| Author | Message | ||
     Bix |
Is there a connection between Maplewood's receiving zero additional school funds and this revaluation? You better believe it. The sales/assessment ratio for Maplewood topped 400%. That means that the ratio of actual sales data to assessed values was around 4.0. This sent up red flags in Trenton. The State of NJ penalizes municipalities for running a sloppy operation. Since schools are the largest portion of the budget, the school funding gets withheld. This forces the town to perform a revaluation, bringing the sales/assessment ratio to within acceptable tolerances. No one in the TC has told you this. They weren't going to. They wanted the reval pushed through so this won't come to light. The TC failed our kids. They failed us. Our attorney, Mr. Desidario, who is responsible for knowing NJ and municipal law, failed us. The reval is absolutely being pushed through by the TC even though they know it's faulty. Pushed through to cover their tracks. Sure Millburn got money. Their sales/assessment ratio wasn't 400%!! The TC wants YOU to pay for their mistakes. Your new assessments will be the launching ground for new and higher taxes for the next TEN years, not just 2001. And disproportionally high due to the lack of state funding to our schools. I would like to see an investigation move forward as to the fiduciary conduct of our Township Committee. I would like to determine what actions can be taken legally to prevent one injustice being propogated in order to cover up for another. Bix PS Have you noticed the conspicuous lack of postings by G. Ryan and V. De Luca the last few days? Where's the zoning map promised at the televised meeting? Where's the responses to concerned citizens as the deadline for assessor review draws near? | ||
| Melidere |
I'm not sure i'm reading you correctly, bix. Are you upset that they didn't do this reval EARLIER? and if doing the reval is important to getting school funds, then why wouldn't we want it done as quickly as possible? | ||
| Gerardryan |
Um, Bix, this one is way out there, even for this board. First of all, the sales/assessment ratio didn't top 400%, the ratio of old to new assessment was 3.71 as of a few weeks ago. And: "The State of NJ penalizes municipalities for running a sloppy operation. Since schools are the largest portion of the budget, the school funding gets withheld. This forces the town to perform a revaluation." ??? What in the name of heaven are you talking about? "The TC failed our kids." What? Please!! Your accusations are entertaining but contain not the slightest whisp of truth. I suggest that you quote the municipal law that you claim governs this. Prove your absolutely ridiculous accusations. Jerry Ryan PS Conspicuous lack of postings? Ah, I see, I'm not posting anything to keep this secret from you! Well, Bix, not that it's any of your damned business, but instead of trolling for postings to respond to this weekend, I had a lovely night at home with my wife Friday, and spent Saturday in the city seeing The Music Man and then having the best rib dinner I think I've ever had, down in SOHO. (ran into a few fellow MOL posters at the theatre!) Today I plan to catch my friend Brian Corrigan's performance of "My Son, The Messiah" over at Morrow Church at 3:00 (I highly recommend this show) and I hope to catch Broadway Loves The Burgdorff tonite. Hope that's OK with you :-) PPS Maps: you can get a zoning map from town hall any time you want one. There is a citizen that volunteered his efforts to help run a bunch of maps showing tax data. He and I are getting together to work on these tomorrow nite. Stay tuned... | ||
| Nakaille |
Bix, why two separate postings/headers of the same stuff? Dave, can you combine these so it is clear what the thread of discussion is? Thanks. It's an interesting theory, Bix, but so are all conspiracy theories. How about some legal citations? Some interviews of elected officials in Trenton? Something from a regulatory agency in Trenton? Something, even just a scrap of evidence, to back up this most entertaining idea? Do you write for television? On the other hand, it does fuel the kind of political mayhem from which one may launch a political run. Any aspirations? A platform, perhaps? An identity? Bacata | ||
| Bix |
Jerry, Prove my absolutely ridiculous accusations? Do you want me to do that on this board, or in a private manner? Bix | ||
| Gerardryan |
Bix: I'd be happy to talk to you one on one. I'm listed in the phone book (call the number with my wife and my name). You can email revalinfo07040@aol.com if you don't want to call. |
