Will the three 3 incumbent commissioners in Ventnor have challengers?
Un-challenged elections are increasingly common along the Jersey coast where on average, 75% of the tax base are non-voting, 2nd home-owners.
Former Ventnor Mayor Tim Kreisher: No election this May (2023). Maria Mento has to run in November (2023), and then all three will run in May of 2024.
In the meantime…
Business Admin Maria Mento was sworn in as Commissioner of Revenue and Finance during last Thursday’s Ventnor Commission Meeting. Mento fills space left behind by former Ventnor Mayor, Beth Holtzman.
Holtzman says she had to step down due to divorce and the sale of her Ventnor home. Holtzman said she couldn’t afford to live in Ventnor anymore.
Commissioner Lance Landgraf is now the Mayor of Ventnor.
In addition to overseeing all commissioner meetings, Landgraf now has the responsibility of selecting Ventnor School Board members and Ventnor Planning Board members.
NOTE: Lance Landgraf works for the State of NJ as an employee of the CRDA, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.
Ventnor residents will regret this.
It’s time to permit voting rights to 2nd home owners. We deserve a voice in our town. Interesting that there is no problem with us paying taxes on our properties, yet we can’t vote. It’s fundamentally wrong.
No election this May. Maria has to run in November and then all three in May of 2024
Question When is the election for Ventnor City Commissioners ? They previously had them for a 4 year ter, in 2012, 2016, 2020. Wouldn’t the next 4 year term election be in 2024 ?
You are correct so from now on 2nd homeowners do not have to to pay Ventnor city taxes.
If your vote is no good your money is no good either so we “THE CITY OF VENTNOR WILL HAVE TO RUN THE CITY WITHOUT 2ND HOMEOWNERS MONEY!!
HOW DOES THAT SOUND!!
You are correct so from now on 2nd homeowners do not have to to pay Ventnor city taxes.
If your vote is no good your money is no good either so we “THE CITY OF VENTNOR WILL HAVE TO RUN THE CITY WITHOUT 2ND HOMEOWNERS MONEY!!
HOW DOES THAT SOUND!!
THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO CONCERNED
If you went to public school, you would have learned that you are not permitted to vote where you are not a resident. A second home does not give you residency.
Just because you own real estate in another community, does not give you the right to vote there.
For years, I have told my neighbors that one of them should declare residency in Ventnor and the other declare residency wherever their other property is located, probably where their children go to school.
That way, they would have a say in what happens in this or any other community.
The irony of narrow tonight’s like this is that the full time residents will whine endlessly about the elected officials, and accuse them of corruption and yet no one including loudmouths like you, Jules, has the fortitude to challenge them. Easier to sit on the sides and complain, and blame second homeowners for your problems.
Thank You
Jules Freeman
Now we know what to do!
How to recruit new members that may be interested in the challenges of city government. Where will these people come from? VBA, new residents that have recently established residency, long time residents with knowledge and experience of our
Community? Since this is a nonpartisan post, there’s really no outreach to invite people to participate.