be very clear what your guidelines, are." Hurley continued, alluding to the reprimand and the reduc tion in potential conflicts of interest if state legislators were required to serve full-time and divest themselves of outside bes • “I don't know what Jim’s concejtt is, but I'm against it," said Chmnici, who blends his legislative responsibilities into his .daily routine as a clothing manufacturer If the legislature switched to full-time, he added, he '.‘would have to turn it down " Such a switch, argued Chinnici, would also "preclude a Jot of men and women from getting into politics." f BESIDES HIS LEGISLATIVE duties as minority whip and as a member of the Senate's transportation, and energy and environment committees. Hurley serves as a vice president of the 70^branch Heritage Bank and operates Hurley Associates, a public relations firm’which

race for an $18,000 a year Senate seat, Chinnici said he wants to “enact a law to limit the expenditures of legislators'" at around 810,000 a campaign Riley said he hopes to keep his campaign expenses under 815,000; Hurley declined to disclose the amount he intends to spend on his re-election. Before he was elected to succeed former Sen. James Cafiero two years ago, Hurley had already logged more than a decade of experience in elected office HE WAS ELECTED a Cumberland County freeholder in 1966 and to his first term in the Assembly the following year. He was re-elected to his First District seat six times, serving as assistant minority leader from 1973 through 1978 and as minority leader between 1976-’81. In 1981, he was selected as one of the state’s 10 best legislators by the Committee for a Responsible Legislature Prior to entering politics, Hurley had been public relations director for Millville National Bank. He was news director of WMVB from 1961-1963 after serving a year

(From Page 1) the state legislature's Joint Committee on Ethical Standards handed Hurley a reprimand early last month. Since then, both Democrats and Republicans have been taking the voters' pulse to see bow much weaker Hurley is; how much stronger are Riley's chances According, to one of Hurley's running mates, Assemblyman Joseph Chinnici, the incumbent .may lose votes because of the ethics issue but he’ll still win enough for re-election. RUNNING ON THE SLOGAN. “Restore Integrity to Government,” Riley said, “I have trouble getting away from it (Hurley's reprimand) as an issue. “(Voters), want to imow if I have any more information than they do," he added. Although Hurley said he thought Riley would try to capitalize on the ethics issue,

unemployed or under-employed in Cape May and Cumberland counties “His voting record benefits the one percent rather than the 99 percent," Riley argued. HURLEY’S RECORD ON EDUCATIONAL issues ia“not as high as it should be," said Riley, citing the senator’s votes against resorts boo of funds for adult and handicapped education. "Every tall that has come before the Senate, he has voted against,” the Democrat added, noting that Hurley’s stand on education earned Riley — not Hurley — the recent endorsement of the New Jersey Education Association While Hurley attributed that endorsement to his negative vote on S-1235 < A-585), a bib which would have permitted union teachers to negotiate matters previously regarded as managerial perogafives,

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represents such local clients as the Marr quis de Lafayette hotel complex in Cape. May. Sturdy Savings and Loan. Stobbart Construction Co and YachtSales. He has represented the Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority for the past lb years, a bone of contention -for Riley who views it as a conflict of interest with the Senate post But, the ethics com-, mittee which served him a reprimand, previously ruled that Hurley could continue to handle MUAftyblicity Insisting "all that's going to do is raise questions in people's minds," Hurley declined to disclose his annual income. "I'm for revealing the sources but I’m not for revealing income." WHEN THE QUESTION of his M^A connection was raised during the (l981 campaign, however, the senator h reportedly receiving *45 an hour plus penses for a total of more than 840,000 a year from that source alone Cape May County Democratic Chairman , James lannone complained then that the MUA had recently awarded Hurley another 887.50-an-hour contract, without competitive bidding, to promote its solid waste management plan Since Riley is a newcomer to politics, Hurley had little to say about his opponent. He predicted that Riley would try to capitalize’ on the-ethics committee reprimand but that the Democrat would “have extremely difficult time picking apart my record over the past 16 years " During his first term in the Senate, Hurley noted, he introduced or was the prime sponsor /or eight or ten bills, including one requiring warning'la beIs on kerosene containers holding high concentrations of sulfur and another, designating Vineland. Bridgeton and Millville as urban enterprise zones WITH CHINNICI AND Assemblyman Guy F. Muziani, Hurley says, he has push ed for more tourism dollars from Trenton, shore protection appropriations and completion of Route 55 “He’s committed 875 million to it,” Hurley notes, referring to Gov Thomas Kean’s support for the Route 55 project, which has been promoted as a means,of opening Cumberland County to industry and jobs and Cape May County to more tourism This month, Hurjey -proposed that minimum security prisoners be assigned to clean up South Jersey roadways An opponent of forced bottle deposit ► legislation, he has won endorsements from Local 9 of the fiMss. Plastic and Pottery Workers of Atjiyca, Millville, and from New Jobs, a dutewide organization including the stale Business and Industry' Association. Ctapiber of Commerce and the New j£fsey Manufacturers' Association, ry. THE NEW, JERSEY FOOD Council.and

