Brigantine is Watching YouTube......from Patrick Costello >>>> In the prophetic words of Mayor Phil Guenther, the Brigantine City Council meeting of October 15, 2014 did contain what he predicted would be, “a very good YouTube clip.” Unfortunately, the portion of the meeting to which he was referring did not pertain to the over-inflated city payroll, the golf course or flood damage prevention. Instead, it showed a very revealing symptom of the problem at the heart of many of Brigantine’s ills: the arrogance and refusal to be accountable to residents displayed by the city’s longtime Mayor. The video clip, which has gone viral, depicted the portion of the meeting devoted to questions and comments from residents. It is common knowledge that there have been frequent breaches in decorum during some of these sessions, sometimes by residents, more often by city employees. This, however, was not one of those instances. Very politely, Mr. Marcozzi, an elderly Brigantine resident, approached the microphone and addressed a question to the Mayor. Mr. Marcozzi prefaced his question by proclaiming himself a registered Republican and member of the Brigantine Taxpayer’s Association. After stating that he did not mean his question as a personal attack and that he was only asking, “in a quest for information, for the truth”, Mr. Marcozzi began by quoting a line from one of the Mayor’s recent political ads: “Who Can You Trust When It Comes To Property Taxes?” That very debatable question aside, Mr. Marcozzi went on to compare that ad verbiage to an ad placed by the McClay/Kern/Polillo campaign, which accused Councilman Andy Simpson of failure to pay property taxes for two years. The ad further claimed that Mr. Simpson had never received a Certificate of Occupancy, yet he was earning rent in excess of $100,00 per year on a property for which he owed $59,000 in back taxes, and that the Mayor had not only turned a blind eye to the situation, but had even attended fund-raisers at the house in question. READ MORE & WATCH VIDEO brigantinenow/mayor-questioned-taxpayers-association-predicts-good-youtube-clip/
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:48:48 +0000
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