{"id":31829,"date":"2016-04-18T12:17:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T16:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=31829"},"modified":"2018-06-02T08:32:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T12:32:40","slug":"brigantine-report-shows-over-taxation-employee-count-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/brigantine-report-shows-over-taxation-employee-count-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigantine Report Shows Over-Taxation, Employee Count UP."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brigantine City Council budget for 2016 is another whopper. Some surprising and record-breaking activity was revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The municipal fund balance ending Dec 31, 2015 (surplus) was $5,334,840. That&#8217;s the highest amount in Brigantine\u2019s history. According to the Brigantine Taxpayers Association, such an outsize amount of money is bad financial practice and is frowned on by the State. It\u2019s a sign of excessive taxation and poor financial management. It&#8217;s money taken out of taxpayers\u2019 pockets unnecessarily.<\/p>\n<p>While there was small reduction of 1.54% in the local municipal tax rate, it shouldn&#8217;t be seen as brilliant bookkeeping oversight on the part of Brigantine City Council.<\/p>\n<h2>The Brigantine Mayor of over 25+ years, Guenther publicly admitted: \u201cWe had too much money appropriated in the wrong places. We created a mess.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Guenther did try to place blame on his political opponents to no avail. The number don&#8217;t lie. Neither does a calendar.\u00a0In 2015, the Republicans lead by Mayor Gunether & Councilman Simpson had the option of lowering taxes in a more substantial way. They did not.<\/p>\n<h3>Brigantine employees staffing is up. Full-time residents & students are down.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>311 employees in 2015<\/li>\n<li>329 employees in 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brigantine City Council budget for 2016 is another whopper. 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