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| Legislature OK's borrow $3.9B to build schools |
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| Tuesday, 24 June 2008 | |
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By GREGORY J. VOLPE Lawmakers approved plans to borrow $3.9 billion to build new schools without voter approval, then hedged a bit late Monday before agreeing to ask voters in November whether all future borrowing should be approved by public referendum. "How can we consistently tell the voters that we care about them, that we want to pass this as a constitutional amendment, but hey, when it comes to borrowing another $4 billion over here, don't pay attention to that," Assemblyman Richard Merkt, R-Morris, asked.               |
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