The Taxpayers Association of Cape May on Saturday announced a campaign to "inform and educate the property tax payers of Cape May."
The campaign follows a 125% increase in membership, the group said in a news release.
As part of the campaign, the association website has been redesigned and updated with additional information.
"In order to be useful, a website must be current and informative," association President Jules Rauch said in the release. "It must be useful on a regular basis. Our website has not met that standard in some time — it will now."
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The association will also release a monthly newsletter to replace its annual one. The newsletter will provide provide news, information and links to any issues affecting the city's property taxpayers.
The group also will begin to issue news releases, position statements and reports on issues facing taxpayers, such as capital projects, COVID-19 response measures, budgeting practices and revenue reform.
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"Taxpayers need to know how their money is being spent, especially now when so much of the important work of our governments has become shrouded in quarantining precautions," Rauch said. "It is our hope that by these new efforts, our fellow taxpayers will become better informed and will lend their voices to the public dialogue on the spending of their money."
GALLERY: Van Drew tours Cape May County after Tropical Storm Isaias
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, center, and Upper Township Mayor Palombo, right, tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. An enclosed porch was thrown on its side at 326 Stagecoach rd.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. (l-r) Township Committeeman Curtis Corson, Van Drew, Palombo, and Upper Township Administrator Scott Morgan, walk past a large cleanup operation ongoing at Seaside cemetary
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Rick Bricker’s property was the end of the line for Upper Township’s historic tornado, which the National Weather Service says was an EF-1, with winds of 100 mph.(tncms-asset)a4ed0db8-d7fc-11ea-b5f8-00163ec2aa77[1](/tncms-asset)
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. (l-r) Van Drew and Palombo looking over the damage on the property of Rick Bricker
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. (l-r) Township Committeeman Curtis Corson and Van Drew look over an area of 3 football fields worth of damage at Seaside Cemetary.
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Areas of the Marmora section of Upper Township were hit hard by a tornado that touched down from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. (l-r) Palombo, Van Drew, and Township Committeeman Curtis Corson walk past a home along Rt.9 with an upturned shed in the back yard.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. Looking over the damage on the property of Rick Bricker
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. Looking over the damage on the property of Rick Bricker.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. An enclosed porch was thrown on its side at 326 Stagecoach rd.
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U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, left, Upper Township Mayor Richard Palombo and township Committeeman Curtis Corson check out the damage left behind by Tropical Storm Isaias at Glory Road Memorials and the Oak Ridge Resort Condo Association on Route 9 in the Marmora section of the township.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. Owner of Seaside Cemetary Wesley Tomlin, a Cape May Court House resident, works at clearing debris at the property.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. Looking over the damage on the property of Rick Bricker
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. Looking over the damage on the property of Rick Bricker
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. (l-r) Upper Township Administrator Scott Morgan and Van Drew talk as they walk towards the extensive tree damage evident at Seaside Cemetary.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. (l-r) Van Drew and Palombo looking over the damage on the property of Rick Bricker
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. Looking over the damage on the property of Rick Bricker
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. Looking over the damage on the property of Rick Bricker
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, left, and Upper Township Mayor Rich Palombo look over the damage done last year when a large tree uprooted and fell on a parked car at a building housing Glory Road Memorials on Route 9 in the Marmora section of the township.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. (l-r) Twp. Committeeman Curtis Corson, Van Drew, Palombo, and Upper Twp. Administrator Scott Morgan look over the damage and ongoing cleanup on the property of Rick Bricker.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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On August 7th, Congressman Van Drew and Upper Township Mayor Palombo tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias. Looking over the damage on the property of Rick Bricker
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