New Jersey Town Cites College's $219,000 Table as Burden
Tension between communities and nonprofits simmers from Alaska to Maine as public officials with tight budgets look to wring cash from the organizations that say they boost their localities.
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In the feud between New Jersey’s Kean University and its hometown Union Township, everything is on the table -- including the table.
The school is waging a legal battle to expand on land that the town wants for development. Union Mayor Manuel Figueiredo said allowing Kean to take more property off the tax rolls is as offensive to the public as the $219,000 the state university spent last year on a multimedia room anchored by a custom-made, electronics-loaded conference table.