GLOUCESTER CITY NJ-Dave Townsend, First Ward Council Candidate, issued the following statement on specific issues that he would address if elected to council on November 2.
\” I have shared some of my philosophy and now want to share some thoughts about more specific issues.
\”The City’s budget should be built around what it actually takes in. We shouldn’t be left in a lurch because we budgeted on \”maybe\” money from the state.
\”Efforts to unload some city property have begun, but why acquire it in the first place? The house next to me was condemned, torn down, went up for tax sale and is still an empty lot, but there is an owner paying taxes until he decides to build or sell.
\”The city has a tax abatement program that, last time I checked, is still unmentioned on
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