{"id":2851,"date":"2018-09-20T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairnessintaxes.com\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2021-09-01T17:27:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T17:27:04","slug":"help-us-stop-the-9-million-land-purchase-at-1600-haven-by-the-ocean-city-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairnessintaxes.com\/help-us-stop-the-9-million-land-purchase-at-1600-haven-by-the-ocean-city-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Stop $9 Million Land Purchase of 1600 Haven by Ocean City Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the many questions and concerns raised by residents, on Thursday, September 13, 2018, City Council of Ocean City adopted ordinance 2018-10, which authorizes the city to spend 9 million dollars for the purchase of the old car dealership property located in the 1600 block of Simpson Avenue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many informed and educated residents feel that the purchase price of <strong>9 million is excessive<\/strong> and that the city simply acquiesce to the demands of the seller without a second thought about the Ocean City taxpayer.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, the remaining properties in the area that the city wishes to acquire will use this<strong> inflated sales price<\/strong> as a comparison or &#8220;comp&#8221; which will only compound the insult to the wallets of the taxpayers of Ocean City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The state of New Jersey provides a <strong>legal mechanism for citizens to challenge<\/strong> a bond ordinance adopted by a local government.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since many questions surrounding this land purchase remain unanswered along with the<strong> disrespect <\/strong>demonstrated by city council President Pete Madden towards members of the public who questioned this purchase, there is a desire to commence with the process of challenging this bond ordinance and place it on a <strong>public referendum<\/strong> where taxpayers can decide if 9 million dollars is appropriate for this land purchase.<\/li>\n<li>As the provisions of the process are being finalized, we would like to gauge the support for such a movement.<\/li>\n<li>In order to participate, you must be a <strong>registered voter in Ocean City<\/strong> and be willing to sign a petition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time is of the essence<\/strong> as the state only permits a narrow window of opportunity to challenge a bond ordinance.<\/li>\n<li>Please <strong>indicate your support<\/strong> for such a cause\u00a0and let us know\u00a0\u00a0if you would be interested in signing a petition or help get petitions signed.<\/li>\n<li>Government that goes unchecked usually does not represent the interest of taxpayers so here is a real opportunity to <strong>express your displeasure with city government<\/strong> and in particular, with this 9 million dollar purchase of property.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the many questions and concerns raised by residents, on Thursday, September 13, 2018, City Council of Ocean City adopted ordinance 2018-10, which authorizes the city to spend 9 million dollars for the purchase of the old car dealership property located in the 1600 block of Simpson Avenue. Many informed and educated residents feel that &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/fairnessintaxes.com\/help-us-stop-the-9-million-land-purchase-at-1600-haven-by-the-ocean-city-government\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Help Stop $9 Million Land Purchase of 1600 Haven by Ocean City Government<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_edit_lock":["1538097255:3"],"_edit_last":["3"],"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["47"],"site-sidebar-layout":["default"],"site-content-layout":["default"],"stick-header-meta":["default"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["30"],"_uag_page_assets":["a:9:{s:3:\"css\";s:263:\".uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-desktop) !important}@media (max-width: 976px){.uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-tablet) !important}}@media (max-width: 767px){.uag-blocks-common-selector{z-index:var(--z-index-mobile) !important}}\n\";s:2:\"js\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"current_block_list\";a:2:{i:0;s:14:\"core\/tag-cloud\";i:1;s:11:\"core\/search\";}s:8:\"uag_flag\";b:0;s:11:\"uag_version\";s:10:\"1706048605\";s:6:\"gfonts\";a:0:{}s:10:\"gfonts_url\";s:0:\"\";s:12:\"gfonts_files\";a:0:{}s:14:\"uag_faq_layout\";b:0;}"],"rank_math_primary_category":["47"],"rank_math_news_sitemap_robots":["index"],"rank_math_robots":["a:1:{i:0;s:5:\"index\";}"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["110"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"_uag_css_file_name":["uag-css-2851.css"]},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"OC FIT GUY","author_link":"https:\/\/fairnessintaxes.com\/author\/meltaylor\/"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"Despite the many questions and concerns raised by residents, on Thursday, September 13, 2018, City Council of Ocean City adopted ordinance 2018-10, which authorizes the city to spend 9 million dollars for the purchase of the old car dealership property located in the 1600 block of Simpson Avenue. 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