Look at all those engineering professionals sought that will not be advertised outside of the GT website. I wonder how many firms will know about them that didn't give $53,000 to this government. I wonder how many firms will actually get engineering contracts that didn't give $53,000 to this government.

Few or None?

"Cardis also noted that any money spent on a vehicle lease would count within the 2 percent budget-increase cap imposed by Gov. Chris Christie's administration, but bonding does not."

This statement above by Mr. Cardis scares me a little. It kinda makes it sound like its okay if we find little tricks to do an end run around the budget-increase cap.
I hope that Mr. Cardis realizes that the spirit of the cap rule is to make municipalities aggressively tighten spending and live within its means; NOT to look for loopholes to get around the rule; NOT to kick the can down the road.
In fact I'll take it a step further -- The REAL spirit of the rule is to make NJ municipalities aggressively look to find ways to actually LOWER the embarrassing tax burden placed on its residents.

On a tangential subject, could someone explain the backstory regarding Councilwoman Evans? Viewing the situation from afar, she comes across as a pouty child who didn't get her way, so decided to take her ball and go home.
She was elected to do a job and serve her township. From my vantage point, she doesn't appear to be doing so.

Councilwoman Evans is about the only one of that group that speaks up for the people of GT. She has taken quite a beating at the hands of certain other members of council because of her positions. She has a lot more backbone than all the Me-Toos on council. And shame on the voters for not standing up for themselves. Perhaps we have all given up hope for a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

She spoke in favor of eliminating Pay to Play for one. I also recall she actually wanted to reduce the proposed school budgets per the demand of the voters. Of course neither of those happened (unless you consider 0.3% a real reduction). From where I stand, speaking up is much better than same old - same old. She seemed to be more the attackee than the attacker.

Allow me to go off on a bit of a tangent. NJ has (and always has had) the highest property taxes in the country. The average is about $8,000. The next highest state is about $4,500. So finding ways to keep that record intact is unacceptable.

Isn't it great Pete, bigdaddy1 seems to continue to argue Ms Evans sticks up for the residents in GT. I can't remember the last time she attended a council meeting that she didn't act like a promotional advertisement for Gov Christie, while just like the Governor she refused to address our school budget and even try to help reduce it. In fact I remember clearly her saying she would not be on any subcommittee that would cut the school budgets in order to save the tax payers some money. To me that action is one of the very reasons the other 80,000 residents of GT voted her out of office last week. Thank heavens the people of GT know what BS is and voted the governors propaganda machine out on her butt Now the Feds can finish what the people started and put her away for stealing paychecks from GT Taxpayers and refusing to do the job she took pay for.

What kind of hidden agenda could they possibly have had? Do you think they secretly new Ms Evans would fail at any attempts to cut the budget? Bottom line Ms Evans FAILED the TAXPAYERS by REFUSING yes REFUSING to be part of any subcommittee designed to cut the school budget, a job the tax payers elected her to do.

Your part of the corruption in this township N/A aka Frank Mellace. Your office was raided by the FEDS. Tax Clerk + Zoning Board + Bankruptcy Attorney Buddy + Realtor = http://articles.philly.com/2011-02-17/news/28549868_1_search-warrant-corruption-investigation-public-officials

Now we know that YMBDFA is Francis Mellace. This is a good start.

Frank Mellace aka ymbdfa - you need to see your fate in this movie. Show Kevin Piccolo, Daniel Hutchison and a few of your other corrupt friends. This movie is all about how municipalities run corruption and Gloucester Township is in it.

It starts in the tax office and then leads to Zoning Boards and corrupt attornies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP6ZP0DM1po

Moving on to information concerning bonds vs a corrupt tax clerk whose under federal investigation for embezzlement.

The Risk Is Becoming Reality - Credit Downgrades Already Affecting Some Muni Bonds

http://www.ricedelman.com/cs/education/article?articleId=1128&titleParam=The%20Risk%20Is%20Becoming%20Reality%20-%20Credit%20Downgrades%20Already%20Affecting%20Some%20Muni%20Bonds

Maybe the bickering children could go home and leave this post for the adults who might want to discuss the TOPIC!

Joshua, I deleted that post as a violation of Patch's Terms of Service and I deleted yours in response because it quoted it.

Everyone, keep the comments on topic and quit the personal attacks.

Joshua I just got a phone call and let me explain something to you and your crew, Your group is about as low is dispicable as it gets. Keep it up. I'm not going to stoop to your level say what you want. If you think for a second anything you and your group says effects me and what I do; LOOK AT THE ELECTION RESULTS!

To the Patch I am putting you on legal notice right now:

You are legally responsible for anything a poster puts in a blog on your site as you profit from bloggers involvement and actually pay certain bloggers to contribute and create controversy to attain viewers.

You’re allowing posts to stay on here knowing full well they are not true for the expectation of others to comment and create artificially higher viewer participation to artificially increase hit counter tallies and drive up advertisement prices. Hence you have a financial steak in the game and openly promote blogging to increase profits. When this happens your misrepresentations artificially heighten advertisement prices therefore you become financially responsible to make sure posts are correct.

What have you done to verify any of the posts you allow to stay on here that are only here for the purpose of slandering people?

I will give PATCH till morning to verify the posts on here for accuracy or remove them, If they are not removed I will file suit against Huffington Post, AOL, and PATCH for damages created by the posters on your site.

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