Ravi Bhalla - Setting the Record Straight on Taxes & the Budget
Dear Friends,I write to set the record straight about some of the outright falsehoods that are being spread in this mayoral campaign and to urge you to say no to false and negative attacks and vote for Dawn Zimmer this Tuesday.
Regrettably, Beth Mason has been misleading voters in slick mailers and television ads that there is going to be a 15% tax increase - a number that is devoid of any factual basis and is simply made out of thin air.
Here are the facts: this week State Fiscal Monitor Judy Tripodi told the Jersey Journal, Hoboken Reporter and the Hoboken Horse blog that our that taxes will be going down. Ms. Tripodi also said that she agrees with Mayor Zimmer that the budget should be presented as a whole and that its release is about 4 weeks away.
I know first-hand that Acting Mayor Zimmer is actively working with the State Fiscal Monitor to introduce a budget that is honest, complete, fully funded without gimmicks and provides the most tax relief possible. Mayor Zimmer believes it is far more important to get the budget right than to satisfy politically motivated calls to get it done quickly. And that is exactly what she is is doing.
Zimmer has begun to put Hoboken back on the right path. I urge you to vote for her Tuesday, so she can finish the job.
Sincerely,
Ravi S. Bhalla
Councilman-at-Large
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