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Red Bulls Lose Tax Court Decision But Set to Appeal |
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Monday, 23 January 2012 00:01 |
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January 23,2012 (Harrison, NJ) Judge Christine Nugent of the New Jersey Tax Court rendered an oral opinion that the Red Bulls must pay property taxes to the Town of Harrison. The Red Bulls had contended that they owed no property taxes to the Town of Harrison because they did not own the land upon which the Red Bulls stadium stands.
Earlier this year, ratings bureau Moody's had lowered the Town of Harrison's credit rating five levels to Ba3 because the Red Bulls had appealed their property tax assessment and the town was facing debt payments on bond payments which it had no new source of income to make payments from. Since the downgrade, the Town has managed to have developers move forward with projects including the Harrison Station Apartment which began renting in September 2011.
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Christmas Tree Or Holiday Tree |
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Written by KOTW
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Saturday, 17 December 2011 10:41 |
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December 17,2011 (Kearny, NJ) The Town of Kearny and the White House have referred to the lighting of their respective Christmas Trees as Holiday Trees. The Holiday Tree designation started a discussion on KOTW. A following post brought out an interesting point about whether calling a Christmas Tree is an effort to eliminate religion.
"Apparently the White House referred to Christmas Trees as Holiday Trees for the first time this year which prompted CBS presenter, Ben Stein, to present this piece which I would like to share with you. I think it applies just as much to many countries as it does to America.
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are, Christmas trees.
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November 6, 2009 (Kearny, NJ) Our Poll on which local Police Department is the best is completed. The Kearny Police Department received 23 votes (52.3%), Harrison received 10 (22.7%), East Newark 6 (13.6%) and North Arlington 5 (11.4%). A total of 44 persons participated in the poll. Not exactly ...
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The Path Station in Harrison. Plans to transform the station into a modern transit hub are planned. A changes however will not come in time for the opening of the Red Bull's Soccer Stadium.
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 Alberto Santos has been re-elected to an historic fifth term as Kearny's Mayor defeating challenger John Leadbeater. Santos attributed his victory to the hard work that his administration has done throughout his administration. Republican challenger John Leadbeater had a larger voter turnout than expected but fell short of upsetting the incumbent.
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By Guest "Eagle": Chris Christie has people like guest quaking in their boots. If Chris Christie were to lose you and I will go to work tomorrow. Guest with his stupid,childish and silly remarks may face some type of charges at some point.
The people who live in the political world which has evolved in Harrison and other New Jersey communities really believe that what is done is legal and acceptable.
Take the School construction deals. It was open season on our tax money. Did Corzine or any of his administration fully investigate and punish the all the thieves. The Answer is NO.
Corzine was ahead of Obama in his thinking. He may even have invented the renaming ploy. It works like this. When your political pals get caught abusing the system and stealing taxpayers money. Don't investigate it and punish those found responsible. Just rename the abused program and reward those responsible. These are your boys and they will not get caught the next time!
One guy said he would be mad if it wasn't him getting all the pensions and it is allowed. He just took advantage of a poorly regulated system. We are into the redevelopment for tens of millions of dollars. Is Mr. McCormick right about the tax standings of the stadium? I hope so. If McCormick is right we are in some real trouble. Under Corzine law those who made these deals will not be charged or even investigated.
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 It was a sunny and glorious day for the Red Bulls stadium opening. The opening game came after a "soft" opening game was canceled just a week before. The contrast between a stormy and raining day versus a sunny and glorious day for the stadium's grand opening. Traffic was of course backed up throughout the Town of Harrison and the adjacent Ironbound Section of Newark. What can you expect when planned roads were not built. Security at the stadium is still an issue according to our sources. In addition, Red Bull fans apparently were attempting to have tailgate parties in various locations in Harrison. The Red Bulls have no official designated area for tailgate parties. Harrison isn't the Giant Stadium parking lot and officials are expected to step up enforcement of the town's no drinking in public town ordinance.
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