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[quote="Guest"]Phylissanne Stehn, of Cranbury When I wrote a letter of endorsement three years ago for Win Cody, I was confident he would do a great job serving Cranbury residents. He has not disappointed me. He has worked with other Township Committee members to decrease spending and make good decisions for the town. Win was voted in as mayor by the Township Committee members in January because they respected him and his leadership capabilities. There are different types of leaders. I look for integrity, principles and conviction. These are uncertain times, and difficult choices have to be made. No one wants to see Cranbury change nor services reduced. Win’s life experiences and successful 30-year career, in which his financial opinion is highly respected, gives me reassurance he will make the right choice. The last Township Committee meeting was described as contentious. Committee members can disagree; it is a healthy process. I would rather witness that type of meeting than one where “rubber stamping” took place. Win is a proponent of an open and transparent government. The last two weeks I have had a crash course in budgets, and I am grateful the Township Committee agreed to a working budget session for their next meeting, Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. I am hopeful everyone will have agreed upon the numbers for discussion so another solution can be found instead of raising the municipal tax levy 2 cents and resolution without cutting services. Win’s opinion is that we do not raise taxes; that we look to using the surplus. http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/03/11/cranbury_press/news/doc4d79151d0006b279328315.txt[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Mar 18 2011, 11:21 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Don't raise taxes; use budget surplus</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">The fourth poster states incorrectly that we are wrong about building a giant surplus. If one reads the minutes of the meeting or the Cranbury Press they will see that---Cranbury has a 45% percent ratio of budget to surplus. The next closet to that is Rumson at 36%. There are no other local towns even close to that percentage. Its fine to be cautious but the committee seems to be raising taxes just because they can. Sure many of the high rollers don't care but those retirees and others who are on a limited income just can't afford this raise in taxes. Its too bad the canditates position differs from the committee members position now that they are in office.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Sorry, but you are wrong. The fourth poster correctly contradicted the statement that "they" are "building a giant surplus" and noted that every budget proposal on the table is reducing the surplus. You quote as your evidence to the contrary the size of the surplus today prior to the new budget and its relative percentage to other Townships. Why not quote the surplus from a couple years ago when it was even bigger? If you’re going to use the past to make comments on the future why not go for the biggest bang? But I guess the fact that it has been getting smaller doesn’t jive well with your “building” theory. <br /> <br />In any event, its logically completely unrelated to the statement that the current Committee is "building" the surplus. Perhaps if the statement had been that previous Committee's in previous years had, past tense, built a giant surplus you would have been correct. But none of the current Committee members are “building” the surplus at all; they all propose reducing it. Perhaps you need to look up the definition of “building.” Or perhaps you meant to say “hording” which at least is arguably possible, though subjective. But the bottom line is the surplus will be reduced. That is a fact, unless someone magically introduced a new budget not on the table and managed to get the taxpayers to vote an exception to the state tax increase cap to cover the massive tax increase necessary to not use any surplus this year and actually add to it.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Mar 18 2011, 9:01 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Don't raise taxes; use budget surplus</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">The fourth poster states incorrectly that we are wrong about building a giant surplus. If one reads the minutes of the meeting or the Cranbury Press they will see that---Cranbury has a 45% percent ratio of budget to surplus. The next closet to that is Rumson at 36%. There are no other local towns even close to that percentage. Its fine to be cautious but the committee seems to be raising taxes just because they can. Sure many of the high rollers don't care but those retirees and others who are on a limited income just can't afford this raise in taxes. Its too bad the canditates position differs from the committee members position now that they are in office.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />The Cranbury Press did not report the discussion on the surplus nor were the meeting minutes from the last meeting available. <br /> <br />What you and the press did not report was what was discussed regardinging the budget. <br /> <br />The surplus is 4.9 million. 1 million of that includes reserves for tax appeals from our large commercial district. 2 million is needed to maintain our AAA bond rating. <br /> <br />That means that the surplus is actually 1.9 million and the budget with no tax increase uses most of that money. Even if state aid comes in it will not be available for this year's budget, but will show in surplus for next year. <br /> <br />I don't think the TC has different positions from being candidates. They all said they would be fiscally responsible and do their best not to raise taxes. The town has lost a lot of value which means that our current tax rate brings in less revenue. <br /> <br />The other towns are also steadily raising taxes. We have not seen a rise in taxes for 3 years on the municpal level. I'll gladly take 2 cents now and hope to see 3 straight years again as opposed to using most of the 1.9 million now and then 4 cents tomorrow because we have no surplus left to offset our taxes.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Mar 18 2011, 8:19 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Don't raise taxes; use budget surplus</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The fourth poster states incorrectly that we are wrong about building a giant surplus. If one reads the minutes of the meeting or the Cranbury Press they will see that---Cranbury has a 45% percent ratio of budget to surplus. The next closet to that is Rumson at 36%. There are no other local towns even close to that percentage. Its fine to be cautious but the committee seems to be raising taxes just because they can. Sure many of the high rollers don't care but those retirees and others who are on a limited income just can't afford this raise in taxes. Its too bad the canditates position differs from the committee members position now that they are in office.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Mar 15 2011, 2:27 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Don't raise taxes; use budget surplus</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Robbed Again wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Its unfortunate Win did a bunch of work but as of tonights meeting they were all working with different numbers and the feeling other than from Win was RAISE TAXES and build a giant surplus. We have one of the highest surpluses in the state. By having that money lying around the temptation to spend is always close at hand. It seems that there are just too many folks who could care less about the $$$$. Its a shame that we have no control over the Board of Ed, nor the Library Board, nor the Rccreation Commission. We are captive in our own community and the select few control the spending. The $700,000. plus dollars the Library Board is holding hostage should be returned to the taxpayers. When will these people wake up!