Size Doesn’t Matter — Study of NJ Municipal Government Costs Concludes

What do Alpine and Harding, two of the state’s wealthiest enclaves, have in common with Newark, Camden and Trenton, three of New Jersey’s largest and poorest cities? All five spend more than $2,000 per person on municipal government services — 50 percent more than the average for the state’s 513 nonresort communities, Raphael J. Caprio and…

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Profile: The Woman Who Wants to End NJ’s ‘Multiple Municipal Madness’

Profile: The Woman Who Wants to End NJ’s ‘Multiple Municipal Madness’ (via NJSpotlight)

Who she is: Gina Genovese What she does: Executive Director, Courage to Connect NJ Why you need to know about her: Genovese is the leading proponent of consolidating municipalities, school districts, and other local governments — a topic that Gov.…

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Christie talks taxes in LBI

Governor Chris Christie took his Endless Summer tax relief tour to Long Beach Island this afternoon.

About half way through this APP video the governor addresses municipal consolidation incentives as a method the state is providing to reduce property taxes.  Chrisite is laugh out loud funny in mimicking public opposition to consoldiations.

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