Isicwangciso sokuvumelana: Ukulungisa isiXeko seAtlantic

Isiphelo seSixeko seAtlantic City sixhomekeke kwi-ballast, kwaye kubonakala ngathi iinkokheli zopolitiko zijikeleza kancinci ukuze ziqonde ukuba akukho mntu unomdla owenzelwa ngokumba izithende zakhe. Ukuqhubela phambili, kubonakala ngathi kukho indawo yokulalanisa, kwaye bobabini uMongameli weSenate welizwe uStephen Sweeney kunye noSomlomo weNdibano yeLizwe uVincent Prieto banokuba ngamagorha asindisa isiXeko iAtlantic ngokunika kancinci. Ugqirha uChris Christie naye unokuphuma kwisivumelwano sase-Atlantic City ngokuphumelela kwezopolitiko, kwaye mhlawumbi nokuba lilifa lokuziqhayisa.

Into efunekayo ngoku kukuba bobathathu baqonde ukuba impumelelo yabo ingaphezulu kwento abayibuyisileyo. Into nganye ekufuneka bayazi ukuba yeyomntu ngamnye kufuneka avumele abanye ukuba bagcine ubuso. Kwaye umntu oqinisekileyo ukuba ngaphakathi kwam ucinga ukuba umntu ngamnye unokunceda isiXeko saseAtlantic City, abahlali bakhe, kunye nommandla obanzi wasezantsi weJersey ngentando encinci yezopolitiko. Njengomntu okhulele iimayile ezimbini ezantsi kwendlela esuka eAtlantic City, ethengisa ityiwa yamanzi ityuwa njengomsebenzi wesingxungxo kwiBhodiwalk kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, kwaye wahlawula indlela yam ngeloxesha ikholeji yaseStockton State College ibhasi egcwele abantu abadlala kwiindawo zokudlala. kunye nokulingisa ii-cocktails kubadlali be-baccarat abanethemba, ndiyabacela ukuba bazame ukufumana indlela. Lo ngumba omnye wezopolitiko omncinci abaya kujongana nawo kwimisebenzi yabo, kodwa ezandleni zabo kuhleli isiphelo sempilo yezoqoqosho yabantu abaninzi. Aba bantu abangoPolitiki - zii-valets zeemoto, kunye noomabhalane abathengisa, kunye nabathengisi be-blackjack, kunye nabafundi beekholeji abaqhwitha i-cocktails. Bangabantu abazama ukuziphilisa kwaye baxhase iintsapho zabo ebusweni bemodeli yeshishini etshintsha kakhulu.

Zimbini izicwangciso: ukuthatha ilizwe KwisiXeko saseAtlantic, esacetyiswa nguSweeney sixhaswa ngu-Gov.Chris Christie kodwa wagxekwa ziinkokheli zedolophu kunye nabaninzi kulo lonke elase Mzantsi Jersey. Esi sicwangciso sisusa uninzi lolawulo kumasipala kwaye sinika igunya kwiSebe likaRhulumente leMicimbi yoLuntu, kwaye isivumelwano esandula ukubhengezwa sinokulibazisa ukuphunyezwa kwesicwangciso kude kube semva kwexesha lasehlotyeni ukuba isixeko sihlangabezane neendlela ezithile. Inkqubo ye- enye indlela Umthetho osayilwayo oxhaswe ngu-Prieto useka uthotho lweebhentshi apho amandla kamasipala ancipha kwaye ulawulo lukarhulumente luyonyuka ukuba isixeko siyasilela ukufezekisa iinjongo ezithile zemali. Ibhili ye-Prieto ikwabonelela ngentlawulo yekhasino endaweni yenkqubo yeerhafu (i-PILOT), apho iikhasino ziya kubonelela nge-120 yezigidi zeedola kwisixeko kunyaka werhafu ka-2016, kwaye iya kuqhubeka kangangeminyaka eli-10 ngokusekwe kwingeniso yemidlalo kunye nexabiso lentengo. IIPILOTI zikhusela isixeko kwimpembelelo yenkundla-eyalele ukuvavanywa kwakhona kwiindawo zokungcakaza ezisibhozo ezihlala zivulekile.

