open space

VAN DREW/ALBANO/MORIARTY/McKEON MEASURE PROVIDING $40 MILLION IN OPEN SPACE FUNDS SIGNED INTO LAW

(TRENTON)- Legislation authorizing $40 million for open space acquisition was ceremoniously signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

HACKENSACK– The Democrat controlled Freeholder board has used the open space trust fund to steal from the poor and give to the rich. Far from being the party of the working man, these people are using open space funds to benefit the least densly populated areas in Bergen County, while leaving children in the more densely populated areas to play in the streets

“The mistakes of current and prior administrations have left Fair Lawn with a huge debt and escalating taxes, and those

mistakes need to be rectified.”

ASSEMBLY PASSES McKEON BILL TO SUSTAIN OPEN-SPACE PRESERVATION PROGRAM

(TRENTON) - New Jersey voters would have the opportunity this November to approve a $200 million plan to preserve open space through 2010 under legislation passed today in the General Assembly.

BILL TO KEEP OPEN-SPACE PRESERVATION PROGRAM RUNNING CLEARS ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE

(TRENTON) - New Jersey voters would have the opportunity this November to approve a $200 million plan to preserve open space through 2010 under legislation released today by the Assembly Budget Committee.

Kean:  Don’t Hold Trust Hostage To Sell-Off Schemes

            Senator Thomas H. Kean (R-Essex/Somerset/Morris/Union), a co-Prime Sponsor of SCR-136, which would dedicate up to $175 million annually from Fiscal Year 2009 to Fiscal Year 2038 from sales and use tax revenue for preservation of open space, farmland and historic sites, issued the following statement calling on Governor Corzine to support bi-partisan legislation to reauthorize the Garden State Preservation Trust.

ASSELTA: RENEW GARDEN STATE PRESERVATION PROGRAM NOW!
Open Space Held Hostage to Reckless Turnpike Sell-off Scheme
   

            Senator Nicholas Asselta (R-Cape May/Cumberland) issued the following statement over published reports that the Corzine Administration is working to obstruct bi-partisan legislation to reauthorize the Garden State Preservation Trust, considered the most successful land preservation program in the United States.

LANCE: LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE OPEN SPACE FUNDING 

            Senate Republican Leader Leonard Lance, (R-Hunterdon/Warren) called the on Senate Environment Committee to calendar legislation in the committee to re-authorize the Garden State Preservation Trust.