Opinion: State should lead easement fight
“Gov. Chris Christie drew a line in the sand this week at a Long Beach Island town hall meeting, railing against the greedy, mule-headed homeowners who refuse to sign easements allowing dunes to be constructed in front of their beachfront homes.
“We are building these dunes, OK? We are building these dunes whether you consent or not,” Christie said, calling the holdouts “knuckleheads.”
Christie should indeed bring the power of the state government to bear on this issue, rather than leaving it entirely up to municipalities to reason with — and threaten — the holdouts and absorb the cost of expensive litigation.”
Asbury Park Press 4 May 2013.