Spread tax burden around On Nov. 25, The Jersey Journal ran the Jersey City tax lien sale; it had over 6,000 names on the list. That’s about 7.5 percent of struggling homeowners who cannot afford the taxes and water bills in Jersey City based on the city’s taxable base of 79,000 properties. About half of these people will probably pay before the second ad is published, but, according to the city tax office, about 2,000 to 3,000 each year do go into default. Mayor Fulop and the city council are busy supporting affordable housing and rent control at the expense of regular homeowners because the …
