Twenty six (26) of the Townships 66 voting districts had their property value secretly re-assessed two years ago effectively raising taxes between 10% and 15% in these districts (see map below). Mayor Glen Gilmore is still dishonestly trumpeting how he kept tax rates steady over the last two years. Whether the tax rate in the last two years stayed the same or not, substantially re-assessing land values higher is the same as a tax increases. The fact that it was done without any notice and has still not been publicly acknowledged by this administration can only mean that they had hoped nobody would notice until after the election.

The highlighted areas of the map to the right are the voting districts that the administration of current Mayor Glen Gilmore secretly raised land assessments. This type of selective re-assessment was illegal in the state of New Jersey as little as two years ago. In 2001 the McGreevey administration gave the okay for municipalities to selectively re-assess property values even though every town in New Jersey had recently had township wide re-assessments.

While land values have gone up township wide the Gilmore administration decided to put the whole burden of the secret land re-assessment on the 26 voting districts highlighted in yellow. Click on the map to get a close up view of the map and see first hand whether you were affected by this tax increase or not. Mayor Gilmore and the Democrats on Township Council may not have broken the law, but they sure broke every acceptable standard of ethics with this money-grubbing scheme. Please help us get rid of this deceitful government by voting to "throw the rascals out" on Tuesday, November 4.