what about mikey's bill down down down i am sure

Well played. Seniors will pay less so they can do more golfing. Families already working 80 hours a week to feed their kids get to pay more.

“About one-third of property owners can expect to see an increase in property taxes, one-third will stay about the same, and one-third will see a decrease, the assessor said.”

This is true in cases where the town has gone a long time since the last assessment, and significant changes to the real-estate atmosphere have affected differing neighborhoods in different ways. All properties in the town were recently reassessed, and the drop in housing values has been across the board. If the reassessment once again hits the Whiting and PLP non-senior residences hard like it (correctly) did last time, this will be contested.

This sounds like a coup by the senior villages to increase the tax burden on the Private homes.

I received my letter today. According to Mr. Lynch, the total market value for my property has decreased. And while the letter states: "The actual tax rate for 2013 cannot be determined until approximately July of 2013," they include a 2013 tax estimate based on the 2012 budget. According to this estimate, my modest 1,400-sq ft home in PLP that has decreased tremendously in value since I bought it five years ago is estimated to see a nearly $350 tax increase. Call me cynical, but I'm not holding my breath that the actual tax rate in July will adjust my taxes lower. Great start to 2013 for my middle class family. First I'm hit with $100 per month in extra Social Security payroll taxes by the feds and now this. No wonder the middle class is going the way of the dinosaur.

As a resident in a non senior area, the value of my house went down 100,000 dollars and my taxes went up 1,000 dollars a year!!! How do you justify the fact that I am not hit as hard as an age restricted area? This sounds like some spin talk to me?

By the way , I would like to see the improvements that have been made to PLP since I moved here in 1987? We don't even have garbage pick up or sidewalks? Really?

Start giving us MORE and maybe we would not complain, but we do not even have garbage pick-up! We pay for that separately as well as Septic. The value of my home went down, yet my taxes increased. PLEASE make sense of that to me?? As a family with small childre, we cannot catch a break, but the comfortable, retired people get it? This is ALL WRONG.

We got Lynched! What he get to sell us out? Enough to pay his taxes and drive cadillacs.

once again we get screwed

TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION FOR THE NON-SENIOR,

Taxes are not to be laid on the people but by their consent in person or by deputation… these are the first principles of law and justice

THANKS MIKEY

I notice this artice was buried fast! LMAO

Really as the article states..why do people insist that their home be reassessmented lower? If you want to sell you can ask for whatever you want..but buyer will say look at your assessment value! Plus this lower assessment is not going to lower your RE taxes as you read in this article..its a catch 22.

Our house was $200,700 (non-senior area just to say) assessment value last year..tax was $3857..now the assessment in value is lower $172,000..but taxes higher $4,052.
Like I said makes no difference which way it goes..its a catch 22..and town hall will always win.

And please seniors don't say I pay for school tax without children..I have no childen either and just 51 years old single...its the rules we all have to do or MOVE!

I have appraisal for $195,000 this yr. Manchester had my home value at 261,300 last yr taxes at 5000.00 this yr on letter I just recd the value manchester has is 231,300 but taxes are 5400.00. Going to township with appraisal next week but first sending all info with a letter to Christie to investigate our little town here. A Manchester resident called into live with the govenor asking why manchesters taxes are going up after his 2% property tax cap? Christie replied to one of his employees while on the radio find out what's going on in Manchester. We all need to appeal to our govenor he seems to get the job done and not tolerate the bullshit. You can go online to send the govenor a message me I'm sending certified letter with back up, emailing his office and cc to congressman Chris smith and handing a copy to township next week with my appraisal! We all need to reach out to Christie for an investigation ASAP!!!

I called the tax office and complained. He suggested I go to the council meeting this Monday the 14th at 6:00pm and take it up we them....This is nothing more than Corruption!

Don't forget to Vote these idiots OUT OF OFFICE!!!!!!!!

The most important thing is to stop all unnecessary spending, That's the only way to get the message across. It will CRIPPLE the economy!

It's amazing, i got my new tax bill in December it said $4800 for taxes, now I get this letter and it's $5200 and the tax value went down $30000, How can I be paying more for a cheaper house, I don't know ware Mr Lynch learned his Math but he needs a refresher course. But I did see ware the Mayor and councilmen voted all public employees a 2% raise accross the board, plus nice pensions, and sweet low cost health care. 99% of us work 60 to 80 hours a week so we can pay for the 1% to live large it's not the rich screwing the middle class it's the politicions, Ocupation Wall street is targeting the wrong people. It's about time all working people get off there buts and vote this garbage out.

