Hey guys,
A small section of Teterboro borders Hackensack, but our state legislator thinks it's important to divide Teterboro up among every other adjacent community except Hackensack. We're the only urban center bordering Teterboro, we have the highest taxes of all the communities bordering Teterboro, and we are the primary community which is directly under the flight plan. But alas, we are undeserving of these ratables. Not one square block. We don't get a slice of the pie.
And there's more. They want to take the isolated western end of South Hackensack, what's called the "Garfield section" of South Hackensack and give it not to the City of Garfield which really needs those ratables, but to suburban Wood-Ridge. And the southern triangle of South Hackensack with Empire Boulevard and all those juicy ratables will go to Moonachie. Moonachie already has dirt low taxes compared to almost any community in Bergen County.
How about giving the northwest side of South Hackensack (theGreen Street corridor) to Hackensack, so we'll be more contiguous with our slice of Teterboro.
Why stop there, how about the entire main portion of South Hackensack. Let's get rid of South Hackensack and Teterboro in one mighty act of the legislature. Could there be 2 or 3 thousand people in South Hackensack? We can swallow South Hackensack AND Teterboro without so much as a burb. They already attend our high school anyway. Our police and DPW can cover it, and they already have a fire station. It can work.
How much lower would Hackensack taxes go if we could consolidate Teterboro and South Hackensack ?
