WILDWOOD — A veterans’ tax issue is taking center stage in Nov. 5 election, when voters will decide on Public Question No. 1.
Veterans ballot question, bills get pre-election attention
1 of 6
Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, D-Middlesex, at microphone and, from left, Assemblyman Matthew Milam, State Senator Bob Andrzejczak, and Assemblyman Bruce Land, all D-Cape May, Atlantic, Cumberland, held a news conference Monday at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Wildwood to highlight bills in the state legislature to help New Jersey veterans and military members.
Vietnam veteran Paul Sutton,75, of Dennis Township, speaks to Assemblyman Matthew Milam, D-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic, about the need to move a package of bills to benefit veterans, on Oct.28, 2019. Many of the bills supported by Milam and the 1st Legislative District team are stalled in the Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, Sutton said. Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Paul Sutton,75, of Dennis Township, listens to legislators talk about bills to benefit veterans and Public Question No. 1 on the Nov. 5 ballot at a press conference in Wildwood on Monday. If passed, the public question would extend $250 property tax deductions to veterans living in continuing care facilities. Currently they are only available to veterans who own homes or cooperative apartments. Oct.28, 2019 Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex), 1st Legislative District Senator Bob Andrzejczak, Assemblymen Bruce Land and Matthew Milam (all D-Cape May, Atlantic, Cumberland) highlight bills advancing through the state legislature to help New Jersey veterans and military members. Oct.28, 2019 Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Wildwood's Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a copy of the original in Washington, D.C., and contains the names of 58,000 military members who died in the conflict. Oct.28, 2019 Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Wildwood's Vietnam Veterans Memorial is across Ocean Avenue from the Wildwood Convention Center. Oct.28, 2019 Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
South Jersey politicians and businessmen are intensifying efforts to convince the Air Force to base the new F-35 fighter jets at the 177th Fig…
State Sen. Bob Andrzejczak, D-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic, has a 14-point lead over Republican challenger Mike Testa in the 1st Legislative…
South Jersey may not have the population or wealth of North Jersey.
Editor's Note: This story was updated Oct. 18 to clarify that Sheriff Robert Nolan has suspended the county's ICE agreement pending a court ru…
South Jersey residents do not support the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, or his immediate impeachment, as much as North J…
