Anyhoo, nice to see Charlie again at Edison's Memorial Day Parade. A Very Nice Parade it was!!
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Uh..in case you don't know who I am!?!
I'm Charlie 'I Abstain' Tomaro - it's true, I wrote it on my shirt so I wouldn't forget!
Anyhoo, nice to see Charlie again at Edison's Memorial Day Parade. A Very Nice Parade it was!!
Anyhoo, nice to see Charlie again at Edison's Memorial Day Parade. A Very Nice Parade it was!!
Friday, May 23, 2014
Mayor ChoiLankey's CY 2014 Muni Budget - May 28, 2014! It's almost here!!
Well, here it comes. The agenda for the combined meeting has the Intro of the CY 2014 Muni Budget, Intro of the CY 2014 Solid Waste Budget & Ordinance O.1868-2014. An Ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and establish a cap bank.
Bet you can't wait to see what Mayor ChoiLankey comes up with for this CY 2014 Muni-Budget?
Anyhoo, it's gotta be tough to be the boy who cries wolf here in Downtown Edison - after four years on the Council.
Bet you can't wait to see what Mayor ChoiLankey comes up with for this CY 2014 Muni-Budget?
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Edison 2014 Muni Tax Increase Guess-ta-Meter - while we wait!
Well, while we wait to find out what Mayor ChoiLankey & his 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage has in store for us, tax increase wise, with their 2014 'DemBadLands' Budget for 2014 - here's thingie to estimate what you think Your Muni Tax Rate Hike will be.
Just take your best guess on how much they will increase the Spending (Muni Tax Levy) - we already know that the Ratables are up some $30 million over last year and that will reduce the tax rate.
Then, drop in Your Home's Assessed Value and see what Your increase will be.
Just take your best guess on how much they will increase the Spending (Muni Tax Levy) - we already know that the Ratables are up some $30 million over last year and that will reduce the tax rate.
Then, drop in Your Home's Assessed Value and see what Your increase will be.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Ah..even in Mayor ChoiLankey's 'DemBadLands' - we still need a 2014 Muni Budget!
You know, just for the heck of it and just out of curiosity - to know the double-secret Muni tax-hike we're gonna get slapped with in August & November property tax bills.
With almost 40% of 2014 over now and, most likely, 50% by the time the 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage gets around to approving Mayor ChoiLankey's Budget for 2014, probably sometime in June - let's call it what it is - a ChoiLankey 6 month budget for 2014 with a bite!
But hey, how more prudent can you be in 'DemBadLands' budgeting - just wait for the actual numbers, less to have to budget!?!
Anyhoo, as the song says - Happy..like a room without a roof?!?
With almost 40% of 2014 over now and, most likely, 50% by the time the 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage gets around to approving Mayor ChoiLankey's Budget for 2014, probably sometime in June - let's call it what it is - a ChoiLankey 6 month budget for 2014 with a bite!
But hey, how more prudent can you be in 'DemBadLands' budgeting - just wait for the actual numbers, less to have to budget!?!
Anyhoo, as the song says - Happy..like a room without a roof?!?
Friday, May 16, 2014
Top 10 Reasons
why Mayor ChoiLankey should just tell us now what the 2014 Muni-tax increase is and skip the Dog & Pony show called a Council review:
10 Because the Council asked Ricigliano for her budget months before the budget year started, yet they've yet to ask Mayor ChoiLankey - months after the budget year started.
9. Because we're 4 1/2 months into the budget year and not one Councilman asked publicly - Where's the 2014 Budget Senor Lankey?
8. Because Rob 'March on Trenton' Karabinchak follows Lankey around so closely and is so in step with him that Lankey has to keep Snickers bars in his jacket pockets just in case they have to stop and talk to anyone.
7. Because Finance Committee members Rob 'March on Trenton' Karabinchak and Alvaro 'KaraMia' Gomez didn't even know there was a 2.9-cent tax increase after their review of the 2011 Muni Budget and after the tax bills were out - and we already paid half the year's Muni-tax increase.
