Some interesting $ amts. being mentioned from tickets for running red lights caught on camera and parking where you shouldn't; and a tax on hotel rooms, presumably paid mostly by the visitors in the new big hotels. Over the years the police have steadily maintained that local residents are the majority of traffic violatiors not out-of-towners who will be paying the hotel tax. You really CAN'T have your cake and eat it too.
Vicki - 14 years ago
This is counter productive to encouraging and stimulating tourism, which the town needs. I think we could generate plenty of revenue in OG alone just from traffic violations (not stopping at stop signs, speeding, parking in yellow zones, blocking fire lanes, talking on cell phones, parking in handicap, to name a few.)
Jerry - 14 years ago
Tom - EXCELLANT Point on the fuzzy math. Thinking that their estimates are way off, that they might only bring in $100,000 at best; they risk angering Ocean Grove over such a small hit to the revenue stream. STUCK ON STUPID, they are.
Tom Lyons - 14 years ago
Polls are fun and they generate beneficial dialogue, but I voted "unsure", feeling there is not enough information to make an intelligent decision or comparison (say, with reduced garbage pickup, parking meters, or increased property taxes). I'm curious about the $225,000 in estimated revenue from this tax. If my math is correct, $225,000 is 3% of $7.5 Million! How many rentable/taxable rooms exist in Neptune? Are Neptune hotels really generating $7.5M in annual gross revenues?
Jerry - 14 years ago
Perhaps Ken, the consequences of a hotel tax are FAR worse than garbage pickup once a week. Ocean Grove depends on tourism and anything that makes it less of a deal takes away business. When you take away business, businesses close up. It's a horrible time to do this.
The poll might better measure resirents' beliefs if also asked about once a week garbage pick up year round. It is too easy to just oppose rarher than also consider the cosequences the pros and cons.
Some interesting $ amts. being mentioned from tickets for running red lights caught on camera and parking where you shouldn't; and a tax on hotel rooms, presumably paid mostly by the visitors in the new big hotels. Over the years the police have steadily maintained that local residents are the majority of traffic violatiors not out-of-towners who will be paying the hotel tax. You really CAN'T have your cake and eat it too.
This is counter productive to encouraging and stimulating tourism, which the town needs. I think we could generate plenty of revenue in OG alone just from traffic violations (not stopping at stop signs, speeding, parking in yellow zones, blocking fire lanes, talking on cell phones, parking in handicap, to name a few.)
Tom - EXCELLANT Point on the fuzzy math. Thinking that their estimates are way off, that they might only bring in $100,000 at best; they risk angering Ocean Grove over such a small hit to the revenue stream. STUCK ON STUPID, they are.
Polls are fun and they generate beneficial dialogue, but I voted "unsure", feeling there is not enough information to make an intelligent decision or comparison (say, with reduced garbage pickup, parking meters, or increased property taxes). I'm curious about the $225,000 in estimated revenue from this tax. If my math is correct, $225,000 is 3% of $7.5 Million! How many rentable/taxable rooms exist in Neptune? Are Neptune hotels really generating $7.5M in annual gross revenues?
Perhaps Ken, the consequences of a hotel tax are FAR worse than garbage pickup once a week. Ocean Grove depends on tourism and anything that makes it less of a deal takes away business. When you take away business, businesses close up. It's a horrible time to do this.
The poll might better measure resirents' beliefs if also asked about once a week garbage pick up year round. It is too easy to just oppose rarher than also consider the cosequences the pros and cons.