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A Public Forum On New Jersey Property Tax

Professional Polling and Analysis Is Crucial To PFoPT

Planning Towards A Statewide Forums Requires
Leveraging Local Resources for Access to Public Policy Agents

Here will attempt to briefly outline the valuable role to be preformed by competent and respected professionals the gather the opinions and experience of a wide variety of segments of New Jersey's society.

Some might wonder if this process is feasible. Others might be concerned that implicit in this process, PFoPT is introducing modern tools in public policy formation.

This observations and concerns are healthy, but the Forums of ancient Greece are being employed with the tools available to the 21st Century to access the citizens views statewide to provide the legislature with the results of a vigorous grass roots effort.

The New Jersey media, by continuing their outstanding coverage of public affairs, can amplify the forum participation and results. The letters to editors and editorials will test the medal of the arguments on a daily basis, both in the initial local forums, and later in association with the regional and statewide events.

The following provides access to you to examine our fine institutions and offers a scenario to engage them in the PFoPT process. At this time, this plan and their participation has been approved or scantioned by Rugters or any of their affiliates. Other groups or institutions undoubtedly are available, and PFoPT would welcome your comments.(/p>

Because The Property Tax Reform strives to restore equity, it is important to evaluate the measures that could reduce the cost of service delivery; this category is planned under the umbrella of "Home Rule Improvements". If the costs for the delivery of local services and public education are minimized, the remainder of the task is "Tax Restructuring".

In each instance, the planning and preparation involves seeking citizen opinions from all sectors, and then formulating the structured propositions for forums to explore, and after examination, for alternatives to be debated.

New Jersey's Outstanding Resources Must be Summoned To Support Community Participation Rutgers' Center for Governmental Services (CGS) "offers technical assistance to state and local legislators, governmental agencies, and civic groups."

Eagleton Institute of Politics's: has all of the requisite expertise:
Center for Pubic Interest Polling (CPIP):
"As an academic-based research organization, CPIP offers its services to government agencies and public policy-related non-profit organizations. In order to engage CPIP's services, the research agenda should focus on a matter of public policy that has an impact on the lives of residents. CPIP offers a reputation for integrity, quality, and objectivity in all its research services."

Civic Engagement and Political Participation Program (CEPP):
"Initiates and coordinates projects aimed at increasing voter turnout, political participation, and Americans' involvement in civic life. CEPP also supports the New Jersey Civic Education Consortium, which is a statewide partnership of Promote Participation of Community Resources educators, schools, non-profit organizations, corporations, and political leaders committed to expanding and strengthening civic education and political participation in New Jersey."

Starting in West Windsor the Plainsboro Communities, PFoPT needs to continue the process to:
  • Locate sources of funding to underwrite the expense of Forum preparation.
  • Acquire Rutgers Eagleton Polling support to evaluate "Home Rule" possible changes to lower the cost of service delivery:
    1. Conduct strategic polling to identify candidate measures to reduce cost.
    2. Conduct polling workshops to examine "Home Rule" improvements suggestions from Municipalities, School Districts officials, Principals, Teaching professionals, NJEA and PTA members, County Executives, DOE Branch Offices, and Department of Education.
    3. Conduct polling workshops to examine "Home Rule" improvements suggestions from Municipalities, Public Safety, Tax Assessors, Procurement Branches, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, and Court Systems officials.
    4. Conduct polling workshops to examine "Home Rule" improvements in education and municipal operations suggestions from Business, Civic Associations, Legislative bodies, and the general public.
    5. Compile these results to indicate the trends of possible agreement in these assessments.
    6. Conduct public opinion polls of acceptance of forum interium conclusions.
    7. Conduct public opinion polls on preferences revealed in regional debates.
    8. Conduct public opinion polls on acceptance on a "New Jersey Plan A"!

    Professional Polling support is needed to evaluate "Tax Restructuring" methods similarly needs to conducted in a structured way to canvas various assessments, as the groups a are exposed to forum presentations of alternative proposals:

    1. Conduct strategic polling to identify candidate tax restructuring measures.
    2. Conduct polling workshops to examine "Tax Restructuring" suggestions from Municipalities, School Districts officials, NJEA, and County Executives, and Depts of Government, and the Legislature.
    3. Conduct polling workshops to examine "Tax Restructuring" proposals from the financial segments from Municipalities, County Finance, State Finance, Legislative Committees,
  • Acquire Rutgers' CGS resouces to support forum planning process and assess alternatives tax restructuring scenarios and Office of Legislative services to support evaluations.
    1. Evaluate the polling results and propose forum agenda and recommend forum forum participants for future PFoPT Events.
    2. Evaluate polling on Tax Restructuring and format alternatives for Office Of Legislative services to evaluate and publish. /ol>
  • Invite Assembly and Senate leadership to debate wisdom of opinions expressed.
  • Invite Governor to speak at PFoPT debate on "New Jersey Plan A formulations".
  • Assembly and Senate Member forums on Home Rule and Tax Restructuring.
  • Office of Legislative Services studies of proposals for Home Rule changes and Tax Restructuring in the final phases of the PFoPT process.
  • Constitutional convention planning outline to impliment a 'New Jersey Plan A".
  • Legislature leadership review of legislation and/or convention.

    • Let us know what you believe is the best course for New Jersey. We'd appreciate your suggestions for promoting public dialog on the issues at the heart of these matters. We hope the PFoPT web site has been helpful in evaluating these issues.

    The opinions expressed within this web site are those of the Public Forum On New Jersey Property Tax Committee and not those of Internet Provider or any government entity.

    Please send comments or corrections about this site or suggestions for A Public Forum on New Jersey Property Taxes by e-mail to: George Martch

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