Petitions

Senator Bucco is demonstrating a clear conflict of interest and has NOT done his due diligence or provided any roadblocks for the Roxbury warehouse facility.  He is operating in direct conflict to the desires of the Roxbury Town Council.  He must be pressured to step aside so a lawyer committed to protecting Roxbury can be retained.   In addition to the issues of morality, there are financial and infrastructure concerns.  The warehouse was zoned as a warehouse...there is not enough water or sewar capacity.  The police, fire and other support systems in Roxbury and the surrounding area will be impacted.

As outlined in the statement by the Roxbury Town Council, "We must reiterate in the strongest possible terms that this property is not an appropriate location for a facility of this nature in a suburban community and is an unapproved use. Its placement within a residential area, combined with significant limitations in water and sewer infrastructure, should have been immediate and disqualifying considerations. Furthermore, our volunteer fire department and EMS personnel, as well as our 42-member police department, are dedicated to serving the needs of Roxbury residents and are not structured to absorb the demands such a facility would impose. To date, the police department has already dedicated approximately $20,000 to this effort which has limited services to our community.  The projected loss of approximately $1.8 million annually in tax revenue—impacting the Township, our school district, and Morris County—represents an estimated $85 million loss over the next 30 years. These financial and infrastructure realities present serious and lasting consequences for our community." In addition, and  most importantly, the human toll will be devastating.  The expansion of ICE operations in our communities will be a certainty as they try to keep 1,500 beds filled in this for profit detention system. This system has held children beyond the legal limits, has not allowed due process or legal representation, has held citizens and legal residents without explanation. The system lacks appropriate nutrition, and medical care and does not provide for other basic human needs, including religious items and access to clergy. 

-continued- • As Robert Hubbell says in a recent newsletter, “Virtually every executive order signed by Trump in his second term has violated a congressional statute or the Constitution. Every dollar of congressionally appropriated funding that Trump has withheld violates the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Trump’s actions in impounding funds justify impeachment, conviction, and removal from office” (Today’s Edition Newsletter, 7/22/2025). So, our question is: How do you justify, as a sitting member of the U.S. Congress, allowing the head of the Executive Branch to repeatedly violate his oath of office to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States”? • Finally, the astonishing assault on the Capitol by partisans of the outgoing Republican President on January 6, 2021 stunned us all.  Shortly afterward, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated the obvious: “There’s no question – none – that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.  No question about it.  The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.”  He then disgraced himself as a partisan equivocator by claiming that “we have no power to convict and disqualify a former office holder who is now a private citizen,” thus eliding the fact that Trump was the sitting President between January 6 and January 20, during which time a responsible leader of the Republican Party would have taken immediate action, as was done by responsible Republican leaders when the lawlessness of the Nixon administration became obvious to everyone. So, our question is: You have publicly stated your belief that Former President Biden was duly and fairly elected in 2020.  How can you continue to support and even praise President Trump when the whole premise of his claim to legitimacy is based on an outrageous lie – a lie that he continues to proclaim -- that he actually won the 2020 election?   We would, of course, prefer you to answer these and other questions at a well-advertised live and in-person town hall open to all your constituents in NJ CD-7.  If you are still uncomfortable with such a framework, perhaps you would be willing to meet with us privately at some time during the August recess?

This means people with dangerous histories, like those convicted of violent crimes, domestic abuse, or stalking, could carry a concealed gun in states that wouldn't otherwise let them. It means that out-of-state visitors with no firearm safety training, no permit, and no background check would be allowed to carry hidden, loaded handguns within our borders.  Further, police often have no way to verify if an out-of-state permit is valid - - meaning they would be unable to confirm if a person showing a carry permit is a law-abiding gun owner. And because the legislation would even allow concealed carry by some people with no permit at all, out-of-state visitors could be armed without being screened by a background check, and law enforcement would have no permit to evaluate. It is vital to block this mandate. We must put pressure on Tom Kean Jr. to vote against this mandate.