Monthly Archives: May 2008

“The Surge” on the Environment

Countless fiasco’s show that voluntary compliance, privatization, deregulation, subsidies, and reliance on private consultants failed Bill WolfeLisa P. Jackson, DEP Commissioner. In testimony before a rare April 15 joint hearing of the Senate and Assembly Environment Committees, Department of Environmental … Continue reading

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Bush kills rules on the way in & blocks them on the way out

From Andy Card to Josh Bolten – Bush sells out public to Corporate interests. Ideology and political power trump science and facts Today’s NY Times story on Bush administration policy prompts historical reflection – and repeats a deeply disturbing pattern. … Continue reading

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Corporate Office Parks Trump Clean Water

DEP Caves to Bristol-Myers Squibb, IntraWest Mountain Creek Resort, & other developments – abandons Pequest, Wallkill and Stony Brook Bill WolfeBPG properties 359 acre Hopewell Campus – proposed 800,000 square foot expansion along rural Carter Road impacts a tributary to … Continue reading

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We have lost our way –

“corporate makeover of politics struggling to be democratic” Bill Wolfe On this Memorial Day, as I sit on my porch, basking in gorgeous tree dappled sunlight, my tranquillity is upset by reading a powerful analysis that concludes that our vaunted … Continue reading

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Calling Out Scott Weiner on school reforms

[Update: most recent – Bergen Record Editorial: Soiled again http://www.northjersey.com/opinion/editorials/Soiled_again052208.html Let me preface this post with two brief points of perspective. First, I strongly support additional funding for school construction and operations in Abbott school districts. Second, I worked for … Continue reading

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