Hillside taxpayers will be whammed by a 13 percent increase on the county portion of their property tax bills this year thanks to a $436.8 million budget approved by the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
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That comes to about a $130 average increase.
The Star-Ledger reports that the county is raising taxes $15.4 million to accommodate $22 million in new spending. And this at a time when Gov. Corzine and the state Legislature are looking to cut state spending by billions!
The freeholder board is completely controlled by the county Democratic machine. The party’s chairwoman, Charlotte DeFilippo, is a Hillside resident. But obviously, that didn’t make an iota of difference for township taxpayers.
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June 11, 2009 at 10:15 am
Mr Amin
Tax rates in Hillside are among the highest in NJ therefore among the highest in the whole nation. I’ve been living in Hillside for 20 years, being a homeowner for 10yrs. Taxes keep going up and up through the roof. I’d like to stay here until I retire and then some. In reality I’ll have to live elsewhere more affordable in my “Golden Years.” It’ll be too expensive to live in Hillside by then.