tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post114468113394170815..comments2023-06-01T07:48:45.886-04:00Comments on Monmouth County Republican Blog: TIME TO LOOK TO NOVEMBERHonest Abehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12911551129450309840noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1145281807831742672006-04-17T09:50:00.000-04:002006-04-17T09:50:00.000-04:00yeah, you're right. but i am starting to get a lit...yeah, you're right. <BR/><BR/>but i am starting to get a little nuts over the taxes thing. it's corzine's fault, hell it's a lot of other peoples' fault too. <BR/><BR/>taxes are killing this state. i go out of state and see all kinds of manufacturing and industrial, prosperity we used to have and i get pissed.<BR/><BR/>look at deleware, or pennsylvania. there's actual room between houses and they have car plants...CAR PLANTS! not a row of strip malls, sun tan parlors, wendy's, mcdonalds and home care centers. they MAKE things. <BR/><BR/>we discourage that kind of ratable and act like everyone works in the damn city. meanwhile, the grassroots is feeling it and taxes...including the "hey i'll get my brother-in-law a job with municipal gov't tax" is making life here ridiculous for people.<BR/><BR/>yeah, there should be some levity in the partisan thing and i got too uptight. but it's frustrating. i do ok, but if i made what i do in delaware, i'd be doing really alright. at some point, "d" or "r" doesn't make it...it's going to be about who fixes what's broke and that's property taxes.Downtownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02061182581117022045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1145132759014248082006-04-15T16:25:00.000-04:002006-04-15T16:25:00.000-04:00This is a partisan blog. A partisan blog. So Jim, ...This is a partisan blog. A <I>partisan</I> blog. So Jim, a little use of "Dumbocrat", "Dhimmicrat", etc., is not really out of line here. <BR/><BR/>On to issues.<BR/><B>Pay to play:</B> Until we are prepared to enforce the laws already on the books, it makes no sense to pass new ones, no matter how noble. Feel-good legislation won't cut it. It makes no sense to ban contributions from well-connected lawyers and engineers if we aren't going to ban contributions from well-connected developers. Wheeling, too, is a problem that must be addressed. Fred Niemann's attempt using the seven (ten) PACs, or the Democrat attempts with huge amounts of money going from county to county, are both practices that must stop.<BR/><B>Open Space:</B> This is more of an overdevelopment issue. Until we get a handle on overdevelopment, this issue will continue to be ever on the horizon. Saying you are for open space doesn't make it so. Making an example of people like Matt Scannapieco and Richard Vuola, associates of gangsta developer Anthony "Mr. Marlboro" Spalliero will go a long way, but it's not enough. We need to look at affordable housing laws, environmental laws and land use laws. We need to get a handle on the proliferation of "age-restricted" developments. It's all very complicated, but it won't solve itself.Honest Abehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911551129450309840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1145117294260095892006-04-15T12:08:00.000-04:002006-04-15T12:08:00.000-04:00I don't lampoon the president. I don't agree with ...I don't lampoon the president. I don't agree with him anymore. I think that things are serious enough now, especially on the county level, where we have to get to issues.<BR/><BR/>I mean, what are we doing with pay-to-play, all BS aside. Is it going to be this political football that the parties toss around, are we going to ditch it, or are going to forget it or actually do something about it?<BR/><BR/>I really wanna know.<BR/><BR/>How big of a deal is pay to play? I think both parties have to get on the same sheet and stop maneuvering just for a minute.<BR/><BR/>The open space thing, the patronage issues, develoeprs...hey, if this stuff don't get fixed the tax rate is going to be screwed. It's already getting way out of hand in various municipalities. <BR/><BR/>MY neighbors are moving out, one said because of taxes. The others I didn't talk to. I'm moving out of the Beach, not because I dislike the Beach or the taxes but because I want to move to Hazlet.<BR/><BR/>But maybe it's just my thing... I just think it's time to get serious on some things that really haven't been turned on the way they could be.<BR/><BR/>Election season is the best and only time this stuff gets aired. I don't know, I think it's time.Downtownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02061182581117022045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1145105678014327112006-04-15T08:54:00.000-04:002006-04-15T08:54:00.000-04:00I actually find "Dhimmicrat" to be especially apro...I actually find "Dhimmicrat" to be especially <I>apropos</I> in certain cases.Honest Abehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911551129450309840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1145047464133077632006-04-14T16:44:00.000-04:002006-04-14T16:44:00.000-04:00"Dumbocrats"? That's incredibly mature. Yes, and m..."Dumbocrats"? That's incredibly mature. Yes, and maybe "poo poo heads" too. Yes, that will be an effective way to...get 'em. That sort of thing ridiculous, by Dems or Republicans. This sort of thing should beneath people.Downtownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02061182581117022045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1144943951048729602006-04-13T11:59:00.000-04:002006-04-13T11:59:00.000-04:00THE REAL CICERO WOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUCOMMENT POL...THE REAL CICERO WOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOU<BR/>COMMENT POLICEJohn Q. Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087765119973762238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1144772627864929912006-04-11T12:23:00.000-04:002006-04-11T12:23:00.000-04:00WHAT ISSUES DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ON AGAINST THE DEM...WHAT ISSUES DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ON AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS... OR IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FROM A REPUBLICAN?<BR/>PEACE OUT... I'M GOING LAWYER HUNTING!<BR/>-COMMENT POE-LICEJohn Q. Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087765119973762238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1144770843986413582006-04-11T11:54:00.000-04:002006-04-11T11:54:00.000-04:00Hey Hick...How are those ELEC reports coming along...Hey Hick...<BR/><BR/>How are those ELEC reports coming along? Lenny's from 03 and the DisOrganization's from 05.<BR/><BR/>Please keep us updatedArt Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609872600024056470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1144760550395895422006-04-11T09:02:00.000-04:002006-04-11T09:02:00.000-04:00Look to Noveber. yeah right. You'll be looking at ...Look to Noveber. yeah right. You'll be looking at a McMorrow Inzerillo victory.<BR/>WE'RE BACK!Old Hickoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06523573951009747859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13516616.post-1144718334301210672006-04-10T21:18:00.000-04:002006-04-10T21:18:00.000-04:00Well stated AbeWell stated AbeTeddy Roosevelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615362196351252478noreply@blogger.com