New Jersey Governor Declares 'War On Sprawl'

Gov. James E. McGreevey is determined to change the image of New Jersey as an overpopulated, polluted state.

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January 3, 2003, 7:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

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.Gov. James E. McGreevey took the appellation as a compliment and soldiered on.... Mr. McGreevey, a Democrat, has pledged to reshape the conventional image of New Jersey as an overpopulated bastion of metastasizing subdivisions, clogged highways and oozing Superfund sites."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: New Jersey Governor Enlists Himself in 'War on Sprawl'

Thursday, January 2, 2003 in The New York Times

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