tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385359808043148998.post4075839302237300230..comments2024-03-28T03:23:42.275-04:00Comments on Digital Notebook: Uniforms, Edgewood and a Defense of The MercuryEvan Brandthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00978107579447279224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385359808043148998.post-82097882013299646292015-03-22T12:15:16.307-04:002015-03-22T12:15:16.307-04:00Lee,
Knowing how tax dollars are spent is perhaps ...Lee,<br />Knowing how tax dollars are spent is perhaps the single most unshakeable right a citizens has, and the Right to Know law recognizes this.<br /><br />That being said, the law only requires a municipality to provide a document that exists. So yes, the budget is on the web site.<br /><br />If you want to know information beyond the budget, you can file a Right to Know request for budget memos between departments, worksheets and the like.<br /><br />Because the borough and borough authority budgets are so intertwined, it may be hard to decipher. But as a citizen, you can also request a meeting with the finance director of the borough manager and ask them to explain it to you.Evan Brandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00978107579447279224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385359808043148998.post-2748158008268104672015-03-20T10:24:19.137-04:002015-03-20T10:24:19.137-04:00Evan - I enjoy reading your twitter updates. I fee...Evan - I enjoy reading your twitter updates. I feel the true colors of the Borough leaders and Borough Council are starting to be uncovered. What will be uncovered if we dive into the yearly Borough budget. I was discussing this with my neighbor and he told me the budget is on the Borough website but the Borough won't disclose how they came up with the budget numbers for each department. I think this is odd that my tax money pays for this budget and I can't see exactly what it is paying for. Do you know if this is true? Am I entitled to know exactly how they came up with the budget figures. If I not entitled to this information how do we know they just randomly pick out figures to balance a budget that fits the tax base?Lee EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com