Well, it is beginning. Governor Corzine has not even signed the 20 percent tax benefit for homeowners and already a municipality has proposed to raise its property taxes 7.5 percent to $.29 cents per $100 assessed property value. That works out so that a home assessed at $574,800 would pay an extra $115: $1667. Where have these township people been? The Governor is has legislation on his desk that will force municipalities to only raise taxes by no more than four percent. Why create a budget that ignores that?
This is the first work session for township officials so perhaps this is the wish list stage for them and serious trimming will occur after other meetings. The police and emergency services, municipal courts, and community development still have to be discussed. Hopefully, West Windsor officials are letting these others know the budget is already over the Governor's high mark, and thereby prompting those entities to expect severe trimming to reach four percent mark. Perhap by announcing the high proposal township officials are like Barack Obama, when he announced the misdeeds of his youth -- it is a preemptive measure but bares little resemblance to the end product. Meantime, one can only hope.
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