Christie promise to watch: Property taxes won't rise more than 2% next year

by: Jason Springer

Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 03:06:11 PM EDT

Scott: "So you're convinced that we are going to see in this next budget cycle property taxes generally not increase more than 2 percent."

Christie: "Yeah, not the property tax bills you are about to get this August."

Scott: "Right, but next Year."

Christie: "But next year, yes."

Scott: "There's a lot of people out there governor that hope you are right."

Christie: "Listen, I know I'm going to be right."

Christie went on to explain that municipalities will be forced to cut services when costs of contracts rise above the 2 percent cap.

"They (taxes) have to go up," said Frank Bradley, administrator for Union Township. "[Just] because it's outside the cap, don't be misled by that. It's still an additional amount of money that has to be generated through a tax increase."