Umcimbi omnye ophambili ekufuneka iinkokheli zikarhulumente ziwuthathele ingqalelo: phantsi kwesindululo sikaSweeney, urhulumente uza kuthatha isigqibo malunga nokuba athathe into esekwe kwimeko yokuba isixeko senze uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali apho inkcitho yomntu ngamnye ingadluli kwi-3,500 yeedola kumhlali ngamnye. Ukuba isixeko siyasilela, isicwangciso sokuqala sokuthatha siya kuqala ukusebenza. Ingxaki ngesi sicwangciso kukuba ayiyiboni imeko eyahlukileyo yedolophu enabemi abangama-39,000, kodwa ngalo naluphi na usuku inokufumana ukongeza abantu abangama-50 000 kwiilwandle zayo, kunye nezinye ezingama-50 000 kwiindawo zokungcakaza, kwiivenkile zokutyela nasezivenkileni. . Kwaye ke amagosa aseburhulumenteni alinganisa umthwalo weenkonzo ze-Atlantic City kwiindawo ezinjengeWinslow, naseMonroe, eTeaneck naseMarlboro. Wagqibela nini ukugqibela abantu abayi-130,000 ukungena eWinslow ngoMgqibelo wehlobo? Okanye ama-50 000 aye kwikonsathi eMonroe? Kwaye abantu abaza kwisiXeko iAtlantic - abahlali bemini bafuna iinkonzo zedolophu: ukhuseleko lwamapolisa, oonogada, iiambulensi, iziseko zophuhliso, izindlu zangasese, ulondolozo njalo njalo. Kwaye ke urhulumente kufuneka aqonde ukuba ngelixa kukho imiba enzulu ngemali yeAtlantic City, ukulinganisa inkcitho yeso sixeko ngokuthelekisa iindawo ezinjengePatterson okanye iSixeko saseJersey kungathandeki.

Umzekelo olula: ngokomndilili, i-EMS kwisiXeko iAtlantic yenza malunga nokubaleka okungama-20,000 ngonyaka. Ngokunikezelwa komntu ngamnye, isiqingatha sabemi besixeko besiza kubiza i-ambulensi ngonyaka. Ngoku bathanda ukuya ethekweni kwisiXeko iAtlantic, kodwa nge-intuitively, siyazi ukuba oku akunangqondo, kwaye ke iSixeko saseAtlantic akufuneki sibanjelwe kumgangatho ofanayo nabanye oomasipala abanamanani afanayo abahlali abasisigxina. Kwaye ke urhulumente kufuneka acinge ngokubanzi ngokubanzi ngendlela yokusinyanzela iSixeko iAtlantic ukuba ifumane indlu yayo yezemali ngolungelelwaniso- isaphulelo seepesenti ezilishumi kwinkcitho, okanye kwenye ifomula.

Iinkokheli zikarhulumente kufuneka zazi ukuba akukho kunqongophala kwemeko yezopolitiko ukusombulula le ngxaki. USodolophu uDon Guardian, onyulwe ngo-2014, uzamile ukulungelelanisa ukukhuselwa komdla wakhe kunye nezinto eziyinyani zemali ezijamelene nesixeko. Kwaye ukwenzile oko kwimeko yesithintelo: iipenshoni ezinempikiswano ngabahlanguli abasindisayo? Urhulumente ugunyazisiwe. Irhafu yegumbi? Urhulumente ulawulwa. Irhafu eNtofontofo? Urhulumente ulawulwa. Irhafu yokupaka? Urhulumente ulawulwa. Urhulumente uqokelele iidola ezingama-60 zeerhafu kunye neerhafu ezivela kwiindwendwe ze-Atlantic City, kwaye uthintela isixeko ekunyuseni nayiphi na le rhafu ukuba ukhetha njalo. Isixeko sifuna ukukhululeka kuninzi lwezithintelo ezivalela ukubanakho kokunciphisa inkcitho kunye nokonyusa ingeniso ukuba urhulumente ufuna ukuba inyibilike.

Imeko engxamisekileyo yemeko yezemali yesixeko iphinde yathetha ukuba kukho urhulumente ngengxaki. Kodwa oku kukwathetha ukuba ngelixa sizama ukufumana isisombululo, isixeko kunye norhulumente kufuneka babuye umva bajonge ukuba ingaba ikamva lesixeko kufuneka libukeke njani kwiAtlantic City emva komdlalo. Kwaye ngokungafaniyo noviwo lwangaphambili, le kufuneka ibandakanye abathathi-nxaxheba abaphambili, kubandakanya abemi, amagosa anyuliweyo, iinkokheli zeshishini, iingcali zokhenketho, kunye namagosa ophuhliso loqoqosho lukarhulumente.

