The Governor's Property Tax Failure

Gov. Chris Christie's Record on Property Taxes:

•New Jersey's taxes INCREASED 4.1% in 2010.

•This is the HIGHEST increase since 2007.

•The AVERAGE property tax bill is now $7,576.

• The 2010 increase represented a nearly $1 billion JUMP in the overall property tax levy - from $24 billion to $25 billion.

• This increase comes AFTER the Governor cut school aid by $1 billion and municipal aid by $446 million.

• This is the direct link to the data: http://www.state.nj.us/dca/lgs/taxes/10_data/10taxsummary.htm

• He alone is responsible for that through his OWN policies.

• It's worth noting that this increase doesn't even show the impact of the Christie school activity taxes imposed on children and parents throughout our state just to join after-school activities.

• The governor has failed to make TRUE property tax relief for working class New Jerseyans a priority and we're starting to see the damage.

• Gov. Christie is simply making matters worse with his ANTI-working-class policies.

• His vetoes of civil service and sick leave payout restrictions call into question his commitment to reform.

• The 2010 property tax increase had NOTHING to do with the so-called 'tool kit'.

• The 2 key 'tool kit' items - the 2 percent cap and arbitration reform - take effect this year and were, by the way, approved as Democratic compromises.