NJ asks voters to OK borrowing for campus projects

Published October 9, 2012 9:39pm ET



The campaign has begun in earnest to try to get New Jersey voters to support a $750 million bond issue for campus construction projects at the state’s colleges and universities, but it’s not clear whether there’s going to be any organized opposition.

The ballot measure has wide and bipartisan support from Gov. Chris Christie, Republican and Democratic state lawmakers, business groups and, of course, the schools that would benefit — but critics warn that the state should not take on more debt.

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