"These heartless criminals are leaving people extremely worried and in a great deal of debt, " Mr Bettison said.

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" At a February meeting in Sea Bright, just up the shore from Long Branch, the town's mayor acknowledged, "People fear a heartless government coming in and taking away their land.

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"A lot of people assume I'm some heartless Yankees fan, " he said.

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