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Hammonton ranks 277th Best Place to Live in NJ

Date: 10:43 AM Feb 29, 2008

RE: Hammonton ranks 277th Best Places to Live

Date: 12:34 PM Feb 29, 2008

RE: Hammonton ranks 277th Best Places to Live in NJ

Date: 05:59 PM Feb 29, 2008

RE: Hammonton ranks 277th Best Place to Live in NJ

Date: 02:49 AM Mar 1, 2008

According to HF mentality, It's all good. At least we're in the top half they'd say. Too bad we settle for less lately the last couple of years in Hammonton. Hammonton could be so much better.

Date: 03:47 PM Mar 1, 2008

Yeah, it's all good. That's why Mayor DiDonato is now talking about layoffs in all departments.

Date: 07:35 PM Mar 2, 2008

Governor Corzine to cut 3,000 jobs

Date: 09:15 AM Mar 3, 2008

RE: Hammonton ranks 277th Best Place to Live in NJ

Date: 02:18 PM Mar 3, 2008

Cenzo Penza sums it up best...

Date: 02:03 PM Mar 4, 2008

RE: Hammonton ranks 277th Best Place to Live in NJ

Date: 02:10 PM Mar 4, 2008

I am looking at moving to Elwood, are they ranked in the top 10?
I like the trees and the squirrels in Elwood.

Date: 07:30 PM Mar 5, 2008

There is great progress in our town. Even the school is back on track. Their finance chairman and business adminsitrator delivered another year of no tax increases. Good job to Steve DiDonato and Barbara Prettyman! Its all good!

Date: 11:06 PM Mar 5, 2008

How can the school budget go from 39 million to 43 million without a tax increase. Are they playing with numbers again? 4 million more in one year? Where is all this money going?
Are my taxes going down this year? I hope this is not another slick budget with a big tax increase down the road. 4 million more in one year....WOW

Date: 01:15 AM Mar 6, 2008

I am thinking of moving to Newtonville, does the gazzette deliver there?

Date: 01:22 AM Mar 6, 2008

with so many municipalities to choose from, where can we go wrong?

Date: 04:26 AM Mar 6, 2008

Anonymous wrote:
There is great progress in our town. Even the school is back on track. Their finance chairman and business adminsitrator delivered another year of no tax increases. Good job to Steve DiDonato and Barbara Prettyman! Its all good!

Hammonton is paving the way to the future!

Date: 06:48 AM Mar 6, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
There is great progress in our town. Even the school is back on track. Their finance chairman and business adminsitrator delivered another year of no tax increases. Good job to Steve DiDonato and Barbara Prettyman! Its all good!

Hammonton is paving the way to the future!

Yes, he did it all by himself . The state gave the school 2 million more

and a additional 1 million last year, I guess next they will make the blind see. Its' all good if you get the money.

Date: 04:12 PM Mar 6, 2008

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
There is great progress in our town. Even the school is back on track. Their finance chairman and business adminsitrator delivered another year of no tax increases. Good job to Steve DiDonato and Barbara Prettyman! Its all good!

Hammonton is paving the way to the future!
Yes, he did it all by himself . The state gave the school 2 million more
and a additional 1 million last year, I guess next they will make the blind see. Its' all good if you get the money.

Did you see the new grants the town got? HF is getting more grants than the R's and D's ever did. And the school is charging Waterford a lot more for tuition. That really helps the Hammonton taxpayers. It's all GREAT!

Date: 04:35 PM Mar 6, 2008

Are the Republicans running a primary this year? Rumor is that they have 6 people who want to run this year.

Date: 05:00 PM Mar 6, 2008

Anonymous wrote:
Are the Republicans running a primary this year? Rumor is that they have 6 people who want to run this year.

Who cares? Now that Steve DiDonato and Barbara Prettyman rolled out the school budget with no tax increase again and the town has already promised a zero increase, the Republicans have no chance. The taxpayers will be thrilled with the new school budget. Our town is becoming the BEST town in New Jersey!

Date: 09:44 PM Mar 6, 2008

If we had legalized prostitution it would be better.

Date: 06:20 AM Mar 7, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Are the Republicans running a primary this year? Rumor is that they have 6 people who want to run this year.

Who cares? Now that Steve DiDonato and Barbara Prettyman rolled out the school budget with no tax increase again and the town has already promised a zero increase, the Republicans have no chance. The taxpayers will be thrilled with the new school budget. Our town is becoming the BEST town in New Jersey!

You used the right word "rolled" out. Explain how the budget is up 4 million and they say its' all good.What kind of math is this? Its' called smoke and mirrors also known as tricks for treats. now you see it now you don't.There are problems on the horizon, but its all good.Just keep say it, maybe you to will believe it.

