Pinelands advocacy group wants stricter rules
- Thread starter Teegate
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I don't want the Pinelands Commission to have that sort of power. If they can sidestep the municipality they more or less answer to nobody. That leaves the power of who gets fines and who does not in the hands of a very few people. Not only that, but if someone gets fined by the PPA and they decide to sue them it's going to sap precious money out of their budget.
This is the typical problem with New Jersey. If something is broken, don't fix what's broken, just replace it with a new system that's broken more.
This is the typical problem with New Jersey. If something is broken, don't fix what's broken, just replace it with a new system that's broken more.
I do want them to have the power, at least when it comes to blatant violations of building codes, or minining, or aquaculture, or forestry...etc. Ben, you may be misreading it. PPA will not have any power. The Pinelands Commission will (unless you just meant to say the Pinelands Commission and not PPA).
They need to take a look at how the Adirondack Park Agency is run. Very similar in concept. It has it's problems, but in general in works.
http://www.apa.state.ny.us/
http://www.apa.state.ny.us/
No, I meant I don't want the Commission to have any power other than what they have now.
Levying fines and whatnot should be the parlance of the municipal courts. If the system that they have now, where they have the municipality handle the trials and fines is broken then they should go about fixing that. Not throwing away 40 years of president and giving a very small bunch of people a lot of power.