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[quote="Guest"]Just to add my two cents. There was a time, long ago in the 20's and prior when Hightstown had a thriving economy and was a town that people wanted to live in. Then it took a turn and now the schools are horrible. Bridgeport, CT was a thriving city that many robber barrons and celebrities (PT Barnum) built mansions. I am saying this not to keep affordable housing out, because a certain amount should be built. However, at a rate of 1 to 1 or even 30-50% a town like Cranbury will go the likes of those other places. It will be a has been because there is no way that our schools or tax structure could support this growth and maintain the level of education and services we receive today.[/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: Tue, Jun 17 2008, 6:22 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I agree. Here is what I see. <br /> <br />Trenton and the other RCAs now will get the 2.5% builder fee, but Cranbury cannot charge the developers. The chance of Trenton giving Cranbury or any other similar town funding for the housing is tiny. All we need to see is our state aid for the town or school. So our taxes will be rising dramatically over the next 5-10 years if we stay in COAH. <br /> <br />The politicians like it because the more people they can get out from the cities the more voters they feel they will have in the small towns. One because this group will be thankful and two because the people already support the politicians so they will have a power expansion. <br /> <br />The politicians have no fear of retribution because the state is heavily left leaning so they know they have enough base to push changes through and not fear a back lash. It is why Corzine can have a 52% approval rating when he's done more damage than Gov. Florio. <br /> <br />If we had a Rep. Governor and a Dem assembly and senate or a Rep. majority in the assembly or senate and Dem governor then we'd have seen a compromise on these bills.</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>edk</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, Jun 17 2008, 5:57 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</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">Just to add my two cents. There was a time, long ago in the 20's and prior when Hightstown had a thriving economy and was a town that people wanted to live in. Then it took a turn and now the schools are horrible. Bridgeport, CT was a thriving city that many robber barrons and celebrities (PT Barnum) built mansions. <br /> <br />I am saying this not to keep affordable housing out, because a certain amount should be built. However, at a rate of 1 to 1 or even 30-50% a town like Cranbury will go the likes of those other places. It will be a has been because there is no way that our schools or tax structure could support this growth and maintain the level of education and services we receive today.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Good points about what our Cranbury community can even sustain. We had 311 years of slow growth here in Cranbury, it was on purpose, and was the MAIN reason we invested so much of our planning to attract warehouses on the other side of RT130. Our past majors all used the same playbook to keep this side of Cranbury growing slowly but predictably. They even planned Affordable House by mixing in throughout our township in a synergistic manor. <br /> <br />Now COAH is forcing Cranbury to through away 311 years of smart planning and the strategy that kept life good here will forever change if Trenton doesn’t correct this retroactive inaccurate formula. <br /> <br />To me personally COAH is telling Cranbury that we are using this "fictitious employment formula" to overestimate the workers retroactive in your town and your current citizens will have to pony up the cost to build COAH homes. Its akin to the FEDS taxing your 401K saving this year without warning and all your retirement planning goes up in smoke. <br /> <br />THIS IS NOT JUST A CRANBURY PROBLEM, or Clinton Township, or the other 26munis that are fighting the unfair practices of COAH 3rd round. If Trenton government lets this happen to our small towns they set a precedence to force retroactive unfair change to all here in NJ. This is just plain unfair for NJ in general.</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, Jun 17 2008, 5:35 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Just to add my two cents. There was a time, long ago in the 20's and prior when Hightstown had a thriving economy and was a town that people wanted to live in. Then it took a turn and now the schools are horrible. Bridgeport, CT was a thriving city that many robber barrons and celebrities (PT Barnum) built mansions. <br /> <br />I am saying this not to keep affordable housing out, because a certain amount should be built. However, at a rate of 1 to 1 or even 30-50% a town like Cranbury will go the likes of those other places. It will be a has been because there is no way that our schools or tax structure could support this growth and maintain the level of education and services we receive today.</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>edk</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, Jun 17 2008, 5:00 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I ment to say 1 COAH home for each Cranbury household, that's aprox 1000 COAH .vs. 1100 Cranbury Residence in the very near future - we have aprox 200 already built/planned here in Cranbury BTW.</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>edk</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, Jun 17 2008, 4:52 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</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>Stop the Whining wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <br /> <br />Many good people who know a lot more than most of us are working to get this issue resolved, and I am confident that it eventually will be.