• Regional Responsibility with Statewide Impact By Marlene Z. Asselta President, SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

•  Too Many School Districts in New  Jersey By Gordon Bishop, Syndicated Columnist

• Planning Boards Should Not Rely on NJDEP to Determine Stormwater Regulations Compliance  BY SHARI BLECHER, ESQ., AND STUART LIEBERMAN, ESQ., SHAREHOLDERS, LIEBERMAN & BLECHER

• Turn Accidents into Prevention Opportunities BY STEVE EDWARDS, EXECUTIVE VP, SHAREHOLDER, BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT INSURANCE AGENCY

• “CEPA and Politics Don’t Mix… The Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act” BY STEVEN S. GLICKMAN, ESQ., NJCM LABOR RELATIONS COUNSEL

• Planning for New Jersey’s Future… Mayors on the Front Lines BY Lisa P. Jackson, Commissioner Department of Environmental Protection

•  Cutting Edge Technology on a Small Town Budget BY MAYOR RICHARD E. LEARY, MINE HILL TOWNSHIP

• Your Advocate for Economic Development…The Office of Economic Growth BY BARRY LEFKOWITZ, PRESIDENT, MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

• Tomorrow May Be Too Late… Reform Property Taxes Now! By freeholder Louis N. agazzu, cumberland county President, New Jersey Association of Counties

• New Jersey’s Site Remediation Program Under Attack…A Tool for Municipal Governments is in Jeopardy By David Brogan, Vice President of Environmental Policy for The New Jersey Business & Industry Association and Heather Martin, Director of Business Development for EAI.

• The 2006 Year End  Mayors’ Survey Says…BY DAN MASON, NJCM LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPECIALIST

• Hot Topics Cool Mayors 1^ST Edition WITH AMY OSBORN, PRESIDENT, CAPITOL CONCEPTS

•  Mayors Are a Driving Force for Economic Development BY GARY ROSE, CHIEF, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

• Can You Spell “Prestidigitation”? BY DR. DONALD M. SCARRY, PRINCIPAL ECONOMIST, NEW JERSEY ECONOMICS

• A Tale of Two Ports… Something to Think About BY JON SPINNAGER, NJCM HONORARY CHAIRMAN

• The Magic Box WRITTEN BY DAVE STREET, NJCM AFFILIATE MEMBER

• Mayors Are the Solution to a Better Garden State BY MAYOR RON SWOREN, NJCM PRESIDENT

•  The State of the Suburbs....NJCM Leads Dialogue and Strategy Report to be Released at NJCM 44^th Annual Conference BY ANDREW WEBER, NJCM GENERAL COUNSEL

 • Running Out of Funds to Protect Local Open Space By Joanna Wolaver, New Jersey Audubon Society