Will Christie knock out the effort to provide a steady source of funding for open space? Funding open space refers monies used for Green Acres and other programs used to preserve open space, farms and historic sites. The resolution (SCR160) would ask voters to amend the state constitution to dedicate $200 million per year in sales tax revenue to The diversions would last for 30 years. Historically, the state has sold bonds to raise the money. Voters approved such borrowing more than a dozen times, as recently as in 2009. But the $400 million the state raised with that sale has been allocated, and lawmakers are once again back to square one. Bloomfield has benefited from Green Acres at Foley field and the new Butterfly Park.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:18:33 +0000
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