A
chronology of Schundler's mismanagement that nearly bankrupted Jersey City
during one of the greatest economic booms!... 1992 to 2001
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Typical Bret Schundler
deceptions..... Altering a
Howard Dean campaign photo
& making it his own! Same old Bret......
" All Schundler needed was ten enthusiastic young supporters and a
camera.
And he couldn't find them? " ( Brad DeLong's
Website - 6/2/2005 )
Latest 
(click on BLUE highlighted & underscored part of title for article)
Updated photos of the JC Medical Center & PS School 3 9/2004
Tax
Lien Appeal being heard by the NJ Supreme Court;
2/2004
BOARD CHIEF BROKE RULES Chairman expelled; $96G must be repaid; rulings are appealed ; Tuesday, December 30, 2003... Schundler's Golden Door Charter School....
"Municipal Enron" Millions in unpaid health insurance premiums uncovered and the liabilities were never recorded in 1993 & 1994! 1/2003
174
Newark Avenue scam - featured in my December 2002
Talking
Politics
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JC Parking Authority show
Bergen Arches UPDATE
12/2002RECAP
CHART OF CITY'S ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING
UNDER THE SCHUNDLER
ADMINISTRATION & THE IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE... 10/18/01
See the Governor's Race section.....
Terrorists in JC 10/14/01
Schundler left $54M hole in budget, state says, 10/10/01Charges That a Schundler Ad Exploits the Heroism of Rescuers ( WTC Tragedy ) 10/2/01
Schundler surprised a group of Associated Press reporters and editors earlier in the week by announcing that he welcomed a national recession because it would help him enact his own agenda of fiscal and social policies. "That is why it is so wonderful," he said, "It would be a lot harder to do this in a time when there wasn't a crisis." Schundler then went on to concede that a recession would prevent him from making good on his campaign promise to cut everyone's taxes, eliminate highway tolls, and still have money left over to deliver basic services. ... 10/3/01 New section: More JC Houses- Taxes in the Inner City... Beware suburbanites: This is Schundler's idea of success.... Middle/ Working Class neighborhoods subsidizing the rich .... 9/29/01 If you're new to the site, PLEASE don't pass over the TAX ABATEMENT SECTION....The Municipal Utilities Authority is running at a LOSS since it was started in 1998 by Schundler... At this rate, the MUA will be bankrupted in 3 years! This is with annual water & sewer rate increases of 8% per year (25% YTD), and the addition of thousands of new waterfront customers !!! 9/29/01
Schundler denounces New Jersey's WTC relief effort, 9/25/01THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MASSIVE COST OVERRUNS AND SHODDY CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW $25 MILLION JC COURTHOUSE! 8/28/01
Liberty State Park- Life after Schundler, finally the will of the people! 8/27/01
Millennium Towers -JC Taxpayers Battle against Schundler for a Tax Abatement Referendum vote- Schundler Repeats Call for Referendum on Newark Sports Arena! 8/22/01
NEW $11 Million JC Museum- financial crisis, 8/12/01
added sections: JC Street Conditions 8/01; Lack of Endorsements 8/01
READ ABOUT THE POWER PLAYERS BEHIND BRET...
Past performance is every indication of future job performance. Former Mayor Bret Schundler should be investigated, not promoted to Gov... Read for yourself....
In the spring of 2000, the City of Jersey City's fiscal situation was so desperate, with Mayor Bret Schundler threatening 1200 layoffs of city personnel including fire and police, that JC was declared a "Distressed City" so as to qualify for additional state aid of $16 million. The other Distressed Cities are Camden & East Orange. Consequently, the New Jersey Division of Local Government Services, who had approved all of Schundler's budgets and bonding in the past, now holds control of all new city expenditures including new hires…The City is on the first step toward state take-over. The Division of Local Government Services has the right to set financial and administrative control over JC. Schundler a two term Mayor of Jersey City and now gubernatorial candidate has lost control due to his blatant mismanagement of the City's affairs!
In January 2001, Mayor Bret Schundler, in his quarterly tax letter that went out to 46,000 taxpayers named "naysayers live, individuals like Yvonne Balcer and Mia Scanga ( author of this site), property values have increased by more than 100%."
For those of us living downtown, we thank former Mayor Rudy Guiliani for his great work in making NYC such an attractive place to live and work. The appreciation in downtown is not about Bret Schundler but about NYC and a national prosperity that has started to fizzle out... WHILE Jersey City is broke... the real Schundler legacy!
Every person you meet new to downtown JC is from Manhattan. As they say, why spend $800,000 for a 2 bedroom co-op when you can buy a brownstone for a lot less and be in NYC within 15 minutes via PATH... It's that old saying in real estate, LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.... The tenants along the waterfront who rent the $1500+ one bedrooms are here because Manhattan costs more for less... Goldman Sachs is building here as has Merrill Lynch, UBS Painewebber --- all Manhattan transplants -- it's cheaper in all respects ( utilities, state taxes, sales taxes, salaries) PLUS Schundler gave them very cheap tax abatements and they get hi-tech fiber optics, custom designed buildings a stone's throw from Manhattan!!
It 's time to set the record straight and educate people on the true Schundler track record in Jersey City. In February, when I began to compile the issues, even I the "naysayer", who has been following Schundler's mismanagement for years, was stunned. I hope you take the time to read many of the topics. This will be a work in progress and finally the "media challenged" citizens of Jersey City will have a vehicle, "the Internet", to counter the Schundler propaganda machine, which has been subsidized through our tax dollars.…
The 2001 budget year ended June 30th, and the budget was approved on April 18th....
This scenario happened every year under Schundler!!
This year the taxpayers got a measly tax cut of 44 cents which is $44 for a homeowner assessed at $100,000. The owners of the $$ million dollar condos at the Sugar House got a 20 year tax abatement & pay 40% of full taxes. That's fair? Right? Where did our $ 3 Million tax cut come from? From the balance of the RECREATION FUND's accumulated $6+ Million balance which I and Yvonne Balcer notified the State. The State put the brakes on the irresponsible and illegal spending by the City Council... their hush money. See the "RECREATION FUND" section under the "TAX ABATEMENTS" section for details. The "naysayers" forced Schundler to put the millions$$$ into the general budget and reduce your taxes. Schundler and FORMER CC President Tom DeGise were crowing about cutting your taxes by $3 Million! The whistle blowers cut them... Lies & lies that's business as usual under the Schundler/DeGise reign of terror which has come to an end!!!
Check out the ARTHUR ANDERSEN SPECIAL AUDIT REPORT required by the State in order for Jersey City to qualify for last year's additional $16 Million Distressed Cities Monies. In typical Schundler fashion, all of the City's problems are a result of the lack of adequate state funding not the fact that the more $$$$ you give Schundler the more he mismanages. The audit results confirm what I and other activists having been saying for years. Schundler is an INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATOR WITH NO REAL VISION NOR LONG TERM PLANNING FOR THE CITY..... "Jersey City's government suffers from a lack of planning, is awarding overly generous tax breaks to commercial developers, and is at risk of losing millions of dollars in federal funding because of poor management, according to a preliminary report drafted by an independent consulting firm." Star Ledger, Report faults Jersey City management , 4/23/01..... Check it out...
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