Brigantine homeowners, especially those who invested heavily in secondary vacation homes, have been stepping up their inquiries into a variety of questionable City Hall financial activity. For over 15 years, Brigantine has been consistently identified as having some of the worst record keeping & financial accounting of any small town […]
Taking Back Brigantine. Step by Step Guide by Albert Zini Read More »
VIDEO > Brigantine leadership inviting dog bite lawsuits? Watch the video from the City Council meeting on 4/20/2016. City Manager Ed Stinson and Mayor Phil Guenther see no problem with turning the secure Brigantine Dog Park at 42 street into a doggy free-for-all. A likely dangerous one too. City Manager
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The Atlantic City / Brigantine Connector & Tunnel will be closed starting Monday, May 2 at 6 a.m. Repairs will be made to the railroad crossing. It will take 10 days to complete. NJ Transit train service will not affected. Signs and message boards will mark detour routes. The connector,
Atlantic City / Brigantine Connector closed for Repairs starting Mon, May 2 Read More »
Governor Christie spoke in Cherry Hill on April 27, 2016. Here’s the video and the transcript: Governor Christie: How about we end the practice in Atlantic City and across the state by the way of granting excessive terminal leave pay to employees. Right now they have two employees, the deputy
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329 Brigantine city employees in 2016 compared to 311 in 2015. Who is our Director of Human Resources? Did the City of Brigantine seek out a candidate who is knowledgeable and educated in Personal leadership and maintaining and expanding a non biased Human Resource dept? Surely, our Brigantine City Manager;
Letter to Editor: We’re Watching Ed Stinson, Brigantine City Hall Read More »
Notes from the Brigantine City Council meeting of 4.20.2016. Discussion of Board of School Estimates and their lack of timely reports & projections. The number of students continues to decline. But no one on council seemed to know by how much, even though 3 members are actually on the
An information session about the future of Brigantine was held recently. The gathering was to help kick-start the process of updating the ‘Master Plan’ of Brigantine. The city wanted to gather input from the public on what’s wrong with the island, and how it can be fixed. There was little or
Can the Cloisters Condominiums in Brigantine be considered affordable housing? Seems like Mayor Guenther and City Manager Stinson think so. According to a Philly.com article, Brigantine, along with 279 other towns hired a consulting firm to help them satisfy federally mandated affordable housing obligations. The Cloisters Condo in Brigantine is on that list. Did
Cloisters Condo in Brigantine Considered Affordable Housing? Read More »
The growing chaos at the uber-popular ‘Cove’ beach area could be tamed somewhat by the Summer of 2016. That’s welcome news for those that want to keep the area safe, clean & family friendly. Three deep rows of 4×4 trucks parked side by side, fishing, jet ski’s, red cups, motor
Will “Cove” Have Lifeguards & Rules for Brigantine Summer 2016? Read More »
New Jersey lawmakers will soon consider a pair of bills to help Atlantic City. One of them, the “Municipal Stabilization and Recovery Act” would give the state much greater control of the local government. The other would allow the Atlantic City Casinos to make payments in lieu of taxes, otherwise known as the PILOT
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Brigantine recreation director Jim Mogan thinks the new 4×4 beach permit policy could pose a problem. City Council passed an ordinance providing no-charge 4×4 beach permits to active-duty military and veterans upon request. These 4×4 permit requests could reach 600 or more…much more. Applications are reportedly ramping up from all over the state, as
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Letter to the Editor from Nancy Schreiber >> It’s encouraging that our community is at the forefront of plastic bag issue. I applaud City Council for considering the Greenteam’s initiative of implementing an ordinance to charge a fee on single-use plastic bags. Banning plastic bags from Brigantine Farmers Market has
Letter to Editor. Brigantine Must Set Example. Stop Plastic Bags. Read More »
Brigantine is talking: Convenient, yet harmful single-use plastic bags. Mayor Guenther suggests that plastic bag laws could hurt business. The ACME may be forced to leave town if a symbolic 10 cent fee is charged for each plastic bag. We kid you not. That’s what our Mayor implied. Listen here >
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Efforts to make and keep Brigantine green and clean are stuck in political gridlock. What else is new. At issue: should Brigantine get serious about reducing use of harmful, single-use plastic bags? Beth Kwart, chairwoman of Surfrider’s South Jersey Chapter wants Brigantine to institute a nominal 10 cent fee on
Plastic Bags and Politics, Stopping The Brigantine Green Team Read More »
The Brigantine Real Estate economy is (WAS) booming. It’s true. But there is one exception to that fact. Real Estate in Brigantine is only a great investment if you have the right connections. That connection seems to be City Councilman, Andy Simpson. Hard to believe. At one time, Brigantine Beach
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