EHT Mayor Priced Out By Property Taxes

The mayor of Egg Harbor Township is selling his waterfront home because he says he can't afford the property taxes.

EHT Mayor James "Sonny" McCullough has lived in the township's Seaview Harbor section since 1974. He and his wife bought land and built their home for $360,000 in 1985.

The property was valued at slightly more than $1.1 million during last year's township-wide revaluation, which increased his property taxes by nearly 60 percent to $31,056.

The 71-year-old mayor tells The Press of Atlantic City  he thought he'd be able to live and die in his home.

McCullough says he hopes to find another home in the township. But if he doesn't, the couple purchased a $150,000 waterfront condominium in Florida, where the property taxes are $2,569.

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