Category Archives: Taxes

School Board Admin Misleads BOE, Clinton Township Council, Taxpayers about $247K of Tax Relief

According to documents obtained via the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), the Clinton Township School District’s Business Adminstrator, Patricia Leonhardt, misled the Board of Education, the municipal administrator and town council, and taxpayers into believing the Board of Education had … Continue reading

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Imbriaco & Marra: “Leaves are YOUR problem now!”

At tonight’s Clinton Township council meeting, Mayor Kevin Cimei once again tried to get the council to approve buying replacement equipment for doing leaf pickup each fall. Only one of the Township’s leaf machines works — the others are worn … Continue reading

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Maria Grant: The voice of the minority demands higher school taxes

Year after year, Clinton Township voters reject the local school budget. Lacking faith in the Board of Education (BOE), voters know that voting No on the school budget means the Township’s auditor will review that budget — and disclose what is … Continue reading

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Make sure tax dollars are spent on education: Vote NO on school budget

If your objective is to spend your tax dollars on a better education for Clinton Township children, then vote NO on the Clinton Township School District (CTSD) budget on April 27. Historically, the CTSD Board of Education (BOE) has demonstrated that … Continue reading

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North Court’s chickens have nowhere left to roost

4 towns are now acting to leave the North Hunterdon Court, after the court’s management got them all to sign on for another 5 years last year. In a Sept. 6, 2007 Democrat article, the head of the North Hunterdon … Continue reading

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Vote June 2

On June 2, you will decide whether Clinton Township continues to move ahead… or slips back into pernicious good-old-boy politics. I ran for mayor in 2005 because Clinton Township government was ineffective and unresponsive to the threats our town faced. … Continue reading

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“Negativity” : Pay no attention to the public record!

Letters in The HC News supporting Imbriaco, Peck, Marra for council suggest that you should ignore the public record of their candidates. It’s too negative! Don’t look! Don’t listen! Shhh… just vote the way we tell you! When a political candidate’s … Continue reading

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Oh, frabjous day! BOE agrees to record meetings.

At the May 13, 2009 Clinton Township Council meeting representatives of the Board of Education (BOE) appeared to discuss the school budget rejected by voters. After lots of excuses (“We can’t afford it! We’d rather spend the money on the … Continue reading

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Can you do Board of Ed. “math”?

The only people in the audience at the April 27, 2009 Clinton Township Board of Education (BOE) meeting were Council President (and school liaison) Steve Krommenhoek, Hunterdon Democrat reporter Curtis Leeds, and two residents. You were not there. Do you know … Continue reading

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