To the Editor:

Not known as a bastion of commercial or industrial land use, Little Egg Harbor Township derives most of its tax revenue from its residential base, of which a large portion is its six senior communities.

It stands to reason that with the loss of 20 percent of its ratables, as we experienced with the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, the township would ask property owners to ante up to maintain its current level of services, and so it did, creating the largest tax increase in its history and…

December 22, 2015