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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 45367-8o65</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: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 10:17 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Getting off the subject here, but I have to respond to the above comment about the slow response time of our first aid squad. My family had the unfortunate requirement of needing these folks twice. Both times they were at our house very quickly, and both times these were major emergencies. <br /> <br />Now, thanks TC for once again being fiscally responsible and lowering our tax rate while making necessary improvements in town.</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>Anon.r3245-0076</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, Feb 12 2019, 7:58 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The First Aid response is never important until you or a family member are the person who needs the help. It seems that even after many incidents that have shown response time is way too long and the emergency needs of the residents are not being met the TC needs to address those concerns. Public Safety is a primary responsibility of the Township Committee.</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>anon-90sr</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, Feb 12 2019, 3:34 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</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>anon-9287 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Nice try at baiting. <br /> <br /> If people moved in after 1990 they should have known they were moving into a warehouse district. The Jamesway was there in the 1980’s so anyone who was buying should have said wait a second. You can’t pay lower value on a home in a warehouse zone and then turn around and complain that there are trucks and you’re impacted. The taxes, home values in that section all account for that inconvenience. <br /> <br />That stated, I do think the TC should do something within reason such as signage to avoid trucks going down the residential street.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I remember Cranbury station in the early 90's. Nice little place you pass through when taking the backroads. A far cry from it turned into these days.</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>anon-r5qq</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, Feb 12 2019, 11:14 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Just know we are getting taxes cut and saving 650 a year but don’t expect an ambulance to show up when you need 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="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>anon-4170</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, Feb 12 2019, 10:29 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">There was a Jamesway in the very early 80’s. Again if they looked.</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>anon-s316</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, Feb 12 2019, 10:00 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</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>anon-9287 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Nice try at baiting. <br /> <br /> If people moved in after 1990 they should have known they were moving into a warehouse district. The Jamesway was there in the 1980’s so anyone who was buying should have said wait a second. You can’t pay lower value on a home in a warehouse zone and then turn around and complain that there are trucks and you’re impacted. The taxes, home values in that section all account for that inconvenience. <br /> <br />That stated, I do think the TC should do something within reason such as signage to avoid trucks going down the residential street.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />... And the people that have been living there since before 1990?</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>anon-4170</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, Feb 12 2019, 8:29 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Poster s316 is the indivisible troll from a few threads ago on the election. Do not engage.</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>anon-9287</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, Feb 12 2019, 8:13 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Nice try at baiting. <br /> <br /> If people moved in after 1990 they should have known they were moving into a warehouse district. The Jamesway was there in the 1980’s so anyone who was buying should have said wait a second. You can’t pay lower value on a home in a warehouse zone and then turn around and complain that there are trucks and you’re impacted. The taxes, home values in that section all account for that inconvenience. <br /> <br />That stated, I do think the TC should do something within reason such as signage to avoid trucks going down the residential street.</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>anon-s316</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, Feb 12 2019, 8:06 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</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>anon-7666 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>anon-pnq5 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Or Liberty Way or Petty Road. There are a lot of projects on the list. <br />It is interesting that the lake gets top billing all of a sudden. <br /> <br />No mystery why taxes are being lowered - more ratables and the economy is better. Not magic. <br /> <br />But to give back a full 10 cents when we do have a lot of things that have been put on the back burner for so long. Giving back some makes sense.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />If you read the letter they have a number of road projects in addition to the lake. <br /> <br />For a group of people saving money you seem to only want problems. <br /> <br />You do also realize that the warehouses and financials are only hear because of past Tc members and Planning board members and Dan, Glenn, Jay, Susan and Dave who tightened spending the past 10 years. No one lucked into this situation except maybe Mike and Matt, but they too worked to help the town the last 1.5 years.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I guess Glenn, Jay, and Dan have to take part of the blame for the Cranbury Station mess since all of them have been on the TC for 10+ years. <br /> <br />What is the long-term solution for our neighbors living in that part of town?