BY CHARLES KUPERUS

COMMENTARY

While our leaders debate stabilizing property taxes and other current issues, it would be beneficial to understand how these matters and their potential solutions fit into a vision and a long-term plan to catalyze sustained growth and prosperity for our State.

We should ask, what will New Jersey look like in 10 or 20 years? How will a future generation of our Garden State citizens view our stewardship of our state's rich historic assets, diverse natural resources and significant infrastructure? Are we really preparing for tomorrow's needs?

When we watch our state leaders deliberate important matters, settling on short-term, split-the-difference agreements that sunset in a couple of years, rather than agreeing to substantial change with a lasting impact on government, it makes us curious what the long-term plan is for our state, or if there even is a long-term plan.