10. No Council Member can vote on an ordinance or resolution in the last year of their term, whether they seek re-election or not. Their votes will be cast by a retired Board of Education member, effective immediately.
9. All new hires can apply for any position in the township without any relevant qualifications or experience, effectively immediately.
8. All introduced council ordinances must be pre-approved by an apolitical person - the EDO Campaign Manager.
7. All Council sub-committees must have at least 1 citizen on it - from Metuchen.
6. Education is a No..No for any position in the township until such time as the Board of Education lets us back in.
5. Any Council Member who abstains on a vote must contribute $1 to Charlie Tomaro's 'I do more than any other Council Member' Abstention Fund.
4. Edison's 'Strong Mayor, Weak Council' form of government will cease to exist as soon as we move the Mayor's office to the basement.
3. All references to the word 'Politics' will be stricken from the EDO's by-laws, effective immediately.
2. All Council Members will now be addressed as Mayoral Members of the Edison Township Council, effective immediately.
1. When describing what happens when abnormal politics becomes the norm in a town, the rest of the state shall cease and desist from laughing and referring to it as 'The Edison Way', effectively immediately.
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Edison Council's proposed amendment to police policy changes - looks transparent to me!?!
Saw the piece in the HNT here on the proposed Council amended police policy changes. Looks like it's going to get Council approval at the next meeting in August, so says Councilman Alvaro 'KaraMia" Gomez.
While I appreciate the paper covering the Council's amendment, it's always nice to see what it is they're talking about. So, I went to the town's website and looked at Wednesday's agenda where it was introduced - and this is what I saw:
'Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." Groucho Marx
But hey, at least we're comforted in the knowledge that the Council is trying to take the 'politics' out of politics.
Oh boy...where hypocrisy rises to arrogance!
While I appreciate the paper covering the Council's amendment, it's always nice to see what it is they're talking about. So, I went to the town's website and looked at Wednesday's agenda where it was introduced - and this is what I saw:
Doesn't get any more clear than this. Guess it's on a need to see basis and we, the residents, don't need to see it here in Downtown Edison.
So, while the Council wants to play Mayor and the Mayor wants to ignore the Council, it's hard not to equate the political silliness going on in this town to this:
'Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." Groucho Marx
But hey, at least we're comforted in the knowledge that the Council is trying to take the 'politics' out of politics.
Oh boy...where hypocrisy rises to arrogance!
Friday, July 12, 2013
Edison Twsp. 2013 Property Tax Bills are Out!
Well, the 2013 Final/2014 Preliminary Tax Bills are out here in Downtown Edison. The total property tax rate for 2013 (includes Muni, County & School taxes) is $4.776 per hundred, which is up 4.7 Cents or 1% over last year's $4.729.
Of that 4.7 Cent increase - 3.6 Cents is due to the School Tax, 1.3 Cents is due to the County Taxes and the Muni had a reduction of 2/10's of a Cent.
So, if you live in that imaginary home assessed at $176,700, then your taxes will go up $83.05 in 2013, which consists of $63.61 for the School Tax, $22.97 for the County Taxes and a reduction of $3.53 for the Muni Taxes.
In other words, 76.6% of your tax increase is due to the School Tax, 27.7% due to the County Taxes and a reduction of 4.3% for the Muni taxes.
If you don't live in that imaginary home assessed at $176,700 - then take you home's assessed value divided by 100 and multiply that by .047 to get your total property tax increase for 2013 and .036, .013 and -.002 to get the portion attributable to the School tax, County Taxes and Muni Taxes, respectively.
Here's the breakdown-a-mundo by taxing entity:
Anyhoo, welcome to another year of Board of Mythomania driven tax increases here in Downtown Edison.
PS - I added a short demo explaining how the change in the tax rate works. You can find it here.
Of that 4.7 Cent increase - 3.6 Cents is due to the School Tax, 1.3 Cents is due to the County Taxes and the Muni had a reduction of 2/10's of a Cent.
So, if you live in that imaginary home assessed at $176,700, then your taxes will go up $83.05 in 2013, which consists of $63.61 for the School Tax, $22.97 for the County Taxes and a reduction of $3.53 for the Muni Taxes.
In other words, 76.6% of your tax increase is due to the School Tax, 27.7% due to the County Taxes and a reduction of 4.3% for the Muni taxes.
If you don't live in that imaginary home assessed at $176,700 - then take you home's assessed value divided by 100 and multiply that by .047 to get your total property tax increase for 2013 and .036, .013 and -.002 to get the portion attributable to the School tax, County Taxes and Muni Taxes, respectively.
Here's the breakdown-a-mundo by taxing entity:
Anyhoo, welcome to another year of Board of Mythomania driven tax increases here in Downtown Edison.
PS - I added a short demo explaining how the change in the tax rate works. You can find it here.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Really Councilman Alvaro 'KaraMia" Gomez - and this is helpful...How!?!
Just saw the piece in the SL - 'Edison councilman accuses mayor of political police promotions' here. Just typical of what goes on here in Downtown Edison.
You know, someone once quipped 'First you fix the problem, then you fix the blame.' Seems Karabinchak's Council side-kick is happy to take his turn at casting stones in this silly season.
Can you believe that one Edison politician is claiming another Edison Politician did something 'Political.' Shocking, isn't it?!?
Here's a couple of random thoughts; (1) someone give Senor Gomez some cheese to go with that Whine and, (2) serious problems need serious people to solve - and he's not on my comfort list of people to do it.
Anyhoo, makes you proud to be a Dem here in Downtown Edison, doesn't it?
You know, someone once quipped 'First you fix the problem, then you fix the blame.' Seems Karabinchak's Council side-kick is happy to take his turn at casting stones in this silly season.
Can you believe that one Edison politician is claiming another Edison Politician did something 'Political.' Shocking, isn't it?!?
Here's a couple of random thoughts; (1) someone give Senor Gomez some cheese to go with that Whine and, (2) serious problems need serious people to solve - and he's not on my comfort list of people to do it.
Anyhoo, makes you proud to be a Dem here in Downtown Edison, doesn't it?
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