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Morris County Freeholder Board

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Freeholder Reflects on Tax Decrease, Fiscal Strength in Morris

Ann Grossi has 'great satisfaction' for county's financial achievements.

To the editor: As a member of Morris County’s Budget Subcommittee in 2011 and chair through 2012, I felt great satisfaction that Morris County was recognized in 2013 for being the only county in the state to achieve a decrease in taxes at a rate of .8 percent in 2012. We are now in a position to work at crafting a 2013 budget with a zero percent tax increase. Having been on the budget subcommittee when Gov. Christie’s sweeping legislation was enacted, I know firsthand how his visionary reforms beginning with the 2 percent cap, and in pension, health and labor arbitration set the ground work for the county’s current fiscal achievements. As a direct result of the governor’s vision in combination with the county’s policy of conservative …

clyde donovan

4:56 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Go to a freeholder meeting and see how much these people bond. See how much of your tax money is flushed down the toilet by handing out historic-preservation and open-space welfare to their cronies.   more ›

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