On December 14, 2011 at 1:21 pm

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

As …. are built and occupied -- and new businesses open -- and new commercial buildings are built ---  the property tax base will expand and sales tax revenues will increase  leading to LOWER PROERTY TAXES ....

and the RENAISSANCE of Schenectady County continues.

So, now, after 8+ years of dems running the city, years of dems running the county, we have what?    Just the OPPOSITE!

City taxes increasing
City fees increasing
$5 million in the red from last year
No one wanting to buy houses In the city, not even with taxpayer subsidy,
Record numbers of vacancies
Hundreds of foreclosures
County taxes increasing
House values plummeting
No sales tax revenue being generated in the city
A drastic $80 MILLION reduction in the tax base in just one year




Then later

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

My thesis is that Schenectady County - including Downtown - is in a Renaissance (which for the informed nayboobs means "rebirth") and is IMPROVING after years of failed GOP leadership in the city, county and state.  In other words (for the nayboob dolts), it is now moving in the right direction from being a pathetic ghost town under Jurzynski, the GOP County Leg led by Boob Farley and the laughable mis-manager Governor George Pataki.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Unfortunately, the nayboobs  like to lie, distort

First he blamed the republican leadership at the city and county level.   And now what is the response after years of dem leadership in the city and county level?

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 and rising costs ….  

Just remember, it’s dem leadership at the state level too, and has been for quite some years.


Once again, answer the questions

Is the county nursing home a state mandate
Are the lucrative contracts with employees a state mandate
Is spending money wildly on downtown a state mandate
Is exempting downtown dem party political cronies a state mandate?
Etc
Etc


So, should the local dems continue the exemptions on downtown buildings?   Should the $26 million Proctors continue to be tax exempt?






  

MC you are talking to a dead piece of wood

See the link where Albany EVEN wants to privatize the nursing home

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/McCoy-Privatize-nursing-home-raise-taxes-3935754.php

Quoted from GrahamBonnet

MC you are talking to a dead piece of wood

See the link where Albany EVEN wants to privatize the nursing home

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/McCoy-Privatize-nursing-home-raise-taxes-3935754.php

I know that, a definite piece of dead wood.  

Pretends I'm on ignore, just to avoid admitting the truths.   Next phase, blame the dem president, oh, he supposedly is voting the opposition. The pres has been wildly spending taxpayers' money just like his beloved local dems.