February 28, 2007 - 7:03pm

Press Release

State Senator Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr.

By Courtney A. Fagan

FAILED REFORM SESSION MEANS MORE PROPERTY TAX PAIN

Senator Joe Kyrillos, (R-Monmouth/Middlesex), today issued the following statement in response to a Department of Community Affairs' report showing that property taxes increased by 7 percent last year:

"Today's report underscores the dismal failure of the property tax special session. There is no end in sight to the property tax spiral that is causing many people to rethink living in New Jersey. I had hoped that public frustration with property tax bills at twice the national average would induce the Legislature to enact systemic reform. I and several of my colleagues tried to advance a reform agenda that would reduce the cost of government in New Jersey. Our efforts to provide lasting reform were lost when the Democratic majorities sided with the well-financed defenders of the status quo.

New Jersey homeowners will pay an ever increasing steep price to finance our inefficient and redundant system of delivering local services. Instead of bold action, the special session produced an election year gimmick that isn't sustainable."

###
For more information, please contact Courtney Fagan at 732-671-3206

COURTNEY A. FAGAN can be reached via email at CFagan@njleg.org.

Email this Article

Comments

Contributors

Wally Edge

For Senate Labor Committee chair, guess is that Codey will pick Cunningham over Madden

If Paul Sarlo becomes the new Senate Judiciary Chairman when John Adler leaves for Washington in January, Senate President Richard Codey will ... >

Bob Torricelli

Torricelli on Barack Obama, America's 'last chance'

There's nothing more difficult to see than the history before your eyes. It sometimes takes generations to understand the significance of ... >

Michael Patrick Carroll

Taxes: the Backbone of the Economy

OK, he didn't say precisely that, but when the Chairman of the Budget Committee informs us that governmental spending is the key to prosperity, ... >

Debbie Holtz

Lights a bit dimmer for NJN?

The Star Ledger got it right last April when it gave a thumb's-up to the NJN management plan to wean “the state's only public ... >

Steve Lonegan

Defending the American Dream

The sub prime mortgage melt down and its ensuing financial “crisis” has tested the mettle of all of us who believe in and support the free ... >

Dr. Joseph Marbach

Public perceptions on the environment and energy issues

I am pleased to report the results from the first national poll conducted by Environmental Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at ... >

Rob Tornoe

Riding the coattails of the Steve Lipski story

To view a larger version of this cartoon, click here. >

Michael P. Riccards

Another New Deal

The media, which loves headlines and knows little history, is trying to sell President Elect Obama as another Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But that ... >

Joey Novick

'...And he’s from New Jersey!'

Whenever I get the chance to visit my parents in Florida when working a comedy gig down there, it’s like living in a “Seinfeld” episode. They ... >

Juan Melli

Why Stender never had a chance

In an election year driven by a hemorrhaging economy and an electorate hungry for an end to divisive politics, 7th Congressional District candidate ... >

Carla Katz

My mother wants you to vote for "sweet" Obama

A couple of weeks ago, my mother, Angelina Katz, did her second debate on behalf of Barack Obama. A debate? My mother? If you knew her, you’d be ... >

Patricia Quattrocchi

Bryant joins ranks of the exploding heads of NJ

Former State Senator Wayne Bryant got a smack on the back of the head from a jury of his peers today when they found him guilty of all eleven charges ... >