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COAH plan encourages never-ending cycle of development
Judith Stanley Coleman Guest Column
      In the complex debate over affordable housing, our choice of words confuses the issue - our problem isn't affordable housing, it's affordable land. Throughout the country, more than half of all Americans now live within 50 miles of an ocean - and more are on the way. That's why land prices are skyrocketing.
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Brookdale commencement address flawed
ARTHUR Z. KAMIN Guest Column
      Brookdale Community College President Peter F. Burnham lost out on a sterling opportunity when he delivered an ordinary major graduation ethics address several weeks ago that glossed over the trauma and tragedy of the 2005 Monmouth County governmental corruption scandal and failed to disclose why he was giving the speech in the first place.
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Attorney general says: Stealing gas a bad idea
GREG BEAN
      So, N.J. Attorney General Anne Milgram, who grew up in East Brunswick, says her office will file criminal charges against government employees believed to have stolen gasoline from public agencies. Here's my question: It's a good idea, but why have they waited so long?
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