There is almost no open space in North Bergen. 30 teams a week need to practice on that field. Are you saying they should practice on grass that turns to MUD after one week, and that Steve wants kids to drop off of teams, stop exercising and hanging out in the street? Great, Steve, go pay 10x for healthcare costs and crime what you could save with an artificial turf field in a high-density area.

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Open space funds should be used for open space. if North bergen needs a field the taxpayers there can and should fund it.

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I hope every voter in NJ votes NO this time on making more loans for the state open space program. We have created Billions in loans for this program going all the way back to the first ballot question in 1961. We won't pay off the last one made in 2007 until 2032. Enough. We are already taxed for open space by the Federal, every County in NJ and over half of all the municipalities.That's over $410 MILLION a year for open space just from the county and municipalities.  It's crazy to pay taxes 4 times for the same thing. Open space preservation in NJ will continue through the county and municipality property taxes.

NJ is almost bankrupt, thousands are unemployed, thousands are leaving the state because of the highest taxation in the nation. The state program has misused millions by paying for white collar farmers, corporations and developers who contribute nothing to agriculture but get the benefits of cheap farmland designation taxation.

Between the 1.4 million acres already preserved, environmental and zoning restrictions through municipal land use law, Smart growth and rural sustainability programs which prevent or limit building; NJ doesn't have a lot of truly buildable land left.

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