Thoughts on municipal mergers

It’s unfortunate — but not unexpected — that the mayors of Monroe and Jamesburg would feel as they do on legislation that could force some towns to merge. But there are a lot of reasons to go ahead with this — or some variant. The reality is that, no matter how much local residents complain about taxes, they will not do anything substantive to fix the system without being pushed.

South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick

Unknown's avatar

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

Leave a comment