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Hello, Ed, I’m a senior citizen living in Bordentown Township resident. I went to pay my tax bill at the municipal complex and there was a police officer standing guard. He told me they work there five days a week, eight hours a day. No wonder my tax bill is so high. Put these guys back on the street where they belong. I’m not paying money for them to protect a building. Who’s running that department, Barney Fife?
Andy Griffith
Off the street, on the street — I’m getting dizzy.—Ed. Note
posted by Trentonian Editor at
11:52 PM
3 Comments:
I'm with you...get rid of all of the ridiculous positions/salaries and put that money toward the new school systems instead of taxing us homeowners!!!
Yeah, and if you have had the pleasure of meeting the Tax assessor you will find him to be extremely defensive i.e. I was told by him that he has a gun even though his daughter attended a Quaker school (go figure), so much for pascifism. Even with the police in the same building, he doesn't feel safe. I wonder why? I was also told that he has a +/-15% latitude for tax assessments. Who gets the -15% and who gets the +15%? I wish I could be that right or wrong when doing my job. I was told in a rather threatening manner, that for a reassessment they would need to enter my home -which by the way, I would welcome-. I was also told that someone harassed him at his home and called his home phone number which he claimed to be unlisted. If he cared to look at wwww.zabasearch.com, he would realize that his address and phone number are listed for all the world to see.
BTW: It must be nice to work for the people of Bordentown, Chesterfield etc. and have a street named after you i.e. Tantum Court in Crystal Grand. Is this just a coincidence?
If you want to save us money how about being creative and auction off street names for a specified period of time. I might just buy one. But I guess it's easier to just work for the township and hobnob with the builders and the streets department in order to have your name memorialized.
I think he'll get his wish and be remembered but not the way he would like.
I would like to see the $30k+ street sweeper we purchased come down my street every once in awhile. Once every 5 years is not frequently enough. I haven't seen it since it was purchased. It's probably being used for one of the new building projects in town. Here's another idea: How about passing an ordinance that mandates each builder to provide street sweeping services for their own project? Or have them buy one for the township. By now we would own a whole fleet of street sweepeers. LOL. Why should the taxpayers have to pay for that luxury? Instead, they pass ordinances after the horse has left the proverbial barn; i.e. builders must leave 10 inches of loam instead of scraping the topsoil and selling it only to leave hard clay and hardpan behind for homeowners to till. Or, you can't have landscaping trucks parked outside of your home. Who did that benefit? Just ask yourself if any of the politicians have a landscaping business and if they might benefit from the ordinance by frustrating any potential competitors? What about free-market competition? Whatever happened to representing the people who elected you instead of taking care of your own self-interests first?
Regarding B'town schools. They need to be more accountable to the taxpayers. Has anyone bothered to look at the test scores? Their pay should be benchmarked against how they fare versus other school districts not our ability to pay.
While I am at it, how about refinancing the school bonds, water bonds, county bonds to save us a few bucks on our tax bills? http://php.app.com/sat06web/search.php
Teach the children to be competitive capitalists not socialists who live at the public trough at taxpayers' expense.
Or is this another example of political celeb wannabees who are not accounatable to the electorate and absent from their responsibilities?
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