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29 April 2010 - Do You Know Where The Money Comes From?
If this sounds a little like I wrote it to a local email list, it’s because I did. I’d like to reflect on where we get the money we spend on education. The “average taxpaying household” pays property taxes of about $12K per year. If that household has an average child in the school system, [...]

12 January 2010 - Does Corzine Really Not See The Irony?
Here‘s the headline from BusinessWeek: Corzine Condemns ‘Too Damn High’ New Jersey Taxes as He Exits …and here’s the lede: New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, making his valedictory speech to lawmakers, said the most critical issue facing them and his successor boils down to this: “Everyone’s property taxes are too damn high.” Super. Too bad [...]

02 January 2010 - New Jersey Tax Revolution Roundup: Taxing, Spending, Salaries, and Solar Energy Incentives
Some odds and ends for you to browse this evening. From the Courier-Post Online: The new head of Burlington County government has pledged to continue the tax-cutting policy of the county board of freeholders. Freeholder-Director Bruce Garganio of Florence also said he was truly grateful for the opportunity to serve as director in his freshman [...]

13 December 2009 - Cherry Hill Courier Post Wants Rebate Checks
In an article this week in the Cherry Hill Courier Post, the writer was promoting the retention of rebate checks for NJ residents due to the lack of reform of the property tax system in the state. At a New Jersey Business and Industry Association policy forum with 250 business owners in Woodbridge Tuesday, a [...]

23 May 2009 - Property Tax Gimmicks – Lonegan is right!
A recent Christie add attempted to play the typical New Jersey entitlement card by attacking Steve Lonegan’s tax plan. The comment in question was where Lonegan called the state’s property tax rebate system a “gimmick”. The joke here is that Christie’s ad people have so little respect for New Jersey voters that they really expect [...]

26 February 2009 - West New York, NJ 27% Tax Increase Nightmare!
Last night we received an email from a reader(We witheld the name, not the writer): I’m not sure if you’ve read about a town called West New York, NJ but we’ve recently been hit with a 27% tax increase. Is this even legal? The town website explains its due to a deficit. Please provide some [...]

21 February 2009 - Will NJ Property Tax Rebates be cut?
This just in from Newsday: Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Friday that he is considering suspending property tax rebates next year as New Jersey faces a multi billion dollar budget gap. The governor said all options are on the table for his 2010 budget proposal, which he plans to present to state lawmakers on March [...]

03 December 2008 - NY Rebates Checks and Bloomberg
The New York Post once again featured the war of words between the Mayor and City Council regarding rebate checks and when they will be mailed out. The debate seems to be posturing with the Mayor on one side wanting an increased property tax and the council looking to tell their constituents they provided goodies. [...]

02 November 2008 - Corzine: "We’re going to fight to hold our education funding"
Thank you, Jon Corzine! Even when times are tough, we should avoid reducing our expenditures on education. Except he’s playing the typical bureaucratic trick: the fight to hold our education funding is actually a fight to expand it by a third of a billion dollars. Budget troubles endanger $350M preschool planDelaying expansion of programs would [...]

29 June 2008 - Inquirer Special Report: Property-Tax Madness
In Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer, the headline report is on the New Jersey property tax situation and its impact on the citizens of this state. Despite the Inquirers more liberal leanings, they place the blame clearly in the court of the party that has been running the state for the past several years state’s ruling party(Democrats): [...]

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