With 565 municipalities and more than 600 school districts (by comparison, Florida has just 74), it’s ridiculous to think there’s any hope of reducing property taxes for New Jersey taxpayers, isn’t it?
But wait. Imagine if NJ reduced its number of municipalities by 300. If we could do this, what would the numbers look like?
● Approximately 1,800 fewer elected officials with stipends, health insurance and pensions
● 300 fewer town administrators
● 300 fewer clerks
● 300 fewer police departments
● 300 fewer planning boards hiring hundreds of planners, attorneys, and environmental and transportation consultants, etc.
Imagine how much this would save our state’s hardworking taxpayers! As an idea, municipal consolidation and school regionalization has been around for over a century – maybe it’s time to update it and implement it for the 21st century. And for New Jersey.
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With 565 municipalities and more than 600 school districts (by comparison, Florida has just 74), it’s ridiculous to think there’s any hope of reducing property taxes for New Jersey taxpayers, isn’t it?
But wait. Imagine if NJ reduced its number of municipalities by 300. If we could do this, what would the numbers look like?
● Approximately 1,800 fewer elected officials with stipends, health insurance and pensions
● 300 fewer town administrators
● 300 fewer clerks
● 300 fewer police departments
● 300 fewer planning boards hiring hundreds of planners, attorneys, and environmental and transportation consultants, etc.
Imagine how much this would save our state’s hardworking taxpayers! As an idea, municipal consolidation and school regionalization has been around for over a century – maybe it’s time to update it and implement it for the 21st century. And for New Jersey.
We have already taken the first steps toward reducing the number of municipalities and school districts!
● Princeton consolidated from 2 separate governments serving 1 community in 2013. For more informaton, take a look at A Tale of Two Tigers: Princeton’s Historic Consolidation by former Princeton Township mayor Chad Goerner.
● South Hunterdon regionalized 4 school districts into ONE district with one administration in 2014. South Hunterdon received NO State financial support for their study.
● The citizens of Roxbury and Mount Arlington are looking into combining both their schools and towns for more efficient ways to provide services and education. Their Consolidation Study Commission is currently getting NO financial support from the State.
If we are serious about property tax relief we need to be serious about funding Consolidation Commissions across the state.
Please vote in support of this initiative and visit Courage to Connect NJ for further information.
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