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mikechristine1
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Though he didn’t provide exact figures, Buffardi said budget will fall within the tax cap parameters. That means any tax increase wouldn’t exceed 1.66 percent.



Can you hear it now?

"Cheer cheer, the dem party keeping it under the tax cap."


What will REALLY be the tax INCREASE?    3% ?   5%?    More?    







Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent.  
Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and
speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
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if your assessment didn't go down this year - you will be paying more to make up in the loss of home values of those who fought their assessment
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If you challenge your assessment and win, shouldn't the assessor be fired?  What do residents pay him for if you have to drag him to court to correct his wrong assessment?  

It's a rhetorical question...I know his job is to screw the homeowner as long as he can so the town employees can maintain the lifestyles they believe they soooo deserve.  


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time for requested increases in PAY for 2024

Police Chief  124,980 to 136,200

asst chief of police  104,445 to 120,330

town clerk 50,350  to 55,350

dep town clerk 32,500 to 37,225

rec of taxes  50,350  to 55,350

assessor 66,000 to 70,000

comptroller  71,910 to 76,550

conf sec to the super  35,490 to 40,330

clerk to the court  17,000 to 32,925

super of highway  61,060 to 66,000

town attorney  80,000 to 85,600

legal intern 2,400 in 2013 to 26,000 in 2014  

more to follow
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overall police budget with no paramedics
2013                 2014
5,491,785  to   6,436,710 - almost 1 million dollar increase


highway budget

3,994,889   to  4,296,044


general town - no  highway

14,295,930  to 15,416,585   - almost a 1.2 million $ increase


now what it should cost

estimated tax rate per $1000 of assessed value
homestead $4.09
non-homestead $6.51

for a $200,000 property listed as homestead  $818.00 / year
for a $200,000 property listed as non-homestead $1302 / year

the purchase of leaf bags(15,000) was removed from next years budget on the expenditure side but the town expects to bring in 10,000 in the sale of leaf bags ---

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Quoted from exit3
time for requested increases in PAY for 2024

Police Chief  124,980 to 136,200

asst chief of police  104,445 to 120,330

town clerk 50,350  to 55,350

dep town clerk 32,500 to 37,225

rec of taxes  50,350  to 55,350

assessor 66,000 to 70,000

comptroller  71,910 to 76,550

conf sec to the super  35,490 to 40,330

clerk to the court  17,000 to 32,925

super of highway  61,060 to 66,000

town attorney  80,000 to 85,600

legal intern 2,400 in 2013 to 26,000 in 2014  

more to follow



Apparently their values have been reassessed.

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NOTHING LIKE A TEN PERCENT RAISE!

THE DAGOS ARE JUMPING FOR JOY AT THEIR GREAT GOVERNMENT!! LOL!



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time for requested increases in PAY for 2024

Police Chief  124,980 to 136,200

asst chief of police  104,445 to 120,330

town clerk 50,350  to 55,350

dep town clerk 32,500 to 37,225

rec of taxes  50,350  to 55,350

assessor 66,000 to 70,000

comptroller  71,910 to 76,550

conf sec to the super  35,490 to 40,330

clerk to the court  17,000 to 32,925

super of highway  61,060 to 66,000

town attorney  80,000 to 85,600

legal intern 2,400 in 2013 to 26,000 in 2014  

more to follow




"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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Looks like we found where all the ems money is going...its been a few years sense all these people got raises so it only makes sense to reward them with 10%raise for being so patient. Must be nice
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It all make sense now. Residents wont notice all the raises because they are distracted by the ems  drama and  $100 of increased fees.  Classic
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Quoted from exit3
time for requested increases in PAY for 2024

Police Chief  124,980 to 136,200

asst chief of police  104,445 to 120,330

town clerk 50,350  to 55,350

dep town clerk 32,500 to 37,225

rec of taxes  50,350  to 55,350

assessor 66,000 to 70,000

comptroller  71,910 to 76,550

conf sec to the super  35,490 to 40,330

clerk to the court  17,000 to 32,925

super of highway  61,060 to 66,000

town attorney  80,000 to 85,600

legal intern 2,400 in 2013 to 26,000 in 2014  

more to follow


Is the increase in pay supposed to be for 2014 or 2024?


