Category Archives: Policy watch

Mountaintop mining – Jersey style

Looks at Mines in Hopewell, Lambertville, Pennington, Kingston Bill WolfeEntrance to Trap Rock Quarry – Rt. 29, on Delaware River. Hopewell, NJ Hopewell – If folks ever think about mining, I bet you probably think of West Virginia coal mines … Continue reading

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Floods: It’s the Development, Stupid

Don’t Blame just the Rain Here we go again. Another statewide flood. And the press will write stories quoting weathermen. And all they will talk about is the rainfall. The unstated premise is that we can’t control the rain. But … Continue reading

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Chemicals in Schools

*** Apologies – NJ.Com took down the photos, which were originally published on my “NJ Voices” column at NJ.Com. I was able to save the text, but not the photos. What assholes. Bill WolfeAssembly Environment Committee Chairman, John McKeon (D/Essex). … Continue reading

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Birds Eye View – Liberty State Park

Bill WolfeSeagull soars over the Hudson on a cold Friday afternoon – Leap Day 2/29/08 Bill Wolfe Bill Wolfe Bill Wolfe Bill Wolfe Bill WolfeWe need to get back to first principles of the Republic (not an empire): no foreign … Continue reading

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Potemkin Plan – Highlands Plan an empty shell

Last day to submit comments on Highlands Regional Master Plan Bill WolfeLooking north from High Point In his classic on American government “The End of Liberalism” (1969), Cornell professor Ted Lowi presciently captured the essence of the monumental failure of … Continue reading

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