Galloway
residents who just received their tax bill and further disapprove of
the tax increase that has left many paying thousands of dollars more a
year, have planned a protest.
http://www.gallowaytownshipnews.com/2014/08/galloway-residents-plan-protest-on.html
http://www.gallowaytownshipnews.com/2014/08/galloway-residents-plan-protest-on.html
Homeowners in Galloway
Township are feeling the impact in their tax bills after a 42 percent
increase was enacted in May with the adoption of the 2014 municipal
budget.
Galloway unanimously approved a tax-rate increase of 20.3 cents to 68.3 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Officials
blamed the steep increase in the tax rate on the township's recent
revaluation, the loss of more than $830 million in assessed value and
$2.8 million in lost tax revenue last year.
The average home assessment dropped from $236,700 in 2013 to $167,400 in 2014 — a 29 percent decrease.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/eedition/news/residents-consider-fleeing-local-tax-climate/article_74c35378-9ba5-56f1-b1d6-ac998e24ea0a.html
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Mullica Township is due for a revaluation in 2015. If the chairman of the Atlantic City Republican Committee is considering moving here to escape tax increases, it might be a good indication that Mullica will not suffer as badly as surrounding areas.
The rural, sewer-free, un-congested nature of our township will be a drawing point for many people. No new developments will mean existing homes will increase in value.
With the healing begun in the school, all of Mullica could be a "Gem in the Pines"
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8/14/14
NJ's Local Finance Board voted Wednesday to pass the 29% 2014 tax increase on Atlantic City's residents and casinos. Board member, Frank Blee, of Mullica Township, abstained.
The AC administration had already imposed a 22% tax increase in 2013
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/eedition/news/state-oks-a-c--tax-increase-budget/article_4d180c74-a248-5024-8d91-db6a8917d119.html
8/15/14
AC votes for lower interest on late tax payments and extended time and payment plans.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/atlantic-city-council-votes-to-reduce-tax-interest-rates-extend/article_84c4f288-2409-11e4-9f8a-0019bb2963f4.html
A
29 percent increase in the Atlantic City's tax rate means coming up with an
additional $200 each month to pay the bill, said Mark Padula, who serves as
chairman of the Atlantic City Republican Committee.
He said he is considering moving to Mullica Township, where he won't have to come up with an extra $200 each month.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/eedition/news/residents-consider-fleeing-local-tax-climate/article_74c35378-9ba5-56f1-b1d6-ac998e24ea0a.html
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Mullica Township is due for a revaluation in 2015. If the chairman of the Atlantic City Republican Committee is considering moving here to escape tax increases, it might be a good indication that Mullica will not suffer as badly as surrounding areas.
The rural, sewer-free, un-congested nature of our township will be a drawing point for many people. No new developments will mean existing homes will increase in value.
With the healing begun in the school, all of Mullica could be a "Gem in the Pines"
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8/14/14
NJ's Local Finance Board voted Wednesday to pass the 29% 2014 tax increase on Atlantic City's residents and casinos. Board member, Frank Blee, of Mullica Township, abstained.
The AC administration had already imposed a 22% tax increase in 2013
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/eedition/news/state-oks-a-c--tax-increase-budget/article_4d180c74-a248-5024-8d91-db6a8917d119.html
8/15/14
AC votes for lower interest on late tax payments and extended time and payment plans.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/atlantic-city-council-votes-to-reduce-tax-interest-rates-extend/article_84c4f288-2409-11e4-9f8a-0019bb2963f4.html
12 comments:
A reval could mean that older homes will be assessed higher and newer homes lower. I will have to move out of state if my old house gets hit with more taxes. My only hope is a good selling price.
Sewers coming to Mullica are already another done deal, just like the rail transfer station was. They are designed to help a few landowners make a profit on their cheap land and move away, while the rest of the community is left holding the bag. The Republican dominated committee already voted for them, including Democratic turncoat Anthony Gabris.
To put the record straight, the Repubs wanted to approve sewers for ALL of Mullica. Gabris objected and they ended up compromising for just Elwood and the Pike. Gabris just wanted to settle for the Pike but they included Elwood.
4:57pm post
Of course, Gabris ran on no sewers and was elected with the support of Elwood's Democratic voters and that would make him a traitor to the community and a lackey of the Republicans. Sewers in Elwood will undoubtedly bring cheap apartments to Mullica that every homeowner will pay for in higher school and property taxes. You only need to look to Galloway to see Mullica's future.
5:20pm
If it wasn't for Gabris we would all be approved for sewers. He put up a fight AGAINST sewage. He's only one vote and at least he got the Repubs to compromise.
Apologize for Gabris if you want, but the truth is he sold out the people who supported him on an issue that was the basis of his campaign. It is well known that the plan always was to install sewers in Elwood and never Nesco, Sweetwater or Weekstown. To say that his vote saved these other villages from the possibility of getting sewers is a red herring, and you know it. The plan for sewers in Elwood was been in the works for many years and Mr. Gabris, having served as a municipal employee for many years beforehand, knew this and to say his vote was a compromise is just false. Ironically, no one on committee is from Elwood so it was easy for all of them to sell out the community, including Gabris.
There are no sewers approved for Mullica. Where do you people get your information? Let's not let facts and reason get in the way of our ranting.
Some sixty thousand dollars of tax money has already been approved to be spent to see if the former Waszen property is a suitable site for the sewerage treatment plant. It''s all in the public record.
To 9:56pm
The Committee approved Elwood Village Center and the White Horse Pike on the Sewer Service Area Map with the Atlantic County Wastewater Management Plan with resolution #88-2012
They also applied for a $100,000 feasibility study for sewer management and a possible water treatment plant said to be put on the Wazsen property.
That is the reason for concern.
Just what we need, a sewerage plant in the center of our commercial district, rather than a small commercial center and future rail stop as a symbol of our community. I guess that one can say it's keeping with the huge tire dump previously there that everyone instinctively thought of as being our town's cornerstone. Why do Mullica's voters seemingly always elect the lowest denominators as our elected officials?
11:43 pm
The people who get elected are the ones on the ballot. You seem to be so knowledgeable and intelligent about what Mullica needs, why don't you run for office.
I would suggest that you register as a Rebublican and get the party line vote from those who don't know anything about you except your party in Mullica.
Mullica should have non-partisan municipal elections, with members from five distinct areas of the township, if that is possible to work out, and voters would then be allowed to select their representative from the list of individual candidates running in their particular district. That would be a better way to assure that the desires and interests of the inhabitants are being represented than how it is now done.
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