Tuesday, November 9, 2010 (Afternoon)
NEWS
Gov. Christie pledges to veto affordable housing bill advanced by N.J. Assembly panel (Friedman, The Star-Ledger) Trenton, Mercer County
“As mayors, lobbyists and state government officials packed a Trenton committee room for a hearing on a bill that would abolish the controversial Council on Affordable Housing, Assemblyman Jerry Green offered words of warning: Nobody, he said, will leave completely satisfied.”
Feds want $271M from NJ Transit for tunnel (Staff, Associated Press) Newark, Essex County
“NJ Transit owes the federal government $271 million for the Hudson River rail tunnel that Gov. Chris Christie scrapped last month.”
Council rejects Hilltop housing proposal (Staff, Verona-Cedar Grove Times) Cedar Grove, Essex County
“The Cedar Grove Township Council rejected a controversial project to build townhouses at the site of the old Essex County Hospital Center on Monday night.”
Voorhees may allow hotels, development on Rt. 73 strip (Desai, The Courier Post) Voorhees, Camden County
“Spurred by a legal challenge to a zone variance approval, the township now plans to change rules to allow hotels and other commercial developments on a strip of Route 73.”
U.F. postpones hearing on rezoning land near Allentown (Meggitt, Examiner) Upper Freehold, Monmouth County
“Over a dozen township and Allentown Borough residents appeared at the Nov. 4 Township Committee meeting, only to find that the public hearing they came for had been postponed indefinitely.”
OPINION
Housing hearing shows why Christie can’t afford to leave home (Mulshine, The Star-Ledger) Trenton, Mercer County
“If I could suggest just one reform to improve the way our state government operates, it would be this: The governor can’t sign a bill until he has sat in on at least one hearing about it.”
