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Article: SEN. KYRILLOS: SHORE PROTECTION FUND DIVERSION ENDANGERS JERSEY TOURISM

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August 1, 2008
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The New Jersey State Senate Republicans issued the following news release:

Senator Joe Kyrillos, a member of the Senate Economic Growth Committee expressed disappointment about the $9 million diversion from the shore protection fund and proposed an update to the New Jersey Shore Protection Master Plan in a letter sent to Commissioner Jackson of the Department of Environmental Protection today.

The monies were diverted in the FY 2009 budget. Published reports indicate that the $9 million in diverted shore protection monies could have been leveraged to pay for $34.3 million in federal/State projects, or $12 million in additional State/local projects.

"Our tourism industry is a primary ...

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