@Barb, I have been on your other comment section about the flooding and part of your problem is the Shoppes at Cinnaminson have run off water that goes someplace which probably does not help your situation....I would want to know how they got site approval to do the construction, sounds like something went wrong.....good luck

@Ric, thanks for the information, lets hope no one attacks the data as wrong....

Ok... Now where do I begin? First Jon is right. Where did you get those numbers? Second, most people that have raised their families here, stay here. Did you have a family here? The reason I ask is, if you do the math, (with your numbers) during the life of three children in school for thirteen years the total cost is $546,000. Seems high. I understand. 78 years is the average age someone lives to be in New Jersey. I hope everyone in our town beats that average because it is filled with wonderful non-corrupt people. So with that number of 78 you can figure out that 39 more years of not having children in the school system, you are paying $273,000 more in your life. That does not include what you already payed in taxes while the kids were in school. Lots of parents also only decide to only have two kids as well! And sometimes only 1! Also with all of these prosperous businesses in this wonderful, well educated town, they also pay taxes! I cannot believe people still look for handouts in there senior years!

@Dave, I really do not think its a hand out to the seniors in any town....We are not looking for rewards but a little help with the Taxes we pay on our assessed houses..How long is a building good for, and why was there no capital assessment made for replacement of said building when they were built years ago.....I believe every year there has to be a budget showing income vs expenses....We do not make projections like the Federal Govt does nor do we forecast income from sources like the states do....oh well, its above my knowledge but I try to find out why

If you can't afford to live here, then don't. The reason why our school system, our fire dept., our police dept., and our public works dept. is so great is because of paying taxes. I don't think it is fair for people that work to support their own families to also have to support senior citizens in town. When these local senior citizen were younger, did their senior citizen pay the same on taxes? Why all the sudden do we have to implicate a program to give seniors a break on taxes? People for generations before us never had a problem paying for what they aquired. Where does this thought of entitlement come from? Not just seniors, nor mid-aged, or young adults, it seems like a large portion of all groups feel like they are entitled to more than everyone else.

@Dave, no your wrong, we do not expect any more than the next guy.....I find it hard to think about 40 years ago when the schools were built that the budget did not contain replacement funds in it to replace it when needed....Yes our taxes pay for the teachers, fire men and the other public servants in our area....I do not expect any charity but I to want to be fair about the structure of the system and I think that alot of people are now seeing that the market value of there homes are not being assessed the correct amount, maybe U like to let me know if the population has gone up or down in this area.....I do not know this information do U... I am only trying to give ideas which is what they were asking about.....U have a wonderful day ok...

Well, thank you for verifying why it would be a horrible idea to give seniors a tax break due to 40 years ago not budgeting for repairs of our school and other municiple buildings. Further more, (and way off original topic) yes, in 1970 our population peaked in this town. Before someone goes and says there were more people paying taxes to our township, we all have to remember how many people were residing in each household. The census was about two-thousand more people in this town, but not nearly as many houses. Therefor the spike in population was due to the minors not paying the taxes, not the homeowners. Today the average american family has 2.59 people per household. Do you know what it was in 1970? Maybe a little more? I know a quite a couple of families in town back then with 5 kids plus? Know many now? Do you think, just maybe there are more residential houses in Cinnaminson now? Or more back in 1970?

@dajoepa75, thanks for the information....I only hope that something can be done it they want it to, do not know the life expentance of a building but I wish I did....thanks again...

I agree Bull Pitt and I think the chains and locks are still on the gates of the rink so it's at risk. (Also think there's a sign permit needed). But you're right; this came up in the election in 2011. Used to have a nice scoreboard too until it was vandalized. But I believe the projects are decided upon by the Rec and Park committee and this was not a priority. More would use it especially during ice hockey time; not same but players used to practice there.

Oh that's right, the Parks and Rec committee, the one ex-Mayor Brauckmann totally by-passed (along with the rest of committee) to illegally fund the sledding hill. He doesn't personally like the hockey rink, so I guess it's a goner. What a waste.

There are a few problems with examining the costs of educating a child through 13 years of education. First, consider that over those 13 years costs change depending on the economy and how educators are valued by the community. Second, the state's requirements for planning for future development is restrictive in how funds are raised and used; planning for building down thr road is not acceptable and now they forbid keeping money for unforeseen situations.

When it comes to a balanced budget where income and expenses are balanced there is no problem but when we are asked to give the government a blank check there is something wrong there.....This old dog is not stupid....