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Belmar Summer News Clips & Links

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YES! Belmar Summer Rental News Returns! BelmarBenny’s Shore Blog – NJ.com 6/20/2008

Keg registration could deter minors Courier Times 10/9/2007

Officials to start dialogue with Orthodox school Asbury Park Press 9/27/2007

Belmar officials address redevelopment, bar safety Asbury Park Press 9/26/2007

Morristown to weigh keg law DailyRecord.com 9/25/2007

Keggers are numbered Jersey Journal 9/23/2007

Belmar Food Report 2007 BelmarBenny’s Shore Blog – NJ.com 9/7/2007

A pictorial journey through a day spent entirely in a bar BelmarBenny’s Shore Blog – NJ.com 9/6/2007

Hobokenites at Shore softball tournament Hoboken411.com 9/5/2007

Tooting our own horn BelmarBenny’s Shore Blog – NJ.com 9/5/2007

Belmar Summer Rental News

belmar betty — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:29:21 +0000

Current Issue

July 18, 2008

Tappy Phillips: landlord’s worst nightmare

belmar betty — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:51:10 +0000

As mentioned in recent issues of the Belmar Rental Summer News, 7 On Your Side swept into town in June to conduct a mission helmed by the justice-hungry Tappy Phillips. Phillips and her team of tap dancing vigilantes took up the cause of a renter who was gypped out of $11,000– not to mention her dreams of a Belmar summer– by a greedy landlord. After hounding the landlord’s brother (also a landlord) Tappy got his mother to write the wronged renter a check. The landlord himself was recently released from county jail for unrelated housing code infractions, and Phillips couldn’t seem to contact him for an interview.

Upon receiving the refund, the renter proclaimed the sunny summer day the happiest of her life. To which a cheeky anchor responded, “Let’s hope she has happier days than this!” Indeed.

Well, that’s pretty much the full recap, but if you want pictures to go with these words, here’s the video:

Justice, Belmar style

From the archives: Summer Rental Economics 101

belmar betty — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:06:12 +0000

We often read or hear talk about the economic benefit the summer rental economy confers on Belmar. Most often, we’ve heard it expressed in the context of how Belmar would fold up if summer tenants stopped renting here. This perception has likely contributed over the years to the belief on the part of many renters that beach towns like Belmar must tolerate conduct that other towns never would.

Well, that’s a myth. To understand why summer rental tenants’ money doesn’t confer an economic benefit on a town like Belmar, you need to understand the rules that govern the tax system in New Jersey.

Rule 1: The State gets all sales and income tax money. So, none of the money you pay your landlords, or spend at D’Jais, the little Red Barn and 3 Brothers Pizza goes to Belmar. Not a dime.

Rule 2: The State doesn’t give Belmar a share of any of the tax revenue it collects here.

Rule 3: Towns like Belmar pretty much live or die on the property taxes they collect (and, we confess, the occasional fine).

Rule 4: As a general rule, the bigger and nicer the property, the higher the property taxes paid to Belmar. Owner-occupied homes tend to generate more in property taxes than summer rentals. They also require less police coverage. In addition, owner-occupied second homes require little in the way of municipal or school services.

Rule 5: Large concentrations of summer rentals tend to hold down property values in a neighborhood, reducing tax revenue to the community while also increasing police costs.

from the Belmar Summer Rental News, July 13, 2007

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