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12.07.12. 15:47 Uhr

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Does anyone have a good study of the sagvins to be had by eliminating home rule'?Despite the obvious logic I would really like to see some figures. It's against my DNA to believe that by merging into ever larger political entities (more distant from the citizen-voter) government becomes MORE efficient.Looking at my town, which is one of those that is a township with a corresponding independent borough of the same name, I fail to see substantial (if any) sagvins that could not be obtained by either municipality acting on its own.Moreover, much of what is good about my town derives from the proximity of our municipal leaders to any issue.Perhaps we are different. We have already merged our school districts and rec departments (although we retained both directors even after the merger a number of years ago). Our municipal leaders in both jurisdictions are volunteers, as are the members of all the boards in town. Our fire departments are volunteer.I hear arguments that towns will need fewer professionals if they merge, but don't undertand why those sagvins can't be accomplished by each municipality acting independently. If the municipal engineers, town planners, Planning Board and BoA lawyers, etc are handling a certain amount of work in each municipality that same combined amount of work will still be there once they merge. Much of the outside expense is billed hourly, so where are the sagvins? If it is fixed fee or a municipal employee and the argument is one contract can be eliminated what we are really saying is that each municipality is currently paying well in excess of the services required and can (should) therefore reduce the contract payment or salary accordingly. Merging is not a prerequisite to these actions.Ditto with police and fire coverage. If a merger results in a doubling of the size of a municipality you still need most if not all of the combined employees to provide the same coverage. If some can be eliminated without services being affected, then either of the municipalities should have been able to accomplish it unilaterally. I'm really skeptical that mergers create the synergies or sagvins claimed. Which town recently voted down an obvious merger because the anaylsis showed the projected sagvins would amount to just $40 per annum in taxes per homeowner?I suspect the real sagvins are to be had by reducing the state and county required payments and the much ballyhooed municipal line item sagvins, if they actually exist, are really just re-arranging the deck chairs.Any of our resident ***ysts/number crunchers want to take a break from Case-Schiller and look at the budgets of either Chatham, Mendham, or Chester borough/townships and see what sagvins could accrue exclusively from a merger?I think we are being sold a bill of goods here by those that derive their power from collecting and redistributing your money back to you. As they apply an industrial strength vaccuum to your wallet they are trying to use sleight of hand by distracting you with a few shiny coins lying on the ground. They would make Houdini proud.Would love to see some hard ***ysis.