September 12, 2007 - 7:25pm
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PERHAPS THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO HIDE

Paul DugganDUGGAN CALLS FOR COUNTY WEB SITE TO DISPLAY BUDGET INFORMATION .

Candidate Says County Should Open Portal for Residents To View Budget and Spending Plans.

(LEONIA.) - Republican Freeholder Candidate Paul Duggan today called for the addition to the County web site of all budgetary information. “It is absurd that the county leadership is using the taxpayer’s website to spread propaganda instead of providing us information we all need to review, that of the county’s bloated spending,”

Said Duggan. “The most important issue facing Bergen County homeowners is exploding property taxes due to runaway spending. We need to see where the money is going.”

The purpose of the county website is to deliver important information to constituents. However in order to obtain documentation of the county’s spending patterns constituents and other interested parties are forced to fill out a public records request form, pay a fee and wait. The information could be posted nearly free on the county web site. “Why do the Freeholders refuse to post resolutions authorizing spending and actual records of spending on the website for the public and the media to investigate?” Duggan said.” Perhaps they have something else to hide.”

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