Michael Patrick Carroll (born April 8, 1958) is an American Republican politician from New Jersey. He represents the 25th Legislative District at the New Jersey General Assembly, first serving in 1996.
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Early life and career
Carroll was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on April 8, 1958, son of Maurice C. and Margaret W. Carroll. Although his parents live in New Jersey, his father's military service took him to Fort Bragg at the time of his son's birth. Carroll's parents are former reporters, his father has written for the New York Times Herald Tribune, The New York Times and Newsday while his mother writes for < i> Daily Note . Her father has been the director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. He is of German and Irish descent.
Carroll moved with his family to Morris Township, New Jersey in 1960. Carroll attended public school in the Morris School District through grammar school, then Delbarton School, from where he graduated in 1976. He attended Johns Hopkins University, earned his B.A. in Social Sciences and Behavior in 1980. He pursued his law education at Rutgers School of Law-Newark, receiving his doctorate in 1983.
While at Johns Hopkins, Carroll served as Co-Director of Region II for the Republican National Federation and held various offices at the Johns Hopkins Republican Club, including the President. In 1978, he was apprenticed in the offices of Congressman Jack Kemp. During law school, he served briefly as assistant to State Senator John Dorsey. He also founded Morris County Young Republicans, served as Chairman of the group for four years. He was first elected to the Morris County Republican Committee for Morris Township in 1980. In 1984, after moving to Morristown, he was elected to the Republican Committee of the Republic there, serving as Chairman for a term of office. Returning to Morris Township, he was once again elected to the Republican Region Committee, a position he currently holds. He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Federalist Society and the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick.
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New Jersey General Assembly
Carroll first ran for the Assembly in 1993 using his campaign slogan "Roll Back Florio's Taxes" and promised to work for the complete revocation of the entire tax of Governor 1990 Governor James Florio; he lost the election with less than 400 votes to ruling parliamentarian Arthur R. Albohn (at that time, board member Rodney Frelinghuysen received the most votes in the primary election). When Albohn retired in 1995, Carroll and Anthony Bucco, who were appointed to the Assembly after Frelinghuysen's election to Congress, won major Republican rivals against Rick Merkt, Chris Christie, and two others, going to victory in the fall.
After being elected to the Assembly, Carroll served on the Judiciary and State Government Committees. During the next nine periods, he also served on Health, Regulatory Oversight, Human Services, Public Law and Safety, Housing and Local Government, and the Higher Education Committee. Currently, he sits on the Judiciary and State and Local Government Committees. He served as Member of Parliament of the Republic from 2002 to 2005, and again from 2012 until now. He also serves the State Commission on Human Relations, the Commission on Judicial Review, the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of New Jersey, and as the Association of Ministers of the Union to the State History Commission. For sessions 2018-19, Carroll has been assigned to serve on the Higher Education Committee, Judiciary Committee and State and Local Government Committees.
When the Lee Forte line closing scandal erupted, Carroll was appointed to serve on the Joint Investigation Commission. He has been a strong supporter of legislative oversight of questionable governance behavior, including the use by the Port Authority of toll revenue revenue which is rare on things like museums and dance groups.
During the reign of Christine Todd Whitman, Carroll became one of the most consistent Republicans critics, who voted against all but one of his budgets. He and his conservative colleagues, including Marion Crecco, Scott Garrett, Guy R. Gregg, Rick Merkt, and Guy Talarico formed a loose coalition dubbed the "Mountain Men" press for their conservative stance. Carroll was among just a handful of Legislative Council Members to vote against Governor Whitman's "Pension Pensions" proposal. He and his conservative counterparts were early opponents of Governor Whitman's proposal to raise the gasoline tax and they, since then, took credit for killing the initiative.
Together with Rick Merkt and others, Carroll was an early supporter to end the defined benefit pension plan and warned against the debt crisis of unpaid liabilities in the 1990s.