Zintathu izinto ezisikhubekisayo ukuze silalanise. Kodwa kunokwaneleyo etafileni ukuze wonke umntu agoduke ophumeleleyo:

Kokubini ukuNgxengxezela ku: Ukudibana ngokudibeneyo. Ithagethi kaSweeney ye- $ 3,500 ngomntu ngamnye kwinkcitho ayenzeki, kodwa ayinangqondo ukucinga ukuba izivumelwano zothethathethwano oluhlangeneyo azizukuhlala etafileni. Naluphi na ulungelelwaniso kuya kufuneka lubandakanye iimanyano zabasebenzi, iikhasino, ababolekisi, kunye nabanye abathathi-nxaxheba, kwaye kuya kufuneka ibandakanye ukuvumelana. Kodwa intonga kufuneka ibe yeyokwenyani, enokufikelelwa.

Ukuze uSweeney avumelane noMzimba: Amanzi. Ukuthengiswa kweeasethi zikarhulumente yinto ebalulekileyo ekuthathweni kukarhulumente. Njengokuba imi ngolu hlobo, isixeko, phantsi kolawulo lukaMasipala weeNkonzo zeZibonelelo, singumnini wamanzi esixekweni. Inyathelo lokuthatha ilizwe elixhaswe nguSweeney libandakanya ulungiselelo oluya kwenza ukuba abaphathi bakarhulumente bakwazi ukuthengisa le asethi yoluntu. Esi sisivumelwano esibalulekileyo kuba uPhil Norcross, umntakwabo Sweeney owaxhamla kunye nomazantsi waseJersey amandla ombane uGeorge, ulwela amalungelo abantu kwiAmerican Water, ebonakalise umdla ekuthengeni isixhobo samanzi esi sixeko. Kuyaqondakala ukuba, uSodolophu weSixeko saseAtlantic uDon Guardian kunye nezinye iinkokheli zalapha bayabhalkha kweli candelo lesicwangciso. Ingxaki ngokuthengisa le asethi iphindwe kabini: ibonisa isivumelwano sentlawulo enye, ngelixa ukugcina amanzi kusebenza njengesixhobo sedolophu kuthetha ukuba, ilawulwa ngokuchanekileyo, isixeko sinokusebenzisa ubonelelo lwamanzi njengomvelisi wengeniso. Okwesibini, abezopolitiko esixekweni nakwindlu yowiso-mthetho bakhathazekile malunga nefuthe elibi lokuthengiswa kwabantu babucala ngokweendleko zabahlali besixeko: ukuthengiswa kwempahla yabucala kuya kubangela ukunyuka kwenqanaba, ukuba akunjalo ekugqibeleni. Esi sisixeko esinabemi abangakwaziyo ukunyuka. U-Sweeney kufuneka alalanise kulo mbandela, kwaye avumele ukuba ube yinxalenye yenkqubo yenkuthazo kwityala lika-Prieto, oko kungathetha ukuba ukuthengiswa kweWaterworks ngekhe kubekhona etafileni ngaphandle kokuba iAtlantic City isilele ukuhlangabezana nomgangatho wokuqala wonyaka, kwaye Ke umgcini zimali kawonke-wonke ozimeleyo uya kunikwa igunya lokugqibela kuyo nayiphi na intengiso, ukudityaniswa okanye ukubekelwa bucala kwegunya lamanzi lesixeko.

Kwi-Prieto kwi-Compromise on: Phantsi kwenkqubo yokuthatha urhulumente, umlawuli onyulwe ngurhulumente uya kuba negunya lokuvota imizuzu yebhunga lolawulo likamasipala elidinga uzinzo nokubuyiselwa kwimeko yesiqhelo, nayiphi na ibhodi, ikhomishini, okanye isebe likamasipala Isidingo sokuzinza nokuchacha kwakhona, nayo nayiphi na ibhodi ezimeleyo okanye ugunyaziwe kumasipala odinga uzinzo nokubuyiselwa kwimeko yesiqhelo, kubandakanya, kodwa kungaphelelanga apho, kwigunya lezindlu, ugunyaziwe wokupaka, ugunyaziso lophuhliso ngokutsha, ibhodi yocwangciso, kunye nebhodi yocando. Eyona nto iphambili apha kukuba uSweeney noChristie bafuna ukulawula inkqubo yophuhliso kwakhona, kwaye uPrieto kufuneka abanike la mandla. Inokuba sisivumelwano esenziwe ngasemva seminyango, kodwa ukuba u-Prieto ufuna intshukumo yokubonisana kunye namanzi, kuya kufuneka anikezele kuphuhliso.

