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CNBNews Interview with Gloucester City Republican Party Chairman Wil Levins

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CNBNEWS-You have been busy trying to resurrect the Republican Party in Gloucester City.  Though you are in the minority, what do you point to as a positive sign for your Municipal Party?

WL - One thing we have tried to accomplish over the past two years is to show people that just because we are the minority Party doesn't mean we are an irrelevant Party.  In 2011, Republicans won in Gloucester City polls for the first time in decades. Though we were not successful in our efforts last year, I was very encouraged by the optimistic indicators given by Gloucester City's voters.  

CNBNEWS-What do you attribute to these results?

WL - Part of it was being the hometown guy on the ballot however, I believe our message played the biggest role.  I think it really spoke to a growing cross-section of voters and showed that not every issue has to be strictly partisan.  We didn't alienate Democratic voters and we focused on common points of agreement that unite us all.  We challenged the Norcross-Machine's way of doing business and shared ideas where we can make positive improvements for everyone's better benefit.  I think that really resonated with people. 

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False Fears About a Nuclear Iran: We've heard this warning before. It's still wrong.

by Steve Chapman | February 13, 2012

Why is everyone so eager to plunge into another war? Because of another false fear: that a nuclear-armed Iran will use its new arsenal to obliterate the Jewish state or bully its neighbors.

This panic requires a total disregard for everything we have learned during the nuclear age. Over the past 60 years, assorted enemies and rivals have acquired nuclear stockpiles: the Soviet Union, China, Pakistan and North Korea. All of them have learned that they are useless as offensive weapons against other nuclear states and their allies.

The reason is simple: Any nation that carries out a nuclear attack assures itself of cataclysmic retaliation. You can't win a nuclear war. You can only lose one.

Read the full article at Reason.com

Graphic by Wil Levins

 

CCGOP Lincoln Day Dinner 2012 - CNBnews.net

by Wil Levins

Join us for an entertaining evening at The Camden County Republican Committee's annual Lincoln Day Dinner.  Come meet other conservative individuals who share your passion for improving our County and a desire to grow prosperity for the betterment of all our residents.

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On a personal note, I am very excited and encouraged by the results of this past year's elections in which Republican candidates took the majority of votes in our community for the first time in decades.  I hope you will join my wife and I in representing Gloucester City's residents at this great event.

If interested, please contact me for more information: Wil Levins

(willevins@gmail.com)

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Why Politicians Don't Cut Spending

 

Understanding how our modern political system has failed many of Americans in numerous aspects is the key to turning our Country's fortunes  around.  Only by empowering ourselves with information can we the voters make that transformation happen. 

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The King, Convict Bryant is Back in Court, South Jersey Voters Have No Say | cnbnews.net

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by Bill Cleary

KING GEORGE NUMBER 3-PolitickerNJ released their Power List 2011 and year in

THE KING

review earlier this month. The-44-page document contains the names of the 100 most influential personalities in New Jersey politics. Coming in at Number 3 was South Jersey Democrat political boss George Norcross. 

 

The list, first released in March 2000, is an Insiders List that includes policy makers, party leaders, fundraisers, lobbyists, labor unions, businesses, and associations with clout, with an impact on politics and government in the Garden State -- everyone but elected officials and judges.

 

In November elections, the state’s most powerful Democratic boss maintained control over his South Jersey legislative empire and picked up a seat in the assembly. Not only will his close ally, state Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-3) remain in power for another two year term, but Norcross cut a deal with state Senator Nick Sacco (D-32) that increases South Jersey’s power in the Assembly, ushering in South Jersey Assemblyman Lou Greenwald as majority leader of the lower house. ~ from PolitickerNJ.com Power List 2011.

For those who don’t know Mr. Norcross, he started a small insurance company in the

 

Republican State Committee: It’s Time For An Open Senate Primary

 

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By Chris Freind

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Endorsing Steve Welch ---who voted for Obama --- would make the Party a national laughingstock

 

To say the Republican presidential primary has become interesting would be a gross understatement. With three different winners in the first three contests --- an unprecedented situation --- everyone is asking why the frontrunners keep falling and why the GOP base cannot unite behind a leader. 

 

Well, hold on to your seat, because here’s a big question: Would you believe that both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 primary? And after they became disenfranchised by the Republican Party for moving too far Left, they decided to do the only logical thing: become Democrats? And in addition, does it blow your mind that besides voting for the Big O, they took out their frustrations over a too-liberal GOP by financially supporting the most far-Left Democrat in the entire Congress? 

 

Seem far-fetched? Well, it is --- and it isn’t.  

"Domestic Oil Production is Up" - Only Part of the Full Story | cnbnews.net

by Wil Levins

(cnbnews.net)Last night, a friend asked me via facebook if what the President was saying about domestic oil production was true.  Below is my cursory response - 

The President is right that domestic crude oil production is up in the United States because of the North Dakota oil finds,  shale oil production in Texas, and other various on-land and off-shore drilling operations.  And he is also correct that these domestic oils are being exported overseas.  But, I know firsthand that this is actually a very bad sign for U.S. refining.  U.S. refineries, when at full capacity, would have consumed all of this new domestic crude oil as we could not supply our own demands within the United States.

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Assembly Candidate Levins Voting “Yes” for Both Municipal Ballot Questions – CNBnews.net

 

(cnbnews.net) Wil Levins, Candidate for State Assembly and Chairman of the  Gloucester  City Republican Party, announced that he will be voting “YES” to both Gloucester City municipal questions on this year’s Election Day ballot.  Election Day is Tuesday, November 8^th.  “I will be voting yes on both ballot questions because of the positive affects I believe these changes will have for Gloucester City’s residents and our small business community”

Helping Small Business is Smart Public Business - CNBnews.net

by 5th District Assembly Candidate Wil Levins

Our elected representatives must be advocates for New Jersey’s small businesses if we are to put the unemployed members of our talented workforce back on the job.  Small businesses employ the highest percentage of New Jersey’s private sector workers and pay some of the largest portions of state tax revenue.  Small businesses also create the majority of all new jobs.

 

Being advocates for small business doesn’t mean handing out government goodies - it means removing a number of the bureaucratic obstacles that make owning and operating a business more difficult.  Navigating local planning and zoning boards, County oversight committees and State regulatory agencies is extremely time consuming and expensive because of the hundreds - if not thousands - of rules, regulations, reviews, varying codes, fees and associated costs that small businesses must comply with just to function in New Jersey.  We have to make the process easier.

 

Q & A with State Assembly Candidate Wil Levins - Fourth Installment -cnbnews.net

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Q10: Do I support the Governor's refusal to raise taxes, especially on wealthier New Jerseyians?   - F.T. Gloucester City

A: Yes - I oppose raising taxes, especially on those residents who are already taxed the most.   Here’s why -

The top 1% of New Jersey income earners pay 40% of all state income taxes.  My concern for our State’s future tax revenue is that if we keep raising taxes on our most financially successful residents, eventually their desire to stay in New Jersey will be eclipsed by their incentive to leave for tax friendlier neighboring States.

As higher income earners leave New Jersey, so does the income tax monies we collect from them.  The tax burden shifts more onto the rest of us taxpayers as higher income earners depart.  I would rather keep our wealthier residents here paying the current tax rate than see them leave New Jersey and pay nothing.  We should applaud their success and their contributions to our State - not punish them with continually higher tax rates.

Q & A with State Assembly Candidate Wil Levins – Third Installment -cnbnews.net

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Q7. What exactly does a State Assemblyman do and should he or she be important to me?  - B.G. Bellmawr

A: Yes - State Legislators have a broad impact on your life. They decide the taxes, spending, regulation and oversight of New Jersey’s government.  Their decisions filter down to our individual districts, counties and municipalities.

Think of the New Jersey General Assembly like a smaller version of the United States House of Representatives.  There are 80 members of the General Assembly - two members from each of the 40 Legislative Districts in New Jersey.  Assemblymen and Assemblywomen write legislation, vote on State laws, form an annual budget and represent the interests of their constituents while working with other legislators to solve the problems facing New Jersey. 

Q8. Can union members trust you not to do the same things that the South Jersey Democrats did when they stripped public workers of collective bargaining rights? – J.R. Camden City

A: Yes - I am a union member myself, USW Local 10-1, working as an equipment operator in the Sun Oil Philadelphia Refinery.  Like many union members across our district, I too am a blue collar worker and the sole provider for my family.  I believe we need representatives who are dedicated to defending rights.

Protecting rights is the single most important role that government plays in representing all The People.  In

Q & A with State Assembly Candidate Wil Levins – Second Installment

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Q4. You have talked about cutting waste to cut spending and cutting spending to cut taxes.  With the many budget cuts over the past two years, how much more waste do you think there is in our State government?  

A: Plenty.  Over the past two years, State Agency Directors have been tasked with identifying waste. Though they have taken positive steps, I do not believe all the necessary input was included in this process.

Q & A with State Assembly Candidate Wil Levins

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Q1: You have spoken out against a Countywide Police Service Plan, even though Governor Christie said he supports it.  Is opposing this plan not contradictory to wanting to reduce taxpayer costs and being in line with your Party’s leader?

A: I am against this Countywide Plan and the irresponsible way the Freeholder’s are trying to rush it into service. Yet I would be in favor of a refined Countywide Plan in the future.  Anything worth doing is worth doing right and I do not believe Louis Cappelli’s plan is well thought out, efficient, respectful of service or cost effective. 

As for the Governor – we agree on most of the issues.  We both believe in smaller government, reduced spending, lower taxes and greater economic prosperity.  On some issues we may disagree but disagreement is good.  Representatives are sent to Trenton to bring new ideas to the table and hash out differences for the mutual benefit of all of New Jersey’s citizens.