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />It is that kind of indifference and lack of self-motivation that will ensure Trenton bad policies are forced onto Cranbury. I wouldn’t be so confident that the 5 part-time members of the TC dont need your help, they are more then capable professionals, ...BUT they are also limited in one important way that you (and I) are not, because they have to do everything via the official political channels. <br /> <br />I know for a fact, they can use additional help from us citizens. You should not underestimate the power you have as a citizen to voice your personal story. <br /> <br />How these potential changes will affect your own life. As a mom raising 5 kids in Cranbury and the dad has to commute to NY to afford the roof over your heads in NJ, does he see his kids each day or is his commute so long and late that he's a weekend dad? How does that affect your own life when Trenton tells you to raise your taxes, pay for a bigger school system, build your own treatment plants, etc. Dad will have to work two jobs or move out of NJ. Is 20% ratio fair mix in Cranbury? I think its more then fair when you compare other munis around NJ that don’t even come that close to addressing low income housing like we do here in Cranbury. <br /> <br />There's an easy way for you to get educated about COAH and how it will personally affect your own life. Read this board and use Google. Share your point of view with the Press, the forum here, and anyone else in NJ that needs to know how unfair this burden is for Cranbury and you personally – i.e. NJ Politicians. The Cranbury Citizens voice is a major factor in our future existence or demise. Its not about ending Affordable Housing here- we all support COAH’s end game in Cranbury, its about CRANBURY's FAIR SHARE OF IT. They are asking Cranbury to build 1 COAH home for every one of our households. And that means more infrastructure build out, sprawl, and higher taxes for you personally.</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>Stop the Whining</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, Jun 17 2008, 3:46 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</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"> <br />Trenton politics is the worst in the nation and it drives business away from New Jersey. <br /></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Is it really that bad? #50 out of 50 States? How do you rank States? <br /> <br />I feel blessed to live in this town, and I count my blessing every day. Our children in this town grow up in a very sanitized environment. Very homogeneous by my standards. Is this an advantage? Are we depriving them of living amongst poverty? <br /> <br />12.5% of children in NJ live below the poverty line. That is well over a quarter million kids. I don't know.....I don't think I have too much to complain about. We're alive and well, and have food on the table. <br /> <br />Without diversity, which to some extend means individuals with "lower" income in this town, we're missing out. It's quite a balance act to maintain the character of Cranbury, but also to provide enough housing that is deemed "affordable". I don't really know what that actually means anymore....."affordable".....is it "affordable" to us when we pay $ 1 million for 4 acres on 130 to build more housing? Maybe it would have been better to integrate "affordable" housing into developments as they were built. But it is too late for that solution. Why couldn't we build affordable housing near Updike when that development went up? <br /> <br />Many good people who know a lot more than most of us are working to get this issue resolved, and I am confident that it eventually will be.</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: Mon, Jun 16 2008, 2:35 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Are there any constitutional scholars here? <br /> <br />Trenton politics is the worst in the nation and it drives business away from New Jersey. <br />A few years ago, some townships in Essex County such as Millburn and Livingston made a resolution to join Morris County. I am wondering if it allows municipalities from one state to join another state.</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: Mon, Jun 16 2008, 11:52 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I thought COAH is all about affordable housing. It seems COAH has a new goal of fixing the problems for Trenton and other similar towns.</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>Cranbury Conservative</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: Mon, Jun 16 2008, 11:24 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">So according to the editorial we are not doing are part. Well here are some numbers.... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />School Budget State Aid <br />From the Dept Of Education for NJ: <br /> <br />District: TRENTON CITY <br />County: MERCER <br />Total State Aid Payment 2007-2008: $219,679,974 <br /> <br /> <br />District: CRANBURY TWP <br />County: MIDDLESEX <br />Total State Aid Payment 2007-2008: $727,735 <br /> <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> <br /> <br />And where to the tax dollars that support Trenton come from???? <br /> <br />The hard working residents of Cranbury sure do help those numbers. We do not get allot in return and as thanks we need to stop ducking our affordable housing obligation. <br /> <br />Let's think back in history... <br /> <br />Can anyone say taxation without representation?</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: Mon, Jun 16 2008, 10:22 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">They need to ask the <span style="font-weight: bold">parents</span> of those kids to step up and be concerned about their kids education. The US offers the best opportunities for minorities already. <br /> <br />My family was poor, but my parents tried their best in offering us a good education.