Zero-Based Budgeting
November 18, 2016
Zero
Based Budgeting and the Budget Process:
After
watching the Novembers issue of the Mayor’s Roundtable I am a
bit concerned about some of the discussion that was on there.
This was mostly about two issues:
zero-based
budgeting and the budget process.
Wikipedia
definition of zero-based budgeting. Wikipedia defines
zero-based budgeting as the following ( from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-based_budgeting
)
“Zero-based
budgeting...
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2016 Election Results
November 16, 2016
Firstly I would like to thank all of the people that have
supported me this election cycle. It was quite an experience
for me and I think that between us we definitely have awakened
people in this town.
About 6500 people voted and I received 1271 votes which means
that just about 20% of the people voted for me. This
is a tremendous achievement for an Independent. While
technically I am a libertarian, the support that I had was
bipartisan.
Personally I feel this is a great statement for the town.
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Berkeley Heights Budget Part 2
November 9, 2016
On to
part 2 of my multi-part series on taxes and Berkeley Heights.
I would like to discuss tightening of our budget.
I believe it to be very important to run a tight
budget. Doing so provides more control to the Council
and can cut back on spending.
There are
2 ways to add fluff to the municipal budget. 1) Overstating
appropriations and 2) understating revenues.
Having
fluff in a budget leads to unnecessary spending.
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Bullet Vote for Maciejewski for Berkeley Heights Town Council
November 8, 2016
Election Day is here and I would like to ask you to vote for me,
and no one else, this is considered a "Bullet Vote" and helps me
the most.
There is some confusing wording on the Ballot. The Ballot
states, "Members of Township Council - Vote for Two". This is
confusing because it is legal to vote for 1, you do not need to
vote for 2. The text should really state: "Vote for up to Two". In
fact, if you have a single candidate in this race, that you really
want to win, their best chance is...
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Berkeley Heights Town Council Election 2016
November 8, 2016
It has been an excellent run for Berkeley Heights Town
Council and I would like to remind you about me and ask you
once again for your vote!
I am not a politician, but a resident and taxpayer like you.
I love Berkeley Heights. It is a great town and an ideal place
for raising children. It offers the perfect balance, being close to
NYC but far enough away from the traffic and noise of the city.
Berkeley Heights is a great town, however I feel it could be even
better.
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Berkeley Heights Taxes
October 22, 2016
As part
of a multi-part series on our taxes, part 1 will focus on how
Berkeley Heights deals with debt and in particular what usually
happens at the end of a Berkeley Heights Bond’s Life.
Introduction:
The
Berkeley Heights Council historically has a bad habit of
re-ante-ing up every time a bond matures. If we have
$100,000 less in payments this year compared to last, they will
write a new bond that will have roughly $100,000 in payments.
I believe this to be an undisciplined approach to
capital expenditures.
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Bavoso Spreads Misinformation
October 19, 2016
Bavoso on
The Berkeley Heights Swap
During
the Berkeley Heights League of Women Voters Debate that was held on
Oct 13, 2016 at Columbia Middle School in Berkeley Heights, Peter
Bavoso stated the following during a rebuttal: “OK Just
to mention since Tom gets very excited about this Yellin, First of
all the municipal redevelopment falls under the redevelopment law
of the state. This is not one of those issues that is a
council issue.
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STOP THE SWAP
September 28, 2016
If Elected I Vow to Stop the Swap!
Many residents in town are confused about the status of "The SWAP". Some think it had failed while others seem to think that the SWAP is a done deal and that it cannot be stopped. Both are incorrect assumptions. In fact this single election will determine whether it goes through or not.
I personally believe that initiatives of such scale absolutely need to go before a public vote and not be pushed forth by officials with conflicts of interest.
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Roads
September 26, 2016
What is the best way to address the poor state of the roads in Berkeley Heights?
There are actually more important issues going on in the town then roads, such as the lack of communication and trust in the town government, cronyism, and the $27M new municipal building that is being forced on us through the SWAP initiative, Poor road conditions are certainly an annoyance and we are constantly reminded of potholes and deteriorating storm drains.
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Open Government
September 23, 2016
Open Government: why do we need it?
Berkeley Heights needs to move in the direction of Open Government. A significant percentage of our town has a general distrust in our local representatives. An even greater percentage does not feel informed about the major initiatives that are going on in town. Many residents can not attend the regular meetings and have a hard time finding relevant documents or videos on line.
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