New Jersey Motorsports Park – Thunderbolt Raceway

[Tony356993]

email sent

[Brian Minkin]

In the mail!

[Phokaioglaukos]

From another e-mail list:

Great News for the T Bolt Raceway Team!!!!

YeeeeeHaaaaahhh!!!     Thanks to all your hard work and
commuinications, Senator Lesniak has posted Assemblymen Van Drew,
Albano, Fisher, and Burzichelli Bill A 1054, and also the Senator
Asselta earlier senate version S 313, to be heard in The Economic
Growth Committee on November 27th at 1 PM in Trenton at the State
House Annex, Committee Room # 1.

We thank each and every individual for doing their share to get this
legislation moving.

So now we must organize our troops to gather as many Green Flag
Members and supporters to carpool, or even if we need to get a bus, to
pack the senate committee room on November 27th with our team members
and friends to assure the good senator that he is doing the right
thing. We are nearing the finish line.

For now, let's all take a quick breather for the weekend and start our
 best wheels moving forward on Monday the 20th toward the Monday
November 27th Trenton hearing.

With sincere appreciation

Donald [Fauerbach]

[Phokaioglaukos]

From another list:


Hello Green Flag Members and Friends

Today was another very good day in the closing laps of our endurance
race to see the green flag wave for an early 07 groundbreaking for
Thunderbolt Raceway.

With leadership testimony from Assembly Bill Sponsor Jeff Van Drew and
Senate Bill Sponsor Nick Asselta, our sports entertainment district
legislation was released unanimously today from the senate economic
growth committee to the full senate for an upcoming vote in december.

The senate committee agreed on a few minor changes to the legislation
to further clarify the actual location of the sports district and to
how the funds must be used for infrastructure for the project, all of
which requires a concurrent vote from the full assembly and full
senate, to which we believe will occur in the first 2 weeks of
december, and then the bill goes to governor corzine for his
signature, which the governor has assured us he will do.

We owe great thanks to our district legislators and adjoining district
legislators for their tenacity in seeing this high profile legislation
to this point in time.

In addition, and we must say "WOW," and thanks to all the green flag
members, union leaders, business leaders, and public officials who
made the trip to trenton today to support project thunderbolt.

There was standing room only in the hearing room with at least 60
supporters in the room.

Senator Lesniak, who chairs the committee, opened his remarks by
saying he "has never seen so many people committed to a bill" as he
has witnessed for this legislation. Those words coming from a veteran
legislator speaks volumes toward the combined efforts of everyone
involved in this process.

Senator Asselta praised Mayor Quinn and the millville city commission
for their leadership and endurance over the last 8 years in seeing the
project come this far.

We also wish to express our appreciation to Tim McDonough from the
success group for his representation as the NJMP government lobbyist.
Tim has been working with the legislative leadership on this project
for many months, and his efforts were quite apparent today.

Let's keep our best wheels forward, and we will communicate soon
regarding pending votes in the assembly and senate.

[Mark Fox]

Kudos Chris, for keeping everyone up to date on thunderbolt both here, thru e-mails and on rennlist.  Your e-mail regarding Senator Lesniak allowed me to forward it to several friends who were unaware of thunderbolt but very interested in using the facility.

Also thanks to steve and everyone else who took the time to attend the meeting in NJ.

[Nick]

Yesterday, the NJ Legislature voted its approval of the Sports and Entertainment District Legislation for NJ Motorsports Park!!
 
In the General Assembly the vote was 48 in favor to 30 not in favor. The vote in the Senate was 32 in favor to 6 not in favor.
 
We anticipate that Governor Corzine will sign the legislation into law before Christmas. We will invite the Governor to come to the Millville Airport for the official signing.
 
We owe great appreciation and respect for the enduring efforts of our legislative leaders, Assemblymen Jeff Van Drew, Nelson Albano, and Doug Fisher. On the Senate side, we applaud the efforts of Senator Nick Asselta and Senator Steve Sweeney for their efforts in seeing the legislation through.
 
Today was a monumental leap for project Thunderbolt, and although we all need to take a moment to enjoy this success, there remains much to do before we put shovels in the ground.
 
We will keep you posted in the coming days and weeks. When you see or speak with our local, county, state and federal government leaders during the holidays, please let them know how much we appreciate their tireless efforts in this endurance race we have been participating in for so long.
 

[smankow]

this is great news, Nick.  Thanks for the update

 

Steve

[Tony356993]

Way to go everybody! A nice present for all of us this holiday season.

[Mark Fox]

 yipi!

[Phokaioglaukos]

Nick, any update? Has ground been broken?