</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>Jersey Dad</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: Mon, Jun 16 2008, 10:03 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</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>Cranbury Conservative wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <br />RCAs not only harm cities and older suburbs, they harm all people. <br />...wealthier families and their children are denied the opportunity to live and grow up in a racially and economically diverse community. <br /> <br />© 2008 The Times of Trenton <br />© 2008 NJ.com All Rights Reserved.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I find it disrespectful to middle-class minority families to suggest that racial diversity cannot exist without goverment subsidized housing. I imagine these Reverends' hearts are in the right place, but I suggest that low and moderate income families would be better served if the focus were on expanding opportunities for economic advancement.</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: Sun, Jun 15 2008, 3:09 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I believe they took the COAH numbers and multiplied it out times the businesses. I would guess one of the COAH supporters in Trenton supplied figures. Or simply they made the numbers up. Let's also not forget that the Cranbury zip code covers more than just our town and there are business with our zip that are not in Cranbury. <br /> <br />They also have motivation. If the regional agreements are eliminated then they get cash for their cities and more money without the burden of more people. <br /> <br />On a side note did anyone see the Times today where our wonderful state legislature wants to reduce the drug free school zones from 1000 to 200 feet because it is unfair to drug dealers and addicts in Trenton. Our politicians are losing their mind quite quickly.</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>Frugality In Cranbury</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: Sun, Jun 15 2008, 12:19 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">[quote=" <br />From 1980 to 2006, 775 homes were built and well over 7,000 jobs created in Cranbury. At roughly the same time (1980 to 2005), only 76 affordable units were built, and seven demolished. Cranbury shipped 110 affordable housing units out of town via RCAs. Obvi ously, very few of Cranbury's new workers are able to live in the town. [/quote] <br /> <br />Where did the coalition get their numbers of homes and jobs created when Cranbury Township doesn't even know. Are these number accurate or are these numbers supplied by COAH (using their fuzzy math)?</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: Sun, Jun 15 2008, 11:27 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">"The Rev. Javier A. Diaz is pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Trenton and a congregational member of the New Jersey Regional Coalition. Martin Johnson is founder and CEO of Isles Inc. and president of the board of the New Jersey Regional Coalition. The Rev. Charles J. Stephens is pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing in Titusville, and a congregational member of the New Jersey Regional Coalition." <br /> <br />Why are thees people (church people?) picked on Cranbury? What are their motivations? What do they gain for doing such an editorial?</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>edk</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: Sun, Jun 15 2008, 8:46 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">We Cranbury citizens need to correct this public slurring and inaccurate information promptly. I've setup a social networking site to help co-ordinate our citizens response. The TC is working hard on the official channel, but they need our help in the public opinion arena and press. Lets get organized at: <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.CranburyNJ.info" target="_blank" class="postlink">http://www.CranburyNJ.info</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> <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: Sat, Jun 14 2008, 10:22 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: COAH this is what we are up against (Trenton Time Editorial Rips Cranbury)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">According to the government I am rich. I make 120K and my wife makes 50K, so 170K in total. We have 3 kids so that means we are paying for child care services. My wife can't quit because on a 120K we could not afford a family of 4 in a good school district. She is taxed at my rate so we owe money each year to the IRS. Yet, we have two cars the newest is a 1999 Pontiac. We did save and put 15% down on our home. However, we pay PMI and because I am "wealthy" we can't get the tax break passed last year. According to Corzine's new plan we won't have get a property tax rebate because we're "wealthy". My brother relocated to the North Carolina and kept the same New York city salary. He's living large and has a lot of breathing room for his family now. When will politicians look at the people and the areas we live? If you live in a low cost area then you benefit. If you live on the east coast you suffer. <br /> <br />Either you are very poor and can get great housing or you have to be very rich. Those of us in the middle are stuck paying the bill for everyone else. I'd love for my wife to stay home, but we'd have to move to Lawrence, Hightstown or Hamilton and we want our kids to have a good school system.</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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