The legislature has submitted a budget for Governor Corzine's signature that keeps the 9 state parks and historic sites originally slatted for closure open----at least until July 1 2009. Watch your local news for report of its passage, which will be good news for all Friends of WHODP.
If Round Valley Resevoir and its swimming, picnicing, and camping facilities remain open, so will our historic sites which are administered through Round Valley and the State Park Service. According to the Courier News, the funds to keep these parks and sites open will be taken from a surplus found in the line item for beach conservation/replenishment. Clearly this is a one time fix.
But now, the question remains: What about next year?
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Corzine Eases Plan to Cut Agriculture and Parks
The New York Times, April 17, 2008
Selected portions of the article are below. To read the entire article click on the link above.
Faced with irate municipal officials, besieged state legislators and tractors ringing the State House, Gov. Jon S. Corzine says he is willing to relent on his budget proposals.
As a result, state parks and the Agriculture Department would stay open.
While nothing is official until a budget is completed by July 1, the Assembly’s speaker, Joseph J. Roberts Jr., said on Wednesday that legislative leaders and Mr. Corzine had reached a general consensus to ease some proposed cuts in the $33 billion budget.
Mr. Roberts said the state parks would probably stay open, though it was uncertain where Mr. Corzine would save the $4.5 million he said would be saved by closing some of them.
Corporate sponsorship or private management have been mentioned as possible sources of funds. The State Senate president, Richard J. Codey, has suggested increasing park fees.
Mr. Roberts said the goal was to adopt a budget by June 15 — two weeks short of the state-mandated deadline — to avoid a repeat of the budget dispute in 2006 that closed the government for a week.
Selected portions of the article are below. To read the entire article click on the link above.
Faced with irate municipal officials, besieged state legislators and tractors ringing the State House, Gov. Jon S. Corzine says he is willing to relent on his budget proposals.
As a result, state parks and the Agriculture Department would stay open.
While nothing is official until a budget is completed by July 1, the Assembly’s speaker, Joseph J. Roberts Jr., said on Wednesday that legislative leaders and Mr. Corzine had reached a general consensus to ease some proposed cuts in the $33 billion budget.
Mr. Roberts said the state parks would probably stay open, though it was uncertain where Mr. Corzine would save the $4.5 million he said would be saved by closing some of them.
Corporate sponsorship or private management have been mentioned as possible sources of funds. The State Senate president, Richard J. Codey, has suggested increasing park fees.
Mr. Roberts said the goal was to adopt a budget by June 15 — two weeks short of the state-mandated deadline — to avoid a repeat of the budget dispute in 2006 that closed the government for a week.
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