Will the last tenant out turn off the lights

Hello Mayor, you going to do anything else than to go around and cut ribbons on all these "little shops" when all our "major corporations " are picking up and heading for "less" greener pastures ? Hello? HELLO?, Guess NOSEbody there.

Just proves that in politics "...you can fool most of the voters, most of the time...." Right, Mayor???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwkCtuIauIE

His truth is Marching On

This is for all the Marines that have shed their blood..of which the Wayne Mayor is NOT one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wrJLNHoCRs

Let us not forget the Screaming Eagles, of which the Wayne Mayor is NOT one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT9POn7Fbpk

This is what happens when we hire an overseas contractor.

This Mayor & Council need to go. They pat themselves on the back while Wayne taxpayers and commercial ratables are drowning. WAKE UP WAYNE & COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL! The Township & its residents are suffering. Stop spending & hiring and get out there and do the jobs you were elected to do. You weren't eleced to spend our money you were elected to run the Township and help it grow. You are destroying it piece by piece. We need change no matter what party or person brings it. Come off your high chairs and come down and see what's happening to our community. We will be heard come November. You all had golden oppourtunities to bring ratables into our community but you fought them at every turn. Now all we get is more & more tax exempt properties like the college, county buildings & facilities and other tax exempt organizations. The taxpayers are tired of footing the bills for these freeloaders.

If our vacant commercial properties were filled to only 80% of capacity and retail expansion on Rt 23/Hamburg Tpk would be allowed, we would have tax rates like Clifton -- which is to say about $3-4K less than we all pay now on average as homeowners/taxpayers. AND we would still maintain our overall better quality of life and median income than what Clifton has. The Mayor should talk to Mayor Anzaldi of Clifton, don't ya think?? Maybe he and his city controller have an actual gameplan, which we don't seem to have. Plus, tax rates will decrease even moreso in Clifton after the Hoffman LaRoche property is redeveloped -- which is already in early planning stages. Seems our town-leaders are always behind the 8-ball and never proactive.

Justice. While I think our Mayor does a very poor job. Why make a correlation to the military? What's the point?

To expect this mayor to do something for the taxpayer in this town is just a day dream. I expect the mayor is gonna say "My dear citizens, tax will have to go up. I will do everything to make sure tax will go up...

it's time for the mayor to tell his buddies in the city council and BOE that cut cost now, cut more now, cut more...

While there is certainly a case for blaming the council when companies move out of town, you can't blame them for Bayer moving (from flood area), Van Peenen (ran business into ground) and Drakes (bankruptcy). It is curious that there are still layoffs going on when our President says the economy is doing great. I guess maybe all the geniuses who post that the country is doing great because the stock market is so high might finally start looking at the real unemployment #'s to see where the economy is heading.

Military contractor. These layoffs have been in planning stages for awhile now.

no its impossible the economy is getting better thats what my president said

There will be business' that move out of town, that nobody here in town will have control of.. Some corporate decision is made, predicated on God knows what, several states away, by a committee of bean counters a/k/a analysts today. What we can control is our attitude toward business' here in town as well as what can we do to allure new business'to come here. What have we done? Does anybody know? Does the township have a model in regards to this? Has our Mayor articulated any of this in light of the recent events of layoffs, or business' moving out. Here on Patch was a perfect opportunity for our Mayor to comment on what action that he and the council will take to try to offset this or what they are going to do to make Wayne more attractive to business'. All we got was a "No comment". Well, that just isn't good enough. This guy has got to go along with his cronies. Wayne needs a more responsive Mayor and Council.

There are many other townships and municipalities elsewhere in New Jersey and in other neighboring states that offer the same that Wayne does but at a much less tax burden. Wayne's tax burden is twice as much as other towns' (not Passaic County towns though, as they suffer from the same overtaxing issues as Wayne, does); therefore, the businesses' decision to move is an easy one.

With the advent of the internet, there is simply no reason to be in Wayne or other expensive towns, as the business and people can do their work from further away. Enjoy.

luvigio rosi, exactly what do you mean by "my president"? I thought a country had one president that oversaw the operations of a nation, not one person. Please explain what they have stopped teaching due to a top heavy "administrator district" with out of control property taxes, but "xxx the torpedoes, full speed ahead". Or is it the English As A Second Language curriculum that has you confused, perhaps with a totalitarian regime such as the one which lost their presidente, Chavez?