Ngelixa iAtlantic City iye yawa, eminye imiphefumlo ebonwe kwangaphambili-uninzi lwazo izihlobo zikaGeorge Norcross -libonile ithuba elinokubakho kwaye bekudityaniswa iziqwenga ezinkulu zepropathi ezinokuphuhliswa ngamehlo kutyalo-mali olukhulu. Ukutshintshiselana ngobubanzi kuthethathethwano oludibeneyo kunye nokuthintela ukubekwa bucala kwamanzi, u-Prieto kufuneka axhase ifomula eyomeleleyo yokuxhasa urhulumente kuphuculo lwabaphuhlisi abanonxibelelwano olusondeleyo kumatshini waseNorcross-ukukhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kweCasino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) kunye noRhulumente woPhuhliso lwezoQoqosho. Imali yegunya kwaye, kwaye uSodolophu u-Guardian kunye nekhansile yesixeko kufuneka bazitsibe nabo. Uphuhliso luthetha imisebenzi kunye nophuhliso kuthetha ingeniso yerhafu, kwaye ukuba uphuhliso luhlawula amatyala esixeko kwaye lwenza ukuba abahlobo baseNorcross kunye noChristie batyebe, makube njalo.

Kwaye uSweeney kufuneka ayibone njengethuba elikhulu lezopolitiko eli, kuba baninzi abaphuhlisi abenzileyo okanye abenza utyalomali olukhulu esixekweni. Imivuzo yolu tyalo-mali iya kuqwalaselwa kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo uSweeney uya kuvuzwa ngokugqibeleleyo ngohlobo lweminikelo yomkhankaso wokumela aba baphuhlisi. Irhuluneli uChristie unokuqiniseka ukuba amahlakani akhe aza kuvuzwa naye.

Etafileni kukho uninzi lwezinto onomdla kuzo:

• Ipotifoliyo enkulu kaJoseph -Jingoli ibonisa ubudlelwane neNorcross: UJingoli wakha i-Cooper Norcross Academy eyi- $ 35 yezigidi eCamden, iCooper Medical School yaseRowan University (kwisithili saseSweeney, esasincediswa nguNorcross), kunye neKholeji yezoRhwebo iRowan, kunye nezinye iiprojekthi. UJingoli uqhayisa ngeeprojekthi zophuhliso loluntu nezabucala kwaye kufuneka aqinisekiswe ngesihlalo etafileni esiya phambili.

• UOmar Boraie - Uphuhliso lweekhondomu zodidi oluphezulu zaseBrunswick, iAspire, yafumana i-4.8 yezigidi zeedola kwiiSandy Relief Funds, i-60 yezigidi zeedola kwimali mboleko karhulumente, i-21 yezigidi zeerandi. Umphuhlisi we-Middlesex County utyale imali kumawaka amawaka eedola kwimirhumo yezopolitiko kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo, kubandakanya amawaka kumkhankaso kamongameli kaChristie - kwaye ulubonile olo tyalomali luhlawula. IAtlantic City ayizukuhluka. U-Boraie ukhusele imali-mboleko yezigidi ezili-15 zeedola kwi-CRDA yokuxhasa i-The Beach eSouth Inlet, i-luxury ye- $ 71 yezigidi zeeyunithi ezingama-250, kwindawo esemantla eBhodiwalk kufutshane neRevel.

• UJack Morris -umlingisi we-real estate we-Middlesex County ongumdlali kwilizwe lonke kuphuhliso lweentengiso ezininzi. Uphuhliso lwe-M & M lukaMorris luneepotfoliyo eziphakanyisiweyo eCamden naseNewark; Iipropathi zakhe zeEdgewater ziphuhlisa intengiso, irente kunye nophuhliso lwamakhaya abucala, ngakumbi emazantsi nasembindini weNew Jersey Ubudlelwane bakhe neNorcross buqhubeka umva ngaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka xa inkampani yakhe yayonyulelwe uphuhliso ngokutsha lomdyarho weembaleki waseGarden State Park eCherry Hill.

