I'd sign the petition if it repealed the ol' boy property tax deals that some RE developers got in JC from the .GOV mob over the last 20 years....

P.S. All U.S. gov't. is now officially a scam!

Thanks for the bump.

Up to 859 now, so anyone who has not signed yet, should do that.

Also, share it with your friends, neighbors, and anyone you know who lives in Jersey City.

Even those who are renting will feel the impact of this tax increase.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/s ... ey-city-tax-increase.html

Just a reminder especially for people who are home today and haven't seen this.

Signed
The hubby & I will be there tomorrow.
Thanks for posting!

I second CJ (above). In order for the petition to be taken seriously, we'd need thousands of people to sign and coverage from a major news network. Can we do that? Yes, but we're still a long way to go.

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I would guess that the problem with this and the election get out the vote for anyone but Healy campaign is that more than half of the voters in this city don't own a computer and therefore are not ever going to even see this. If people really wanna get something done I believe that they are gonna have to get out and go door to door in areas of this city that most wouldn't even drive through.
However, this is better than nothing and at least a start.

we signed this, and it said "you're number 413 to sign this"... i dont think those kind of numbers are going to impress anyone...

I wonder if this will actually work. I would like it too. What are some solutions we have as a city for some cuts we can recommend to our pols to hold their feet to the fire with a viable alternative?

Everyone -

Please copy and paste below into an email and send to all JC residents that you know.
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Please sign the petition to stop the Jersey City property tax increase.

http://www.gopetition.com/online/33870.html

If you haven?t heard, your February 2010 quarterly tax bill is 25% higher than your November bill. Your May bill will be identical to Feb.

We already pay high taxes and the schools and county taxes will be going up too!

That makes for another annual tax increase of almost 14% just for the City with no end in sight. The city has run out of 1 shot gimmicks and has done nothing to cut the annual $40+ million deficit?. the Healy patronage, excessive OT and sweet heart deals are alive & well.

This petition asks Governor Christie to disallow the increase in real estate taxes and refuse to grant Jersey City its pending application to increase real estate taxes above the mandated 4 percent annual ceiling.

The city had its application to raise taxes above the 4 percent ceiling approved last year... stopping the application may make the city to reconsider the proposed tax increases, and potentially reconsider its budget, revenues, expenses and priorities.

The petition is online. Please sign it.

http://www.gopetition.com/online/33870.html

PLEASE PASS THIS EMAIL ON.

I saw this in the Jersey Journal. It appears that Christie is saying no to uncontrolled spending by local authorities, etc. so the petition may have more weight than one would think based on past experience. The ordinance and the tax increase does go through a local/regional finance board.

So please sign or volunteer to get signatures.

http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page ... _nj_authorities_hold.html

They used to be New Jersey?s dirty little secrets, but not anymore. For three weeks, Gov. Chris Christie, the voter-appointed fiscal sniper, has been firing shots at free-spending regional boards and authorities.
Bam! The Delaware River and Bay Authority?s 3 percent budget increase is rejected by Christie because it outpaces inflation.
Bam! Christie blocks the School Development Authority from spending another $1.2 million on the construction of Burlington City High School, already $18 million over budget.
Bam! Christie blocks $415,608 in Urban Entreprise Zone Authority spending because $399,608 would pay salaries and benefits for only four employees of the Hillside Clean Team VIII project to keep the downtown area neat.
Christie has taken aim at "the hidden economy," he calls it ? largely unregulated agencies that are patronage pits of nepotism, outrageous salaries and excessive spending, often protected by well-connected politicians and well-paid lobbyists. These boards spend tens of millions of dollars without having to answer to voters. Now Christie wants them answerable to him.
The governor has control over some, but not all, of these agencies. That?s why Christie is asking the Legislature to pass a bill, proposed by State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), that would give him power over the others, like the fiscally reckless Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. Christie wants the power to veto those agencies? minutes to block specific spending.
The PVSC has become the whipping boy of waste because it has an executive director making $313,000 a year, 82 employees earning more than $100,000 and spends rate-payer money on Trenton lobbyists. The payroll looks like a family tree of the politically connected.
But that?s peanuts. Weinberg says she uncovered $13 million in legal fees and $3 million spent on public relations over a six-year period. One lobbyist was paid $100,000 to create a coloring book, she said.
Assemblyman Gordon Johnson once described the PVSC?s budget, now $164 million, as "an awful lot of money to push poopy through a pipe."
"We?re going to rein in these authorities and let them know they are answerable to the people who are elected," Christie said.
These boards need a watchdog, so why not the governor ? the dog with the biggest bite?

We need volunteers to work in Grove Street path station, Newport/Pavonia path station and JSQ path station;
I will be in JSQ path station on monday (2/8) between 5pm to 7pm... the target is to collect 20000 signatures!! Let us get this done...

there is a petition circulating in the city ...

this petition asks gov christie to disallow the increase in real estate taxes and refuse to grant jersey city its pending application to increase real estate taxes above the mandated 4 percent annual ceiling ...

the city had its application to raise taxes above the 4 percent ceiling approved last year... stopping the application may make the city to reconsider the proposed tax increases, and potentially reconsider its budget, revenues, expenses and priorities ...

the petition is online, and if you are interested in signing the petition to gov christie, feel free to do so ...

the full text of the petition is available here:

http://www.gopetition.com/online/33870.html


if city hall does not listen to us, they will have to listen to the state ...

share the link with all your friends and neighbors in the city .... make a difference in the life of the city and start building a new future ...