what can we Do right now?
PAY ATTENTION & GET INVOLVED WITH LOCAL ELECTIONS:
Speak to your legislators, incumbants and candidates when applicable. Learn about their positions on overdevelopment and other issues that matter to you. Ask questions and seek answers. Above all, always VOTE and encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same!
Write to / tweet at the Governor
Tell the Governor that small towns need legal protection from big lawsuits when we choose to adhere to the NJ State Planning Commission's Warehouse Siting Guidance.
Tell him to support Senator Shirley Turner's bill requiring the warehouse siting guidance to become mandatory. Read about it here: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/S3356
Share your letter with the press
share your letter to officials, then CHECK BACK AS WE ADD MORE RECIEPIENTS
LEGISLATORS:
AsmKarabinchak@njleg.org, AsmVerrelli@njleg.org, SENBSMITH@njleg.org, SENGREENSTEIN@njleg.org, SENTURNER@njleg.org, aswreynoldsjackson@njleg.org,
COUNTY:
DBenson@mercercounty.org
MAYORS, COUNCILORS & OTHER IMPORTANT LOCAL LEADERS:
jryan@lawrencetwp.com jkownacki@lawrencetwp.com, mayor@east-windsor.nj.us, mfreda@princetonnj.gov mayor@hamiltonnj.com
DEPT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION:
commissioner@dep.nj.gov Kandyce.Perry@dep.nj.gov
Ariana.Tsiattalos@dep.nj.gov Ryan.Anderson@dep.nj.gov Erin.Signor@dep.nj.gov Dhruv.Patel@dep.nj.gov Vincent.mazzei@dep.nj.gov Peter.DeMeo@dep.nj.gov
tweet and tag - frequently
Here are the Twitter feeds of top journalists interested in environmental cases
@jonahurdle
@mrMattSimon
@Kbratskeir
@AlexCKaufman
@elizabarclay.
@iamjohnoliver
@lizabio
Tweet some more, then repeat
INUNDATE THEM!!!
#askgovmurphy @govmurphy @firstladyNJ @mattplatkin @jerseyoffice @NJsenTurner @philmurphy @shawnlatur @nancysolomon2 @newjerseyDEP @newjerseyDOT @newjerseyOAG @RepAndyKimNJ @RepBonnie
call your representatives - they answer!
15th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT (includes Mercer County) SENATOR SHIRLEY K. TURNER (609) 323-7239
SENTURNER@NJLEG.ORG @NJSenTurnerVerlina Reynolds-Jackson(D) aswreynoldsjackson@njleg.org (609) 571-9638 @ASWReyJackson Anthony Verrelli (D) (609) 571-9638 AsmVerrelli@njleg.org @asmverrelli
Environmental commission Senator Bob Smith (D)
(732) 752-0770 SENBSMITH@NJLEG.ORG Senator Linda R. Greenstein (District 14) PH: (609) 395-9911
EMAIL: SENGREENSTEIN@NJLEG.ORG @SenGreenstein
Robert Karabinchak (D-Middlesex) (732) 548-1406 AsmKarabinchak@njleg.org @RKarabinchak
Mercer COUNTY EXECUTIVE Dan Benson(D)
(609) 989-6518 DBenson@MercerCounty.org
James S. Kownacki (D) jkownacki@lawrencetwp.com (609) 844-7000 Clerk: Kathleen S. Norcia EAST WINDSOR MAYOR Janice S. Mironov (D) mayor@east-windsor.nj.us (609) 443-4000 municipal_clerk@east-windsor.nj.us
Princeton NJ Mayor: Mark Freda mfreda@princetonnj.gov
NJ DOT commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti @NewJerseyDOT Governor Murphy @GovMurphy or
#AskGovMurphy Lt Gov. Sheila Oliver @LtGovOliver
US house representatives: Senator Robert Menendez (senate.gov) @SenatorMenendez U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey (senate.gov) @senbooker