Apr 1, 2009 8:21 am US/Eastern
Ex-Gov. Kean May Sue Over NJ Arts Funding Cuts
NEWARK (AP) ―
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Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean (file)
AP
Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean says he is so upset over Gov. Jon Corzine's plan to cut arts funding that he may sue.
The Republican, who led New Jersey for most of the 1980s, tells The Star-Ledger of Newark he's "outraged" by the proposed cuts.
Kean campaigned in 2003 for a hotel-motel tax to support the arts. It was adopted with a so-called "poison pill" requiring the tax be eliminated if state art and culture funding fell under $16 million.
Corzine's budget would slash it to about $1.5 million below that threshold.
A lawyer for Corzine says orzine's proposed spending plan is legal and the poison pill provision is unconstitutional.
Kean has generally avoided criticizing his successors, even in major scandals.
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