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The Anti-Sprawl Catch-22

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Linda LaSut
23 October 2003 - 8:00am

New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey promised the nation's toughest anti-sprawl campaign. Nine months later...

"The governor and his staff conceded in recent interviews that a divided Legislature and opposition from builders made it pointless to introduce the most far-reaching anti-sprawl laws he outlined in a fiery State of the State address in January, when he vowed to take on "those who profit from the strip malls and McMansions."...Controlling sprawl in New Jersey is a universally popular idea in the abstract but becomes politically fraught when it comes to telling builders where to build, towns how to zone, and residents where they can live."

Full Story: War on Sprawl in New Jersey Hits a Wall
Source: The New York Times, October 21, 2003
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