Senator misses key points on affordable housing
Guest Column • Joseph Doria
      In response to state Sen. Jennifer Beck's latest unfounded attack on the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), ("Gov.'s Affordable Housing Law is Destructive to New Jersey," News Transcript, Feb. 18), I felt it was necessary to reply and correct the various inaccuracies stated in her editorial.
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For the Record
      Under the 2009 budget proposed by the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, the county tax rate would be 23.04 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, up from the 2008 tax rate of 22.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The tax rate listed for 2009 was incorrect in a story that was published in the News Transcript on Feb. 18, 2009.
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