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Midland Park NJ, CORRECTION to prior to notification from this morning, milling & Paving of Glen Ave., Central Ave., and Newtown Rd. is scheduled to begin on Monday, August 19th (weather permitting).
Continue reading Midland Park Police: Milling & Paving Schedule Change
photo curtesy of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco
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Hackensack NJ, on Wednesday, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco presented his 2022 budget proposal to the Bergen County Board of Commissioners at their regularly scheduled work session
Continue reading Bergen County Budget decreases the County portion of property taxes by $17.75
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River Vale NJ, Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi,”As we enter into what is commonly referred to as “the silly season” in NJ politics, I ask all candidates to remember that the truth matters. Stop with ridiculous made up attacks against your opponents, stop calling people who merely disagree with you on a policy racist, bigots, xenophobes, etc. Social media does not give you a blank check to lie about people. We are seeing people finally fighting back and winning against these libelous attacks. Here is the most recent example of politically motivated defamation in Bergen County.”
Don’t get too excited yet.
#1 It’s an election year.
#2 You haven’t seen the details
#3 You don’t know if they are using borrowing instead of a rate increase
#4 Just because there is no RATE increase doesn’t mean they are collecting the same taxes. Revaluations in a rising market increases the base.
Haven’t heard from Little Josh about the Governors tax increase plan. I know he’s concerned because he came up with a hair brained and deceitful plan to make believe you are paying real estate taxes to a charity.