Date: 09:15 AM Mar 7, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Are the Republicans running a primary this year? Rumor is that they have 6 people who want to run this year.

Who cares? Now that Steve DiDonato and Barbara Prettyman rolled out the school budget with no tax increase again and the town has already promised a zero increase, the Republicans have no chance. The taxpayers will be thrilled with the new school budget. Our town is becoming the BEST town in New Jersey!

dems and reps want to fight budget
with no tax increase it will win easily
hf is doing great job!

Date: 11:39 AM Mar 9, 2008

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Are the Republicans running a primary this year? Rumor is that they have 6 people who want to run this year.

Who cares? Now that Steve DiDonato and Barbara Prettyman rolled out the school budget with no tax increase again and the town has already promised a zero increase, the Republicans have no chance. The taxpayers will be thrilled with the new school budget. Our town is becoming the BEST town in New Jersey!

dems and reps want to fight budget
with no tax increase it will win easily
hf is doing great job!

Hammonton First already raised our taxes this year by pushing the legislation to have taxpayers charged for emergency services.

the only hope to no tax increase is the Republicans at this point.

Date: 02:29 PM Mar 9, 2008

It is amazing that the Republicans are attacking are fine firemen's request to be reimbursed from insurance companies to help pay for the new fire truck they need. The Republicans obviously feel strongly that they should raise taxes to pay for the truck instead.

Date: 12:17 AM Mar 10, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

It is amazing that the Republicans are attacking are fine firemen's request to be reimbursed from insurance companies to help pay for the new fire truck they need. The Republicans obviously feel strongly that they should raise taxes to pay for the truck instead.

If HF is so great, why didn't we get the fire truck already? They have been around with their zero for zero for how long now? Is the truck ordered yet? It should have been ordered with a pre-emission motor. According to Torrissi, if he was on council we would already be getting a first class fire truck with the right specs.

Date: 06:10 PM Mar 10, 2008

I am glad Hammonton First is lowering the town's debt by working with great ideas like this from the firemen. The Republicans and Democrats have to stop their wild credit card spending. They have bankrupted the state. They also drove Hammonton to the highest debt in it's history. All they would do was borrow, tax and spend. Now we have zero tax increases at both the school and town every year. It's all good!

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The highest amount of debt in Hammonton's history belongs to Hammonton First. The current year we have seen our debt go to that level. This information comes from the town accountant and town auditor.
The current trend of credit card spending needs to come to an end. We can't use our credit card spending to falsely keep the taxes down. It's all good, until the bills come due!!!

Date: 12:18 PM Mar 11, 2008

Admin wrote:
The highest amount of debt in Hammonton's history belongs to Hammonton First. The current year we have seen our debt go to that level. This information comes from the town accountant and town auditor.
The current trend of credit card spending needs to come to an end. We can't use our credit card spending to falsely keep the taxes down. It's all good, until the bills come due!!!

Now, now... you know your data has a $6M mistake. Why don't you just use the independent auditor's certified report? The debt in Hammonton is going down. It's all good.

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Not true, the corrected data given to me by the Town shows the debt rising to it's highest level in history in 2007. The report you refer to covers the period ending 12/31/06, the data I am refering to is current data.

Date: 04:03 PM Mar 11, 2008

Last year the Ds and Rs ran around saying debt went up then the auditors certified it went down. The R's and D's have to scramble.

They they ran around with debt calculations that they later had to admit had a $6 million mistake. More scrambling by the R's and D's.

Now they are saying the debt went up again. When the auditor's report comes out and he shows it went down again, that will certainly be fun to watch.

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If the debt figure is different than what we have been told, then we either have a problem with our Town accountant, or the town auditor. They are the ones that have provided the documentation that the debt has risen this year.
It'll all be bad when the bills come due!!

Date: 04:30 PM Mar 11, 2008

Admin wrote:
If the debt figure is different than what we have been told, then we either have a problem with our Town accountant, or the town auditor. They are the ones that have provided the documentation that the debt has risen this year.
It'll all be bad when the bills come due!!

So you are claiming the town's auditor gave you an answer before he even started the town's audit report? Really? I think I will wait to see until they actually file their reports.

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The Town accountant checked his facts with the auditor before he gave them to me.

Date: 07:35 PM Mar 11, 2008

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

It is amazing that the Republicans are attacking are fine firemen's request to be reimbursed from insurance companies to help pay for the new fire truck they need. The Republicans obviously feel strongly that they should raise taxes to pay for the truck instead.

If HF is so great, why didn't we get the fire truck already? They have been around with their zero for zero for how long now? Is the truck ordered yet? It should have been ordered with a pre-emission motor. According to Torrissi, if he was on council we would already be getting a first class fire truck with the right specs.

You are probably right. The Republicans would have raised taxes to buy a new truck right away rather than protecting the taxpayers.