I also think that ideological dissent demonstrates the character of Camden County Republicans.  We do not have political bosses here, only quality citizen leadership. Our Committee Chairman, Tom Booth, is an excellent leader because he offers us his counsel and advice without forcing it upon us.  We are all free to be the people that we are and respectfully express our own beliefs and opinions.  I wonder how many South Jersey Democrats secretly wish they had that same freedom.

Q2:  If you were already in the State Assembly, would you have voted for the Pension and Benefits Reform package?

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  For over twenty years Camden County has been in the grip of one Party control and the r esidents of our region have suffered from the failed policies of these career politicians.

 

The time has come to reclaim and restore the promise of Camden County and our regional legislative districts. Help us to pull our County and State back from the brink of ruin by supporting our principled Republican candidates. Vote Column 1 in Camden County and Column G in Gloucester County of Tuesday June 7th.

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Assembly Candidate Levins: Cutting Waste Lowers Spending and Taxes

by Wil Levins

(CNBNEWS.NET) I was recently speaking with a group of public employees who  work for various prominent State Agencies and listened as they shared examples of profound wastefulness that occurs in our State government.  From not utilizing a common database for sharing departmental information to failed inter-office policies that prohibit corporate taxes from being paid on time electronically were among the many ways our State’s inefficient operating methods squander New Jersey taxpayer’s dollars.

So why should you care?  Government Agency operating costs all contribute into

Republican Assembly Candidate Updates Campaign Website

Friends,
 

I wanted to take this opportunity to point out the many new features on my Campaign Website www.willevins.com

We have added links to facebook, twitter, CNBnews.net as well as voter resources, photos and press releases. 

 Please help me to deliver our Republican message of Less Spending, Smaller Government and Lower Taxes to the People of the 5^th District by recommending my website to a friend and forwarding them this email.  Together, we can win for fiscally conservative values and take our State back from 10 years of graft, waste, debt, patronage and bankruptcy.

 
In Liberty,
 
Wil Levins

Republican Candidate for the New Jersey General Assembly in the 5th Legislative District
  
Website: www.willevins.com 
Email: willevins@msn.com  
Cell: (856) 816-6850

 

Levins for Assembly: Applying Practical Term Limits

 

 By Wil Levins

Applying Term limits is one of the restrictions many voters support as it takes power away from career politicians and gives it back to the People.  However, no one seems to have an answer for how to keep good representatives in office longer while also allowing for term limits on poor politicians.  My solution utilizes the “Will of the People” by looking at the votes cast on Election Day to provide us with a path forward.

When elected to our State’s Assembly, I will introduce legislation that calls for a two-term limit on legislators with an additional 60% Majority Term-Limit Exemption clause to help keep good representatives.  This clause will allow any legislator who was reelected to a second term by 60% or more of the total votes cast to run for a third term.  This clause will apply to the incumbent in every following reelection bid, so if a candidate who received 60% of the vote for the second term gets 60% of the vote when seeking a third term, they may then run for a fourth term and so on.

Levins for Assembly: New Jersey’s Massive Municipal Bond Debt & How It Affects You

by Wil Levins

 

(CNBNEWS.NET)-Municipal bonds (Muni-bonds) are issued by local city, county or state governments to finance capital improvement projects such as a new water plant, school or highway.  Muni-bonds are guaranteed by the full-faith credit of the taxpayer’s money and New Jersey’s taxpayers alone have nearly $40 Billion in muni-bond Debt.

 

Aside from public employee pensions and healthcare, municipal bond debt is one of the most serious debt obligations facing New Jersey taxpayers today.

 

The problem with muni-bonds is that many cities, counties and States had issued billions of dollars of bond debt during the boom years preceding the market crash of 2007 & 2008 and has increased issuing even more during the recession years since.  Cash strapped governments have even begun issuing bonds to pay for basic operational expenses (like going to a payday loan company), racking up billions in new debt with taxpayers on the hook for the entire bill.  Much of this bond debt is issued without the direct consenting vote of the taxpayers.

Levins Launches Assembly Campaign Website

Friends,
 
I am proud to announce the launch of my Assembly Campaign website www.willevins.com  This is just my candidate's site and will be merged with our Party's Ticket website for our excellent slate of Republican candidates.
 
Please take a look and tell me what you think.  I am especially interested to hear any critical feedback you may have so we can make this website the best at delivering our message of fiscal conservatism and fulfilling New Jersey's promise of Liberty and Prosperity.  
 
Other pages are ready and will be added when needed for campaign videos, donations and press releases.

In Liberty,
 
Wil Levins

Republican Candidate for the New Jersey General Assembly in the 5th Legislative District
 
Website: www.willevins.com
Email: willevins@msn.com 
Cell: (856) 816-6850