Tonight: 8:00 PM Candidates Night

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[Guest]

Here ate the points where the Mayor was wrong.

1) he stated he thought the economy would rebound.

2) he stated the master plan changes on which he is a member ofthe subcommittee last year and this would be implemented. It has yet to be.

3) that we would have an increase in ratables. We have notvseen new building and rates continue to drop.

4) he stated we had over 3 million of surplus on capital. It was proven wrong.

5) he stated the library surplus had to be returned to the town ( it did not)

6) he accused the town of having an illegal surplus andvwould speak with Christie.

7) on the money from the state we used it to pay down debt. If it had not come in and the town borrowed from surplus on the assumption it would we would be in a dire position next year. If you want to blame someone blame the governor for not guaranteeing aid. Now we have 500k less of debt and we have more surplus to use in 2012 to reduce the tax rate. And before I get an argument here is the math. 4 million of surplus minus 1 million from tax appeal reserves and minus 2 million from AAA rating leaves us with 1 million left to offset taxes in 2012. This year the town raised taxes two cents and used 1.7 million from surplus. If the state money did not come in we would have 500k to use. So we would have a tax increase in 2012 even if we exhausted surplus and made cuts. So the TC did the right thing for the long term interest of the town.

[Guest]

Let me add that I also think Win felt and is doing what he thinks is best for the town. It may not be what the other TC members feel is right or what some residents feel is right, but there is no doubt he's trying his best. In fact his prior two years I thought he was excellent.

No person will be right 100% of the time and even on the part that matters the finances it still comes down to the long term.

Even being right or wrong is often subjective. I'd rather have a TC that disagrees than votes blindly 5-0. I just think how the TC approaches the vote and discussion is key.