• Zero Risk Doesn’t Exist in the Real World! BY GORDON BISHOP, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST

•  Communities Must Avoid Regulatory Takings BY SHARI BLECHER, ESQ., AND STUART LIEBERMAN, ESQ., SHAREHOLDERS, LIEBERMAN & BLECHER

• Your Budget is Feeling the Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs! BY STEVE EDWARDS, EXECUTIVE VP, SHAREHOLDER, BUSINESS & GOVERNMENTAL INSURANCE AGENCY

•The Right of a Public Employee to Work Outside Employment When He or She is Absent on Sick Leave BY STEVEN S. GLICKMAN, ESQ. NJCM LABOR RELATIONS COUNSEL

• A Possible Fix for Our State Park System BY LISA P. JACKSON, COMMISSIONER, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• Economic Development Programs Critical To Ratables BY BARRY LEFKOWITZ, PRESIDENT, MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

•  Governor Corzine Increases Affordable Housing Goals BY SUSAN BASS LEVIN, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS•

• Bipartisanship in New Jersey: Mayors do set the Example! BY AMY OSBORN, PRESIDENT, CAPITOL CONCEPTS, LLC• 

• The Coming Energy Crisis BY CHRIS PERKS, PERKS REUTTER ASSOCIATES

•  Seafood Fest Excellent Formula for International Relations! BY MAYOR JAMES QUINN, CITY OF MILLVILLE

• Shared Services… Myth or Reality? Mayors will Unite on September 16^th to Speak with Governor Corzine BY JON SPINNANGER, NJCM HONORARY CHAIRMAN

•  Jersey Fresh, What’s in it for You?  Come to the September 16^th NJCM Executive Summit, and we’ll Show You BY NILS STOLPE, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, GARDEN STATE  SEAFOOD ASSOCIATION AND FISHERIES RESOURCE CENTER

• I Wish New Jersey Politics Could Be As Cordial as an NJCM Gathering BY DAVE STREET , NJCM AFFILIATE MEMBER

•  The 15^th Annual NJCM Executive Summit… Our Opportunity for Policy and Political Discussion BY MAYOR RON SWOREN, NJCM PRESIDENT

•  Governor Corzine Speaks to the Future of Consolidated Municipal Services BY ANDREW WEBER, ESQ., NJCM GENERAL COUNSEL

• Brownfield Redevelopment & Navigating the Regulatory Landscape By: Colleen Kokas of NJDEP & Heather Martin of EAI Inc. based in Jersey City

• New Jersey Making Strides To Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning Through Action In The Neighborhoods, Not The Courts BY TIMOTHY MCDONOUGH, MAYOR OF HOPE TOWNSHIP

• Does “Fiddling” with the Tax Structure in New Jersey Create Real Reform? BY DR. DONALD M. SCARRY, PRINCIPAL ECONOMIST, NEW JERSEY ECONOMICS

• Bouncing Back from the “Big One” BY DAVID A. SMITH, NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PROTECTINGAMERICA.ORG, AND PRINCIPAL IN THE PRINCETON PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP