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: : "We see ads on politicsnj also, but at least they are unbiased in reporting information."

: : That's almost as if you were likening the Jersey Journal to the New York Times.

: : ROFLMAO

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: Here's a story Vas' home News Tribune, as it appears on politicsnj:

: Blame Vas for tardy tab full of financial holes
: Home News Tribune Online 05/31/06

: Perth Amboy property owners have every reason to feel squeamish about their city's yet-to-be-finalized budget and the bite it will take out of their hides. For starters, the spending plan is months behind schedule for presentation to the state, a sure sign of trouble. Add to that the fact that the Department of Community Affairs has ordered City Hall to slice $8 million in anticipated revenues from the tab and the outlook is even more grim. While Mayor Joseph Vas has told residents to expect an increase in their property taxes of about $126 for a home assessed at the city's average, the real figure could climb as high as $700, according to other estimates, made worse by the knowledge the city has been so lax in prepping for this year's financial plan.

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: "It's not good," Councilman David Szilagyi said last week. "I think the best-case scenario is we're looking at a $3 (million) to $4 million gap."

: If so, blame the administration.

: Perth Amboy failed to document to the state how certain revenues would be generated, according to the Department of Community Affairs. That means the city might not be able to claim certain income for budget purposes. Two items have already been dropped: $3 million from an extention of its water/wastewater utility lease and $1 million in emergency medical service billing reimbursements. Still up in the air are $2 million in revenue from the Middlesex County Recreation Grant Pool and $2 million from the YMCA Public Safety Complex Recreation Pool.

: City officials have pledged to properly document these revenue streams in the future, but what of now? Vas has yet to explain these oversights to any degree of satisfaction, let alone move forcefully to rectify them. The slopp y planning could cost city residents dearly.

: More sinister, it is legitimate to wonder whether the tardy unveiling of Perth Amboy's budget wasn't planned. Vas is a candidate in the June 6 Democratic Party primary for New Jersey's 13th District seat in Congress. To delay bad budget news suits the mayor's political aspiration.

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