Brigantine homeowner; Martin Zini, just received his tax bill. After he picked himself off the floor, Martin decided to compare the tax rates of Brigantine, Avalon, Stone Harbor and Ocean City. It’s not pretty. Here’s what he sent to BrigantineNOW…. A couple interesting facts: – Brigantine and Avalon have approximate […]
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It’s being called Weenie-gate. Most of Brigantine knew the very popular ‘Water Weenie’ food vendor was operating on the Cove beach for the past 10 years. Waiting in line for one of their tasty hot dogs or maybe a water ice was a summer tradition. So, was the Mayor and
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Brigantine new home construction is robust, healthy and growing. Unfortunately a growing number of retail and municipal properties are either vacant or might be considered for transition to condo. It’s easy to spot high demand for new construction on Brigantine Beach. Lot’s of premium building activity from Woerner Custom Builders
Brigantine’s current Fire and Police contracts provide for annual raises. Starting salary for Brigantine police officers increased 44% between 1999 and 2012. Recent contracts for Brigantine PD & FD featured pay raises, longevity bonuses, and overtime compensation. These facts were featured in a recent Press of Atlantic City newspaper article
Government should rarely be in business, especially in Brigantine. The local BB-NJ business directory is one major example of in-efficiency and questionable activity all funded by taxpayer dollars. The past mis-management of the Brigantine Mini-Golf course is another example of lost revenue due to poor city oversight. Think about it.
From Press of AC & Beachcomber News: Brigantine’s Board of School Estimate passed a school budget that includes a tax rate increase of 18 percent. Despite a 2 percent decrease in the district’s actual budget for the 2014-15 school year, calculations by the state Department of Education put the tax
From Beachcomber News: The city has scheduled a special budget workshop meeting for 9 a.m. Saturday, March 8 in council chambers at City Hall where the draft of the proposed 2014 municipal budget will be presented to the public. CLICK THRU TO DOWNLOAD PROPOSED BUDGET. The tax rate has continued
BrigantineNOW Letter to the Editor. Brigantine Taxpayers Association Misrepresenting Schools, by Veronica McEvoy…. As a mother of six who presently has four children enrolled in the Brigantine School system, and as a Brigantine taxpayer, I was quite dismayed at the Brigantine Taxpayers Association’s advertisement in the Jan. 31 The Beachcomber News. The
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To the editor. From Anne Phillips; Brigantine Taxpayers Association. In the spring of 2012 we wrote a letter to the President of the Brigantine Board of Education which was subsequently printed in The Beachcomber News. In it, we expressed our recommendation for lowering the amount of property taxes we all
A hearty BrigantineNOW fist pump to that Brig-tastic rowing crew…The Holy Spirit High School girls “lightweight eight”. Click thru for pics & video. Once again these ladies were amazing….this time at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America regatta, last Saturday on the Cooper River in Camden. Up next: The Holy
Holy Spirit Girls Rowing; The PRIDE of Brigantine Read More »
