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FGJCNJ1970 wrote:
I did a quick google search. Per this article, they got a 5 year tax abatement.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/voices/index ... _on_green_and_in_ele.html

There are also a couple of articles of what they were planning to build before the housing market collapsed.

http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/fu ... July-4-on-remediated-land

All I can say is, if they plan on building a casino, there better NOT be any tax abatements doled out. Also, there better be some sort of revenue sharing program that goes directly for property tax relief for the rest of us and other community reinvestment.

First off, JC gets a tax relief check of a half a BILLION dollars a year from other NJ taxpayers to run JC schools. Consider yourself lucky.

Second, for the 160 acres they use, they don't have people living on that land-sending kids to schools, needing fire protection for houses on that land, policing the non-people who live there, etc.

Do you ever say to yourself, ?is it possible to sound more like a broken record?? I think if you are going to continue going to the well regarding JC getting tax money, you should at least liven it up a little. It?s just so freaking boring now.

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Yvonne wrote:
The state does pay the lionshare of school costs, but since 2005, taxpayers have seen an 40% increase in school taxes. At least in the suburbs everyone pays, close to one third is tax abated so those who pay is paying for those who do not pay.

You're in an interesting spot, Yvonne. You want the 'abated' to pay their fair share in JC, but don't mind that others are paying yours! :)

Just as we know what you are, we know what Yvonne is. She?s all about her own personal convenience and personal wealth in JC. You can add in some church stuff here as well. Nothing more and nothing less.

You, on the other hand, don?t understand that the second your property taxes drop to my level, you?ll have the Daniel Campbells of the world living next door. Try not to be so foolish and recognize that you get what you pay for.

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Yvonne wrote:
The state does pay the lionshare of school costs, but since 2005, taxpayers have seen an 40% increase in school taxes. At least in the suburbs everyone pays, close to one third is tax abated so those who pay is paying for those who do not pay.

You're in an interesting spot, Yvonne. You want the 'abated' to pay their fair share in JC, but don't mind that others are paying yours! :)

neverleft wrote:
Booker is also trying to get trucking laws changed because one of his Hollywood friends Tracy Morgan was involved in an accident where ONE person tragically died.

What?s funny is he did nothing for the ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN people who died in his city of Newark last year. He didn't even comment on their deaths.

greenville wrote:
How come he didn't speak about this before he got fired! Freaking clown.

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caj11 wrote:
more visitors to a city = more crime; it's a fact of life.

Explain NYC...

News flash, New York City has crime, at least some of it attributable to the fact that there are visitors from all over the world. Some of those visitors do get robbed/attacked sometimes. It happens. Of course, I will readily admit that all the extra tax revenue brought in and jobs created as a result of those visitors far outweighs the resulting added crime. I don't think the same thing could be said for Jersey City.

Also, when I say more crime, I am speaking in aggregate terms. The crime rate in Atlantic City is actually lower than it was before casinos if you count all the visitors as part of the city's population. But any way you slice it, the total amount of crime is higher - hence the need for more law enforcement and hence one of the previous posters' doubts about the Jersey City police being able to handle the added crime that comes with more visitors.

SteveWilson29 wrote:
Where exactly would a 100, 000 person stadium plus parking go? There's no room down there.

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Yvonne wrote:
So I guess we will continue to ignore the traffic jam that happens every day on Newark Avenue, even when the street is open. We will ignore the evidence because it doesn't suit our theory. We will ignore the constant traffic jam from Newark Avenue on Jersey Avenue down to the Medical Center and pretend that doesn't happen too. We will not request a traffic study because it might tell us things we don't want to hear. We will continue to live in ignorance because it suits our theory.

For this reason alone, change is necessary and the status quo is not an answer - A total review of the changing needs is being assessed and the pedestrian mall has merit, as the need to re-route the bottle neck traffic from the area.

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Yvonne wrote:Plus Fulop is giving generous tax abatements to McGreevey's friends, the Kushner family - Journal Square and changing the zoning for Unico for Kushner.

Why let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory, right Yvonne? As has been mentioned, on here, to you, directly, many times, the Kushner (Murray) of the JSQ abatement and Unico is the brother of the McGreevey-friend Kushner (Charlie). The brothers despise each other, one (Murray) having been involved in sending the other to jail. They haven't spoken to each other in many years.