Category Archives: COAH

Marra & Imbriaco: The Windygate Legacy

Posted on June 18, 2014 by admin

It’s Windygate all over again. In 2010, Clinton Township councilmen Jim Imbriaco, Peter Marra and Spencer Peck filed a fraudulent affordable housing plan with COAH (Council On Affordable Housing). Mayor Cimei voted against it, but lacked a majority. Call it … Continue reading →

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Clinton Township: The wolf is at the door

Posted on February 10, 2014 by admin

It will soon be open season again on Hunterdon County municipalities. After Clinton Township led a coalition of 20 towns to launch a legal battle in 2008 against unfunded state mandates for affordable housing, we both won and lost. The … Continue reading →

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Clinton Township’s COAH Plan: A bogus political campaign promise?

Posted on February 6, 2014 by admin

A recent story in the Hunterdon County Democrat about Clinton Township’s old municipal building and the township’s affordable housing (COAH) planning is wrong. In 2008, many people invested a lot of time and energy to create the plan in the … Continue reading →

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Clinton Township COAH Plan: “Chicanery”

Posted on November 4, 2010 by admin

A recent Hunterdon Democrat article reports that the Clinton Township Community Coalition (CTCC) has filed a formal protest about the township’s most recent affordable housing plan with the New Jersey Council On Affordable Housing (COAH). The Hunterdon Review covers the story in much more … Continue reading →

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Will this executive order save taxpayers, or developers?

Posted on February 9, 2010 by admin

Governor Chris Christie today issued an executive order suspending all activity by the NJ Council On Affordable Housing (COAH). The question is, will it hand developers a new club to bludgeon municipalities and flout land use law — and to … Continue reading →

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Lying to get elected, Borkowski style

Posted on May 31, 2009 by admin

In an expected end-of-the-campaign dirty trick, the Imbriaco, Marra, Peck team has sent a letter to voters proclaiming that Clinton Township’s affordable housing plan is no good — and that they will build all our affordable housing on Windy Acres. … Continue reading →

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We win a battle against sprawl & higher taxes

Posted on May 13, 2009 by admin

Want to know how Clinton Township stopped long-term tax hikes that result from sprawl? Every three years the N.J. State Planning Commission is supposed to issue The State Plan — a map that defines where the State wants development, and … Continue reading →

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Windy Acres slated for affordable housing, open space

Posted on April 28, 2009 by admin

Last Wednesday night the Clinton Township Council took action to subdivide the 292-acre Windy Acres property into open space and for affordable housing use. 25 acres will be set aside for future affordable housing, to be used as necessary under … Continue reading →

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COAH under siege

Posted on April 13, 2009 by admin

20 towns joined forces in 2008 to file suit against the New Jersey Council On Affordable Housing (COAH). Are these locals opposed to “affordables” living in their towns? Quite the contrary. All 20 towns are in compliance with COAH’s rules … Continue reading →

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