</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />As another poster has pointed out you have more control over the board of Ed. The TC has direct control over the Recreation Commission. The only one we don't have control over is the library board. This is because of the state mandate that we give them a percentage of the tax income. This is the kind of unfunded mandate that the state is unwilling to do anything about.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Mar 15 2011, 11:14 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Don't raise taxes; use budget surplus</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">As the Mayor said last night the board of Education will be raising taxes too. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Robbed Again wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Its unfortunate Win did a bunch of work but as of tonights meeting they were all working with different numbers and the feeling other than from Win was RAISE TAXES and build a giant surplus. We have one of the highest surpluses in the state. By having that money lying around the temptation to spend is always close at hand. It seems that there are just too many folks who could care less about the $$$$. Its a shame that we have no control over the Board of Ed, nor the Library Board, nor the Rccreation Commission. We are captive in our own community and the select few control the spending. The $700,000. plus dollars the Library Board is holding hostage should be returned to the taxpayers. When will these people wake up!</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />A couple of your statements are factually incorrect. They are not "building a giant surplus." Every proposal on the table is significantly reducing the existing surplus. The dispute is over how much. And you are wrong that Cranbury has one of the largest surpluses in the State. Wrong by a lot. <br /> <br />You have more control over the Board of Ed than you do over the Township Committee or any other Township organization. Not only are they elected officials but you get to vote on their budget. Last year it passed by over 70% despite a tax increase. <br /> <br />It sounds like your real gripe should be with why more of your fellow taxpayers don't share your opinions.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Mar 15 2011, 10:53 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Don't raise taxes; use budget surplus</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Robbed Again wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Its unfortunate Win did a bunch of work but as of tonights meeting they were all working with different numbers and the feeling other than from Win was RAISE TAXES and build a giant surplus. We have one of the highest surpluses in the state. By having that money lying around the temptation to spend is always close at hand. It seems that there are just too many folks who could care less about the $$$$. Its a shame that we have no control over the Board of Ed, nor the Library Board, nor the Rccreation Commission. We are captive in our own community and the select few control the spending. The $700,000. plus dollars the Library Board is holding hostage should be returned to the taxpayers. When will these people wake up!</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />A couple of your statements are factually incorrect. They are not "building a giant surplus." Every proposal on the table is significantly reducing the existing surplus. The dispute is over how much. And you are wrong that Cranbury has one of the largest surpluses in the State. Wrong by a lot. <br /> <br />You have more control over the Board of Ed than you do over the Township Committee or any other Township organization. Not only are they elected officials but you get to vote on their budget. Last year it passed by over 70% despite a tax increase. <br /> <br />It sounds like your real gripe should be with why more of your fellow taxpayers don't share your opinions.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Mar 15 2011, 8:40 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Don't raise taxes; use budget surplus</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Or he is wrong. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Robbed Again wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Its unfortunate Win did a bunch of work but as of tonights meeting they were all working with different numbers and the feeling other than from Win was RAISE TAXES and build a giant surplus. We have one of the highest surpluses in the state. By having that money lying around the temptation to spend is always close at hand. It seems that there are just too many folks who could care less about the $$$$. Its a shame that we have no control over the Board of Ed, nor the Library Board, nor the Rccreation Commission. We are captive in our own community and the select few control the spending. The $700,000. plus dollars the Library Board is holding hostage should be returned to the taxpayers. When will these people wake up!</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Robbed Again</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Mar 15 2011, 12:28 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Don't raise taxes; use budget surplus</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Its unfortunate Win did a bunch of work but as of tonights meeting they were all working with different numbers and the feeling other than from Win was RAISE TAXES and build a giant surplus. We have one of the highest surpluses in the state. By having that money lying around the temptation to spend is always close at hand. It seems that there are just too many folks who could care less about the $$$$. Its a shame that we have no control over the Board of Ed, nor the Library Board, nor the Rccreation Commission. We are captive in our own community and the select few control the spending. The $700,000. plus dollars the Library Board is holding hostage should be returned to the taxpayers. When will these people wake up!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Mar 11 2011, 1:26 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Don't raise taxes; use budget surplus</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Phylissanne Stehn, of Cranbury <br /> <br /> When I wrote a letter of endorsement three years ago for Win Cody, I was confident he would do a great job serving Cranbury residents. <br /> <br /> He has not disappointed me. He has worked with other Township Committee members to decrease spending and make good decisions for the town. <br /> <br /> Win was voted in as mayor by the Township Committee members in January because they respected him and his leadership capabilities. <br /> <br /> There are different types of leaders. I look for integrity, principles and conviction. <br /> These are uncertain times, and difficult choices have to be made. No one wants to see Cranbury change nor services reduced. <br /> <br /> Win’s life experiences and successful 30-year career, in which his financial opinion is highly respected, gives me reassurance he will make the right choice. <br /> <br /> The last Township Committee meeting was described as contentious. Committee members can disagree; it is a healthy process. I would rather witness that type of meeting than one where “rubber stamping” took place. <br /> <br /> Win is a proponent of an open and transparent government. The last two weeks I have had a crash course in budgets, and I am grateful the Township Committee agreed to a working budget session for their next meeting, Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. <br /> <br /> I am hopeful everyone will have agreed upon the numbers for discussion so another solution can be found instead of raising the municipal tax levy 2 cents and resolution without cutting services. <br /> <br /> Win’s opinion is that we do not raise taxes; that we look to using the surplus. <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/03/11/cranbury_press/news/doc4d79151d0006b279328315.txt" target="_blank">http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/03/11/cranbury_press/news/doc4d79151d0006b279328315.txt</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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