The Extinction of Merchantville?

Could Your Local Town Become Extinct?: MyFoxPHILLY.com

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Study Rejected by DCA

The DCA rejected the dual application of Merchantville citizens and Cherry Hill government for a study to look at consolidation.

Group's quest to merge Merchantville into Cherry Hill rejected by state

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - ‎Dec 17, 2010‎

Merchantville Connecting for the Future says it will continue to work toward its goal, which it says will save taxpayers money. The Merchantville group ...

Merchantville and Cherry Hill merger proposal hits a hurdle

Philadelphia Inquirer - Edward Colimore - ‎Dec 17, 2010‎

Merchantville Borough and Cherry Hill Township still may come together as one municipality, but the courtship will likely take longer ...

State denies Merchantville-Cherry Hill consolidation plan

Cherry Hill Courier Post - ‎Dec 16, 2010‎

The state Department of Community Affairs has shot down an effort to study whether Merchantville and Cherry Hill should merge under a 2007 state law, ...

Commenter lavardera in the previous thread made the following statement on behalf of the Merchantville Connecting for the Future group:

Here is the short version of the story folks. DCA could not answer the legal question so they passed to the State Attorney General. The AG made a poor judgment on the Application and advised the DCA, who had not choice but to refuse.

So we are submitting a legal opinion to DCA which will be discussed with the AG, and hopefully clear that up.

And if it does not, then there is legislation on the floor in Trenton which will make the configuration of our Application clearly in conformance, and it will be accepted.

And if for some reason neither of these two things happen we are preparing an Appeal to the decision.