Our View for this week

The North Hanover Township Committee is spearheading a local campaign to support Senate Bill S-850 and Assembly Bill-A-1944, which would reverse all of the cuts in Revenue Sharing of the past six years.

The legislation is sponsored by 9th District Legislators Sen. Leonard Connors and Assemblyman Christopher Conners. As stated in the township resolution to Governor Whitman, "state revenues since 1994 have increased by almost $4 billion; and inflation and the so-called "Pension Offset" have reduced the value of State Revenue Sharing to all municipalities by over $300 million during this same period.

We think this legislation helps to rectify an inequity that NJ municipalities are facing. North Hanover officials are urging residents to pick up, fill out and send in special postcards to the Governor urging support for the legislation. The post cards can be picked up at the North Hanover Township Hall.