Evan fights tooth and nail to keep the democraps in via his prominent position in the so-call 'conservative' party which is simply a front for the democraps. Why is he moaning. He got what he asked for, or was he too dumb to figure that out that these people are fiscal libertines.

Sure state mandates are the majority of the problem. A problem that comes from the UNIONS. The same unions that the liberal dem nut cases bend over for. And they continue to bend over for the unions....cause it means VOTES!!!!

If that weren't true.....the glendale home would have been privatized. Trash collection would be privatized.....for starters.

They would create a union for drug addicts and prostitutes if it garnered votes for them!!!  

Quoted from bumblethru

They would create a union for drug addicts and prostitutes if it garnered votes for them!!!  

They do, it is called the executive boards of the Schenectady County Democrat, Republican, and Conservative Parties.

Every County has the same State Mandates. The problem is not "State Mandates" its one party fiscal
incompetent DEMS. Aside from Holly and Jim B its a bunch of posers and cross dressers. They refuse to budget and worse are building a new County Home. Even Albany County is privatizing. Evan made a fool of himself. A stooge
making a phony "protest" led by the pro-tax Chamber.

Quoted from benny salami

Every County has the same State Mandates. The problem is not "State Mandates" its one party fiscal
incompetent DEMS. Aside from Holly and Jim B its a bunch of posers and cross dressers. They refuse to budget and worse are building a new County Home. Even Albany County is privatizing. Evan made a fool of himself. A stooge
making a phony "protest" led by the pro-tax Chamber.

Don't be puffing up Holly! She's a con/dem...........don't let her fool you otherwise. When folks get their nose bent out of shape and run to a political party that they are supposedly staunchly against............IT AIN'T ABOUT THE TAXPAYERS!!! No different than a-jello or the rest of the spinless!

it's all about the machine....if the legislative/elected folks keep the machine grinding apart the taxpayers then they have
food on the table all set for redistribution....

pay attention to Greece

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

The Nayboobs can rant all they want but they can't refute the FACT that the biggest driver of the county's spending increase are UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES ...  

Quoted from mikechristine1

Proctors is not a state mandate
Paying Morris' salary is not a state mandate
Size of house numbers on a house is not a state mandate
Cars for high paid city employees to take pleasure drives is not a state mandate
Nursing home is not a state mandate
Spending hundreds of millions of tax dollars on downtown is not a state mandate

STILL DV CANNOT RESPOND.  

It's so very difficult to respond when HE HAS BEEN PROVEN WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Just PRETEND the one who tells the TRUTH is on "ignore"

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SCHENECTADY COUNTY
Legislators get earful on budget
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net.

    Schenectady County legislators got an earful from the agencies supported by local property taxes and the residents who pay them.
    Proponents of the county’s public library system and not-for-profi t agencies pleaded with them to at least keep county funding level in the 2013 budget. But local residents — many of them business owners — blasted the spending plan for including a 7.49 percent tax increase at a time when the economy continues to struggle.
    “Do you run your households like you run the county?” asked Ed Capovani, co-owner of Capovani Brothers, Inc. in Glenville. “Do you have hundreds of thousands of dollars in credit card debt? If so, you shouldn’t be putting together the county budget.”
    About 40 people attended the budget hearing Monday. They were heard by only 10 of the county Legislature’s 15 members, since four legislators didn’t show up and a fi fth was excused from attending.
    Many of the speakers were the same people who spoke when legislators were mulling an override of the tax cap last month. The Legislature ultimately approved the measure, allowing County Manager Kathleen Rooney to submit a proposal exceeding the 2.95 percent cap imposed by state guidelines.
    Chamber President Charles Steiner again urged legislators to consider spending cuts that would bring the budget below the tax cap. He brought a chart based on data from the Capital Region Planning Commission that showed how the county was losing higher-income households at an alarming rate.
    “The impact of this data is clear,” he said referring to the chart. “The portion of the population who live on very small incomes — including retirees, single mothers and people earning very low wages — is growing. People who can afford an increase are fleeing and have been for many years.”
    Steiner said the county’s tax rate is also more than double what is assessed Saratoga County and Albany County. He blamed Schenectady County’s high tax burden and the lower rates in these neighboring areas for driving out more-affl uent residents.
    “Raising taxes may seem like the answer to our problems but it’s not,” he said. “It is driving people who can afford to pay taxes out of Schenectady County. And with each family that leaves, the problem gets bigger.”
    Other residents questioned some of the six-figure salaries included in the budget and why it includes raises for any county employee. Some asked why the county continues to support the Glendale Nursing home — a facility several described as fi nancial black hole — when it continues to lose money.
    “It leads me to believe the people of this board are either out of touch or not even living in this country,” said Joe Guidarelli of Rotterdam.
    Jim Martin of Glenville’s Local Development Corporation blasted legislators for allowing the cost of government to spike over the course of a decade. He also criticized the legislators for proposing a large tax hike when none of them is up for re-election and pledged to remember their deed when seven seats are up for grabs next year.
    “This is one resident and one voter who is going to remember,” he said.
SOME SUPPORTERS
    But the budget also had its proponents. Speakers rallying to stave off budget cuts included people affi liated with Catholic Charities, Northeast Parent and Child Society and Cornell Cooperative Extension. They argued slashes to discretionary spending could have a drastic impact on the services they provide.
    John Karl of Niskayuna, a member of the Friends of the Schenectady County Public Library, urged legislators to at least keep the library system funding equal to last year.
    Money problems have forced the library to cut six of 15 professional librarians employed across the system. He said budgetary shortfalls also threaten the number of hours the libraries can stay open and could even force the closure of one of the branches.
    “We’ve had the same budget for the last five years,” he said.

http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01200&AppName=1

Why not lst the five that couldn't be bothered to make this meeting...........

And why is Joe protesting? He is part of the copservatives and they back ALL the democraps

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But the budget also had its proponents. Speakers rallying to stave off budget cuts included people affi liated with Catholic Charities, Northeast Parent and Child Society and Cornell Cooperative Extension. They argued slashes to discretionary spending could have a drastic impact on the services they provide.

Yeah, they won't get the money for the lavish pay to the "heads" (directors, CEO, manager, whatever the highest office in the organization is)

Obviously Philip Morris didn't want to appear because then the taxpayers would see how he getting by the government.  


And did these people leading these NFP's ever stop to think that maybe the people they serve would not need to be served if not for the high taxes.


Why can't Proctors, the Mallozzi family, Paul Mitchell, Paris Hilton, Francesco Galesi, Philip Morris, etc, etc pay for the services to the poor????

Anyone have a place that lists all 15 and those who showed and who didnt?

Quoted from GrahamBonnet

Evan fights tooth and nail to keep the democraps in via his prominent position in the so-call 'conservative' party which is simply a front for the democraps. Why is he moaning. He got what he asked for, or was he too dumb to figure that out that these people are fiscal libertines.

They are too chicken s$%# to vote. Old DEM trick delay the vote until the citizens calm down. According to my sources many DEMS are moving off the reservation. They refuse to jump off the cliff because the corrupt
machine bosses say so. Any legislator that votes YES on busting the Cuomo cap is finshed. Especially the 6
DEM idiots "representing" the City.

they can do this on Halloween and no one will notice

talking to a few of my Guyanese friends who are 'new' to the city.....they are NOT HAPPY