Subject: Houses: In riding around this weekend i have noticed houses being built EVERYWHERE? I mean EVERYWHERE!!!! WHat is going on? We have losing all our trees!! And is anyone thinking of the impact this will have on our school system? Then eventually our taxes? geeezzeee I sure hope my sllepign is ok.

RESPONSE: The recently proposed and adopted Master Plan that sets the parameters of development for Mullica was a sell out of the community to real estate interests. At the pubic hearing just before passing (there were several public hearings) the overwhelming view of Mullic residents in attendance was that the two forest zones in Mullica needed to be substantively raised in terms of the proposed minimal acreage requirement that was being proposed to build homes. Even the Pinelands Preservation Alliance in a letter indicated that larger forest zones were desirable in Mullica and would protect the rural character of our community while helping to sustain the habitat of the Pinelads.
THE CORRUPT MULLICA 5 AKA IDIOTS R US who represent the pro-development agenda of business people in Mullica clearly betrayed the interests of the vast majority of Mullica residents. What was so sad is that they had clear bargaining chips to demand larger forest zones as there were changes in the Master Plan that the Pinelands wanted that involved moving small pieces of property that had development on them in to the more urban extant zones (eg; the car wash at the EHC end of the Pike and the property on the Pike in Devonshire that was partially developed as a possible motel and/or resturant.)

As noted here, while Mullica had an opportunity to decrease the ultimate build out (total number of homes allowed by Pinelands), Mullica Republicans proposed and passed a plan with no decrease in the build out in the updated Master Plan. As you note, the potential effect on our schools and thus property taxes is scary to contemplate. And of course when Mullica had received from the County 'Open Spaces' money ($120,000) Forman and Chasey decided to give the money back...with THE BAG LADY chasey telling the public that some other community could probably use the money better than Mullica. Who gives back free money?

Mullica residents will have a stark choice to make this November. If you are pro-development, one should vote for, real estate agent janet THE AUTO INSURANCE FRAUD QUEEN OF ATLANTIC COUNTRY forman & cathy THE BAG LADY chasey. If you wish to maintain the rural nature of Mullica and limit the development of more homes in Mullica, your choice this November should be Grabeneur and St Amour.