TC disorders?

So is the Vernon TC swept away by the GOP strain of political hypochondria? With no Dems immediately on hand , it appears the TC is awash and adrift in a sea of paranoia and recrimination.
If there is to be any Taxpayer-inspired referendum, it should be a referendum to ABOLISH the town government itself.

The county does much of the heavy lifting nowadays, taking over many of what were once day-to-day town operations .

Let the Freeloaders be reconciled to their responsibilities and their accountability to the individual towns. Should be a smooth takeover, right? Just another group of GOP taxhaters!
Let the Freeholders be answerable to the municipal taxpayers for provision of services and protections and , oh yeah, scrambling for INVISIBLE crumbs from the Governor's table. Like him, the GOP Freeloaders HATE TAXES!

So hey, to rewrite Jersey's motto:
"Jersey towns and the loudmouth NoTaxTeabags - PERFECT TOGETHER!"

(pay taxes?! for dreadful workingclass children's schools? how cheap and common! They may even be, dare we say it, poor people!! Town services may only encourage them to stay here instead of moving away!)

So there you are: town governments are TOTALLY to blame for collecting taxes to pay for town services. They have got to go. Let the counties take control of everything!

In 2005, the real hourly wage for production workers in America was approximately 8 percent lower than it was in 1973, while our national output (productivity) per hour is 55 percent higher. So it's dubious whether most Americans have gained even a penny in purchasing power since 1989.
This country's delusional Republican sockpuppets must be frustrated by their party's failed policy : smashing the unions was supposed to line bourgeois GOP pockets with silver and gold, but no!
The GOP kicked all working and middleclass people from the economic table as if they were stray dogs!

Meanwhile, in Germany, unions are resurging among kids who are highly skilled.
Why are kids in Germany paying dues voluntarily?

American educator John Dewey believed that schools should not just teach practical skills but explain why kids have to be political, to be citizens and yes, to get into labor movements to protect the skills they are acquiring.
Ironically, American middleclass folks have only one political motto anymore: "NoNewTaxes."

So the Europeans will continue to prosper and have good jobs and good living environments and self-respect while Americans fall deeper into social inequality and are subjected to Republican talk radio sockpuppets.

Town Center

Little Notes on little things for a Vernon town center which might improve everyday life in this beautiful town:

1. We need more little shops.
WalMart and Dollarstores we have aplenty all around us (and everywhere in Generica!), megastores which we totally love btw, but we love little independent shops more.

Need we mention the senseless closing of R.J. Mars? Talk about ripping a town's heart out and kicking it across the county. Such cruelty - and in these perilous, sad economic times, Vernon lost the place where practically EVERYBODY grew up... plus, don't even think about the holidays with no R.J.Mars downtown...

2. we need little art galleries for sure. Vernon has so many artists - and galleries are ESSENTIAL to town center daytrippers who, btw, will seek out little retail food shops nearby.

3. we need reasonably priced litttle apartments. and not age-restricted "housing" (which btw is restrictive of all commerce - and vaguely unconstitutional)

4. If there must be another supermarket, the TC econdevs should try tirelessly to get a little Wegmans, which actually generates commerce and brings serious foodshoppers to town from near & far. Go read about Wegmans and see why we should get one where Mars used to be.
The tax proceeds of a Wegmans Grand Opening alone would pay the town's bills forever.