[CPEO-IRF] Fort Monmouth (NJ) Reuse Committee

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fort Monmouth delay prompts concerns

BY MARYANN SPOTO
Newark Star-Ledger
December 31, 2005

Mayors of the three towns hosting Fort Monmouth vented their complaints 
to state legislators yesterday about delays in funding for a committee 
trying to plan the Army post's redevelopment.

The mayors of Eatontown, Tinton Falls and Oceanport met with state Sen. 
Ellen Karcher and Assemblyman Michael Panter (both D-Monmouth) to 
outline their concerns about Gov.-elect Jon Corzine's request to the 
U.S. Department of Defense to hold off on distributing millions of 
dollars to the Fort Monmouth Reuse Committee.

Corzine's office previously said it wanted time to review the 
composition of the committee. It also contends the committee must be 
formed by state legislation, not by local consensus as was done in this 
case. The mayors, however, say the committee is merely a precursor to a 
more permanent redevelopment authority and therefore does not need 
legislation.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1136007314307540.xml&coll=1

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Lenny Siegel
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