It's local election season again and time for another Republican drumming. Should the Republicans choose to win an election rather than just run for the heck of it, here's a place they might try looking.
Aberdeen's Financial Statement to refinance its debt obligations.
- From 2012 to 2016, the municipal tax rate increased 17% (Page A-6)
- From 2012 to 2016, municipal spending increased 20% (Page A-7)
- Municipal debt is $26.9 million, 144% of the annual budget (Page A-9)
- From 2012 to 2016, municipal debt service increased 63% to $2.175 million per year and now accounts for 11.6% of the total budget (Page A-7)
Those numbers will worsen as interest rates increase. Now, you know why the township is so gung-ho on development. The money is already spent.
Below is a letter I received that I'm re-printing with the author's permission.
N.J. "Oath of Office" or is it the "Oath of
Abuse of Office"?
I _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support
the Constitution of the United States and the State of New Jersey; that I will
bear true faith and allegiance to the Governments established in the United
States and in this State, under the Authority of the people; and that I will
faithfully, impartially and justly perform al the duties of the office of ___ according
to the best of my ability, and that I will not use my office to grant
preferential treatment, nor to seek personal gain, favor, or advantage not
available to the general public. (so help me God* opt).
Keywords: I swear, support, defend, Constitution of the
United States, true faith, allegiance, faithfully, impartially, justly, best of
my ability, not use my office to grant preferential treatment, not seek
personal gain or advantage not available to the general public.
Are any of these "keywords" the truth of the
decisions, votes, and spending of our taxpayer dollars to not have truly
brought community wide beneficial actions by our elected Democrat only
officials "Oath of Office" in Aberdeen? Many in Aberdeen say
"absolutely not" from simply looking around our town you can see that
the "Oath of Office" sworn to by our Democrat only leadership was
more truthfully an "Oath of Abuse of Office" that betrayed the entire
Aberdeen community.
Many stores in Aberdeen have been closing up operations (despite
an Aberdeen Economic Business Council supposedly formed to help all of the
towns businesses equally). Our neglected beach areas promised to be improved
that campaigns labeled "The Jewel of Aberdeen". More truthfully our
"Jewel" of a beachfront areas have been ignored (despite 2017 campaign
year "promise of a new Water Park). Over 15 years of photo ops and failed
political promises.
More proof of the past two decades of Democrat only “promises”
to bring our town senior housing and "lower taxes through "smart
development" with constant campaign promises that "this next building
development will finally bring a Main Street to Aberdeen". That Main
Street "promise'' of course never happened for decades. The current
building surge no doubt will also be used in Democrat campaign 2017 literature
as "progress" but it will be very costly "progress" under
the equally questionable and manipulated PILOT Program that strips our Schools
of much needed tax monies from such politically controlled and approved
building projects.
In Aberdeen was the "Oath of Office" so often
taken by our leaders been a citizen betraying "Oath of Abuse of Office?
Was the "Oath just empty words for decades with politicized photo-ops and
political lies and tricks to maintain corrupt political control? We in Aberdeen