Assembly Approves Tax-relief Measure was the headline on January 30, 2007

Despite Republican criticism that it was a rush job in an election year, the state Assembly yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would give most households a 20 percent tax credit and impose a 4 percent cap on local tax increases.

Property Tax Relief Plan Wins Approval was the headline on June 22, 2004.

Legislators yesterday approved Gov. James E. McGreevey's property tax relief plan that combines bigger rebate checks - paid for by higher income taxes on the wealthy - with caps on school and local government spending [2.5 percent] and a constitutional convention to revamp the funding of schools, counties and municipalities.

Many Republicans blasted the plan as a shell game intended to boost McGreevey's poll numbers but delaying work on the state's property tax problems. Democrats contend it fairly provides tax relief now and creates a framework for systemic change later.

Maybe the Republicans have a point. We’re beginning to see a pattern here.

While we were on hiatus Blue Jersey awarded their 2006 Screaming Carrot Award to the blog City Belt. Blue Jersey’s jmelli had this to say about Enlighten-NewJersey and last year’s award winner, Steven Hart, who blogs on The Opinion Mill:

During his tenure as Carrot Wielder, Hart invented the new national holiday of Bushtemberfest, switched his blog to WordPress and repeatedly pimp-slapped the proprietor of The Rick Santorum Anonymously Managed Republican Home for the Mentally Deficient, otherwise known as Enlighten-NJ.

No links to back up the claim, just name calling. Nothing much has changed while we’ve been away.

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May you all have a very healthy and happy 2007.