Category Archives: Municipal

Clinton Township’s RFP for patronage jobs

Posted on October 5, 2017 by admin

When Clinton Township’s new administrator, Jesse Landon, recently posted a Request For Proposal (RFP) on the New Jersey State League of Municipalities website (NJSLOM) for all the municipality’s professional positions, he apparently did so without discussing it with the town … Continue reading →

Posted in Municipal | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mayor John Higgins to citizens: You’re not smart enough to participate

Posted on September 27, 2017 by admin

Who should decide Clinton Township’s future? Not its citizens, according to Mayor John Higgins. At a September 5 Hunterdon County Freeholder meeting, Higgins said: “I don’t know very many people in the township that have enough knowledge of … our land use … Continue reading →

Posted in Hunterdon County, Municipal, Sprawl | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Want to save $1,000 on your Clinton Township taxes?

Posted on August 8, 2016 by admin

You once had the right to vote on school taxes every April in Clinton Township. Remember? Actually, you had that right for over 100 years, until the Clinton Township Board of Education (BOE) took it away from you in 2012. … Continue reading →

Posted in Municipal, Schools, Taxes | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Do you want to get back your right to vote on school taxes?

Posted on May 20, 2016 by admin

Who could possibly suggest that taxpayers should be deprived of their right to vote on how much we are taxed? In Clinton Township, the answer is: Your school board, which took away our 100-year-old right to vote on school taxes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Municipal, Schools, State, Taxes | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Marra & Imbriaco: The Windygate Legacy

Posted on June 18, 2014 by admin

It’s Windygate all over again. In 2010, Clinton Township councilmen Jim Imbriaco, Peter Marra and Spencer Peck filed a fraudulent affordable housing plan with COAH (Council On Affordable Housing). Mayor Cimei voted against it, but lacked a majority. Call it … Continue reading →

Posted in COAH, Municipal, Sprawl, State, Taxes, Windy Acres | Leave a comment

Clinton Township: The wolf is at the door

Posted on February 10, 2014 by admin

It will soon be open season again on Hunterdon County municipalities. After Clinton Township led a coalition of 20 towns to launch a legal battle in 2008 against unfunded state mandates for affordable housing, we both won and lost. The … Continue reading →

Posted in COAH, Municipal, Sprawl, State, Taxes, Windy Acres | Leave a comment

Clinton Township’s COAH Plan: A bogus political campaign promise?

Posted on February 6, 2014 by admin

A recent story in the Hunterdon County Democrat about Clinton Township’s old municipal building and the township’s affordable housing (COAH) planning is wrong. In 2008, many people invested a lot of time and energy to create the plan in the … Continue reading →

Posted in COAH, Municipal, Sprawl, State, Windy Acres | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

NHVSD Board President Beverly Thorne: (Oops! I did it again!) Ignores NJ Open Public Meetings Act

Posted on August 17, 2013 by admin

Subjected to questioning by the public about the letter she did or did not write, Bev Thorne couldn’t even get the Open Public Meetings Act right. How can the public trust her to manage public business? The special August 15, 2013 … Continue reading →

Posted in Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, State | Leave a comment

Tom Borkowski: Who wants big taxes, big bonding, patronage jobs & dysfunctional leadership for Hunterdon County?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by admin

The problem with Tom Borkowski running for Hunterdon County Freeholder with Will Mennen is Borkowski’s public record. Big Taxes During 6 years as mayor of Clinton Township, Tom Borkowski raised the municipal tax levy 39.4%. (Did Mennen do his due … Continue reading →

Posted in Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, Taxes, Tom Borkowski's Greatest Hits, Windy Acres | Leave a comment

At It Again: It’s time for a Clinton Township school board member to resign

Posted on November 19, 2012 by admin

Oooooh…  Tarnation! They just keep flubbing the law! Teacher’s gonna be mad… The bad boys and girls of the Clinton Township school board are at it again. A candidate in the November 6 Clinton Township school board election misused a Clinton Township recreation … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012, Municipal, Schools, State | Leave a comment