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| Welcome to New Jersey. A horrible place to do business |
| 2005-06-02 |
| PENNSVILLE, N.J. (AP) - Rather than simply welcoming drivers to the Garden State, a new billboard greeting people entering New Jersey over the Delaware Memorial Bridge slams the state's business climate. "Welcome to New Jersey. A horrible place to do business," reads the billboard message. The glaring, red capital letters represent the revenge - misguided, according to officials - of a developer upset with the state's environmental regulators. William Juliano, whose company is based in Mount Laurel, makes his feelings clear in the third of the four sentences on the cryptic billboard, which he put up just in time for the Memorial Day weekend: "DEP nightmare state." Back in 1990, Juliano, who has built shopping centers, convenience stores, office buildings and hotels, bought some land in a prime spot near the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which is traveled by 17.5 million people each way each year. On the land near Interchange 1 of the New Jersey Turnpike, Juliano has built a Hampton Inn and a Cracker Barrel restaurant. He also planned to build a truck stop on the land. A previous owner received state approval for the truck stop in 1985. But the state now says the land is in a wetlands area and is unsuitable for either a truck stop or a Home Depot, which Juliano proposed building there last year. Juliano says not being allowed to build what he wants is a symptom of bigger problems. He says the DEP has a staffer in charged of "delaying, hindering and, in general, causing havoc with their permitting process." Other developers are leaving New Jersey because of the issue, Juliano said. "They (state officials) are antibusiness," he said. "And the state is run by environmentalists." Typical of all blue states. And that is why their economies are almost flat lined and the south and western states are going gangbusters in comparison. source of state by state data Rest at link. |
| Posted by:mmurray821 |
| #14 from experience I can tell you that you need a 404 , a 4F and and a 401 permit...approxiamtely 4 yrs |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-06-02 23:26 |
| #13 I forgo the lawn sprinkler just to keep the Sierra Club off my back. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-06-02 21:49 |
| #12 I believe there are also federal limitations on the development of wetlands. And if the law were enforced to the letter, I doubt there would be any cities in Louisiana south of, say, Alexandria. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-06-02 21:44 |
| #11 States that make those type of decisions should enjoy their wetlands in peace and not shake down the rest of the states for donations when their schools don't have broadband. Or when they don't have funds for medicare etc. |
| Posted by: too true 2005-06-02 21:05 |
| #10 I think the complaint is that if you buy a property that is zoned for business development and are then blocked then you have been mislead and are out a substantial amount of cash. States have a right to chase off entrepreneurs. States that make those type of decisions should enjoy their wetlands in peace and not shake down the rest of the states for donations when their schools don't have broadband. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-06-02 21:02 |
| #9 are you saying you want another strip mall? Yes..what this town needs to make it nice is another strip mall! It's just soo beautiful. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-06-02 19:29 |
| #8 Rather have the wet lands. Well go buy yourself some wetlands then. Then you could do what ever you want with this parcel of soggy land. Oops! No you can't, 'cause a New Jersey Democrat/DEP official says you can't do ANYTHING with this land you now own. Land you own. GRRRRRrrr. I hate this state. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2005-06-02 18:23 |
| #7 On the land near Interchange 1 of the New Jersey Turnpike, Juliano has built a Hampton Inn and a Cracker Barrel restaurant. He also planned to build a truck stop on the land. That hardly seems a great loss in my book. Yawn. Rather have the wet lands. NJ has far more problems than the inability to build a strip mall wherever one desires. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-06-02 17:04 |
| #6 Just New Jersey? I mean, when you think about "mob influenced", don't unions pop into your head? And which is the "party of the unions" -- significantly without actually being a party at all concerned about the working man's opinions? And, I'm not gonna say that a conservative can't be corrupt -- good God, no -- but has anyone noticed that when a Republican gets caught in corruption, it's more likely to be a RINO? The sole Republican arrested in Tennessee last week is widely described as a RINO; and it's significant, I think, that McCain was the only Republican in the Keating 5. Maybe it's recall bias on my part. I wouldn't be surprised if it were. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-06-02 16:14 |
| #5 California isn't all that far back, as far as I'm concerned. If it wasn't for the exceptional weather (its only redeeming quality, IMO), this place would be just as bad. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-02 16:07 |
| #4 Heh. Yes, in NJ the terms are interchangeable, RC. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2005-06-02 14:06 |
| #3 politicians are Or is that just two ways of saying the same thing? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-06-02 13:53 |
| #2 It also doesn't help that the taxes are outrageous, the civil service is corrupt, and the politicians are owned by the mob. I think just about the only way to clean the state out is to line up the bureaucrats and politicians and kill every tenth one. Or maybe every fifth one. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2005-06-02 13:40 |
| #1 Source link didn't work. Try this: http://www.nemw.org/gsp.htm |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-06-02 12:42 |