Quoted from benny salami

So are you taking the assessor post or not?

    Inquiring minds want to know. Bye Bye Surprise-Hello Puddy?

Mr. Surprise has a six year contract (signed just one year ago). He ain't goin' anywhere!

without raising taxes

Quoted from TippyCanoe

without raising taxes

It is the levy and the value there of........what will we choose???........hhhmmm....smallness or
the bigger picture????

Mary--he is incompetent and unethical--I am sure they will send him packing.  BTW, I know other assessors who know him, and they were "surprised" that Surprise even got the job.  Incompetent is enough to dump him.

Quoted from marymagdelene1234

Mr. Surprise has a six year contract (signed just one year ago). He ain't goin' anywhere!

Who is the idiot who signed that one????

How could you tell the difference between the parties???

My understanding is the "Surprise" was a Tomassone find.  I'm sure GP prepared that contract.  Well with the money they save on dumping GP from TH they can buy out Surprise from is contract if they have to but he is an incompetent and rude bas**rd.  He should be dismissed pronto.

You will need a $320,000 check

Again what is the value?

Sorry, its not worth the effort just have the man follow the letter of the law good or bad.

We as a town need to get over the fact of life that the state mandates assessments

How about our chief of police requesting $121,340.00 per year???

Or our deputy chief of police requesting$101,405.00 per year

But we are lucky if they can bring in $500,000.00 in revenue with all the speeders on 890

Your police dept comes in at $6,528,995 in requests for 2010 out of at total tentative budget of $13,737,369
Now there is some value.  

Make sure you get your moneys worth at the tax collection office and the town clerks office as they both collect a base salary of $50,350

Our comptroller requested $110,000.00 but is at 86,445.00 so far


Councilmembers are at an $10,000 a piece
Supervisor at $13,000

Just remember that breaking of contracts creates billable hours for attoneys

Quoted from marymagdelene1234

Mr. Surprise has a six year contract (signed just one year ago). He ain't goin' anywhere!

Mary Mary quite contrary.  It is a term appointment.  NOT a contract.  There is no such thing as a term contract for a NYS Assessor.  The salary of the assessor is set by the Town Board, no union protection, to boot.  Mr Surprise is in DEEP and the wave of discontent with him hit the REPS like a tsunami on Election Day.  He should do the right thing and crawl back into that hole in Columbia County he surfaced from, like the woodchuck hatchet man he proved to be!  The most unprofessional appointment the Town has ever seen.  IMHO

$320,000? lol

  Here's what we will give nothing. We would appreciate it if Steverino would pay it out of his own pocket.

Quoted from 153

Mary Mary quite contrary.  It is a term appointment.  NOT a contract.  There is no such thing as a term contract for a NYS Assessor.  The salary of the assessor is set by the Town Board, no union protection, to boot.  Mr Surprise is in DEEP and the wave of discontent with him hit the REPS like a tsunami on Election Day.  He should do the right thing and crawl back into that hole in Columbia County he surfaced from, like the woodchuck hatchet man he proved to be!  The most unprofessional appointment the Town has ever seen.  IMHO

Didn't we have a town employee that lost his state job for booking numbers and landed in our assessors office?  We have had our share of unprofessional assessors.  We didn't spend $750K because our assessors did a great job.

Cicero--who cares about that?  We are talking about Surprise.  He is incompetent, arrogant and rude--bad combo when you are there to serve the people.  Steve is responsible for this debacle.  PDQ is correct. His offer should be "do you want to leave by the front door or out the back." Period.  The End.  That's all
folks..

Quoted from benny salami

$320,000? lol

  Here's what we will give nothing. We would appreciate it if Steverino would pay it out of his own pocket.

Clean out the barn! Nuf said? Surprise and all the other dead enders are going.

Quoted from CICERO

Didn't we have a town employee that lost his state job for booking numbers and landed in our assessors office?  We have had our share of unprofessional assessors.  We didn't spend $750K because our assessors did a great job.

I care!! Who was booking? J.M., or someone else?

Quoted from 466

  He is incompetent, arrogant and rude--bad combo when you are there to serve the people.

Many question Eunice's competency, and rightfully so.  Go ahead Cal, play the senior card, and explain how she's so nice and everybody likes her.  She screwed up my marriage license, and that was years ago.  I'm not a doctor, but dementia or senile may explain her memory lapses.  

Under this "new" leadership, lets hope we don't return to the days of the bookmaker assessor.