file photo by Boyd Loving
Here come those moving trucks for the late Spring selling season..so many
Families moving south for lower taxes ,retirees seek social security favorable or non tax status for retirees.Younger families will end up holding the bag of worst choices in order to stay in north jersey. Technology is also creating a huge increase in home office remote work lifestyles.which means that as long as the children are in a decent school district the past ties to the need to be in a commuter friendly costly tax town is not as high on the list as in years past.Familiies also have to save hundreds of thousands of after tax dollars as their kids college and high costs years are just ahead.Not everyone is a Wall Street mogal or a ridgewood millionaire.We need to keep costs in check,examine cross township shared muni services,Garbage , Maintenance ,sewers departments ..even Fire Department etc.TAXES ARE TOO HIGH RIDGEWOOD AND NO ONE IS ADDRESSING THIS RISK To our home investments here ..lots of for sale signs I mid winter is a possible early warning .people getting out early
Add on nice to haves full day pre K costs…no proven value outside of idea that lets spend another million dollars of mostly other people’s money.
No real effort or focus on cost controls in so many ridgewood cost divisions..
We voted for change ,but yes it’s slow to come,,there is progress in some areas and we all hope for better cost and vendor management.The shared services is a study that would be worth the money…We can’t keep heading in the same direction from a cost management side.The whole town will empty out since it’s basically unaffordable already Tex and Fee wise.We are all not millionaires in Ridgewood.There are irking class folks here and retirees who build the town as did their forefathers..It’s worth the
fight Ridgewood,When you see a for sale sign..think Cost Containment ..
that should be the thinking rather than..how much could I get if I hauled out of here with my loot..?.
We’re rich and stupid… nothing to worry about… we’ll blissfully pay.
First on the chopping block: the fire department . Over bloated Union waste hole. Saving another besement doesn’t cut it anymore boys…time to get a real job.
10:17 will I be seeing your application to become a volunteer firefighter anytime soon. No, well then shut the hell up.