The Highlands Act was Political. Say it isn't so

"An environmental study of water sources in the Highlands region invalidates the legislative division of the region into planning and preservation areas, Hunterdon and Warren County officials said Thursday"


Of course this was a political decision to force development into areas the State wanted and to protect the rest without paying for it.

Only
"...18 percent of land with major aquifers is in the preservation area."

Again, of course! If your forcing development into specific areas there better be water there to support it.

"Adam Zellner, executive director of the Highlands Council, acknowledged the Highlands boundaries resulted from a political process and said the council is willing to support efforts to preserve water-supplying land in the planning area. Zellner also said Getchell's information could be used to justify an expansion of the preservation area"

Let's steal some more land from the people that never raise a voice! I just can't understand why the people in this sate aren't in a state of revolt. Our political process is out of control with Judges writting laws and our elected (chosen) leaders taking our income and physical assets. This situation can't continue!