Posted on 11/15/2007 10:17:49 AM PST by Eric Blair 2084
Gov. Jon Corzine may shelve construction of four of the five stem cell research labs lawmakers authorized last year, according to a senior administration official.
With the state's stem cell ambitions cooled by last week's defeat of a $450 million bond question to fund the research, Corzine himself would only say he is "reviewing" the lab construction program the Legislature approved separately.
Under legislation passed last year, the state is authorized to borrow up to $270 million to build five stem cell research labs across the state.
The centerpiece, a $150 million Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick, is still on track to move forward. But Corzine is considering suspending plans to build four smaller labs in Newark, Camden, Belleville and Allendale, said the administration source.
Corzine is also exploring the prospect of using the $120 million earmarked for the construction of the smaller labs to fund the research that was to have been paid for by last week's defeated referendum, according to the senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because no final decision has been made.
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They never thought in a million years that the stupid voters here would actually VOTE AGAINST spending the money.
But the Governor is going to go ahead anyway. It’s like the EU Constitution Referendum. They said, if it passes, we proceed, if it fails, we proceed.
It’s looking like we are just going to have to throw the bums out!
Doesn’t sound like he is going to go ahead. They don’t have the money for ESC research.
What I told everyone I know here is “if it’s such a wonderful idea, why doesn’t Corslime put his own money into it?”
The state gov has NOT started building. The commission responsible has halted the early review process, meaning no consultants are going to be given contracts to do pre financing reviews. The 4 centers are finished.
ESC research is nothing but a pro-abortion gambit, designed to pretend there is a benefit to abortion.
If there were ANY scientific indication of true medical potential for ESCs, then “PRIVATE” funds would be out in front, as they are in Adult Stem Cell research, and no Federal money would be necessary.
I don’t know what you are talking about. I went to a Rutgers football game in New Brunswick and the research center is under construction. Almost finished.
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