Being left on porches in some other towns:
We in Belmar already know that Matt is very frugal with tax dollars but I think some of his budget saving measures are a bit extreme. For example, he forces Brian and Janis to use the same desk:
BTW next year it will be Tom Brennan that’s keeping taxes low.
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These candidates all laud the “No tax increases for 6 years” BS.
Admin.- can you please remind the good people of Monmouth County what Belmar’s debt was 7 years ago and what it is today. Thanks
$18 million when he took office, $49 million as of a few months ago.
As per #2….. The towns debt statement keeps increasing… That is a tax increase by definition, we just did not pay for it yet…. Wake up Belmar voters we are living on a credit card…. Great job on the pay to play victory!! I appreciate your efforts…
All smoke & mirrors. Ask the Belmar taxpayers about the $30+ MILLION of additional debt since Matt Doherty took office and the questionable over expensing of municipal expenses from the beach revenue account. So these zero tax increase were the result of a huge increase in Belmar’s debt and a 1 for me – 1 for you attitude of beach badge fees. Give any town a $30+ million dollar credit card & a cash rich beach and they too would see zero tax increases.
I just read the Coast Star article about the “Pay to Play” vote. Matt Doherty needs to be recalled. Belmar taxpayers can not afford one more day of this self-serving politician.
The family across from St. Rose high school has not moved back in from Sandy and I am sure there are more.
“continue attracting new business to Belmar.” I would like to see them focus on retaining existing businesses.
In today’s Coast Star: “We have to follow the legal advice of our attorney’s,” Mayor Doherty said. Based on that advice, he said, the borough will proceed with an appeal of Superior Court Judge Katie A. Gummer’s decision on the ordinance, seeking a ruling on whether the original ordinance is, in fact, unconstitutional.”
My question: Shouldn’t Council vote on whether to move forward with an appeal since it will waste more tax payer money? If so, it won’t look good for Brian and Janice to have their support of an appeal on the record.
Obviously that Master’s degree didn’t come with any course study in common sense.
Matt’s continued fight at our expense is disgusting. There are so many lies at our expense. The taxes WILL go up dramatically because of all the lies and borrowing and spending..and the results of the law suites will have dramatic cost consequences too. There are many families all over town that are still not back from the Storm. Matt has no problem using there personal agony for his political gain. The shameless lies from the lawless mayor and council are too many to list and too much to bear. We really should start a recall campaign. We are getting pretty good at special elections after all, knucklehead matt has required two so far. It is just shocking how far he continues to go with no concern for the Town. Shameless soulless matt.
In an effort to clear up the whole Bachelors vs Masters degree controversy:
He has a Bachelors degree in desperation And a Masters in obfuscation.
He also seems to think that ‘bipartisan’ is a type of clothing. ‘Led the recovery from Sandy in bipartisan fashion’. He must be referring to that little sleeveless number with the Belmar tsunami logo on it. I don’t have the heart to tell him that it means to compromise and work with others towards the greater good.
Just because you received a Masters and a Bachelors doesn’t mean that they came from the same school. Georgetown is fantastic!
As with most colleges today Georgetown pumps out more liberals. Soon the liberals will have nobody to blame but themselves.
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Did they copy their signatures from a voter’s registration ledger?
How old are your children? Will they be able to pay their Belmar property tax in THEIR future? Be honest, do you care?
Over 30 million new Belmar debt under Doherty. Just astonishing.
Maybe slightly less because there’s a little more FEMA coming
Can anyone tell me where this $30M actually went and what was it spent on???? Is there something tangible I can set my eyes on in this town worth $30M, or did all that money go towards professional services and overtime of the Department Heads?
Ask our CFO, Robin Kirk, at the next council meeting or deposition.
Did Joy ever get the emails between the Town and FEMA ?
#19 – OVERTIME !!!
Unlimited Police Overtime
Acting Chief Overtime
2 Captain’s Overtime
Supervisor Overtime
Creative shifts and posts for more overtime
Djais overtime, I heard one patrolmen made $300k with overtime.
As far as Djais goes, I’ve been there but it’s not my cup of tea. The bar has been there for years and few people now living in the area were there when it opened. The problem is the behavior of people over time has deteriorated and now they are a big problem when they come out of there late at night all drunked up. Nothing really can be done short of the local residents turning on the drunks. Then of course, the local people would be arrested for taking matters into their own hands. It’s a very hard situation to deal with. Nothing will be done of course until some sort of disaster occurs and our officials will all act surprised.
10% city tax on nightclubs that charge an admission fee. The money would flow in quickly. A nightclub that has 25 bouncers and a 600 person capacity is troubling.
Cash businesses collecting “Resort Tax”in Belmar, really?
Sea Girt has the same issues with the Parker House in a neighborhood with multimillion dollar homes…. Both Djais and the Parker House have the right to operate and it will be very difficult for a town to eliminate these businesses…..
Not eliminate, just pay for their own police. #27
As in the case of Bar-A. The good people of Belmar pay for 3/4 of the cost to patrol and handle disturbances there, while the people of Lake Como reap %100 of the tax money Bar-A pays. Great plan Matt. Wake up people.
You have to understand that you are paying high taxes for a security service for the BARS. You cannot be so stupid as to accept the fuzzy logic that you’ve been spoon fed that they’ve always been here so there’s nothing we can do. Have another free drink and. You could purchase your own booze if you didn’t have to pay the security tax in your neighborhood. The Don needs your $$$ so they don’t have to pay.
when Belmar Police make arrests in Lake Como and takes them to a holding cell …. where are they released?
I would assume they are released from 601 Main St., Belmar. Great marketing strategy. They can then stop in Anchor Tavern to spend money on fine dining as they meander back to their cars in Lake Como. Matt’s a genius. NOT
Did anyone realize Matt should have listed restauranteur to his masters credentials as he u doubtedly has a piece of anchor tavern or an interest in chefs International (of course quietly) Read between the lines that’s why everything was streamlined for them through the Borough. Can’t wait for that to come out
Teddy Here!!! Love how back-stabbing Brian and Janis Keown- Whatever laud their work on parks in Belmar. Can I barf NOW. Too late to get me angry. PLEASEEEEES Belmar voter- especially Dist. 3 Maclearie Park Neighbors, VOTE THOSE, SELF-SERVING, enemies of open space OUT OF OFFICE.
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