“If only the PILOT bill passes [with no other measures instituted], the city will continue to face distress since the single bill is insufficient to restore Atlantic City’s fiscal health,” the credit rating corporation said recently. “While the PILOT bill produces additional revenues and avoids incurring additional casino tax liabilities, it is not enough to avoid crippling deficits of $30 to $40 million a year, over the next five years.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Christie believes public workers need to step up to the plate in the best interest of their city, but it appears some are already doing that.<\/p>\n
After Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian (R) threatened a city closure of non-essential employees, various unions proposed paying employees every four weeks instead of two, a change that would allow the government to continue operating until the next quarterly tax payments are received on May 1.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s only one month away, so action will need to be taken, and soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is no longer crisscrossing the country on the presidential campaign trail, and as such the Republican, now in his second gubernatorial term, has more time to refocus his efforts on issues facing his own state. No concern is more paramount in New Jersey right now than Atlantic City’s current financial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":34836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Says Atlantic City Calls for Budget Slim Down for Municipal Workers<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n