Posts Tagged ‘New Jersey’
A stadium overhaul in the works
Friday, November 7th, 2003S.O.S.: The budget knife is cutting out all the Jazz
Friday, April 4th, 2003Being all wrapped up in this internet thing has had the unexpected side effect of making me a better citizen. Through the power of the web, e-mail and other such technical niceties I am able to voice my opinions on subjects that matter to me in a matter of minutes where in the past I may not have due to the amount of time it takes.
Once such issue is the new 2004 New Jersey budget that Governor McGreevey laid out on February 3rd, and it’s total elimination of all state funding for arts and culture which would directly affect the best alternative to commercial radio ever (WBGO), among other things.
In less than five minutes I wrote our Governor, two state Senators and an Assemblyman voicing my displeasure over the proposed move in the most civil of tones. Now I don’t care if you like WBGO or not. I don’t even care if you’ve ever heard of the station before. If you care about the arts and happen to be a citizen in New Jersey, please let your voice be heard.
Is five minutes time too much to ask?
Governor turning over a new leaf
Thursday, January 2nd, 2003Seems as though NJ Governor James McGreevey and his environmental commissioner, Bradley M. Campbell, are showing some green tendencies and are fighting against urban sprawl in the Garden State, along with trying to clean up neglected urban areas. The Times article gives an example from a environmental inspector strike force raid on Camden this past October:
The State Department of Environmental Protection’s weeklong blitzkrieg hit more than 700 sites, yielding 100 violations, a burst of favorable news coverage and the fury of business leaders, who gave the agency the nickname of the Green Gestapo.
“The Green Gestapo”. Hmm…kinda catchy.
