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Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik has reacted to his town's housing plan being thrown out because they acted in bad faith with some rather extreme rhetoric.
Never mind that you have to REALLY mess up to get tossed in this way - it's the first time that it's happened to any town in a few years. But when you voluntarily sign a legal agreement and then don't follow through on your end, and then ignore an agency's rules for more than a year despite repeated requests, there kinda have to be some consequences.
But, hey, this whole crusade thing is a bit much. Filing a lawsuit to present your side of the story - of course within your rights. But saying that the money to pay for it will be taken from the $13 million the town was supposed to spend on building modestly priced homes (significantly more unspent funds than any other town in the state)? That's a bit brazen.
And then there's this quote from Mayor Hornik:
The radical housing groups and the developers will not be happy until Marlboro looks like Jersey City and Newark, and it's not going to happen.
What could the Mayor possibly mean? It's hard to understand, so we've created a poll to help figure it out.
In any event, it's pretty unimpressive rhetoric for a mayor in New Jersey in 2010 - and not such smart words for someone who might be looking for urban votes in the future. |
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