6. Because Mayor ChoiLankey is the Finance Committee and if he wanted to stash money away for a rainy day and didn't want the Council to know - they'd never find it.
5. Because there are no Checks & Balances with Mayor ChoiLankey and his 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage and the only Council Amendment would be to give Perilstein & Russomanno some more money.
4. Because the Council asking Department Heads questions about their budgets (which they most likely have very little say in) is like Karabinchak asking his Council buddies for secret approval for a conflict tax assessor & attorney when he filed his tax appeals - a tad bit hypocritical.
3. Because no one wants to hear Russomanno ask for more money.
2. Because it's a waste of time and money when Mayor ChoiLankey & his 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage already know the outcome - we just don't know.
1. Because the Local Dems have made Edison safe for Hypocrisy and Mayor ChoiLankey, the highest elected official here in Downtown Edison, has just made it into his own 'DemsBadLands.'
10 Because the Council asked Ricigliano for her budget months before the budget year started, yet they've yet to ask Mayor ChoiLankey - months after the budget year started.
9. Because we're 4 1/2 months into the budget year and not one Councilman asked publicly - Where's the 2014 Budget Senor Lankey?
8. Because Rob 'March on Trenton' Karabinchak follows Lankey around so closely and is so in step with him that Lankey has to keep Snickers bars in his jacket pockets just in case they have to stop and talk to anyone.
7. Because Finance Committee members Rob 'March on Trenton' Karabinchak and Alvaro 'KaraMia' Gomez didn't even know there was a 2.9-cent tax increase after their review of the 2011 Muni Budget and after the tax bills were out - and we already paid half the year's Muni-tax increase.
6. Because Mayor ChoiLankey is the Finance Committee and if he wanted to stash money away for a rainy day and didn't want the Council to know - they'd never find it.
5. Because there are no Checks & Balances with Mayor ChoiLankey and his 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage and the only Council Amendment would be to give Perilstein & Russomanno some more money.
4. Because the Council asking Department Heads questions about their budgets (which they most likely have very little say in) is like Karabinchak asking his Council buddies for secret approval for a conflict tax assessor & attorney when he filed his tax appeals - a tad bit hypocritical.
3. Because no one wants to hear Russomanno ask for more money.
2. Because it's a waste of time and money when Mayor ChoiLankey & his 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage already know the outcome - we just don't know.
1. Because the Local Dems have made Edison safe for Hypocrisy and Mayor ChoiLankey, the highest elected official here in Downtown Edison, has just made it into his own 'DemsBadLands.'
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Next-up for Mayor ChoiLankey in 'DemBadLands'!?!
Well, it's gotta be the collective bargaining agreements and the invisible Muni Budget for 2014. Not to worry about the collective bargaining agreements - he should get some help from the caps and the pension and health reform bill kicking in to those who escaped it the first time around.
But where's the Muni Budget for 2014? We already know the School and County raised their taxes here in Downtown Edison - so, where's Mayor ChoiLankey's increase, otherwise known as the Dems 'Stabilizing Taxes?'
But where's the Muni Budget for 2014? We already know the School and County raised their taxes here in Downtown Edison - so, where's Mayor ChoiLankey's increase, otherwise known as the Dems 'Stabilizing Taxes?'
Mayor ChoiLankey - now officially Mayor of 'DemBadLands'!
Not surprisingly, just saw here that the Council unanimously passed the Police Odor-nance last night.
That's too bad - not that it passed (it really does nothing) but that Senor Lankey chose his party over the people he serves with this side-step diversion over the next 4 years.
Anyhoo, this side-step away from actually fixing the problems here in Downtown Edison is squarely on Lankey.
That's too bad - not that it passed (it really does nothing) but that Senor Lankey chose his party over the people he serves with this side-step diversion over the next 4 years.
Anyhoo, this side-step away from actually fixing the problems here in Downtown Edison is squarely on Lankey.
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