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ianmac47 wrote:
After a revaluation, the tax rate will fall tremendously because of the increase in value over the last 22 years of all property in the city. However, the downtown property owners will likely see a much higher tax bill since property downtown has increased, proportionately, more than property in the rest of the city.

Not all downtown property owners will be hurt by a reval. Anyone that's recently bought a new or refurbished property downtown (ex tax-abated/PILOTed properties) should see their taxes go down. And I think there are a lot of those out there.

FrGuidoSarducci wrote:
Buck Swindler has no qualifications for this job. Founding Golden Door and whining for vouchers qualifies him ? Give me a break.

All Christie wants to do is stick it to the teachers union, a right wingnut whipping boy.

blogcityblog wrote:
There's also the question of municipal runoffs, quite common in JC. Will we then be holding runoff elections right after Thanksgiving? or in early December? How's the turnout for that gonna be. Mayor Healy made that point in an interview on blogcityblog.com (in case you wanna take a listen).

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Yvonne wrote:
The elections were separate (May) because they are non-partisan, not Democratic or Republican.

Which is nice in theory but doesn't seem to be the practice. The HCD(emocratic)O has dominated the seen for a long time. Healy ran with the backing of Corzine and, allegedly, Obama. Menendez's pawprints are all over everything that happens in Hudson County where, presumably, everything is non-partisan. Let's be honest about how things really are - do we really think a switch to November and partisan elections will result in meaningful change?

marybarr wrote:
I have to disagree. The majority of my furniture and decorative pieces are from the late 20's early 30's and I didn't even have to have them refurbished. Clothes, hats, purses, and furs have survived, they do need to be treated well, but are generally VERY interesting and elegant when they are. Jewelry, even not made of gold and silver, are around and just need to be cleaned and any stones, etc. replaced. Back in the days when I had a slimmer figure I often wore dresses from the 30's and 40's.

GrovePath wrote:
I'm no expert but as far as clothing they are likely more 70's & 80's or even newer. I think 1920's and 30's - if not in a museum somewhere will likely fall apart on you.

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Ms_Taggart wrote:
cool - thanks! how vintage do they go? anything from 20/30s?

T-Bird wrote:

Booting on the first offense seems harsh to me but may be necessary in certain areas. What isn't okay is ticketing/booting when no offense has occurred.

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Keeping guns out of the hands of people like you makes us all safer.

Not true. I'd rather there be citizens trained in the use of firearms around in the event I find myself the victim of a violent crime. At least that way, there's chance the crime can be stopped. By the time the police get there, it's always too late.

GrovePath wrote:
A few places jump to mind - but I'll wait to see what others think. What I was shocked to see was all the massage parlors that opened on top floors on Grove - like above Hard Grove and the place next door. Why bother fixing up the stop!

Xerxes wrote:
Christie can be counted on to work tirelessly to root out all DEMOCRATIC corruption.
Corrupt Republicans are immune from scrutiny for the next 4 years.

AmyJCNJ wrote:
I just don't like the idea of Verizon or Comcast telling me which websites I can and cannot access. If they want to charge for mb usage that's a different debate. But websites come and go just like other trends and it seems greedy to me to charge for popular websites such as facebook and hulu.