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Former Gov. James Florio, State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick J. Callahan to Speak at Funeral of Organized Crime Fighter and Civil Rights Defender, Retired State Police Superintendent Col. Justin J. Dintino
Blackwood, NJ (January 29, 2020) – Current and former state law enforcement officials will pay tribute on Saturday to Col. Justin J. Dintino, who died last week at age 91. Dintino is credited with combating New Jersey's notorious organized crime syndicate as well as cleaning up systematic racial profiling in New Jersey State Police ranks.
State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick J. Callahan, former Gov. James Florio, former Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission Frederick T. Martens and former New Jersey Criminal Justice Director Edwin Stier will speak at Dintino's funeral, where he will be honored by a cavalcade of 50 police officers and four mounted horses.
Dintino served XX years as a trooper, state police superintendent, and commissioner with the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation. He received numerous accolades in his career for his contributions to the field of police intelligence and co-authored the 1983 Police Intelligence in Crime Control.
In 1983, Dintino was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve on the Commission on Organized Crime. He criticized the commission from within for its "poor management of time, money and staff," which he claimed hampered the effectiveness of federal and state efforts to combat organized crime.
Upon his appointment by Gov. Florio in 1989 to lead the State Police, Dintino vowed that “he would rather not have another ounce of drugs seized than see another trooper go to jail for an illegal search or civil rights violation." Dintino instituted policies and procedures that identified troopers who were consistently being challenged on their arrests and demanded fidelity to suspects' rights and accountability for police misconduct.
In a state riddled with political corruption and organized crime, Dintino was considered a model trooper who defied conventional political protocols. He had a "record of resistance to corruption," according to Stier.
"Colonel Dintino’s hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence was the driving force behind the takedown of several organized crime syndicates. His informant development skills were renowned," said Col. Callahan in October 2019 when he presided over the dedication of the Col. Justin J. Dintino Repository on Organized Crime and Literature at State Police Headquarters in West Trenton.
"Dintino was the crème-de la-crème of law enforcement executives, His contributions to the state of New Jersey and the intelligence community were legendary, courageous, and prescient. He was one of a kind!" said Martens.
The funeral will be held at the Egizi Funeral Home, 119 Ganttown Rd., in Washington Township. Members of the press who wish to attend are asked to contact XX at (XXX) XXX-XXXX for credentials and logistical support. Additional details about the life of Col. Dintino can be found here.
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How to Judge If Your State Taxes Are Too High
Residents in states with higher tax rates are going to be hit by the federal tax reform. What will states do about it?
States with higher tax rates are going to be hit hard by federal tax reform. What will they do about it?
State legislators in higher-tax states like California, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland — concerned that the new federal tax law that puts a $10,000 limit on deducting state, local, and property taxes could hurt state taxpayers — have started debating how to change their own laws to accommodate taxpayers disproportionately impacted by the rules.
Taxpayers will begin to feel just how high their states' tax rates are unless those states change their tax codes.
A cap on state tax deductions will disproportionately affect homeowners in states with high property taxes and higher income earners (putting a another spin on the argument over whether federal tax cuts help upper incomes).
Since the bill passed and was signed into law, lawmakers in these states are now trying to figure out what they can do to address a very new reality — that their high taxes were being offset with a federal break.
So far, however, my state's governor is the only one who has announced his intention to do something about it.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Wednesday that he would introduce legislation in January's state assembly to change Maryland's tax code to allow taxpayers to keep the money that otherwise would have been taken by the state under the new tax plan.
While not specific about how his legislation would work, according to the [Baltimore Sun](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-hogan-taxes-20171220-story.html) , the state could potentially bring in $750 million more in revenue as a result of the federal cap on deductions for state and local income tax.
Here's how it works right now: Maryland's tax return calculation starts with the federal adjusted gross income. It then adds in other taxable income before taking the federal deductions and subtracting state and local income payments from it to reach its deductible allowance (not counting other exemptions and subtractions).
So if a worker was able to deduct $15,000, for instance, last year on his state and local taxes on a federal return (mine was less than that), this year, he can only add up to $10,000 total to his deductions. That means when you go to the line on the state form where you subtract the state and local income taxes, the real number, if over $10,000, is no longer a match to the federal form.
So what does the state do? It has to either make it possible for those two numbers to be different (not currently allowed by law), or it ends up taxing people on tax they already paid over the $10,000 limit.
Details of the plan are still to be released, and the state comptroller's office is still working on evaluating how exactly the new tax plan will work, but Hogan said he hopes that the state legislature will join him unanimously in ensuring that taxpayers are not burdened because of the new tax plan.
"Our goal will be to leave that money in the pockets of hard-working Marylanders," he said at a Board of Public Works meeting. "I am confident that our partners in the General Assembly who have expressed concern over the impact of this tax reform bill will support us unanimously in protecting Marylanders who could be negatively affected. Protecting taxpayers should be a bipartisan issue."
Just one hitch: Hogan is a Republican governor in a very Democratic state, which means it's almost impossible for him to get the legislature to go along with any suggestion he has, regardless of merit. Whatever happens to help state taxpayers, it will have to be a solution for which everyone in Annapolis can take credit.
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