The all DEM Niskayuna working together town board has released its horrible 2012 budget. Like the working together morons in Rotterdam it smashes the Cuomo tax cap. In Schenectady by doubling every fee Acting Mayor McCarthy increased total taxes over 7%. In Niskayuna a huge 3.4% increase in record property taxes and total budget a record $13.2 MILLION. Cuts? What cuts? Another great example of working together, one party DEM rule with no checks and balances.
does this mean Glenville folks are a bunch of idiots as well, as they are busting the cap, too? working together works there doesnlt it? especially if u are hiring former GOP hacks like ceuvas to pad the town;s payroll
Town hearing on tax - cap increase draws residents' angry comments Daily Gazette, The (Schenectady, NY) - Thursday, October 6, 2011 Author: MICHAEL GOOT ; Gazette Reporter Residents loudly criticized Glenville officials for even considering going over the tax cap in a sometimes angry discussion that included Supervisor Chris Koetzle drawing graphs on a whiteboard.
"I don't think you guys give a damn one bit about the people -- plain and simple," said resident Ron Bortell. "I'm really fed up with politicians and that's what you guys all are -- scum bag politicians."
Bortell added later he probably shouldn't have used those words but said the Town Board was looking for an out instead of controlling spending.
He was among the dozen speakers during a public hearing on a local law to consider exceeding the tax cap . Town officials said they do not plan to exceed the cap but needed the flexibility to go beyond the limit if needed.
While the total levy would rise about 3.2 percent under Koetzle's tentative $18.2 million spending plan, it complies with the 2 percent limit because the law allows municipalities to exclude pension costs from the cap . If this budget were adopted, a homeowner with an average assessment of $173,000 would pay about $571 in town property taxes .
Town hearing on tax - cap increase draws residents' angry comments Daily Gazette, The (Schenectady, NY) - Thursday, October 6, 2011 Author: MICHAEL GOOT ; Gazette Reporter
While the total levy would rise about 3.2 percent under Koetzle's tentative $18.2 million spending plan, it complies with the 2 percent limit because the law allows municipalities to exclude pension costs from the cap .
Town budget as proposed stays under tax cap rules Daily Gazette, The (Schenectady, NY) - Monday, October 3, 2011 Author: STEVEN COOK ; Gazette Reporter Four full-time positions would be eliminated through attrition and fees for some town services would go up under the proposed 2012 Niskayuna town budget.
The budget is the first under the new state-imposed 2 percent tax cap rules, supervisor Joe Landry noted, making it difficult to keep the first spending plan in line with the rules.
But the Town Board would have the opportunity to override the new rules through an extra step, Landry noted. And Landry said he will recommend the board keep their options open and call for the required public hearing in the event the board believes exceeding the cap is necessary.
Working together works! To bust the Cuomo tax cap, lie about nonexistent job creation and pretend to cut costs. Coach Landry should go back to Dallas. From there he can do less harm.
they are ALL busting through the tax caps......they KNEW they would......it's the writing on the wall......everyone is aware of the POOR POOR POOR planning over the past 30years.....and now the consolidation thingy can move in and PRETEND it will be better.....
CONSOLIDATION DOES NOT EQUAL SAVINGS
HAIRCUTS FOR AUSTERITY EQUAL SAVINGS
...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
good point -- but in salami land, only part of the truth gets out..
remember in glenville, the public called the board scum bags. I did not hear that said anywhere else... guess the people know what they are talking about.
good point -- but in salami land, only part of the truth gets out..
remember in glenville, the public called the board scum bags. I did not hear that said anywhere else... guess the people know what they are talking about.
who cares what the populace said...that's not even worth talking about.....like here when folks talk about who called who what......who cares.....I used the term gumba gangstas all the time....but only because of the ideology/organization behind it, I could really give a rats a$$ about the Italian part.....
as for the public calling the Glenville board scumbags.......maybe they SHOULD HAVE stuck to their leadership guns and NOT gone over.....let the populace fight their neighbors over the lucrative contracts/benefits on the back of the public.....that's what REAL LEADERS DO.....no secure elected positions for photo ops.......
maybe the 'occupy anything' IS about neighbor to neighbor combat....that's what it's looking like everyday.....SHAME SHAME SHAME on our leaders and SHAME SHAME SHAME on us for even looking for those lucrative government bennies......
...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
The all DEM Niskayuna working together town board has released its horrible 2012 budget. Like the working together morons in Rotterdam it smashes the Cuomo tax cap. In Schenectady by doubling every fee Acting Mayor McCarthy increased total taxes over 7%. In Niskayuna a huge 3.4% increase in record property taxes and total budget a record $13.2 MILLION. Cuts? What cuts? Another great example of working together, one party DEM rule with no checks and balances. 
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Glenville didn't bust the Cuomo cap. DEM morons in the City, Nisky and Rotterdam did.
