file photo Councilwoman Gwenn Hauck as Vice President of the Valley Auxiliary
Readers ask One question for Valley and its supporters: How is the Valley expansion good for the tax payers of Ridgewood?
So who works for who here? Valley pays no taxes, benefits from all of Ridgewood’s municipal services and taxes our infrastructure with patients and employees coming in from surrounding towns. Yet THEY drive the agenda at hearings about THEIR expansion that will use even more municipal services and tax our infrastructure even further. For still no taxes.
While Valley is Ridgewood’s largest employer, less than 10% of its employees live in town. Similarly less than 10% of Valley’s patients are Ridgewood residents. Valley’s plan is clearly to draw from surrounding towns for both employees and patients which is great for surrounding towns but terrible for Ridgewood. We get a 7 year construction project followed by traffic, over taxed infrastructure and a lower quality of life.
Valley does, on the other hand throw a great party so its socialite supporters can see their picture in the Ridgewood News and 201 Magazine.
One question for Valley and its supporters: How is the Valley expansion good for the tax payers of Ridgewood? Maybe Mrs. Hauck can tweet the answer…
Are higher taxes, more traffic, years of construction and lower quality of life considered ‘good’ ?
The Record article states “.the Children’s Museum building, on 3.6 acres, is assessed at $3.5 million, which based on the ratio of assessment to market value in Paramus would suggest a market value of $3 million to $4 million — much lower than the $13.5 million paid”
The article goes on to say that the property was purchased for a Valley physician.
Are there conflicts of interest? As a non-profit, what obligation does Valley have to responsibly invest donated funds? Why isn’t The Record asking more questions? There may not be an issue here, but it piqued my interest.
Interesting #2
As someone who is currently not opposed to some sort of Valley ‘update’ that isn’t as big as their original proposal, I would refuse to support ANY ‘update’ if the recently purchased properties (across from Duck pond, the buildings on maple) are removed from the property tax rolls.
Its wrong to be a ‘non-profit’ status when in fact the ‘business’ generates enough to pay huge salaries to administrators and the physicians that ‘practice’ there.
#2. I would hope that the hospital did not pay 10 million over value. These are things that politicians and developers have gone to jail for. It is a NJ corruption specialty.
Answer: It’s not !
#2 just how do you know this? Please explain it so we may all know.
#7. Number 2 was quoting the Record
There was either a typo or spell check error in #2 posting.
The article stated that the property was bought from a Valley physician, not for a valley physician.
Stepford wives ?