Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce and Assemblyman Joe Pennacchio, who organized the press conference, said they would like their concerns to be heard at the event.

An abandoned quarry mine transformed into a golf course in the Highlands is the perfect example of 'good' development that would never have happened under the Highlands legislation, Berkshire Valley Golf Course is also an example of an environmentally friendly initiative that took twice as long to build and cost twice as much because of DEP interjection. If transforming an old dump site was so difficult for a county, the implications for the average property owner and municipalities would be overwhelming.