The swell of opposition against a dangerous land (S1534/A2586) use bill that would exempt private colleges from land use oversight is steadily growing: The NJ State League of Municipalities (NJSLOM) has published another letter to mayors of towns in NJ that explains that A2586 has an impact well beyond the …
A few more editorials and letters that explain the dangers of Assembly bill A-2586: Barbara Dorethy expresses her opposition to the bill. Jeff Tittel from the Sierra Club explains the dangers of A-2586, and how it would invite private development and exploitation of this loophole for financial gain. This is …
The NJ State League of Municipalities (NJSLOM) has just sent out a letter to mayors of NJ towns to explain the detriments of bills S-1534 and A-2586 on their towns. It explains the very dangerous precedent this sets, and how it will impact not only towns that have private universities, …
Just published: Atlanticville article from 8/9/2012 about Long Branch officials opposing the bill.
For your convenience you will find a sample representative letter here. Feel free to use it as is or as inspiration for your own wording when you write your elected officials. Please encourage your contacts to do the same.
On June 27, 2012 the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association, sent a letter to the New Jersey State Senate opposing this proposed legislation.
On Jun 6, the NJ League of Municipalities wrote a letter to mayors of townships (link) directly affected by the bill.