Unlike the situation in Marlboro, elected officials at the local, county and state level in Morris County are united in their opposition to selling the Greystone Park land. The proposal has drawn a statement of opposition from Assembly Democrats, none of whom represents Morris County. The Democrats should be just as vehement in their opposition to the Marlboro sale. Nor have the Republicans legislators who represent the Marlboro area and the Republican Monmouth County freeholders raised their voices in opposition to selling the former hospital property. The silence is deafening.
Meeting is free and open to the public.
But I think the evidence shows it. Oil and gasoline industry proponents of MTBE countered that the additive poses no more health risks than gasoline without it. They said it helps reduce the amount of air pollution from cars, and that the federal Environmental Protection Agency agrees. They also heard from a well-testing expert and the head of the Connecticut Petroleum Council. Some lawmakers want to ban MTBE in Connecticut because of complaints that breathing car exhaust or vapors at the pumps makes people sick.