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2014 sorry not 2024

2024 would be great

Wages frozen it time would be awesome
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EXTORTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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WHAT A BUNCH OF (I won't say it Patches, your ears will bleed) BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP LEECHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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IT'S THE LEVY....they want to be first to squeeze the homeowners so that they come out with less sh!t on their faces than
the county.....the town and county will have a fake fight over who is responsible for the cost increase...

the town blames the county the county blames the state the state blames the feds......

it's a $$ grab...THE LEVY THE LEVY THE LEVY.........the levy is just like our personal budgets with credit card debt.....

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today mentality......

COLA'S PENSIONS HEALTHCARE


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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Illegal Police Department Activity Threaten to Bankrupt Counties Nationwide

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:09
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The Truth Behind The News

susanne_posel_news_ police-state-002Susanne Posel
Occupy Corporatism
February 7, 2013


Local police departments (LPDs) across the nation are incorporated as specialized non-profits. Most LPDs are known to the Secretary of State in their respective state as an association which gives the impression to the average citizen that this is a union. However this is not the case.

The LPDs are contracted by the City Council to preform police services and securitize the city they are hired in. This is the exchange of a local government hiring a private security firm to stabilize the local population and generate revenue for the city through tickets, arrests and recording infractions. However, this does not include upholding local laws, as the County Sheriff’s Office is elected to take charge of.

The problem with this system is that the LPDs, being corporations, are subject to corporate law. And corporations fall into dissolution (i.e. the termination of the corporation) for various reasons quite often. When it is the LPD that dissolves; this becomes a question of legal authority over the citizens by the hired private security firm known as the LPD.

Corporations that dissolve are not allowed by law to conduct business. These same rules apply to the LPD that is actually a corporation hired by the local government or city council to preform police services.

For example, in the State of Oregon, over 12 LPDs are in dissolution. On the Secretary of State website, when a LPD is dissolved it is classified as “INA” or inactive. This includes LPDs in the following cities:

• Beaverton
• Canby
• Charleston
• Eugene
• Gresham
• King County
• Lake Oswego
• Lebanon
• Portland
• Sherwood
• Weston

According to corporate law, if a corporation dissolves, it must withdraw as a business entity. This means that once the LPD is dissolved, they cannot continue to perform police services for the city in which they were hired.

And in fact, should this be brought to the public, it might be common place (as it is in the State of Oregon) that LPDs are in dissolution and not legally allowed to conduct police services because they lack legal authority as a dissolved corporation.

It also stands that the local governments that are privy to this information would be involved in not only egregious corruption but are knowingly misleading the citizens of their towns and cities. Once the LPD is dissolved, from the date of dissolution, any arrest, ticket, or police service preformed is now an illegal act. It is tantamount to a citizen impersonating a police officer which as serious legal ramifications.

Should citizens become aware of this fact in their city – that their LPD is a corporation that has dissolved and is continuing to operate as if they have legal right to do so – there would be justified legal recourse for every citizen who had been arrested, jailed, forced to pay a ticket of any kind and forced to appear in municipal court under those circumstances (including court costs, attorney’s fees and fees attributed by the court).

In 2012, Louis F. Quijas, Assistant Secretary of the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (OSLLE), for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explained the purpose of the OSLLE as a front “office that provided coordination and partnership with state, local, and tribal law enforcement.”

The OSLLE was recommended by the 9/11 Commission. It was created to “lead the coordination of DHS-wide policies relating to state, local, and tribal law enforcement’s role in preventing acts of terrorism and to serve as the primary liaison between non-Federal law enforcement agencies across the country and the Department.”

