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Bernards Township Republicans are united behind a strong team for the future of our community. Scott Mitzner, Chair of the Bernards Township Republican Municipal Committee, supports Paul Humbert and Vanathi Raghupathy for Township Committee. As Mitzner stated: Humbert and Raghupathy will be exceptional representatives of the entire Bernards community and fight for all our residents. He added that their focus on unity, responsible planning, and controlling overdevelopment refl

Did you know that our municipal and school tax increases are being driven in large part by a 17% spike in costs from New Jersey’s State Health Benefits (SEHB) plan? More increases are coming with no end in sight. It’s the way Democrats do things. Thank you Democrats. Let’s not reward this bad behavior. Vote for the endorsed Republican Paul Humbert for Bernards Township Committee. Learn more: HumbertForBernards.com

Structural ( means forever) deficits, crazy high taxes ( highest in USA ) , unfriendly business environment ( companies leaving in troves) , weak law enforcement ( arrest ,release, repeat) , unfair housing mandates forcing overdevelopment , school funding cuts . . . AND growing runaway debt amounting to $209.5 BILLION DOLLARS, amounting to nearly $60, 000 of debt per household, and growing. Don’t let the Democrats do to Bernards what they have done to NJ. Vote for the endors

This year, the Bernards Township Committee levied 3.44% tax increase, while the Board of Education has a 4.98% increase. Why these huge tax increases? Part of the reason is rising health care costs. But the problem is much deeper than that and there is no light at the end of the tunnel. At the heart of it are years of Democratic mismanagement at the State level, putting all residents into tax and debt death spiral. These tax increased are just the beginning. Many more such in

For washing machines it’s wash, rinse, repeat. For the Democratic machine it’s tax, borrow, repeat. It’s their universal pattern and practice. Vote in this June's Primary for Republican candidate Paul Humbert. Tax, Borrow, Repeat . . .

A structural deficit is a persistent, long-term imbalance where a government’s ongoing spending exceeds its revenue, even when the economy is operating at full capacity. Unlike cyclical deficits, which disappear when the economy recovers, structural deficits are caused by fundamental fiscal policies, such as entitlement spending or insufficient taxes , and do not self-correct. This represents a mismatch between permanent spending and revenue, rather than temporary, one-off fa

Bonded debt stands at $38.6 billion. Even worse, non-bonded debt stands at roughly $170 Billion, a staggering amount.. And those non-bonded liabilities—primarily unfunded pensions and healthcare benefits—continue to grow creating long-term fiscal pressure. In addition, New Jersey faces a projected $3 billion structural deficit by FY 2027 as one-time federal funds and debt prevention reserves are depleted. This fiscal disaster affects and will continue to affect every single