Spring Lake Mayor Vows to Veto Anti-Eminent Domain Ordinance
The Mayor of Spring Lake Heights plans to veto two ordinances adopted by the Borough Council because she claims they were unnecessary as there are no blighted areas in the Borough, and there was no reason to spend money publishing laws that were not needed. The ordinances would prohibit pay-to-play for redevelopment projects, and the use of eminent domain when private property is being used for the purpose of privately funded economic development. One councilman agrees with the Mayor and denounced the ordinances as political grandstanding in an election year. The councilwoman who introduced the ordinances recognized that the current council may be trustworthy, but cited the need to protect against future abuses as the reason for the ordinances.
For more on this story in the Asbury Park Press, click here.
For our previous discussion of the Spring Lake ordinances on this blog, click here.
The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Cory K. Kestner, Esq., of McKirdy & Riskin, PA, in the preparation of this article.
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