Kim Guadagno means Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Kim Guadagno in her job as Chair of the New Jersey Partnership

Helped Reduce Unemployment in New Jersey from 9.8% to 4.1%

By Richard T. Miner, Esq.

When Kim Guadagno became the Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State of New Jersey in January of 2010 the unemployment rate in the Garden State was 9.8%, which was above the national average.  At the time, Kim Guadagno was also appointed as the Chair of a new agency called the New Jersey Partnership for Action.  One of the Lieutenant Governor’s principal responsibilities became leading this new agency to create an effective infrastructure for economic growth and the creation of jobs in New Jersey.  The NJ Partnership for Action was formed by consolidating New Jersey’s various and often fragmented economic development activities into one agency.  See, “A Partnership For Action In New Jersey,” Business Facilities, https://businessfacilities.com/2010/02/a-partnership-for-action-in-new-jersey-2/, 2/1/2010.  In her capacity as Secretary of State, Kim Guadagno also manages New Jersey's $40 billion tourism industry, which is another important source of job creation in New Jersey.

Partnership for Action has been acting to help new or existing businesses open new plants or relocate existing plants. The Partnership has been guiding new companies through the regulatory process and helping them obtain possible tax incentives.  The Partnership has made the process of starting a new business in the Garden State, or relocating a business to New Jersey, faster and more efficient.  Under the leadership of Kim Guadagno, the Partnership developed an effective system to help potential investors and prospective business owners obtain their necessary governmental approvals in a reasonable and timely fashion.  Id.

As the Chair of the Partnership, Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno has been the person primarily responsible for implementing New Jersey’s economic growth strategies, which fostered NJ’s private-sector job growth and helped bring New Jersey’s unemployment rate down from an above the national average 9.8% in January 2010 to a below the national average 4.1% by July 2017.  “Databases, Tables & Calculators: New Jersey,” US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST340000000000006?amp%253bdata_tool=XGtable&output_view=data&include_graphs=true, 8/12/2017.

Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno described her work as the Chair of the Partnership for Action in the following way:

“My job has been to make sure that jobs stay in New Jersey, grow in New Jersey or are attracted to New Jersey. For me, working to keep people in their jobs or bring jobs to people who want to work, that’s been my job.”  Alyana Afaro, “In New Campaign Video, Guadagno Highlights Her Role in NJ Job Growth,” OBSERVER, http://observer.com/2017/03/campaign-ad-kim-guadagno-jobs-economy-new-jersey/, 3/14/17.

On her web site Kim stated that since taking office she “has been working to cut government red tape, recruit new businesses and help existing businesses stay and grow in New Jersey.”  Due to her hard work, the site says, “New Jersey has added 278,000 net new private sector jobs.”  In addition, “more than 100,000 new businesses have filed paperwork to set up shop across our state in 2016 alone.” By working with the Garden State business community, New Jersey was able to cut the number of pages of state regulations in half. Even though the Garden State’s economy has improved and become more business friendly, Kim stated that, “we can and must do better.”  “Growing Jersey Jobs,” KimForNJ.com, http://www.kimfornj.com/growing_jersey_jobs.

To keep Kim Guadagno working hard to promote economic growth, attract many more businesses to start or move to the Garden State, create job opportunities in New Jersey, reduce unemployment, improve education, increase school choice, reduce poverty and crime, reduce property taxes, and other taxes in New Jersey, and make the Garden State a wonderful place to live, work and raise children, the voters in the Garden State must elect Kim Guadagno Governor on Tuesday, November 7, 2017.

Richard T. Miner

Chairman, Sparta Municipal

Republican Committee