NJ town going bankrupt trying to keep black people out

[ArcticSplash]

In the case of an affordable housing developer, it appears that Franklin Township plans to exhaust what's left of its budget fighting some pretty silly court cases.

Another one involves the city making the idiotic mistake of approving a day care to open in a former thermometer factory--naturally a class action lawsuit involving mercury vapor was thrown at the township.

But the best of all is the developer---they found a token black couple who were added as defendants in the case of the city fighting state-mandated affordable housing requirements. Defendants claim they cannot move to Franklin Twp because the municipal government is racist and won't permit them to move to Franklin Twp since there is no affordable housing.

I'm sure Gov Christie understands the plight Franklin is facing and would be willing to toss some legal aid money their way----NOT.

The township has barely over a quarter million dollars left in its bank account and it's disappearing fast.

Lawsuits could worsen Franklin Township's tight finances | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/23/2010

[NJbound]

We have friends who live there.. Nice area.. What the heck were they thinking about the daycare in the thermometer factory?? I mean. Come on.. Those small towns are close to the bone and lawsuits like this could ruin them. Shame..

[Politburo]

Believe it or not, NJ has 5 municipalities called Franklin, 4 townships and a borough. This is of course the one in Gloucester.

The Kiddie Kollege debacle, like many disasters, was a failure on multiple levels. Firstly, the site was never remediated by the original owner as required under ISRA (the company went bankrupt). DEP mistakenly deleted the site from the contaminated sites list. The new owner of the site misinterpreted an EPA report on the site (the report said no "imminent threat", but that only meant people off-site would not be affected by the contamination), and did not perform proper due diligence. No real review was done by the township because there were no zoning issues and no construction was required. The one township official who did look at the project also misinterpreted the EPA report.

The township and the state are the only entities involved with any money...

[humbajoe]

In the case of an affordable housing developer, it appears that Franklin Township plans to exhaust what's left of its budget fighting some pretty silly court cases.

Another one involves the city making the idiotic mistake of approving a day care to open in a former thermometer factory--naturally a class action lawsuit involving mercury vapor was thrown at the township.

But the best of all is the developer---they found a token black couple who were added as defendants in the case of the city fighting state-mandated affordable housing requirements. Defendants claim they cannot move to Franklin Twp because the municipal government is racist and won't permit them to move to Franklin Twp since there is no affordable housing.

I'm sure Gov Christie understands the plight Franklin is facing and would be willing to toss some legal aid money their way----NOT.

The township has barely over a quarter million dollars left in its bank account and it's disappearing fast.

Lawsuits could worsen Franklin Township's tight finances | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/23/2010

So only black people require affordable housing? What this is is class warfare - not racism.

/is white
//grew up in "affordable housing"
///Thankfully just graduated college and moved out of the ghetto a few months ago. Unfortunately the penalization for doing so in the form of obnoxious debt almost contradicts the move up in surroundings.

[ArcticSplash]

So only black people require affordable housing? What this is is class warfare - not racism.

/is white
//grew up in "affordable housing"
///Thankfully just graduated college and moved out of the ghetto a few months ago. Unfortunately the penalization for doing so in the form of obnoxious debt almost contradicts the move up in surroundings.

It seems F-Twp is proverbially bankrupt as it is just with the residents it does have. And correct me if I'm wrong, but they still collect property taxes off affordable housing units just like they would any other type of privately-owned or owned-by-an-outside-agency housing structure.


But considering how difficult it is right now for existing NJ homeowners who bought at the high to sell their homes---I don't see how F-Twp is doing itself any favors by trying to fight the affordable housing development. They really don't need to worry that much about white flight these days. They need to improve what they HAVE, not go BK trying to defend what they DON'T even have to begin with, aka. lots of taxpayers generating revenue so they can stay solvent.

[MarketStEl]

In the case of an affordable housing developer, it appears that Franklin Township plans to exhaust what's left of its budget fighting some pretty silly court cases.

Another one involves the city making the idiotic mistake of approving a day care to open in a former thermometer factory--naturally a class action lawsuit involving mercury vapor was thrown at the township.

But the best of all is the developer---they found a token black couple who were added as defendants in the case of the city fighting state-mandated affordable housing requirements. Defendants claim they cannot move to Franklin Twp because the municipal government is racist and won't permit them to move to Franklin Twp since there is no affordable housing.

I'm sure Gov Christie understands the plight Franklin is facing and would be willing to toss some legal aid money their way----NOT.

The township has barely over a quarter million dollars left in its bank account and it's disappearing fast.

Lawsuits could worsen Franklin Township's tight finances | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/23/2010

Wouldn't that black couple and the developer be plaintiffs?

[ArcticSplash]

Wouldn't that black couple and the developer be plaintiffs?

Yup. 1,000 apologies for the error.

Another legal case causing tension in the township is a civil rights suit that grew out of the affordable-housing litigation. Filed in December in U.S. District Court in Camden, it claims the affordable-housing plan stalled because of racial and ethnic bias.

[mixiboi]

Looking at camden through this color really open my eyes to something:

Color Code(Each dot equals 25 people):
Red: White
Blue: Black/AA
Orange: Latino
Green: Asian







Crazy...

[MarketStEl]

I think I can figure out what the dots represent, mixiboi, but perhaps some of the readers could use a key...

[mixiboi]

oh, sorry, I forgot that over here:

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...tml#post271778


But it's:

Red: White
Blue: Black/AA
Orange: Latino
Green: Asian

And each dot equals about 25 people.

[Cammycap]

Why cant they go to the county gov and sell them a "Road that Goes Nowhere", that's what Cherry Hill Mayor did when they were on the brink up bankruptcy, the County Freeholders all Dems paid millions for a road in Cherry Hill that goes NO WHERE! Our money at work!