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 12, 2008 in Environment, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan, Society & Culture | 6 Comments
A departure today from strictly Greater Binghamton news–but not much of a departure. I’d like you to read an excellent article at The American Thinker: The slick trick behind global frauding. The American Thinker is one of the very best political blogs, period. This particular article on so-called “global warming” is outstanding. So why write [...]
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 [...]
By Jim Willis on Feb 5, 2008 in City Council, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan | 0 Comments
The Citizen Action Council (formerly known as the Binghamton City Council) has rubber-stamped Mayor Matt Ryan’s Christmas wish list to the tune of $9.4 million–and hey, instead of doing it on the first day they took office, they waited 35 days. How considerate of them.
As we feared, the Gang of Seven (council members) do not [...]
By Jim Willis on Dec 26, 2007 in Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan | 0 Comments
The City of Binghamton is launching a program to reduce “blight” throughout the city. That is, they want to reduce the number of run-down and abandoned properties that tend to drag down neighborhoods and lower property values for homeowners situated near those run-down properties. On the whole, I would say it is a noble goal.
There [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 30, 2007 in Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan | 0 Comments
Binghamton Mayor Matt Ryan (Democrat, Citizen Action clone) is signaling he wants to raise your taxes again, after he’s already hiked them for next year. He doesn’t put it in quite those words, but that’s my interpretation of his latest comments as transmitted via today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin. In an article titled “Ryan says city’s [...]
