Monthly Archives: August 2011

[8/16/11 – updates note in text] The Appellate Division today posted two opinions on the Highlands. Initial news reports muddy the water, so I thought I’d post links to the decisions and do a brief post on my take. The first … Continue reading →

DEP Fails to Enforce Law, Even as Severe Odors Persist Just over a year ago, I was disgusted by and wrote about a foul odor in Flemington (See: Johanna Farms Flemington Plant Upset Causing Huge Odor Problems). The odor is acute … Continue reading →

Preservation Based Land Use Reforms & Momentum Hijacked by Property Rights Radicals Last week marked the seventh anniversary of enactment of the landmark Highlands Act. I am not going to repeat the litany of problems now facing honest implementation of the Act that have … Continue reading →

Duties Have Direct Impact on Former Clients’ Fortunes; Ethics Review Requested [Update: 11/5/11 – I learned yesterday in response to another OPRA (the third in this case), that in response to our ethics review request, DEP Assistant Commissioner Jan Kozinski … Continue reading →

Back in June, we lamented a huge lost opportunity – idealistically seeing the Obama’s “Advanced Manufacturing Initiative” as a clean energy means to “pivot” from an austerity agenda to a green jobs agenda. We wrote: Again, this is a huge … Continue reading →