By Jim Willis on May 20, 2008 in City Council, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan, Taxes & Spending | 4 Comments
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 [...]
By Jim Willis on May 9, 2008 in City Council, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By Jim Willis on May 6, 2008 in City Council, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan, Taxes & Spending | 3 Comments
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 [...]
By Jim Willis on Apr 3, 2008 in City Council, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
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 [...]
By Jim Willis on Mar 21, 2008 in City Council, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan | 5 Comments
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 [...]
