We have heard from a number of citizens in the Grove that their home assessments have gone up substantially, beyond what would reasonably be expected. They fear that the result will be an increase in property taxes above the State mandated cap of 2%.
Some believe that substantial tax increases could occur in Ocean Grove if taxes elsewhere in Neptune were lowered yielding extra funds for schools and maintenance of the cap overall in the city (at the expense of OG.)
In Trenton, the legislature has been wanting to allow increases above the caps, but the Governor is looking for other answers. Where are Assemblymen Houghtaling and Downey on this issue? Is there any level of government where our elected officials will communicate with OG citizens?
Some OG residents have engaged an attorney to fight what they see are unfair and illegal tax increases.
If the OG Home Groaners had any sense of doing their job, they would have somebody on their board who is knowledgeable and who is aggressively looking into property taxes on behalf of the homeowners and then communicating with the citizens. But their priorities are elsewhere.
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