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For A Few Dollars More? Where has ratable chase gotten US?

Budget becomes political instead of actually making sense; Community vs Individual. Parsippany is US.

Community not Individual is how we maintain ourselves. For a Few Dollars More.

To be elected is to be in "partnership" for what is best for all as a municipality not political hype and the automatic tax revolt impulse. Taxes are for necessity ; or mutual consent of something other, like the senior bus program for example. We are talking pocket change to maintain the common. The problem lies in an unfair tax system overall on the Highest level; in others words a "weak federal government" undermined by corporate power over the actual needs of ordinary people".


We must have infrastructure, such as water and sewer, which now are in need of repair, that money be in trust for such things and not used for budget gimmicks is paramount to a system of integrity.
$3.7 Million Give Away
The last administration betrayed their own community in the No Rezone waterview fiasco, disrespected our wishes and master plan, we paid for a Town Attorney, John Inglesino who allowed it all, while being paid with our tax dollars, aiding and abetting RD developer, not the community. Citizens group paid additional legal fees besides taxes in pursuit of this endeavor to maintain Parsippany's Character and landscape, to be slyly undermined. No Rezone meant No.
Same Cabal surrendered $3.7 million, local open space tax, to RD developer waterview buffer called open space, something that could of been zoned.

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Both Parties must ask; "Where has the tax ratable chase gotten Parsippany" if were quibbling about, in this case of municipal tax increase to maintain the 13 jobs Do the Math; the amounts when divided; Petty!

Take it to the next step then?
OK; if this is the game Let the No Vote Budget cabal figure out how to reduce senior citizens taxes who do not have children in the school system take your logic to the next level.

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Field of Dreams Turf
It was OK to the same bunch when the BOE found over $4 million mysteriously in their budget for artificial turf, a field of dreams, miraculously appeared, another NO Vote to use open space tax referendum, strange. Why wasn't that surplus or found money returned to taxpayers or into the Education budget? That artificial material must now be replaced, at what costs in total?

Republicans scheme, thy don't plan, and their plans are not the taxpayers/resident of Parsippany.

Finally when listening to council it sounds like two different towns, the municipal and the Board of Education, a house divided. The municipal suffering the wrath for a BOE. Why do people live in Parsippany? Ask money magazine. Finally support teachers, not BOE bureaucrats.

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