Let's all call/write Mayor-TY Veronica!

TOWNSHIP COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW 1/14/2013 6:00pm TOWNHALL WE ALL NEED TO ATTEND!!!

Veronica I will be there with a crowd from Whitings. Thats the real name before we got overun by the immigrants from up north. We want our town back! We want fair taxes. They keep building senior Developments instead of regular housing and we get stuck with the difference in taxes because they don't pay what they should ,and then their taxes go down instead of up. We are being forced to move and then comes more seniors in. The town doesn't care about garbage collection and sidewalks. Seniors got that stuff in their own developments. They don't need them so we don't get them. All we get is nothing! We don't even get bullshit,just ingnored!!!! Not tomorrow!

STATE OF NEW JERSEY LOCAL FINANCE BOARD NOTICE OF VIOLATION
In Re: [Michael Fressola, Mayor, Township of Manchester, Complaint
This matter having come before the Local Finance Board (Board) pursuant to the Local Government Ethics Law, N.J.S.A. et seq., upon complaint that Mayor Michael Fressola used the address and telephone number of the Township of Manchester City Hall in a political mail piece, using the resources of the Township for his personal gain and securing unwarranted privileges or advantages for himself and his campaign in violation of N.J.S.A. and,
WHEREAS, the Board determined that the allegations were within its jurisdiction, were not frivolous and were based upon a reasonable factual basis, authorized an investigation of this complaint; and

WHEREAS, the Local Government Ethics Law states:
N.J.S.A. 40A: No local government officers or employee shall use or attempt to use his official position to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for himself or others; and,
WHEREAS, the Board, having considered the matter and the relevant statements and presented and all documentation with the written response to the allegations submitted by Mayor Fressola, concluded that the use of the Municipal Building address and telephone number in the letterhead of a political mailer distributed in connection with the May
11, 2010 election constitutes the use or attempted use of Mayor Fressola's official position to
secure an unwarranted privilege or advantage for himself or others in violation of N.J.S.A.
It is therefore,
DETERMINED that Mayor Michael Fressola shall be assessed a fine in the amount of $100.00 for the violation as related to his engaging in activities prohibited by the statute. Said fine shall be payable to: Treasurer, State of New Jersey, and be submitted to: Thomas H. Neff, Chair, Local Finance Board, P.O. Box 803, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625 immediately. If payment of said fine is not received within 10 days receipt of this NOTICE, Mayor Fressola is subject to additional fines as determined by the Board in accordance with its powers in N.J.S.A.40A:9-
22.10, Violations and Penalties.

let me see if I have this right. People who live in River Pointe, a new 55+ sr development in manchester, are senior citizens. Seniors that can afford a new home, that cost more then my current home. But they're not going to pay a tax increase because they're seniors? btw, we also are in our 50's, working hard for a living, with NO children in school; paying school taxes like everyone else. but we have to pay the increase because we don't live in a retirement village? and how is the town getting around the 2% tax limit that Gov Christie imposed?

Thank you Manchester for $40,000 lower assessment and $1000.00 tax increase.
New police cars , New police hub in the shopping center, New vehicles for for other township workers. Where are the spending cuts. Same old story in New Jersey and yet the dumb dumbs who live in this town keeping re- electing the same people. Some day I hope folks wake up. Vote them all out of office and keeping doing it until the listen.

First step is to contact the governor, step two is to get this so called mayor out of office. The mayor who looted 10 million dollars from manchester was a better than the guy we have now.
Office of the Governor
PO Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-292-6000
OR EMAIL HIM .... ADDRESS IS BELOW
http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/governor/govmail/govmail_1c_new.pl

The old mayor looted 10 million dollars and Manchester was still better off than it is today. Sounds to me like he was doing a hell of alot more for Manchester than Michael Fressola ever has. I can not think of one good thing that Michael Fressola has done outside the senior communities, can you?

DUDLEY FOR MAYOR! Keep fighting Henry Dudley, Please appeal if you can. Michael Fressola has done nothing for the township of Manchester outside the walls of the senior communities and I think I speak for many of the residents (outside senior living) when I say WE DO NOT WANT THIS MAN TO REPRESENT US ANYMORE! If I am wrong and you can name one good thing this man has ever done for us non-seniors please correct me.