This picture of a Republican press conference in Atlantic County — which ran on PoliticerNJ — offers a pretty good explanation for much of the opposition to affordable housing programs in the state. There is legitimate concern — about open space and overbuilding — but much of it comes down to this picture and this question: What do these seven men have in common? And, perhaps more importantly, what do the vast majority of those living in the state’s cities — including Atlantic City, Trenton and New Brunswick — have in common? And what do these two groups, for the most part, not have in common?
Then again, I guess these things just arent’ black and white….
Hank Kalet 