Calling the relationship between Ship Bottom officials and their LBI Consolidated School District counterparts over the last decade adversarial, resident Jeff Miller told the borough’s land use board taxpayers are sick of paying the price.

“We, the taxpayers, have been funding the law firms on both sides. So we are a little tired of it,” Miller said referring to a lengthy legal battle over the LBI School property, which ended in December 2023 after a more than three-year fight.