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Marie Bilik
Marie S. Bilik was a 2015 Republican candidate for District 24 of the New Jersey General Assembly.
Campaign themes
2015
Bilik's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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On the Proposed Gas Tax: The residents of my legislative district are completely opposed to a new gas tax. More taxation is not an option. We need to explore other solutions. The democrats are lobbying for this tax instead of being fiscally responsible. The dems would like you to believe that this is a crisis. The roads are not closing and the bridges are being maintained. On the Insolvent Trust Fund: The trust fund is on schedule to run out of money this June. It needs at least 1.2 billion per year injected into it to remain solvent. At the moment, that money is just debt service. We need to eliminate waste. We need to reign in out-of-control contracts. Just look at the mess they’ve made in Byram. On the Solar Powered Issues: If I was a sitting Freeholder at the time that this project was implemented in Sussex County, I would not have supported this risky financial model. I would have voted “No” on the solar project. As Executive Director of the New Jersey School Board Association (NJSBA), an identical proposal was put forward to me by the NJSBA’s energy consultant a few years ago. At the time it was presented as a small risk, high reward. I felt strongly that my organization had no business getting involved in such a project and we declined to participate. Why did Assemblyman, Parker Space in 2011, then a sitting Freeholder, vote “Yes” to involve Sussex County in the solar project? He has been very quiet on this issue and has left his colleagues “holding the bag.” As for the settlement, I have spoken to several Freeholders so as to understand the facts. As I was not present during the many hours of executive sessions that the sitting Freeholders participated in, I cannot state as to whether I agree or disagree on the settlement. To do so without all of the facts would be irresponsible. I am concerned and worried that Freeholder Phoebus is not accepting the terms of the settlement agreement. She was on the minority end of the vote. As a Freeholder, that does not mean that you are not honor bound to accept the majority vote. Freeholder Phoebus is behaving recklessly. Her actions could possibly cause the taxpayer further legal expense. Let’s be clear, this is a very troublesome situation but the settlement ensures that the County is not on the hook for and additional $24,000,000.00. Instead of all of the finger pointing there should be protections put into place to ensure this scenario does not recur. Certainly there should be discussion to propose legislation to protect individual counties when entering into inter-county agreements. Certainly there needs to be an investigation as to how this happened. Property Tax Reform: Let’s stop talking about it and start working on it. Taxes can only go down if the State spends less money. Rule number one – I will not vote for any new tax. We need to get all of our our municipalities on board to pass resolutions supporting legislation that will change the school funding formula. It’s about time that our District gets a fair share. District 24 should not be subsidizing Paterson. Towns need to explore more shared services and combine purchasing power. This is not reinventing the wheel. Our obligations cannot exceed our revenue. NJ doesn’t just spend money, it hemorrhages money. Let’s stop the bleeding. [1] |
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| —Marie Bilik Republican for State Assembly (2015)[2] | ||
Elections
2015
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[3] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Michael Grace and Jacqueline Stapel were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Parker Space and Gail Phoebus were bracketed together and faced Nathan Orr and Marie Bilik in the Republican primary. Space and Phoebus defeated Grace, Stapel and Kenneth Collins (G) in the general election.[4][5][6][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 24 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Parker Space Incumbent |
35% | 18,058 | |
| Republican | Gail Phoebus |
33.3% | 17,217 | |
| Democratic | Jacqueline Stapel | 13.9% | 7,165 | |
| Democratic | Michael Grace | 13.5% | 6,998 | |
| Green | Kenneth Collins | 4.3% | 2,227 | |
| Total Votes | 51,665 | |||
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 24 Republican Primary, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|
Parker Space Incumbent |
39.8% | 8,750 |
| Gail Phoebus Incumbent |
37.4% | 8,222 |
| Nathan Orr | 11.6% | 2,560 |
| Marie Bilik | 11.2% | 2,463 |
| Total Votes | 21,995 | |
Recent news
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See also
- New Jersey General Assembly
- New Jersey General Assembly District 24
- New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015
- New Jersey State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Marie Bilik on Facebook
- New Jersey State Legislature
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Marie Bilik Republican for State Assembly, "On the Issues," accessed May 26, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
