Revenue Lack Results in Low Service Record Mccauley Rejects Manager
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Weather j*j y, «Mi««tfMM4 eoM WKI followed by etearfa* '•-'% Weip daj. CMttmtd.MU, hUh 25,775 hie* to mid Mi. Fair land mS WMght, low in low to mkf Ms. I' Bed Bank Area J Tomorow fair, continued cold, Copyrlght-The Red Bank Register, Inc-, 1965. Ugh ia mid upper Us. MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS VOL 88. NO. 124 QBE- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1965 7c PER COPY" PAGE ON? A Broad Based Tax Is in New Jersey's Future Revenue Lack Results in Low Service Record By ELINOR MULTER local governments . .for the purpose of reducing the pro- Some 65 per cent of state and local tax dollars is provided be soundly obtained except by a broad-based tax." (First ot a series). portion of... costs borne by the local taxpayer." by the general property tax, which is collected locally. In 1864 Gov. Richard J. Hughes reported a need for a new, TRENTON — Tax reluctance in New Jersey has resulted in To accomplish tils policy the commission recommended •The state collects revenues. from a motor fuel tax, ve- 3 broad based tax yielding $120 million to $153 million to finance a place near the bottom of the list of services provided New enactment of a broad based tax, specifically a sales tax, to hicular, fees, business taxes-including a l /t per cent corporate state needs net met in his proposed budget. Jersey citizens. produce $159 million annually. income tax and a 2 per cent net worth tax, and taxes on liquor, HOW ABOUT SERVICES? The current resurgence of interest in the broad based, tax The commission projected this as the amount needed to cigarets, utilities and inheritance. Where does New Jersey stand as far as services are con- in the state dan be dated from the January, 1963, publication of finance the increase in state support and to slow a mounting A growing need for state revenues in recent years has been cerned? the "Tenth Report of the Commission on State Tax Policy." property tax burden. met by increasing the taxes on these sources rather than by New Jersey is 48th in per capita spending for highways. Charged with making a "comprehensive re-examination of Thus far, though several sales tax bills have been introduced enactment of a broad based tax. New Jersey is 47th in per capita tax dollars devoted to the entire state and local tax structure" the commission found in each session, none has been passed. The gasoline tax went from five to six cents per gallon in operating a higher education program. "that the local property tax burden is unduly heavy, having BACK TO 1723 1961. The inheritance tax increased in 1962. New Jersey's state university, Rutgers, has one of the reached the point at which in many municipalities H cannot be Reluctance to impose taxes is not a new phenomenon in In a search for revenues in 1963 the legislature increased highest tuitions of any state university in the nation. increased, despite the need for certain services not now pro- New Jersey. It dates back to 1723 when governmental opera- motor vehicle fees and liquor and cigarette taxes. It also im- New Jersey has one of the nation's highest per capita vided, and that it is a deterrent to business and unfair to home- tions were entirely financed by a 60 per cent interest charge on posed a utilities surtax and a road tax. property taxes. .,-.•-• owners." \ the paper currency the government loaned to farmers. In commenting on the need for an additional $150 million New Jersey has a poor record in providing for vocational In the face of these findings, the commission recommended Revenue in New Jersey currently :is derived from a group annually, the Tax Policy Commission said: education (the lowest ratio of vocational to regular school en- "that the state follow a general policy of increasing state aid to of taxes with the general property tax the most important. '.'the commission does not believe that these revenues can (See TAXES, Page 4' Referendum Petitions Filed in Long Branch McCauley Rejects Manager Post, Mazza Raps League LONG BRANCH - Paul L. Government League's action, he don't that way;" he de-ficulty finding a manager under Leveling his fire, the mayor McCanley of Bradford, Pa., felt the job lacked security. clareu, _, that he believed the prevailing uncertain condi- stated: yesterday declined the job of "In my profession the City Council would have dif- tions. • • "This Plan A represents the city manager here and Mayor Mayor Mazza assailed the hand-picked form of a clique of Vincent J. Mazza attacked the league in a prepared statement former office holders who served , Better Government League, last night, declaring: under the discredited commis- charging It had sabotaged the "By their .irresponsible ac- sion form, and concentrates the city in