Thursday, May 7, 2015

Record Article: Taxes top on Lodi voters' minds in upcoming election



Two takeaways from the below article:


1)      Bruce Masopust couldn’t be more proud of his failed policies that gave Lodi the third highest effective tax rate in all of Bergen County (out of 70 towns).  Anyone that attends any council meetings knows that the “zero municipal increase” rhetoric is a fake premise.  As you can see from last year: they introduce a budget, they brag there is zero municipal increase, they go to the state and spend millions more in “emergency spending”, and they borrow millions more to pay for the most basic expenses.   You are left with the third highest effective tax rate in Bergen County and you are buried in debt.  All gimmicks and empty rhetoric.


2)      In two newspaper articles that went out today, Patty Licata says her big achievement is the reduction in force in the DPW.  I find it unconscionable that she continues to brag about laying off two employees that each had years of seniority over her son.  She continues to add insult to injury.  Her actions are unjust, mean-spirited, and shameful.


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