BRET "GIVE 'EM HELL" SCHUNDLER: Strikes again:

Schundler said arena deals are proven economic flunks - and this one will ultimately cost Pennsauken and the region by replacing permanent jobs with part-time jobs.

"The citizens of New Jersey have overwhelmingly rejected (spending public money on) arenas," Schundler said. "Yet the governor's still supporting this boondoggle spending, which benefits no one outside of his own closest associates."

Bret's dander is up because of the hideous plan to replace one of the finest and certainly the most unique shopping experience in South Jersey--the Pennsauken Mart--with an arena whose only confirmed tenant is a minor-league hockey team. Retailers are fighting back:

Tired of waiting for answers from the county, the mart's 150 small-business owners have turned into impromptu activists, mounting a campaign to save their mart with the help of a former maverick freeholder.

Many of the tenants are recent immigrants who speak little English and had ignored local politics. They are working independently of mart owner Elliot Kattan, who many fear will not look out for them.

"I want to stop the project. But if not, I don't want them to get away with it without a fight," said Pravitz, a 14-year mart tenant. "If we go down, we want to bloody some noses."