and half as an English and speech teacher at Millville High School. He was a news — and weatherman for WBOC-TV/Radio in Delaware before he moved from his native state. BORN IN SEAFORD, DEL., in 1932, Hurley served in the Army from 1955-’57. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina, the New Jersey Bankers' Association Public Relations School and the Financial Public Relations School of Northwestern University. He and his wife, Walda, have three .daughters.

the senator added: “He will have an extremely difficult time picking apart my record over the past 16 years " No so, said RUey.* Like Salmon in the 1981 Senate race, Riley attacked Hurley’s attendance record, noting that the incumbent missed 22 out of 96 meetings of the Senate’s Transportation Committee Hurley, complained his opponent, voted against a truth in heating bill, which would have required landlords to disclose actual heating costs to tenants. Hurley has also voted for increases in cigaret and gasoline taxes, Riley added “HIS VOTING PATTERNS are not directed toward the needs of this com’munity,” Riley maintained, adding that the per capita income of Cumberland County is $7,000. “His concern is not toward that lowincome consfituency but toward a more affluent soejety,’’ the challenger said of Hurley. Pointing to the incumbent’s vote .a gainst higher taxes for those who earn more than' 850.000 annually, Riley griped that he

Riley said Hurley’s refusal to-even meet with the state teacher’s association had more to do with it. If elected, Riley has five goals he plans to achieve: establish a. voting record reflecting the needs of his constituents; clarify the state criminal code; create a better climate for industry and jobs in South Jersey; reform the state landacquisition procedures to switch the emphasis from loans to grants and thereby reduce the property tax burden. HIS MAJOR PRIORITY is consistent 'with his slogan. Beyond the ethics committee reprimand of his Republican opponent. Riley faulted Hurley for making “substantial sums of money",from tax dollars by representing the Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authbrity as its public relations advisor

Although the legislative ethics committee had ruled that Hurley could serve in that capacity without apparent conflict with his senatorial obligations, Riley in-

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could understand Hurley’s position if be represented affluent Morris Cojinty rather than the impoverished residents of Cumberland County and the ranks of

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sis ted that conflicts — such as the MUA request to dump primary treated sewage into the ocean — inherently place Hurley in compromising situations. “That’s got to be removed and integrity restored,” Riley argued. Unlike Hurley, who agreed to disclose his sources of income but not his annual earnings, Riley released his income information. Besides his law practice, which nets him around 845,000 a year, Riley holds stock in firms not doing business in the First District, he said, and also collects rents from two apartments he owns in Cumberland County. Calling for a campaign spending cap, Assemblyman Chinnici criticized Hurley and Salmon for jointly unloading nearly 8150,000 in their 1961 bids for the Senate. HURLEY DID NOT DISCLOSE the amount be expects to spend in this year’s race beyond noting contributions from political action committees (PACs). During the 1981 race, Riley says, Hurley received contributions of $206*1,000 from 10 PACs “I’m hoping that constituents back me rather than large entities,” Riley said. He said he hopes to raise $15,000*20,000 from individual contributors. Some of that money, perhaps, will come from donations to the Cumberland County Democratic campaign kitty (82,000*2,500), maybe more from the state party, but none’s expected from the Cape May County organization, Riley explained. Although the Senate contest is the top race on the fall ballot, RUey fears voter apathy might result in a poor turnout. HE HOPES TO OVERCOME that possibility, his lack of name recognition and the chaUenger's disadvantage in fundraising, he said, with "large literature drops and door-to-door canvassing." Born in Woodbury and raised in Millville, RUey lives in Vineland with his wife, the former Therese Hanley (i960 Miss New Jersey and first runner-up in the Miss America Pageant) and his daughter Casey Elizabeth, 6. His law office is in MUlviUe. He has practiced since graduation from Seaton Hall 10 years ago. His undergraduate degree (political science) is from Bucknell University. The novice candidate first entered the Political arena as a campaign manager for a Millville municipal politician.