Dear EHOA,

Why do we have an old industrial park 3 miles from the George Washington Bridge? What a luxury for a city with huge expenses. Sixty acres on the highway and building owners are only paying $1.3 million in taxes? That’s a joke! All those industrial property owners are operating in a tax heaven and the homeowners of Englewood support them. They have been riding on our backs for years as well as many of the office building owners in the city. It was time the city council did something about our high taxes. The development by Route 4 shouldn’t bother anyone. It’s a highway. I sincerely hope that the developers can pull it off. It is very simple, the City of Englewood needs revenues. I sent my three children to private school and pay over $25,000 in taxes. And, there are many other homeowners in the same situation. I don’t like lawsuits but sometimes they are worth the risk and expense. We must improve the student test scores of the public schools. This is an important fact. The industrial property owners will be fairly compensated. The Overpeck Creek will be cleaned up. What’s wrong with that? It costs us millions to build MacKay Park and the Overpeck Creek Center boarders that park. I take my kids there roller blading and there are days that the Creek stinks. It’s time!

(Name Withheld on Request)
A Homeowner on Lydecker St.

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