Can the New York Times save New Jersey’s Parks?

That’s the headline of the day over at the Save New Jersey Parks blog, which is celebrating a recent NY Times investigative article criticizing New Jersey Governor Corzine’s draconian and short sighted effort to balance his budget on the back of the state’s natural areas and the people who care for and use them.

I’m sure the article will help — but not as much as it would have a decade ago. Like other newspapers around the country, the New York Times is hemoraging readers, advertisers, journalists… and clout. Park supporters around the state are waging a full blown campaign, with lobby days, public demonstrations, websites, letter writing campaigns, and more.

That’s the appropriate place for the groups to invest their efforts. These days a supportive newspaper article is a welcome development, but not the game changer it once was.

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