its efforts to hijre Mr. tions this minority group has de-total power of administering the McCauley. prived the people of Long city in the hands of a political The mayor's statement came Branch of the services of a com-agent, the mayor, who may not after the league filed petitions petent city manager." be competent to handle such a with City Clerk Sanita J. Ca Asserting that Mr. McCauley task." • • •'• massa bearing 3,191 signatures, was "discouraged from taking Mayor 'Mazza said he had asking for a change of govern' the post of city manager after called a special, caucus for to; ment referendum. being contacted by members of night to discuss the manager The law requires about 2,500 the scrcalled Better Government issue. '•'. signatures. Miss^Camassa has group," the mayor declared, League officials yesterday SANTA AND HELPERS - "Unela Ernie" Hiitbrunner, weond from left, New Shrews- 20 days in which to certify the "The 3,000 uncertified signatures promised that' their purpose in bury's self-appointed St. Nicholas, it aided on Yule production line in old borough signatures. do not entitle them to. speak for seeking, to change the govern- Julius J. Golden, legal advisor majority of the people of Long ment entailed no personal politi- hall by Kenneth J. MacDonald, left, Kiwanis Club treasurer; Mrs. Frank Steclchahn, to the league, asked Miss*Ca< Branch." '••••• : cal ambitions, each emphasizing V/fijtt|n'i"€lub,welfare director, and Gtorg* F. Mtcomber, Kiwanft Club president. massa to call a special election Mayor Mazza said that if thethat he would hot seek elective Chriitmai dinner*.for 31 needy families in the borough and toys-for 130 children as quickly as. possible. people want the government or" appointive office; :•• ware packed laifm'ght by the ll-man*p7odYcfion Hi^fflr^dtstribuiioit today. In're- ClfegjSeeuriiy " changed, it should be done "in In a prepared statement, Irv- Mr. McCaiifey, reached at an orderly manner by petitioning ing M. Teicher, a legal counsel sponse to Uncle Grnie's appeal, toys, foodstuff! aid cash flowed in from organiza- Bradford, where he is the city the City Council to Initiate a for the league, said the filing of tions and individuals in and outside the borough. "People have been just wonderful," manager, said he declined the charter study," rather than by the petitions "clearly indicates Uncle Ernie declared. $15,000-a-year Long Branch post the direct petition method used the mandate of the citizenry of because in light of the Better Panl L. McCauley Vincent J. Mazza by the group. ' (See,Mo.CAUJ»Ey, Page 3) ;' Manalapan Okays Divisions /?g^f Readies Plans foAsk Despite Homeowner Protest MANALAPAN - Major sub- 'What you should do is go tmigho t have been violated was a 50 More Public Housing Units divisions, one being developed by court and get a restraining order reason for delaying the approval. Levitt and Sons and the other by if you think something is wrong," "Absolutely not," the attorney RED BANK — |The adoption plans to build another 50 units Besides requiring such Items surance company recommending of West Front St. ;. Hovnanian Brothers, received ten- the mayor told Abe Magid, replied. • • • . of three ordinances by Borough for senior citizens. as a Planning Board and Board of demolition and asking that glass Action on an ordinance to baa tative approval from the Town- Chesapeake Dr. In the letter to the Township Council last night left the bor-Councilman Daniel J. O'Hern Adjustment, the FHA called for tiles be removed immediately so garden apartments in the indus- ship Committee last night, des The situation was further com- Committee, the association pres- ough in a position to submit an said 'the Federal Housing Ad- certain ordinances, three of they won't fall on pedestrians. trial zone was deferred to Jan. pite a last minute letter from the plicated by a charge by'the ident, Louis Sennick, Chesapeake application for federal funds for ministration, before accepting which were adopted last night. The letter was an initial no- 17 pending a meeting with the Yorktowne Homeowners Associa- homeowners that Hovnanian Rd., asserted that "massive resi- 50 public housing units. the application, required Codes Stronger tice, Mr. O'Hern said, Future Planning Board, which feels the tion urging that action be de-Brothers has 'already illegally dential development can have • The Red Bank Housing Author- "workable program" which is The borough's electrical and action will have to follow the measure does not go far enough. ferred. constructed foundations on some only deleterious effects on our ity, which administers the 40nationa- l device for upgrading fire prevention codes both were steps outlined in the' substand- The board would like a ban on Association members subject- of the lots for which the tenta- unit project at Montgomery Ter., municipalities.