Democrats want taxpayers to fund LGBT lobbyists

Yesterday we wrote about how Democrat legislators use public committee hearings to raise money from Garden State Equality (GSE), a notoriously political gay-rights lobbying and campaign organization.  We covered Monday's Assembly Budget Committee hearing, at which Democrat Assemblymen John "Porno" Burzichelli, "Hammerless Troy" Singleton, and Gary "The Hand" Schaer behaved like puppies trying to edge each other out in the effort lick the butt of their paymasters from Garden State Equality.

Today we follow that up with a piece of legislation designed to use the power of government itself -- and your tax dollars -- to fund Garden State Equality's lobbying and political efforts.  In effect, the Democrats want to create a program of government -funded lobbying and political campaign activity -- but only for one side. 

And this is being done expressly for Garden State Equality, a group with a history of threatening Democrats when they don't get their way.  Here is what happened when a few Democrats voted their conscience and opposed same-sex marriage in 2010:

Garden State Equality fires new broadside at Dems

By Max Pizarro | February 8th, 2010 - 10:41am

Smarting over the state Senate's refusal to pass marriage equality and disillusioned at the moment with the Democratic Party majority, Garden State Equality’s 85-member Board of Directors unanimously decided against giving financial contributions to political parties and their affiliated committees.  

Under the new policy, Garden State Equality will make financial contributions only to individual candidates and to non-party organizations that further equality for the LGBT community, according to a release issued this morning by the organization.

“No political party has a record good enough on LGBT civil rights that it can rightfully claim to be entitled to our money on a party-wide basis,” said Steven Goldstein, chair of Garden State Equality.  “No longer will we let any political party take our money and volunteers with one hand, and slap us in the face with the other when we seek full equality.

"Our Board of Directors felt so strongly about adopting this new policy," he added, "that it unanimously decided to include it in the organization's bylaws."

Garden State Equality estimates that since 2005 they have given $500,000 to Democratic Party candidates while giving only minimally to Republicans.

"Is this a broadside at the Democratic Party?" asked Goldstein. "Of course, it is."

"With the exception of Speaker (Shelia) Oliver, who has had a long record of being a champion of equality, nobody in the Democratic Party's leadership reached out to us," said Goldstein. "Come on, if you're Steve Sweeney, pick up the phone. If you're John Wisniewski, pick up the phone. We have been the most unstintingly loyal organization to the party. Other than organized labor which is in its own league, no other constituency has been as loyal to the party."

Well it appears that Assemblyman Wisniewski got the message, because he's been subserviently sucking GSE ass ever since.  He sponsored A-4790, the GSE rip-off bill.  Here's what it does:

An Act providing for the issuance of “Equality” license plates and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

How's that for making government work for you!

So an organization that is involved in lobbying, political campaigns, and funding the Democrat Party is going to get its own government bank account and source of government funding.  WTF!

Oh it has been proposed.  Former Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, whose husband served three tours overseas in the war against terrorism, proposed it again and again... but the Democrats stopped it every time.

The Democrats remain so focused on the groin, on genitals, on the sexuality of little children -- that they cannot be bothered with honoring the men and women who preserve their institutions, their freedom, their very being.  Screw veterans, say the Democrats... Ass Uber Alles!

Hopefully the Republican generalissimos responsible for defending and capturing legislative seats are paying attention, because if you can't design direct mail, cable, radio, and Internet advertising using this clear contrast -- then something is very wrong.  This is easy, clear-blue-water stuff that will drive up GOP turnout as it shames blue collar Democrats into taking a pass. 

Assemblyman Wisniewski, a normally thoughtful man, is allowing himself to be corrupted.  A-4790 is a very public shakedown by a lobby group/political action organization because it has the power to name and shame.  GSE is corrupt in the way that the mob is corrupt:  Do what we say or we will withhold money or use it against you or try to destroy your reputation. 

Anyone who cares about democracy and honest government will oppose A-4790.

Legislator "Porno" Burzichelli gets rude while pandering

Assemblyman John "Porno" Burzichelli is one of the shadiest figures in Trenton and a longtime double-dipper who held two elected offices at once.  He's had his fingers in a lot of local deals too.  More on that later.

We normally wouldn't comment on what Mr. Burzichelli gets up to, but through his rudeness, he has attracted our attention.  Whether or not he maintains our attention is up to him. 

Mr. Burzichelli is the Vice Chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee.  That's where the Democrat leadership sent legislation that promotes the Left's latest fashion statement:  Transgenderism.   Yep, to the Budget Committee.  Looks like they expect to spend some of your hard earned tax dollars to promote this bullshit.

The legislation, A-4652, is similar to S-3067, which uses the power of the State to require that the Commissioner of Education stick his nose into the business of local school districts and "develop guidelines regarding transgender students."  Things like the use of "the name and pronoun that corresponds to a student’s gender identity... issuance of school documentation such as student ID’s in the name that corresponds to a student’s gender identity... permitting transgender students to dress in accordance with their gender identity... equal opportunities for participation in physical education... participation in gender-segregated school activities in accordance with a student’s gender identity... the use of restrooms and locker rooms... permitting and supporting the formation of student clubs or programs regarding issues related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth."  In addition, the guidelines will include "information on organizations or other resources available to students and parents that provide support to transgender individuals." Yes, this is about proselytizing and recruitment.

Now we have no doubt that Mr. Burzichelli has some sort of back ally knowledge concerning how to get ahead in patronage politics, but he really isn't what you would call a learned man.  True, he managed to graduate from high school, but it kind of ended there.  You see this pattern over and over again with the Democrats.  They have these back ally operators who rise up the political patronage ladder and along the way shed any humility they once possessed, to replace it with a brittle arrogance that resists new ideas and intellectual curiosity.

At yesterday's hearing on A-4652, we witnessed the spectacle of Mr. Burzichelli calling people names, like "intolerant", when it was clearly he who failed to extend simple human courtesy and politeness in tolerating the point of view of others.   It was a real dirt bag act, worthy of the back ally.

Was the Assemblyman being rude simply for the benefit of the potential donors present?  We all know how Garden State Equality gets when it doesn't have its ass expressly licked.  We all remember the tantrum that GSE's former executive director had a few years ago, when he threatened to withhold money from Democrat candidates because they had acted independently, following their conscience, instead of doing as his lobby group demanded. 

This crass lack of civility didn't stop with Mr. Burzichelli.  Assemblyman Troy Singleton got in on the act too.  Mr. Singleton, who is the only "carpenter" we know of who doesn't use a hammer, got shitty too, pausing in his shit long enough to look around to see if the GSE crowd was writing any checks.  Then there was the committee chairman, Assemblyman Gary Schaer, a normally civil man who behaved like a handjob throughout the hearing -- allowing the check writing side to pontificate, while cutting off anyone with an alternative opinion.  Real asshole behavior.

These moes can't seem to play it straight.  They are too interested in listening for the rustle of the checkbook, and playing to potential donors, to take the time to open their minds long enough to learn something... anything. 

Maybe we need to have people's hearings on some of these subjects.  Invite in really, really smart thinkers and allow them to talk. We could even critique the official hearings on the subjects, with all their pandering and lack of civility. 

Maybe we could get Camille Paglia?  Now that would be a cut above what Messrs. Burzichelli, Singleton, and Schaer gave us yesterday.