A resolution recently passed by the Barnegat Township Committee urging the governor of New Jersey and the state Legislature to increase the property tax deduction for veterans and surviving spouses to $500 has apparently caught the attention of lawmakers. The current deduction is $250.

In the resolution, officials said New Jersey residents “suffer from the highest property taxes in the country” and “the residents of Barnegat owe everything we have in this great country to our veterans.”