Wow. Did u read that information about Hull and his removal of $8 million from city coffers? Guess he not only did not create jobs, but he weakened the tax base.

Maybe Hull was tired of being ripped off by the city and did something about it.

Proof or it didn't happen

There's no proof. Simply another DEM campaign last-ditch effort to get Gar Bear into office.

Quoted from rachel72

There's no proof. Simply another DEM campaign last-ditch effort to get Gar Bear into office.

Gary McCarthy is in 'desperation mode'! Going negative on campaigning!
The guys is a failure of epic proportions.
He better get use to riding on a garbage truck!

How did Hull get money out of the coffers?  Did he steal it?  

no proof? lol. check the tax base around union college... there are more buildings off tax rolls than there are projects with PILOTs that metroplex gave to buildings downtown... hmmm.. let's compare, shall we?

Quoted from Smoking Bananas

no proof? lol. check the tax base around union college... there are more buildings off tax rolls than there are projects with PILOTs that metroplex gave to buildings downtown... hmmm.. let's compare, shall we?

1/10

Please give more effort when starting a troll post.

Pesonally, if I was Admin., I would have locked this thread for lack of content

Union College's payments to the city -- or lack thereof -- have become a campaign issue.

Acting Mayor Gary McCarthy is accusing his opponent, Roger Hull, of actively damaging the city's tax base while running Union College. He calculated that Hull cost the city $8 million of its tax base during his years at Union.

Hull, who was president of Union for 15 years before creating his own party to challenge the Democrats in city office, fought back with his own calculations.

He said Union paid for $5 million of city expenses during his administration, mainly to demolish derelict buildings near the college.

"It was things the city would have to do," Hull said.

But McCarthy said college officials only wanted to improve the college's image.

"No matter how you structure it, the college was acting only in the narrow interests of the college," he said.

While a few buildings were demolished, many others were converted into student housing and college offices. In total, the college took $8 million off of Schenectady's tax roll by turning much of its surroundings into tax-exempt property.

Hull acknowledged that Union renovated the neighborhood around the college because it would help Union.

a troll post? 99 percent of the posts on here fall into that category. lol

Was it illegal to lower the tax base? If not he did nothing wrong assuming he did it in the first place.

he stole from the taxpayers, dude.

If that was true why wasn't he arrested?

good question.. maybe i will make a citizen;s arrest of him

Why didn't the City Council President at the time question the Union college Ramada and Seward projects?

Did the Council President at the time vote against these projects?

Wasn't Gary McCarthy the City Council President at the time? Seems like he probably voted this in......