• UJon Hanson - eli qabane likaRhulumente uChristie yiHampshire Real Estate wayengusihlalo weKhomishini kaHanson, uChristie roadmap ekujonganeni neAtlantic City. Ukwangumntu ophambili kwiAtlantic City Development Corporation, okanye i-ACDevCo, umbutho ozimeleyo ongajonganga nzuzo owakha ikhampasi ye- $ 200 yezigidi yeAtlantic City kwiYunivesithi yaseStockton ukuvula ukuwa kuka-2018. Ikhampasi yaseStockton kwiYunivesithi yaseAtlantic City ithembisa ukuba yintsika imizamo yokuvuselela kwisiXeko iAtlantic.

• UGeorge Norcross- ngelixa kungacingelwa ukuba ungumphuhlisi wezindlu, iingxelo ezilandela intlanganiso phakathi kweNorcross kunye ne-Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson zibonisa ukuba iNorcross ithathela ingqalelo ukutyala imali kwiAtlantic City.

• UGlenn Straub-umakhi wezindlu waseFlorida, uhlawule i-82 yezigidi zeedola kwi-Revel yekhasino engasasebenziyo, eyayixabise i-2.4 yezigidigidi zeerandi ukuyakha. UStraub uthe uzakutyala imali eyongezelelekileyo eyi- $ 500 yezigidi kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokuzonwabisa kubandakanya iipaki zamanzi, iikhosi zentambo, isinxibo kunye nokutsiba kwehashe, i-ski run kunye nesiqingatha sepayipi, umboniso wobugcisa wamanye amazwe, kunye neziko elitsha lendibano. I-Straub ibonakala iyingcuka yodwa, engadibenanga nabadlali bezopolitiko abaphambili kodwa nangona kunjalo ibalulekile kwikamva lesixeko.

Inyani yile yokuba bonke aba baphuhlisi (gcina iStraub) banxibelelene nezopolitiko kwaye abezopolitiko ababakhuthazayo (uNorcross noChristie) baya kufumana isibonelelo. Oko kukuthi, njengoko besitsho, iindleko zokwenza ishishini. Kodwa kungumdla wesixeko ukuba abaphuhlisi baseNorcross kunye noChristie bafumana inkxaso abayifunayo.

Esinye seziza esinokuphuhliswa esiza kufumaneka kungekudala yintsimi yeBader, indawo enqwenelekayo yehektare ezili-130 zepropathi yamanzi ecaleni kwendlela iAlbany Avenue. Ukwenza i-Bader Field ibe yindawo ephuculweyo iya kubiza malunga ne- $ 100 yezigidi. U-Sweeney no-Prieto kufuneka basebenzisane ne-CRDA kunye neGunya loPhuhliso loQoqosho lombuso ukunceda abathengi ekugqibeleni. Indawo ivuthiwe nokuba kunokwenzeka: inokuhlala i-marina, indawo yangaphakathi yokuthengisa / indawo yehotele, iikhondomu zodidi, okanye konke oku kungentla. Ukongeza, isahlulo somhlaba, kubandakanywa nezixhobo zeembaleki ezihlala kuzo okwangoku- ibala lase-Atlantic City Surf Baseball kunye ne-ice rink- kufuneka igcinwe ngurhulumente kunye nesixeko ukuze isetyenziswe yiDyunivesithi yaseStockton eza kuphuhlisa ilizwe- yobugcisa bekhampasi yesathelayithi nje iibhloko kude. Intsebenziswano kolu phuhliso loluntu-lwabucala kunokuthetha abaphulaphuli abathinjiweyo kwiivenkile zokutyela, ukuthengisa kunye nokuzonwabisa.

UBrigid Callahan Harrison nguprofesa wesayensi yezopolitiko kunye nomthetho kwiYunivesithi yaseMontclair State, apho afundisa khona izifundo kurhulumente waseMelika. Umnxibelelanisi rhoqo kwezopolitiko zikarhulumente nezesizwe, ungumbhali weencwadi ezintlanu ngezopolitiko zaseMelika. Njengaye kuFacebook kuBrigid Callahan Harrison. Mlandele kwi-Twitter @BriCalHar.