{"id":41329,"date":"2022-05-20T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=41329"},"modified":"2023-09-09T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T00:45:00","slug":"brigantine-called-out-for-lack-of-taxpayer-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/brigantine-called-out-for-lack-of-taxpayer-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigantine Called Out For Lack of Taxpayer Transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Brigantine Non-Stop Stream Fail. May 18, 2022\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/711681803?dnt=1&app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Does Brigantine Block Online Access to Meetings?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nice to see the<a href=\"https:\/\/pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/people-want-more-accessible-transparent-council-meetings\/article_af133d84-d06c-11ec-9b49-ff4f2bc7f395.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Press of Atlantic Cit<\/a>y shine some light on the lack of municipal transparency in many towns. Especially in Brigantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Press article hits close to home for 75% of Brigantine homeowners. They pay most of the bills, can\u2019t vote, and are blocked from watching how their tax dollars are being spent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brigantine goes the extra mile in keeping 2nd homeowners in the dark. City Hall just cancelled their public meeting live-streams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the video above, Brigantine officials might be hiding a private, &#8216;personal page&#8217; that provides limited, online access to these meetings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Brigantine politicians don\u2019t want you to see how the sausage is made. <\/p>\n<cite>Brigantine Taxpayer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Not pretty watching tax dollars supporting 6 figure salaries, boat checks, longevity pay and fat pensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Sera places most focus on what he calls&#8230; &#8216;priority homeowners&#8217;&#8230;. full-time residents. The ones that vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One of the least transparent shore towns? Brigantine is up there. <\/strong>Former Mayor Phil Guenther, and current Mayor Vince Sera, for years have thwarted efforts to provide better taxpayer access to meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-05-18_19-51-11-700x422.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41334 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-05-18_19-51-11-700x422.jpg 700w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-05-18_19-51-11-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-05-18_19-51-11-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-05-18_19-51-11-1536x925.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-05-18_19-51-11.jpg 1912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Make sure people have access to meetings, to know what\u2019s going on. Not just for priority homeowners here. There\u2019s a lot of secondary homeowners that said only way to see us is through online. <em>Mayor Sera<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? Brigantine removed archived public meeting videos from their city YouTube page. Good thing hyper-local websites like BrigantineNOW made copies of that stuff.<strong> See videos below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-brigantinenow wp-block-embed-brigantinenow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xLAMx5YCp9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/brigantine-city-manager-unaware-council-meeting-video-blocked-for-part-time-residents\/\">Brigantine Police Chief Disrupts City Council Video On-Demand<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Brigantine Police Chief Disrupts City Council Video On-Demand&#8221; &#8212; BrigantineNOW\" src=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/brigantine-city-manager-unaware-council-meeting-video-blocked-for-part-time-residents\/embed\/#?secret=T6wKmyGdoh#?secret=xLAMx5YCp9\" data-secret=\"xLAMx5YCp9\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/people-want-more-accessible-transparent-council-meetings\/article_af133d84-d06c-11ec-9b49-ff4f2bc7f395.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Press of AC<\/a>, residents insisted that if council meetings were broadcast online, more people would participate and know what was going on in their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be sure, there was a silver lining to the pandemic. Jersey shore taxpayers loved the easy, online access to meetings like Council \/ Commissioner and the Planning & Zoning Board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most towns don&#8217;t stream or archive school board meetings.<\/strong> Parents are increasingly irate about this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brigantine School District makes up a large portion of the city budget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Why hide the Brigantine School Board meetings? Don&#8217;t wanna let parents know about new curriculum?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Elected officials in Brigantine are reducing, restricting, or shutting down access to their public meetings. This problem has plagued Brigantine for close to 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/people-want-more-accessible-transparent-council-meetings\/article_af133d84-d06c-11ec-9b49-ff4f2bc7f395.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See Full Article in Press of Atlantic City.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-brigantinenow wp-block-embed-brigantinenow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RKxq1Elc5o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/city-meeting-videos-deleted-council-info-blackouts\/\">Brigantine Council Meeting Videos Deleted. Info Blackouts.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Brigantine Council Meeting Videos Deleted. 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Especially in Brigantine. The Press article hits close to home for 75% of Brigantine homeowners. 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