Below is commentary from a fierce fighter against HESAA who knows where various NJ politicians stand with regard to their private slush fund – oops I mean state-backed student loan lender. Read, learn, take action! Oppose Mila Jasey and Gary Schaer’s spineless opportunism!
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Hey everyone,
Right now, from everything that I have read over the past few months, it appears these two assembly members have no intention in helping/assisting CURRENT NJCLASS borrowers. Mila Jasey pretty much summed it up when she stated, “Unfortunately, we cannot go back in time and assist the many NJCLASS borrowers who already have had the agonizing experience of declaring bankruptcy or dealing with collection agencies, but HESAA now has taken action that will benefit borrowers going forward, which ultimately will benefit the entire state.” Essentially, this results in a generation LOST!!
And, this statement alone speaks incredible volumes and shows what we are up against, especially with Schaer and Jasey spearheading legislation that will only assist PROSPECTIVE borrowers. They have also introduced legislation in which they asked HESAA’s executive director, Gabrielle Charette, to chair (unbelievably bad choice).
Currently and technically, the legislature is off until September, but I do know that many Senators, such as Cunningham, Ruiz and Gordon are STILL fighting for us!! However, the Senate is not our problem–it is the assembly that needs to be convinced that WE–the CURRENT borrowers–cannot be forgotten—cannot be written off–need help. I want you all to remember this when it comes time to voting because every single one of them is up for re-election. We all need to education ourselves as to what assembly members are in our districts.
I would ask you all to write letters the old fashioned way (pen, envelope and stamp) to Schaer and Jasey. Emails are not effective because they don’t respond. Voice your disappointment in them as representatives of this State; tell them that they CAN assist CURRENT borrowers–remind them of what HESAA has put you through; provide a brief synopsis of your life living with this debt and/or default. We need to make them listen–we need to make them help. We need to remind them they are up for reelection. Here are their addresses:
Gary Schaer, 1 Howe Ave, Passaic, NJ 07055 and
Mila Jasey, 511 Valley Street, Maplewood, New Jersey 07040.
Lastly, i think we should all start writing Gabrielle Charette, HESAA’s Executive Director, as she has been going around saying that only 1% of their borrowers are unhappy and that they rarely get letters from borrowers unhappy with their NJCLASS loans–I believe this is a farce because there are over 60 people in this email chain and my son’s petition on change.org is 15 signatures shy of 1000–everyone needs to blast Gabrielle Charette with letters that summarize ALL the wrongs HESAA has done to them (I would suggest that a copy of your letter should also be sent to Senator Cunningham and the “cc” should be clearly noticed on the bottom of your letter) so that Charette knows Sen. Cunningham was copied. Sen. Cunningham is the ONLY one that has publicly grilled Charette and Charette needs to keep fearing that.
Here are the addresses: HESAA, Gabrielle Charette, Executive Director, 4 Quakerbridge Plaza, Hamilton, New Jersey 08619 and
Sen. Cunningham’s address: 1738 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305.