Justice, I believe when he says "my president" it's nothing more than a figure of speech. You are reading too much into it. Also, can I ask why all the military youtube posts and how that relates to the Mayor? Thanks.

WR. Let rossi answer. It is not a figure of speech and the poster knows it

WR. Why does reference to the military bother you so much?

WR. Perhaps the military would have given our mayor, council and BOE a set.

Look, Thee is no game plan in Wayne other then "How can we come up with more regulations, codes & permit fee's to persuade others not to build, expand or relocate to Wayne. The residents can't afford to pay more taxes. The BOE & the Township continues to spend & hire. We need to freeze all hiring and spending increases. They are destroying this Township. Property on Rt 23 should be fully developed by now. The State Farm property is the ultimate disgrace to this town. All interested developers were driven out by a handful of NIMBY'S and our town leaders. Now the towns North of here are reaping the benefits including thier local buisness's. From whatever party they come from we need new leadership in this town from the Mayor down. We still have a council person who is against development in town along Rt23. This towns reputation for high taxes, over-regulation etc etc is getting around. Clifton is booming along Rt23. Roche is out and they already have so many parties intersted in developing the property and they aren't even out yet. We have properties empty over 20 years and still empty. We have major highways, a State College, major mass transportation stations etc. But we can't attract any major retailers, corporations etc. Something is wrong here and it starts at 560 Valley Road. We need more then a ribbon cutter for Mayor. What goes on in Wayne behind closed doors is almost criminal. WAKE UP TAXPAYERS & SEE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!

Humm BAE is going hire hundreds of workers in the UK. Check the link below.
http://www.thefinancepages.co.uk/companies/bae-systems-to-hire-apprentices/03876/
Where is Paul Revere when you need him.

BAE, GAF,BAYER, DRAKES, STATE FARM, WAYNE TOWNE CENTER.FORTUNOFF, COST CUTTERS, WAYNE DODGE, PREAKNESS CHEVROLET,BOROUGH JEEP, PARTNERS IN RESEARCH and on and on. How many more we gonna loose Mr. Mayor ?

We can only hope, hope.Until some of our elected officials start actually caring about this town instead of chasing people away, things will stay the "same ole ,same ole".

Hope,
Do you think there is no drug activity, crime and unlawful sexual behaviour going on in Wayne? It happens and is kept quiet. We aren't talking about tearing down trees and wooded areas. We are talking about developing all the vacant commercial properties like West Belt Mall, State Farm Building etc. Yes, Clifton has problems at its high school but what does that have to do with all the commercial development going on there? Hoffman LaRoche announced its moving out and within weeks several plans for redevelopment are taking shape. State Farm over 20 years, proposed hotel at the highway interchange never happened etc. etc. The governing body in Wayne only knows one thing and thats "Spend Our Tax Money". When I tell people I live in Wayne thier first reply is " How do you afford the taxes there?". Not what a beautiful town etc. That is Wayne's reputation "High taxes & Not Friendly to Buisness". I think that needs to change.

The Township has a Master Plan. I would guess that along the Route 23 corridor, it is zoned for commercial and industrial establishments. That's why the rejection of Leow's surprised me. I would guess what Leow's wanted to do was in sync with the Master Plan. That seems to be the logical place to put something like that. Maybe logical is the key word here!

The Township allowed a handful of NIMBY's to stop the development of Loew's on the State Farm property. Along with all the other Township hassles it was stopped cold. Wayne needs to be tax affordable to residents and buisness alike. But Wayne keeps spending & hiring. It needs to stop. The BOE is the worse culprit in all this. The new Super is spending our tax dollars like its his own personal piggy bank. How about a 0 increase budget for a few years and give the taxpayers a break?

U.S. jobless rate sinks to 7.7 percent amid surge of hiring

6.4 million private sector jobs have been addded in 34 months, what can Wayne claim I wonder?

Unemployment claims fall for the third week in a row

Look at it this way NJ has more H1B visa workers out of the total quota and they are the people being hired which brought down the NJ unemployment rate to 9.3%. So while somebody gots jobs it wasn't the 9.3% of us US citizens in the bstate of NJ.

Next time they tell you to retrain don't believe it the state has done nothing to stem the tide of cheap labor imported on H1B visas an thats why were still unemployed. The schools keep using the unemployed for grant money to feed their for profit business of shaking the tax payers down for another meal ticket for Wall St.