Stop spending
February 11, 2010
Re: "Aid won't stop tax increase in Glo. Twp." (C-P, Jan. 3).
I was disturbed to read of the mayor's recent decision to raise property taxes
in the township just two months after having been elected. I would like to
congratulate Mayor David Mayer for having just brought my faith in elected
government in New Jersey to a new all-time low.
That he would even consider raising taxes in this economic environment is
incredible to me. The $9,000 a year in property taxes I now pay is already
obscene. Yet he has made the decision, along with the rest of the township
council, to take more.
Why does it never occur to these people to do what the rest of us residents have
had to do as we've watched our paychecks shrink -- stop spending money you don't
have.
I have lived and voted in this township for 10 years now and I am so tired of
these career party politicians taking care of themselves while ignoring the
welfare of those they are supposed to represent. But what makes me even angrier
is the apparent apathy of our residents.
Quotes from township residents such as Kathy Tuno stating that "taxes go up
every year, it's a fact of life" saddens me to my core. Nothing will ever change
in our government if those of us who have elected these individuals don't stand
up and let them know we find it unacceptable for them to continue to expect us
to foot the bill for their corruption and mismanagement of resources.
BRUCE DICKINSON Erial