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City of Binghamton Looks to Waste $321K of Taxpayer Money on Solar Panels for Sewage Plant »

More lunacy from the green eco-nuts, this time in the City of Binghamton. (Hey, I moved out of Binghamton–so don’t blame this one on me. Any group of people who vote for, and re-elect Matt Ryan for Mayor and the Citizen Action Gang as the City Council, are certifiably nuts!)
Today’s “through the looking glass” moment: [...]

Transgender Gestapo Coming to City of Binghamton »

A Binghamton City Councilman (Sean Massey, pictured right), from the district I moved from when I left Binghamton, is proposing legislation that would re-label abnormal as normal inside the city limits. The headline in today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin says this: City councilman proposed panel on human rights: Commission would fight discrimination. Sounds so wholesome and [...]

Binghamton Landlords Tell Mayor Ryan to Keep His 80% Property Tax Hike »

Mayor Matt Ryan and the Citizen Action Council (formerly known as the Binghamton City Council) are backpedaling, at least for appearances, on their scheme to raise property taxes of city landlords by 80%. The landlords are not taking it sitting down–good for them! Yesterday, a group of 25 landlords got in the good mayor’s face [...]

Flatliner Update – A Blip on the Screen! »

Well, well. It seems there may be a slight blip on the screen showing at least a minor amount of brainwave activity emanating from Binghamton City Hall. Apparently Mayor Matt Ryan and the Citizen Action Council (formerly known as the Binghamton City Council) have heard from more than a few landlords in Binghamton about their [...]

Flatliners Inhabit Binghamton City Hall »

It’s now official: There is no brainwave activity coming from Binghamton City Hall. My evidence comes form today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin:
Some landlords are facing an 80 percent increase in property taxes after city council on Monday unanimously backed legislation that would force them to pay the same rate as commercial property owners.
The bill, to be [...]

Mayor Ryan Raises Water Tax 30% This Year, 10% More Next Year, 43% Overall »

Binghamton Mayor Matthew Ryan (pictured right) and the Citizen Action Council (formerly known as the Binghamton City council), have avoided leading our city once again by doing the hard work of trimming costs, and instead have granted the good residents of Binghamton a massive new tax increase. It’s called a “fee” because it covers a [...]

Matt Ryan and the Citizen Action Council Raising Binghamton Water Rates 42% »

It seems (gasp) that Binghamton is losing population. Can you imagine that? A city run by socialists? A veritable socialist paradise where we have the good fortune to have a Democrat/Socialist mayor and seven Democrat/Socialist city council members? The nerve!
Yes dear readers, people (like this author) are moving out of the City of Binghamton in [...]