By Jim Willis on May 20, 2008 in City Council, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan, Taxes & Spending | 5 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 19, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 4 Comments
One of the biggest threats to the economic future of our state and our country are teachers’ unions. Let’s just be honest about this, shall we? The unions are responsible for continually draining money out of your pockets. Some of that money goes to teachers, and I certainly don’t begrudge them a pay increase here [...]
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 May 4, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
There will be a meeting to fleece the public on Tuesday, May 6th at 7 pm at Columbus School–164 Hawley Street, 3rd Floor. The purpose of this fleecing? To justify raising your school taxes. THIS MUST STOP!
The Binghamton City School Board will put forward a budget with a “meager” 2.49 percent increase. Problem is, it [...]
By Jim Willis on Apr 17, 2008 in Gov David Paterson, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 3 Comments
Our new governor, David A. Paterson, is off to a great start isn’t he? First we find out he’s a serial philanderer (self-admitted). It seems if you pay for sex like Spitzer did, you get bounced out of office. If don’t pay like Paterson, it’s “one of those phases” you go through in your marriage. [...]
By Jim Willis on Apr 7, 2008 in Government & Politics, Society & Culture, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
As predicted, the socialists that want to control every aspect of your life have graduated from “bad things” like cigarettes, to controlling things like…Twinkies? That’s right, now that we’re on the slippery slope of limiting your personal freedoms, we’re moving on from controlling smoking to controlling “junk food.” Read this guest viewpoint which recently ran [...]
