Keyport Condemns Toll Hike Plan

At it's 01/15/08 council meeting, the Keyport Council asked it's Borough Attorney, John Wisniewski (a state Assemblyman), to formulate a resolution condemning the recently introduced toll hike plan of Gov. John Corzine.

Keyport Council President Joe Sheridan cited the disproportinate burden being placed on communities like Keyport, whose locale to the major toll roads forces their residents to be, in essence, "taxed" unfairly as he introduce the idea for the resolution.

At issue is the premise that only some of the citizens of this state are being asked to unfairly shoulder the escalating costs of government and that other ways need to be explored and utilized to insure that every citizen is asked to either help pay the cost or to deal with any cuts in the state budget that might need to be made in place of this unfair approach of raising tolls.

The resolution is expected to be formally introduced and voted upon by the full council in the very near future.

The expectation is that if the resolution is passed, it's final version will be forwarded to the Governor and state representatives of Keyport. It will also be made available for all other municipalities to copy and adopt it for themselves and forward to their respective state representatives.

Thank you Mr. Sheridan for speaking for the hard pressed taxpayers.