Once a watershed is past 30 percent (developed) it's gone, ... Critters and endangered species are important, but the main reason for protecting the Pinelands was to preserve water quality, the aquifer and the rivers and estuaries. |
Once a watershed is past 30 percent (developed) it's gone. Critters and endangered species are important, but the main reason for protecting the Pinelands was to preserve water quality, the aquifer and the rivers and estuaries. |
Overall, there's been a lot of spin and no real policy. I think the next governor should hunt for a new commissioner. |
People end up drinking their own septic, ... Our patience is worn out. Enough is enough. |
That $75 million will be spent before the ballot question is even approved. If we're going to go to the ballot for parks, then we should really go to the ballot and fix the system. |
That is the only part of his proposal that would work. |
The Raritan had to have some work done. |
The State Plan has become an excuse for sprawl and overdevelopment. If something is in the smart growth area, it gets less environmental protections and quicker permitting. |
There are people out there who want to destroy the highlands. |
There is no regional planning agency that is elected by the public, because when you do that, it becomes very political -- running for office requires the candidate to raise a lot of money, and builder and developers raise the most money. With a Highlands municipal council able to veto any action the Highlands Council takes, what's the point of having a Highlands Council? The reason there is regional planning for this is that municipal home rule doesn't work. |
There's a real crisis in our parks. |
There's little hope of seeing any new parks built if we can't get the money to fix the parks we have. |
They may not be able to get as much as if they were to sell it to a developer, but farmers don't have the right to pollute the drinking water of 4.5 million residents. |
We don't want this to be used for sprawl. |
We know it's a big lift. |