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Ridgewood NJ, the League of Women Voters is attempting to weigh into the current legal fight over the legality of the ,“One Village One Vote” petition to consolidate election and forever raise your taxes with with less taxpayer oversight .In a massive blow to taxpayers ,the November “yes” vote effectively eliminated the Ridgewood School budget vote . The school budget make up 2/3 of the Village property tax bill and stands at a whopping $115 million dollars .
RIDGEWOOD MUNICIPAL QUESTION Village of Ridgewood Vote For 1
TOTAL (Unofficial total)
YES 7,143
NO 5,055
Continue reading RIDGEWOOD MUNICIPAL QUESTION “YES” LEAD SHRINKS IN UNOFFICIAL TOTAL
October 26, 2020
To the Editor of The Ridgewood Blog:
Vote NO on Question 4!
Those who proposed this question of combining our Council and Bd of Ed elections have used false reasoning, let alone false facts.
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Ridgewood NJ, Are you confused about whether to vote NO or yes on the ballot question put up by the “One Village One Vote” gang of five?
Continue reading When the public is allowed to vote, the Ridgewood Board of Education listens
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Ridgewood NJ, Photos of the unlawful “One Village One Vote” billboard being removed from the Village of Ridgewood owned train trestle. Investigation underway.
Continue reading Village Removes Unlawful “One Village one Vote” billboard from Train Station
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Ridgewood NJ, from the “Keep Our Vote” site ,voting on the school budget vote is an insurance policy against Ridgewood taxpayers being unnecessarily overcharged.
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Ridgewood NJ, these “save money” arguments are ridiculous , the Ridgewood School Budget is over $115 Million dollars ,please give us a break !
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Hackensack NJ, Hackensack voters shot down a nearly $170 million schools proposal Tuesday, forcing school officials to find new ways to address the district’s growing student population and aging facilities. Hackensack voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposal. According to unofficial election results from Tuesday night, early counts show that an estimated 638 voted in favor of the project and 2,225 voted against. The count included absentee ballots.
Continue reading Hackensack Voters Say NO to $170 million schools proposal
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Ridgewood NJ, the realty of school budgeting is that many prices of the budget puzzle are not covered by the 2% cap.
False Claim #3 (continued): “If our Board of Education develops a budget that calls for a school tax increase greater than 2%, a public vote is required on that budget.”
TRUTH: To be clear, if our local elections are moved to November, there is no public vote on the school budget. The so-called 2% cap is only on a portion of the school budget There are high priced expenses, like health insurance cost increases, that are exempt from that 2%. In truth, the budget could double, triple, or more over that 2% cap without ever triggering a vote. Case in point, 2018. Our Board of Education elections were in November that year, so there was no budget vote despite a 3.62% increase. That extra 1.62% above the so-called 2% cap represented $1.5 million charged to the taxpayers for the 2018-2019 school year. And once in place, that extra $1.5 million is charged each and every year going forward, compounded by each year’s tax increase. That budget proposal was very vocally disapproved by residents and carried by the affirmative votes of only 3 out of 5 board members.
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Ridgewood NJ, this is one of the crazier claims made by “One Village One Vote “. “One Village One Vote ” is a special interest group looking to eliminate the Ridgewood School budget vote . The Ridgewood school budget is a whopping $155 million ! The Ridgewood school district need more supervision ,not less, in both its curriculum and budgeting process.
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Ridgewood NJ, “One Village One Vote”, is not the first to promote “the dangers of taxpayers voting in public schools”. School safety during voting is a false claim made for years by “educators” looking to hide from tax payers what is going on in public education. Recent protests demonstrate the need for more parent involvement in the education process not less. Administrators clearly do not want parents near schools so the lack of learning will not be challenged.
Continue reading False Claim #1: “Thousands of voters enter our schools on each election day.”
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Ridgewood NJ, the “One Village One Vote” campaign is filled with misinformation and if it passes, residents will lose their right to vote on BOE budgets. The “One Village One Vote” campaign is a blatant attempt to to remove taxpayer oversight form the school budgeting process . The $115 million school budget account for approximately 2/3 of the Village property tax bill.
The most offensive part of this claim is the idea that because many residents choise not to vote , that means no one should get that right .
Continue reading False Claim #2: “Ridgewood voter turnout is higher in November.”
