Perth

May 18, 2006 - 3:59pm
PRESS RELEASE

ALBIO SIRES FOR CONGRESS

Another Day, Another Broken Promise
Vas Goes Back on Pledge to Provide Relevant Perth Amboy Financial Data to the State

(West New York) – In what is becoming a consistent pattern of saying one thing and doing another, Perth Amboy Mayor Joe Vas has yet again gone back on his word to provide the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs with relevant financial data needed for the state to approve Perth Amboy’s 2006 budget. As recently as April 24th, Vas pledged to provide DCA with missing revenue figures within fifteen days, as ordered by the state. More than three weeks later, Vas has still not turned over the necessary data, leading the state to demand that he remove $8 million of proposed revenue from his budget. Perth Amboy’s budget, which is now eleven months late, will contain an average tax increases of up to $300 per household as a result of his fiscal mismanagement.

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