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Poll Shows Voters Favor Using Corporate Business Taxes to Fund Open Space

Andrew Kitchenman | June 24, 2014

In a last-minute push, advocates of a proposal to fund open-space preservation rolled out a poll yesterday that found a sizable majority of New Jersey voters support using a portion of corporate business taxes to protect undeveloped land, farms, and historic structures.

According to the poll, 76 percent of the 600 likely voters surveyed back the proposal.

The poll was commissioned by NJ Keep It Green, a coalition of more than 185 park and conservation groups working to create a long-term, dedicated source of funding for open-space preservation.

The Senate is expected to vote on a bill (SCR-84) on Thursday, but whether it is even posted in the Assembly is the bigger question. Both houses are expected to recess after a session on Monday and would not return soon enough to get the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot.

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