Residents of Lodi were shocked to see the
Pinto tax reductions and especially the one assessment that went from
$714,600 to $359,600.
http://tax1.co.monmouth.nj.us/cgi-bin/m4.cgi?district=0231&l02=023100169__0200021__05_____M
Through some research it was determined that the Bergen County Tax Board gave Pinto nothing off when he went before them. Pinto appealed their ruling to the State Tax Court where it went before Judge Andresini. Judge Andresini determined that not only should the Pinto properties receive outrageous reductions, but the judgment would go all the way back to 2006, costing the taxpayers of Lodi a substantial amount of money.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/158305059/Entire-Tax-Court-File-doesn-t-answer-why-or-how-Pinto-s-assessment-was-cut-in-half
Absent from what the tax court referred to as the "entire court file for Pinto v. Lodi" was the reasoning Judge Andresini gave for his judgment.
Borough Attorney Alan Spiniello stated at a public meeting that Pinto beat Lodi in court and the judge changed the classification of National Transfer to a "warehouse". This sounded ridiculous. An established transfer station by definition cannot be a warehouse.
For some strange reason, the Lodi council never appealed this ruling. The Bergen County Tax Board said Pinto should get nothing off. One judge said Pinto should have his taxes cut in half going back to 2006. And Lodi never appealed the ruling.
An official request was placed for the judge's written ruling. The tax court management office said there was none; there was only an oral ruling. A transcript was requested for the two hearings and ruling. The judge's chambers said there was no transcript and if someone wanted a transcript they would have to reach out to a transcriber from their list and pay $3 to $8 a page; it could amount to large number of pages and can be expensive. The chambers said the audio of the hearings was done in 2011 and is on cassette. An official request was placed for the audio of the two hearings and ruling. After hearing nothing for weeks, the management office was contacted about the status of the request. The management office said the "best bet" would be to contact Judge Andresini's chambers. The "chambers" said if someone wants to hear the audio, they need to go to Trenton and listen to it there. When asked why someone willing to pay for copies cannot have access to purchase them, the chambers said the cassettes are "four tracked" so someone wanting to listen to them will have to drive to Trenton and listen to them there.
Is Judge Andresini deliberately withholding his ruling from the public? You decide.
http://tax1.co.monmouth.nj.us/cgi-bin/m4.cgi?district=0231&l02=023100169__0200021__05_____M
Through some research it was determined that the Bergen County Tax Board gave Pinto nothing off when he went before them. Pinto appealed their ruling to the State Tax Court where it went before Judge Andresini. Judge Andresini determined that not only should the Pinto properties receive outrageous reductions, but the judgment would go all the way back to 2006, costing the taxpayers of Lodi a substantial amount of money.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/158305059/Entire-Tax-Court-File-doesn-t-answer-why-or-how-Pinto-s-assessment-was-cut-in-half
Absent from what the tax court referred to as the "entire court file for Pinto v. Lodi" was the reasoning Judge Andresini gave for his judgment.
Borough Attorney Alan Spiniello stated at a public meeting that Pinto beat Lodi in court and the judge changed the classification of National Transfer to a "warehouse". This sounded ridiculous. An established transfer station by definition cannot be a warehouse.
For some strange reason, the Lodi council never appealed this ruling. The Bergen County Tax Board said Pinto should get nothing off. One judge said Pinto should have his taxes cut in half going back to 2006. And Lodi never appealed the ruling.
An official request was placed for the judge's written ruling. The tax court management office said there was none; there was only an oral ruling. A transcript was requested for the two hearings and ruling. The judge's chambers said there was no transcript and if someone wanted a transcript they would have to reach out to a transcriber from their list and pay $3 to $8 a page; it could amount to large number of pages and can be expensive. The chambers said the audio of the hearings was done in 2011 and is on cassette. An official request was placed for the audio of the two hearings and ruling. After hearing nothing for weeks, the management office was contacted about the status of the request. The management office said the "best bet" would be to contact Judge Andresini's chambers. The "chambers" said if someone wants to hear the audio, they need to go to Trenton and listen to it there. When asked why someone willing to pay for copies cannot have access to purchase them, the chambers said the cassettes are "four tracked" so someone wanting to listen to them will have to drive to Trenton and listen to them there.
Is Judge Andresini deliberately withholding his ruling from the public? You decide.
