The staff at Ulster Politics thinks that anyone who lives in upstate NY and pays property taxes should sit up and take notice of Jim Tedisco, Assembly Minority Leader from Schnectady. At the Tuesday, November 18th NYS Leaders' Meeting, Jim Tedisco stood up for property tax payers everywhere when he told Governor Patterson, Speaker Silver and Malcolm Smith that if they make the cuts in education that they are proposing that property taxes will go up, and upstate New Yorkers will bear the burden. Property taxes will go up because there is no property tax cap in New York, and Speaker Silver has no interest in changing that.
It just makes sense. If they cut education funding, the property tax payers will be forced by local school boards to make up the difference. Sure, it will make Albany's budget look good, but what are the schools going to do mid year? They are going to go to the local property tax payers to get what they need.
The cuts need to come from the bottom up. Relief from state mandates along with tax cuts are a good idea. Until the Democratic leadership in Albany get serious about bringing everyone together instead of grandstanding in front of the media, the taxpayers are bound to suffer the consequences. It was clear from today's meeting that Speaker Silver is not motivated to do anything and that Senator Malcolm Smith is not ready to be Majority Leader.
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What happened to the 100s of millions the cigarette tax was to generate? What of the NY Lotto money?
Thank you Assemblyman Cahill for standing up for property tax reform. I can't wait for your bill to pass.
Rumor Has It... Cosme was spotted at the local library reading the YouTube, Terms of Use.
The local school districts need to cut spending. This doesn't have to affect the children. The administrations of the school districts have plenty of layers of fat and duplication of services.
It does no good for NYS taxpayers for Albany to cut state aid to schools if the schools themselves are not going to cut back spending.
Yes, it's very sad, but it's the truth. When there is NO money, there is NO money.
We need to drill down and figure out what the the must haves and what are the nice-to-haves in education. The nice-to-haves need to go. This is a crisis.
The staff at Ulster Politics? Don't make me laugh.
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