Posts tagged as Trenton

The people of Trenton, New Jersey have spoken. If you listen closely, you can hear the shouts of an emphatic, “No!”  79 percent of Trenton residents who voted on a referendum to sell the suburban portion of their water infrastructure to New Jersey American Water Company, have now made it quite clear that they are against privatization.  The “no’s” won it 6,986 to 1,812. Read more…

A couple of weeks ago, a Trenton citizens group had a most resounding victory in the New Jersey Supreme Court. After a year of legal tussling, the highest court in New Jersey validated citizens’ right to choose whether or not to sell their public water utility to a private company. You might be thinking, “Isn’t that a basic American right – to have a voice when it comes to a public resource?”  You’d be right to think that, but it doesn’t always work out that way. Read more…