Carroll is also one of the earliest rivals of HOV along Interstate 287 and Interstate 80 (created as a result of the initiative by Senator Frank Lautenberg). When they were finally abolished, the local media proclaimed it as one of the "heroes" in the war against the columns.
While serving with a Republican majority, Carroll secures a portion of the bill that waives $ 500,000 first-time earnings from the sale of the couple's home from the state income tax. He proposed a bill to mandate readings, at school every morning, from the Declaration of Independence section. Assemblyman Carroll never opted for a single tax increase.
April April 2003 edition of the New Jersey Monthly cites Carroll as the "Most Conservative" member of the New Jersey Legislature. The magazine cites "missionary zeal and talent in articulating its stand on behalf of individuals and property rights, family purity - including unborn children - and the cult of Reaganism..." in elaborating their choice... Carroll was one of the main sponsors of the proposal to mention the highway in Morris County after Ronald Reagan.
The long-time opponent of what he characterized as a "judicial appropriation of the legislative function", Carroll introduced a proposal to amend the New Jersey Constitution to reverse the affordable housing mandate embodied in Mount Laurel's doctrine, to repeal school funding decisions that created the Abbott district and to deter agencies the judiciary imposes any requirement for the Legislature to raise taxes or to spend money. As a strong advocate of the rights and freedoms of the Second Amendment, Carroll sponsored a proposal to revoke the current New Jersey law and replace it with a law similar to that in Vermont.
Strong opponent of the Affordable Care Act, Carroll sponsors a bill which, he argues, will actually have the effect of making health care more affordable, by asking providers to disclose pricing for their services in advance, and forbid them to mark the cost of medicines and stock.
He also sponsored a proposal requiring that no tax increase be subject to the absence of a majority of the legislative votes; to limit the salaries of state and local officials; and to deter government workers from participation in partisan politics.
Carroll sponsored a bill that became New Jersey's medical marijuana law. He is the co-sponsor of the bill to decriminalize the possession of a small amount of marijuana, has labeled the War on Drug failures, called for legalization of direct marijuana, and "calm, prudent, rational discussion" about whether criminal law represents the best vehicle to deal with substance abuse.
Assemblyman Carroll advocated reforming New Jersey's school aid distribution formula, endorsing a proposal by Senator Michael Doherty to provide the same school aid for each child, and supplementary supportive proposals, such as educational vouchers, to provide parents with greater control over children's education they, while simultaneously cutting property taxes for the majority of citizens.
Carroll is often present on political TV, after appearing in News 12 New Jersey Power & Politics; Meet Leaders ; The Sean Hannity Show , Hannity & amp; Colmes , The Today Show "Your New Jersey Connection"; Neil Cavuto ; MSNBC NJ's offer from Steve Kornacki, and similar events.
District 25
Each of the 40 districts of the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members of the New Jersey General Assembly. Other representatives from District 25 for the 2018-2019 Legislative Assembly are:
- Senator Anthony Bucco
- Assemblyman Tony Bucco
Personal life
A lawyer confessed to Bar in 1983, Carroll's practice in Morristown. A general practitioner with a focus on family law, appeals, land use law and municipalities, he represents the Montville Planning Board. He also taught Business Law at County College of Morris for several years as Professor Adjunct at Rutgers Law School, Newark.
In 1983, Carroll married Sharon, nÃÆ' Â © e Anderson, whom he met when they both worked together at McDonald's. The couple has six children: Sean Michael, James Patrick, Brian Christopher, Jane Eleanor, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert Edward Lee.
Carroll often appeared at the Junior State of America convention in New Jersey, including a conference at Princeton University in October 2008 and others in March 2009.
References
External links
- Legislative Assemblyman Carroll webpage, New Jersey Legislative
- Legislative New Jersey financial disclosure form
- 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
- Campaign Site of Carroll Member of Parliament Carroll
- Member of the Assembly Michael Patrick Carroll, Smart Vote Project
- Website of New Jersey Selection Information 2003
- Rep. Scott Garrett Biography
- Federalist Society
- The NJ Mountain Men
- The Morris County Republican Committee
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