Dear Editor:
As if our upcoming school budget nightmare was not a sufficient blast to our property taxes coming in June, at the budget hearing this evening in Town Hall the Mayor and Administrator are asking the Council to approve yet another 3.8 percent increase to our already bloated $35 million municipal budget.
Our budget has increased by 38 percent since 2019, the year this Mayor was elected. We have had property tax spike after property tax spike over the last seven years and they keep coming back to us for more and more.
During the hearing, the Mayor was asking for money to buy four more new police vehicles, which has become a theme for him every year since 2022. Needless to say, those vehicles are all outfitted by Atlantic Communications, and their labor costs are astronomical.
Look them up.
With this being the perfect time to curtail increases to property taxes due to the needs of our school’s sports programs, this administration just throws insult on top of injury for us.
Not only does this Township need a massive property tax cut, it needs new leadership — now.
Christian E. Barranco
