Comments on: Burden Is On Christie’s DEP Nominee to Show Senate He’s Qualified

By: WolfeNotes.com » NJ Parallels to Gulf Disaster – Monday Oversight Hearing

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:14:30 +0000

[...] We have written critically about the fact that Bob Martin has no environmental experience or acedemic or professional credentials (see: Burden on Chrisite DEP Nominee to Sow Senate He’s Qualified). [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » Bob Martin Comes Out

WolfeNotes.com » Bob Martin Comes Out — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:26:37 +0000

[...] previously criticized DEP Commissioner nominee Bob Martin for failing to make a public statement of his vision for DEP [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » Christie Regulatory Moratorium Blocks Major Environmental Protections

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:20:45 +0000

[...] the Senate Judiciary Committee probes these legal and environmental policy issues in detail during DEP nominee Bob Martin’s upcoming confirmation hearing. Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » Christie Environmental Rollbacks Echo Whitman’s Failed Policy

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:58:56 +0000

[...] training or professional experience in environmental management. Christie’s DEP nominee, Bob Martin, shares more than a first name with Mr. [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » Christie Regulatory Czar Given Tools To Rollback Environmental and Public Health Protections

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:20:52 +0000

[...] And we hope that Senate Democrats and moderate Republicans ask some tough questions of Bob Martin, Christie’s nominee for DEP Commissioner, during upcoming Senate confirmation hearings. [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » Despite Pompton Lakes Tragedy, DEP Weakened and Now Christie Considering Nixing “Vapor Intrusion” Requirements

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:47:29 +0000

[...] homes on Kings Path in Hopewell and (HVN; 9/21/06) for Hopewell Boro VI problems right in DEP Acting Commissioner Bob Martin’s [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » Christie DEP Nominee Fails First Test: “No Comment” on Controversial Transition Report

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:33:24 +0000

[...] a retired corporate executive with no environmental experience or expertise or public service in NJ (see this post). If confirmed, he would be the first DEP Commissioner ever with no environmental credentials or [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » Christie’s Message on Environment: “Do Less With Less”

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:37:52 +0000

[...] polls say this). In concert with Christie’s Executive Orders 1-4 and his nomination of a DEP Commissioner with zero environmental experience, this represents a truly radical departure from NJ’s bipartisan support for strong [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » Christie’s Authoritarian Shock Doctrine for NJ’s Environment

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:14:28 +0000

[...] Executive Orders were preceded by the nomination of a Bob Martin as DEP Commissioner. Martin is a retired corporate executive, who has no environmental training or experience. Martin [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » The Ludicrous Logic of “Cost-Benefit Bob Martin”

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:29:57 +0000

[...] hope the Senate confirmation process probes these issues in detail. Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Comments (1) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment [...]

By: Bill Wolfe

Bill Wolfe — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:06:45 +0000

Thanks Zoe, I agree. The Senate confirmation hearings should probe Martin’s work with Accenture and ask him if he plans similar privatization and deregulation for DEP and environmental services.

Getzy – yes I clearly recall. In fact, I submitted testimony opposing the Whitman EPA confirmation, and I wrote an Op-Ed that ran in Star Ledger adn Tretnon Times that predicted it all! Aside from Bill Neil (formerly with Audubon) and Jeff Tittel, I was the lone critic at the time, may NJ ENGO’s supporting Whitman. We see a very similar dynamic – worse actually – shaping up right now with NJEF strongly providing political cover for Christie. Train wreck.

By: getzy

getzy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:33:02 +0000

Stay on this story, Bill. Remember what happened to the EPA and the global environmental discourse under Bush?…

By: Zoe Kelman

Zoe Kelman — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:29:51 +0000

25 years with Accenture can only mean more privatization and deregulation for NJ. A company that doesn’t pay its taxes (incorporated in Ireland) yet receives federal contracts.

He also doesn’t seem to respect public access to beaches. The Atlantic Press reported that he owns a summer home assessed at $2.1 million on 17th Street in Avalon.
“Avalon waged a successful battle against the DEP last year over the agency’s insistence that municipalities install public bathrooms and allow 24-hour access to beaches replenished with state money.
All the Avalon Mayor Martin Pagliughi could say about Martins nomination is that he doesn’t think he’ll have to worry about providing public access to the beaches while Martin is around.

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