</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>anon-7666</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, Feb 11 2019, 4:24 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</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>anon-pnq5 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Or Liberty Way or Petty Road. There are a lot of projects on the list. <br />It is interesting that the lake gets top billing all of a sudden. <br /> <br />No mystery why taxes are being lowered - more ratables and the economy is better. Not magic. <br /> <br />But to give back a full 10 cents when we do have a lot of things that have been put on the back burner for so long. Giving back some makes sense.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />If you read the letter they have a number of road projects in addition to the lake. <br /> <br />For a group of people saving money you seem to only want problems. <br /> <br />You do also realize that the warehouses and financials are only hear because of past Tc members and Planning board members and Dan, Glenn, Jay, Susan and Dave who tightened spending the past 10 years. No one lucked into this situation except maybe Mike and Matt, but they too worked to help the town the last 1.5 years.</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>anon-pnq5</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, Feb 11 2019, 3:35 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Or Liberty Way or Petty Road. There are a lot of projects on the list. <br />It is interesting that the lake gets top billing all of a sudden. <br /> <br />No mystery why taxes are being lowered - more ratables and the economy is better. Not magic. <br /> <br />But to give back a full 10 cents when we do have a lot of things that have been put on the back burner for so long. Giving back some makes sense.</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>anon-rqsq</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, Feb 11 2019, 12:05 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</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>anon-03n3 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">There is no cost yet or plan yet for removal. The TC did a preliminary test and found there were not high levels of nasty things. The TC stated their next phase is the detailed review and then once that is done find out what the transportation options are and where it can go. <br /> <br />The point is if you do nothing the lake goes away and there are very few residents that are okay with no lake in town.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />forget the lake we need bike paths and a new library</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>anon-03n3</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, Feb 11 2019, 9:46 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">There is no cost yet or plan yet for removal. The TC did a preliminary test and found there were not high levels of nasty things. The TC stated their next phase is the detailed review and then once that is done find out what the transportation options are and where it can go. <br /> <br />The point is if you do nothing the lake goes away and there are very few residents that are okay with no lake in town.</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>anon-s316</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, Feb 11 2019, 9:20 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</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>anon-7666 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">If the lake is not dredged it will fill in to a swamp. The town did a preliminary soil test that showed it was not highly contaminated as you are saying. If you don’t believe me ask town hall. <br /> <br />Don’t go spreading this misinformation. <br /> <br />If you want the lake to go away that is a central part of our town, then you are in the minority. And you don’t say what you want the money spent on.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />If the contamination is not that bad, then why spend premium $$$ to get that mud transported far away to some site that can handle that toxic sludge. Let's build a new sledding hill instead and save the money. Just pesticide residue? That's not bad. <br /> <br />Or maybe we can dump it across the street near one of the warehouses. Cranbury residents pay dearly for this mismanagement.</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>anon-7666</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, Feb 10 2019, 7:37 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">If the lake is not dredged it will fill in to a swamp. The town did a preliminary soil test that showed it was not highly contaminated as you are saying. If you don’t believe me ask town hall. <br /> <br />Don’t go spreading this misinformation. <br /> <br />If you want the lake to go away that is a central part of our town, then you are in the minority. And you don’t say what you want the money spent on.</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>anon;oqs7-0076</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, Feb 9 2019, 10:47 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Budget Letter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The contamination is from historic use of pesticides [Google--- Historic Pesticide Use N. J. ]. Cranbury as an agricultural community used those products for decades. The township failed to adopt provisions for erosion control. Those contaminants were part of the soil erosion that occurred at the warehouses that were built on Station road and Half Acre road due to failure to provide the approved erosion control measures that were part of the zoning approval process .Cranbury refused to properly oversee those projects and enforce the conditions of approval. The township was warned about the problem after the last time they had to dredge the lake. <br /> That hill in the park is the contaminated soil that was left to be played on by the children on the mountain in the park from the last dredging. The benefit of dredging now will only benefit the Whos Who of the Lake crowd [Cook -Nissen etc.]. We really are wasting our money on this project where we could be doing more constructive things with our $$$.</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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