Wed Apr 14, 2010 at 02:30:00 PM EDT
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For someone who ran against one shot gimmicks, the Governor sure finds plenty of them to use in order to try and balance the budget. Here's the latest on how they will use funds to replace trees for keeping state parks open:Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin told the Assembly Budget Committee his department will use $10 million from the state's Shade Tree and Community Forest Preservation License Plate Fund to make up for lost state funding.
The fund was created in 1996, when a special "forestry" license plate was created to raise money for forest preservation. It became the depository for a larger source of money under the state's 2001 No Net Loss Act, which requires state agencies to replace or donate funds to replace trees destroyed by state construction projects. So another dedicated fund the Governor is taking money from. This is the type of thing that got Republicans up in arms when done in the past under the leadership of Democrats, but they're cheering Christie on now. The environment is taking a beating under Christie's one shots. He is raiding the clean energy fund, the global warming fund and now the tree replacement fund. It's a good thing Christie is following his promise to stop the one shot gimmicks he campaigned against. |
| Jason Springer :: Fund for replacing destroyed trees is Christie's latest one shot gimmick |
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