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TRUMP TRAIN
STOPS IN N.J.

GOP nominee renews call for wall, is

silent on new misconduct allegations

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Workers install sewer lines along Grand Central Avenue at

Princeton Avenue in Lavallette in January 2014 as part of the
Route 35 reconstruction project.

N.J. gas tax:

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks Saturday at an event hosted by the Republican Hindu Coalition to
benefit victims of terror at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison.

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EDISON - Capping a campaign day that brought

claims of yet another unwanted sexual advance to light
and also pushback from fellow Republicans to his assertion the election is rigged, an uncharacteristically
reserved Donald Trump fell back to his most comfortable talking points at a campaign event Saturday night,
even reminding the audience of his pledge to have Mexico pay for a border wall if hes elected president.
We are going to have stronger borders. We are going to have strong walls. Were going to have a wall.
Were going to stop drugs from pouring into our country. The wall will be built. Mexico will pay for the wall.
We havent quite explained it to them yet. They dont
quite know it yet, Trump said, drawing cheers from
supporters at an event organized by the Republican
Hindu Coalition at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center.
See TRUMP, Page 2A

Rebuilding 12 miles of the superstorm Sandy-battered Route 35 was one of the most expensive road projects in state history costing $78 million more than
originally planned with the behind-the-scenes office
work costing nearly three times the original price, an
Asbury Park Press investigation found.
The unexpected expense alone on non-construction
costs design, utility, engineering and inspection
work was $25.1 million, or about $1 million more than
what the Ocean County government plans to spend on
all of its road and bridges this year.
What decisions and priorities led to these extra costs
is squarely at the heart of the debate about raising New
Jerseys gasoline tax that helps cover the states share
of projects like Route 35, which cost an average of $27.3
million for each of the 12.5 miles of reconstruction on
the northern part of the peninsula the runs from Island
Beach State Park to Bay Head.
After all, critics say, why should New Jerseyans pay
more at the pump if they cant trust the state to spend it
efficiently?
Legislation that would boost the tax by 23 cents a gallon was approved Oct. 7 in Trenton. It was signed into
law Friday by Gov. Chris Christie.
We can clearly see New Jersey does not have a revenue problem, but rather a spending problem, wrote
Erica Jedynak, state director of the conservative
Americans for Prosperity, in a June letter to state lawmakers.
Previously, a Press investigation detailed how construction costs on Route 35 skyrocketed due to work
stoppages caused by the jumble of utilities under the
Sandy-wrecked road.
See ROADS, Page 8A

KEITH MUCCILLI/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A man (left) yells at anti-Trump protestors outside the New

Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison Saturday.

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South Asian Americans cheer, jeer Trump

at Edison event. 2A

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Law enforcement officials in Kansas are looking to reassure
immigrants of their safety after three men were accused of
plotting to target Somali immigrants there. 1B

Former governor at NAACP event:

Trump would positively endanger us
NICK MUSCAVAGE @NMUSCAVAGE

EDISON - After former New Jersey Gov. James

Florio left political office, he secured a job with one of
Donald Trumps enterprises and began serving on the
board of Trump Entertainment Resorts.
On Thursday night, the Metuchen Edison Branch of
the NAACP hosted a town hall-style event in which two
dozen residents and members of NAACP asked ques-

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Ive worked with Trump. I served on a board with
him for two years, said Florio, who called Trump an
autocratic and manipulative individual. I will
tell you this without any fear of contradiction and
with no apprehensions whatsoever: If Donald Trump

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