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The County Executive, Brian Hughes, has refused to disclose details of his proposed new alignment for the roadway span he intends to replace Jacob's Creek Bridge. Using former Governor Mcreevey's 2002 Executive Order to hide behind, we are only privy to a simplistic drawing showing a roadway leading from Bear Tavern Road in Hopewell Township to Rt. 579 in Ewing Township.
Below please find the text from Executive Order #21 which the county is applying to the Jacob's Creek situation:
1. At all levels of government - State, county, municipal and school district - the following records shall not be deemed to be public records under the provisions of Chapter 404, P.L. 2001, and Chapter 73, P.L. 1963, and thus shall not be subject to public inspection, copying or examination:
a. Any government record where the inspection, examination or copying of that record would substantially interfere with the State's ability to protect and defend the State and its citizens against acts of sabotage or terrorism, or which, if disclosed, would materially ncrease the risk or consequences of potential acts of sabotage or terrorism.
b. The Attorney General is hereby directed to promulgate, in consultation with the Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force, a regulation to govern the determination of which government records shall be deemed to be confidential pursuant to subsection (a).
* How does this Executive Order apply to the Jacob's Creek Bridge? As an American citizen who lost a childhood friend in the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in NYC, I find this tactic insulting and opportunistic.
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