Highlands maneuvering sparks revolt

[Kire]

PHILLIPSBURG | Town officials want Warren County Freeholders to put a freeze on spending taxpayer money in their fight for amendments to the Highlands Act.

They have questioned the estimated $250,000 Warren and Hunterdon counties have spent to date in their quest for changes to the controversial legislation and Tuesday night, council members passed a resolution urging Warren county officials to halt actions related to the Highlands Act.

"We objected to it," Councilman David DeGerolamo said. "Everyone in the county is paying for -- and we don't want to be a part of it."

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Phillipsburg is a blue town in a red county of a blue state. They are pretty much the only ones doing anything newsworthy around here these days.

Kudos to David DeGerolamo, the new chair of the Warren County Democratic Committee.