No confidence in
I was very pleased to read The Times’ article “Four on council express ‘no confidence’ in Mack” (Oct. 4). Until this past Tuesday, I thought that I had awakened to find that we were living in a foreign country under a dictator. How can our mayor keep repeating mistake after mistake?
How can he play around with our $27.1 million aid package? These monies are not his; the funds are for the citizens of
I’d like to know how Mayor Mack can say council has not acted professionally, when it’s obvious that he himself does not act professionally. Additionally, how can the committee “Stand By Tony” make comments such as “Mack has submitted qualified department director candidates”? Maybe council should approve embezzlers and wanton criminals. The citizens of
I happily signed the petition for the mayor’s recall. Please — I could do a better job as mayor. My qualifications: integrity, honesty and intelligence, three qualities the mayor does not seem to have.
-- Walter R. Dietrich,
Printed in the Times, Friday, October 07, 2011
Trenton Mayor Tony Mack continues to march to his own drummer, despite the music the rest of the band is playing.
Besides not practicing basic management processes, he continues to violate the terms he agreed to in the Memo of Understanding he signed with the state.
There is every indication that the state will refuse to release the additional $24.4 million of transitional aid
It has been estimated that the loss of the transitional aid will cause a devastating blow to the city’s budget. The current proposed 2012 budget increases our tax rate from $3.63 to $3.74 per $100 of assessed value. That is a 3 percent increase in rate, and $220 on a home of $200,000.
If taxpayers have to make up for the lost aid, we would need a 37 percent tax rate increase — from $3.63 to $4.98 per $100. The total property tax would then be $9,960 on a $200,000 home. Suffice it to say that kind of increase on top of the large increases over the last two years would stress the financial resources of many
We need to show the state that we are not like our arrogant mayor, but that we really are good people who deserve the transitional aid. What better way to show the state this than to sign the petition to recall Mayor Mack so that we can elect an effective replacement as soon as possible?
Isn’t this what we all want?
-- Don Wallar,
Printed in the Times, Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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