{"id":32085,"date":"2016-05-04T18:23:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T22:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acprimetime.wpengine.com\/?p=32085"},"modified":"2021-02-05T09:46:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:46:31","slug":"sweeney-mayor-guardian-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/sweeney-mayor-guardian-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweeney: Mayor Guardian is the Problem in Atlantic City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u5qIiz2gcH0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WATCH VIDEO &gt; Piling on Atlantic City Mayor, Don Guardian? That&#8217;s what some say NJ Senate President Sweeney did on Wednesday during a press conference. Sweeney addressed Atlantic City\u2019s financial crisis at the State House in Trenton. The Senator and potential future Governor of NJ pulled no punches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics covered: Getting caught with inaccurate info by the press and news media, council cars, health care, symbolic pay cuts, trash hauling, tow trucks, redundant jobs at the water company and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NJ State Senator Sweeney: Atlantic City &amp; Mayor Don Guardian.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See Mayor Guardian&#8217;s response below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RESPONSE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian\u2019s Releases a Statement<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Atlantic City, NJ) \u2013 Mayor Guardian stated, \u201cFor the past two years, I have appreciated Senator Sweeney\u2019s leadership towards Atlantic City.&nbsp; He was actually the first one to put out the PILOT bill back in 2014, which today is still a major component of the comprise needed to bringing Atlantic City solvent.&nbsp; However, we must all remember why we are here today.&nbsp; Atlantic City lost 70% of its property tax in just the last six years.&nbsp; Last year, the State told us to put $33.5 million into our budget, assuring us that the PILOT bill would be signed.&nbsp; The PILOT was vetoed twice.&nbsp; We were left with a gaping hole in our budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now time is running out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have only been mayor for a little over two years.&nbsp; There is still a lot of work to be done.&nbsp; I will be the first one to acknowledge that; but, there are 330 less city employees working for the City than when I was sworn into office in January 2014.&nbsp; We have reduced costs and streamlined services.&nbsp; We have outsourced and privatized.&nbsp; We continue to look for solutions and ways to save money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But make no mistake about it &#8211; we have accomplished these reforms through serious layoffs, aggressive attrition, best practices, and demanding more work from our employees for less pay.&nbsp; Even if I fired every single City employee, we would still be in tremendous debt because of legacy costs and casino tax appeals.&nbsp; As any expert will tell you, we simply cannot cut our way out of this problem.&nbsp; We want a solution as much as anyone else, but we need a comprehensive solution to a problem that has been 30 years in the making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fully comprehensive recovery plan includes: reducing the size and cost of our municipal government; a redirection of casino funding; the State\u2019s help in restructuring of debt; the State\u2019s help in renegotiating of the Borgata tax appeal; equal funding to our municipality and school district; ensuring the costs of municipal government are comparable to other cities; but most importantly, making sure Atlantic City has a seat at the table throughout the entire process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We represent the residents of Atlantic City who deserve a seat at the table.&nbsp; We welcome the opportunity to be held accountable.&nbsp; We believe all these principles are encompassed within Assembly Speaker Prieto\u2019s bill &#8211; A3614.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Atlantic City government is not the enemy.&nbsp; In the end, we all agree that a financially healthy Atlantic City is good for South Jersey as well as all of New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH VIDEO &gt; Piling on Atlantic City Mayor, Don Guardian? 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