Comments on: Binghamton Landlords Tell Mayor Ryan to Keep His 80% Property Tax Hike http://rssbinghamton.com/binghamton-landlords-tell-mayor-ryan-to-keep-his-80-property-tax-hike/ A conservative voice crying in the liberal wilderness of Greater Binghamton, NY Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SEAN http://rssbinghamton.com/binghamton-landlords-tell-mayor-ryan-to-keep-his-80-property-tax-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-1982 SEAN Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:49:45 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=272#comment-1982 Hey I was actually thinking about moving to Binghamton to purchase rental property's. Not such a good idea right now? I looked at some property's listed and it just seemed to good to be true. I really need a bit of help considering a place to be a landlord. Im willing to relocate anywhere as long as I can afford a good building or two. But I can't find any tax rates on Binghamton. Please help! Email my blackberry as I dont check this blog. Seanb56@yahoo.com I really need some help figuring this out as I only have about 250k to invest with terrible credit. Hey I was actually thinking about moving to Binghamton to purchase rental property’s. Not such a good idea right now? I looked at some property’s listed and it just seemed to good to be true. I really need a bit of help considering a place to be a landlord. Im willing to relocate anywhere as long as I can afford a good building or two. But I can’t find any tax rates on Binghamton. Please help! Email my blackberry as I dont check this blog.
Seanb56@yahoo.com I really need some help figuring this out as I only have about 250k to invest with terrible credit.

]]> By: Jim Willis http://rssbinghamton.com/binghamton-landlords-tell-mayor-ryan-to-keep-his-80-property-tax-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Jim Willis Tue, 20 May 2008 22:18:06 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=272#comment-507 Thank you Derek for asking a great question (and thanks for your comment). How might we help the landlords in their necessary fight against a tyrannical city government? I suspect you may be able to volunteer or contribute to the Binghamton landlord association. I'm going to ask a landlord friend who owns property in Binghamton what they recommend--the best way to help them. I'll respond back with a post in the near future to answer your excellent question. Thank you Derek for asking a great question (and thanks for your comment). How might we help the landlords in their necessary fight against a tyrannical city government? I suspect you may be able to volunteer or contribute to the Binghamton landlord association. I’m going to ask a landlord friend who owns property in Binghamton what they recommend–the best way to help them. I’ll respond back with a post in the near future to answer your excellent question.

]]> By: Jim Willis http://rssbinghamton.com/binghamton-landlords-tell-mayor-ryan-to-keep-his-80-property-tax-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Jim Willis Tue, 20 May 2008 22:14:31 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=272#comment-506 Hi Charlie, Thanks so much for your comment. You are an example of some of the best and brightest this area produces (I had a look around your excellent website!). You're young, you've gone to university and have become an engineer. You've loads of talent in a variety of skills, including web design. And you're already a landlord. I'm sure your mom and dad are bursting with pride, as well they should. To be fair, I doubt Mayor Ryan and the City Council had people like you in mind when they started down the path of hiking property taxes. The sad thing is, I doubt they realize that many (maybe most?) of the landlords in Binghamton are people like you--with one or two properties, just trying to better yourself and provide a valuable service to students and others who live in our area. Like you, I've struggled with conflicting emotions. Throw in the towel and just get out of Dodge? Or stick around and fight the good fight? Frankly, I couldn't blame you for making either decision. At what point is it senseless to continue the struggle...to pay insane tax rates and watch our freedoms continually erode? I don't know. What I do know is this...and yes, it is an overused and trite quotation: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke, 1729-1797 While I live and breath in Greater Binghamton, I will not be silent! If you stick around Charlie, I sincerely hope we see your name on the list of candidates for City Council--or Mayor! Hi Charlie,

Thanks so much for your comment. You are an example of some of the best and brightest this area produces (I had a look around your excellent website!). You’re young, you’ve gone to university and have become an engineer. You’ve loads of talent in a variety of skills, including web design. And you’re already a landlord. I’m sure your mom and dad are bursting with pride, as well they should.

To be fair, I doubt Mayor Ryan and the City Council had people like you in mind when they started down the path of hiking property taxes. The sad thing is, I doubt they realize that many (maybe most?) of the landlords in Binghamton are people like you–with one or two properties, just trying to better yourself and provide a valuable service to students and others who live in our area.

Like you, I’ve struggled with conflicting emotions. Throw in the towel and just get out of Dodge? Or stick around and fight the good fight? Frankly, I couldn’t blame you for making either decision. At what point is it senseless to continue the struggle…to pay insane tax rates and watch our freedoms continually erode? I don’t know.

What I do know is this…and yes, it is an overused and trite quotation: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke, 1729-1797

While I live and breath in Greater Binghamton, I will not be silent! If you stick around Charlie, I sincerely hope we see your name on the list of candidates for City Council–or Mayor!

]]> By: Derek http://rssbinghamton.com/binghamton-landlords-tell-mayor-ryan-to-keep-his-80-property-tax-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Derek Tue, 20 May 2008 14:05:25 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=272#comment-504 Thank you for your insight and information. Do you have any information on how a concerned citizen could help the oppressed property owners in Binghamton fight the good and unfortunately necessary fight against the (presumably? no doubt?) good intentioned but uninformed City Hall? I'd love to roll up my sleeves and pitch in, but don't know where to start. It would be better if the Mayor and Party Members did nothing and just collected their pay checks than the busy work they're doing at the City of Binghamtons expense. Going to have to take up the recommendation of my young professional and hard working construction friends and move out of New York if we can't stop the direction our elected officials are taking us. We require sound fiscal policies that generate revenue without stealing it. Thank you for your efforts in informing and educating the citizenry. Thank you for your insight and information. Do you have any information on how a concerned citizen could help the oppressed property owners in Binghamton fight the good and unfortunately necessary fight against the (presumably? no doubt?) good intentioned but uninformed City Hall? I’d love to roll up my sleeves and pitch in, but don’t know where to start.
It would be better if the Mayor and Party Members did nothing and just collected their pay checks than the busy work they’re doing at the City of Binghamtons expense. Going to have to take up the recommendation of my young professional and hard working construction friends and move out of New York if we can’t stop the direction our elected officials are taking us. We require sound fiscal policies that generate revenue without stealing it. Thank you for your efforts in informing and educating the citizenry.

]]> By: Charlie http://rssbinghamton.com/binghamton-landlords-tell-mayor-ryan-to-keep-his-80-property-tax-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Charlie Tue, 20 May 2008 13:29:15 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=272#comment-503 As a landlord owning property in the city of Binghamton, and a regular reader of this blog, I just want to add that this situation is totally out of control. As an under-30 life-long citizen of Binghamton, there has never been anything that has made it so tempting to remove myself from this city as the last couple months have brought (between water increases and tax increases). I'm going to take my well-paid self and re-root (but not to town of chenango-- they've got nearly the same problems). As a landlord owning property in the city of Binghamton, and a regular reader of this blog, I just want to add that this situation is totally out of control. As an under-30 life-long citizen of Binghamton, there has never been anything that has made it so tempting to remove myself from this city as the last couple months have brought (between water increases and tax increases). I’m going to take my well-paid self and re-root (but not to town of chenango– they’ve got nearly the same problems).

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