New Jersey: Governor Fires Planners
28 January 2002 - 7:00am
After campaigning on an anti-sprawl campaign, New Jersey Governor McGreevey suddenly gutted the Office of State Planning.
"The McGreevey administration says the massive cuts in planning staff were merely part of a larger series of layoffs needed to address the unprecedented state budget crunch. The layoffs affected non-union middle-management in all departments of state government, and because the planners fit that job description, they were let go."
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Source:
New Jersey Record & Herald News, January 27, 2002
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