CANNABIS: USE AND SALE – ANY QUESTIONS?
Cannabis legislation Excerpted from the New Jersey state the municipalities website Can cannabis facilities operate within “Drug-Free School Zones?” The Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987 (CRDA) (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-1 et…
QUICK LOOK AT MIDDLETOWN DEMOGRAPHICS
LAND USE LAW LAND USE LAW LAND USE LAW MASTER PLAN CONTENTS:55D-28] THE DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF MIDDLETOWN Middletown is home to 65,311 persons in with nearly 50 mi.² resulting in…
PLANNING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
Planning for public health I Including health and wellness in a municipal master plan is a relatively new idea. Dealing with the issue of health and well-being is not. In…
RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN
Executive summary commentary In addition to County state and federal lands and facilities, ” the Township primarily provides the neighborhood and community parks to serve the closer to home needs…
PLANNING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
An article by Emily Badger for The New York Times amplifies an ongoing debate about planning processes during the pandemic—emergency efforts to reshape the public realm to create more space…
SO WHAT IS A FREEHOLDER?
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY New Jersey’s system of naming county legislators’ “freeholders” is unique in the United States. The origin of the term was in the provisions of the New Jersey State…
THE RIGHT TO ATTEND
Where there is government there is usually concerned about decisions being made without the public’s knowledge. Quite frequently a frustrated citizen may complain about politician’s decisions occurring in a “smoke-filled…
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Follow the money Many years ago, I heard this expression. Scratched my head and thought “what the hell does that mean?” Then I watched the motion picture All the President’s…
FACTS DON’T CHANGE A MIND
The night the trump was elected, two thoughts kept me from peaceful sleep. First, how the hell did this happen? Secondly, don’t worry you he will never get past is…
The Great American dream
“The really big constraint of land use regulation was the inability of people to get very far within cities” William Fischel, Dartmouth College Tweet In the 1900s, American cities became…