>Plan to dissolve Teterboro Would Kill 3,700 Jobs Just to Reward Their Political Allies
By Mel Fabrikant Thursday, October 06, 2011, 01:04 PM EDT
Driscoll/Goldberg/Alonso Call on Opponents to Withdraw Their Bill that Would Kill Private-Sector Jobs to Help Their Political Allies
Bergen Record’s Al Doblin: “Equivalent of Petty Thugs Pillaging a Community”
The 38th District Republican legislative candidates called on their opponents to withdraw their land grab legislation that could erase a $225 million economic development project, along with thousands of new jobs in Bergen County.
Republican Senate candidate John Driscoll and his Assembly running mates Richard Goldberg and Fernando Alonso, called on Bob Gordon and Connie Wagner to officially terminate their plan to dissolve Teterboro, a successful jobs haven in North Jersey. The Bergen Record called their backroom deal lunacy because it jeopardized thousands of new jobs and would impose higher taxes on existing businesses.
“This plan is a microcosm of the dangerous economic policies that Trenton politicians like Bob Gordon have supported. Their plan punishes success to reward political allies and that costs us jobs,” Driscoll, the Bergen County Freeholder Chairman, said. “Last year common sense prevailed and stopped this plan that would have killed a $225 million economic development project, along with 2,500 permanent jobs and 1,200 construction jobs.