Intelligence is disseminated through OSLLE to LPDs or “non-Federal law enforcement partners” to keep information flowing through initiatives such as the “If You See Something, Say Something™”, the Blue Campaign, the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI), and the Department’s efforts in Countering Violent Extremism.

OSLLE consistently works with LPDs on education, actionable information, operations and intelligence for the purpose of their part in the operations of the DHS with regard to keeping “our homeland safe”.

OSLLE also works as a liaison between LPDs to maintain DHS leadership and considerations of “issues, concerns, and requirements of state, local, and tribal law enforcement during budget, grant, and policy development processes.”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) upholds relationships with LPDs for the purposes of and participation with National Preparedness Grant Program that began this year.

To ensure that local police departments continue to meet the requirements of training from DHS, officers regularly attend the DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia.

LPDs are focused through OSLLE and DHS to “remain vigilant and to protect our communities from all threats, whether terrorism or other criminal activities” as DHS expands its control over local law enforcement and the communities they oversee.

As stated in the DHS directive from the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (SLLE), the assistant Secretary for SLLE has “the primary official responsible for leading the coordination of Department-wide policies related to the role of state, tribal, and local law enforcement in preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other man- made disasters within the US.”

This directive also sets guidelines of advocacy for DHS by the LPDs. Authorization of DHS to take over LPDs is given in Title 6 of the United States Code, Section 607, “Terrorism prevention”.

In 2008, the Bureau of Justice Statistics stated that LPD “make up more than two-thirds of the 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies in the US” which translates to an estimated 12,501 law enforcement agencies. Of those LPDs, there are more than 461,000 sworn officers.

Last year President Obama signed an executive order (EO) that created the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council and Steering Committee which tied DHS to local partnerships, federal and private institutions “to address homeland security challenges.”

Members of the Steering Committee include:

• Department of State
• Department of US Treasury
• Department of Defense
• Department of Justice
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• The Federal Bureau of Investigations

In 2011, Congress encouraged private sector “police companies” to replace law enforcement on the State and local level by coercing a new police protection insurance that would tack on a fee to citizens for the use of “police protection”.

This move was justified by having citizens pay for the police to be called to scenes as a “communal service” that is contractual just as any other service or good is paid for. As a customer, the citizen would tell 911 dispatch their insurance information for payment purposes to be billed after the police were deployed to the scene, or services were rendered.

Turning LPDs into private security firms that provide services to the public was the scheme behind privatizing law enforcement.

Under state government contract, private security firms preform law enforcement services. With legislative bodies on both the state and Congressional level supporting this change, private corporations enter into contractual agreements with city councils to provide armed security patrol. Just as a rent-a-cop is hired to secure private property, local police departments are masked rent-a-cops that were hired by local government to secure their city.

This fact has been hidden from public scrutiny and has added to the blending of social perception of what the police are and what they do so that police services are able to function without question. At the same time, citizens are expected to pay fees for these “services” that were once inherent to life in a structured town or city.

In early 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report entitled “Homeland Security and Intelligence: Next Steps in Evolving the Mission” which outlined in part on how to redirect efforts of the federal government from international terrorism toward home-grown terrorists and build a DHS-controlled police force agency that would control all cities and towns through the use of local police departments.

DHS maintains that “the threat grows more localized” which necessitates the militarization of local police in major cities in the US and the training of staff from local agencies to make sure that oversight is restricted to the federal government.

Private corporations have been parading as public servants policing cities and towns across America without the knowledge of the average citizen for quite some time. Although they wear the same badges as LPDs of the past, these private security firms are not there to uphold peace or enforce any laws and city ordinances. Just like any other corporation, they seek out opportunities to collect revenue for the benefit of the city that hired them.

The post Illegal Police Department Activity Threaten to Bankrupt Counties Nationwide appeared first on Susanne Posel.


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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