NEWS RELEASE

 

Release after:    October 18, 2003

 

 

Geier & Knause 5-Point Property Tax Reduction Plan

 

Candidates for Plumsted Township Committee, Mitch Geier and Don Knause, announced their plan to reduce property taxes once elected.  Geier and Knause are running on the campaign slogan of A Change for the Better and have entered the race with the primary goal of decreasing this community’s skyrocketing property taxes.

 

Mitch Geier points out, “Property taxes in Plumsted Township have risen 14% in just this year and 93% in the last 10 years!  We just can’t afford to let our administration treat homeowners like their ATM.  We developed our 5-Point Property Reduction Plan in response to these outrageous increases in taxation.”

 

The Geier/Knause 5-Point Property Tax Reduction Plan

 

  1. We will bring fiscal responsibility back to our municipal government.
  2. We will attract good, clean “ratable” businesses to our community to defray our property taxes and to bring much needed services to our community.
  3. We will actively seek grants that will benefit our community while defraying taxes both short- and long-term.
  4. If residents vote down the school budget (as in 2003), we will bring in an outside consultant to review the budget line-item by line-item and make recommendations to assure our children a quality education while respecting the decision of the voters.
  5. We will work actively to pressure the state of New Jersey to finally enact property tax reform.

 

Don Knause notes, “We believe we can make a real difference.  We need property tax reduction and reform as well as many services that would benefit this community.  We could use a youth recreation center, day care in the areas of town with recent growth, a gym, and medical facilities.  By actively attracting these types of clean ratable businesses, it becomes a win/win situation of defraying taxes and increasing our quality-of-life.”

 

U.S. Senator Jon Corzine and U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg recently endorsed the Geier and Knause campaign.

 

For additional information, please see our website at www.MitchGeier.com and the
Hot Issues Button.  And feel free to contact the candidates:

 

Mitch Geier                                                       Donald Knause

609-758-1111 ext. 1                                           609-758-2076

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