Pay-to-play changing landscape
     Now that former state Sen. John Lynch and his business partner John Westlake have pleaded guilty to corruption charges and tax evasion, it is important for my fellow residents of the Jersey Shore to understand the nexus between John Lynch and our local politicians, developers and their professionals
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Development more taxing than open space
     When new development is proposed, whether houses, malls or office parks, you will hear the familiar chorus of "ratables!" But the chorus hits a flat note when light is shed on the actual impacts of development on local property taxes.
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