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A new wave or is it a tsunami?
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: February 20, 2020, 4:19 pm
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My property is on the canal, with a great view. I expect to pay
a little more for that privilege, but the recent hike in
property tax because of what I consider a frivolous waste of
money on the school budget ( a mere $65,000,000), I started to
look at what was going on.
Monroe public records show that in 2004, the taxes on my house
were $3050. In 2014 they were $11266, in 2019 they were $13129.
Those increases average out to a rise of $635 each and every
year, and this is before my share of the $65,000,000 is added.
Where will it end? Is it going to stop? Please tell me someone
is going to apply some brakes here and apply some common sense
and stop these increases!
No answers? None of our government officials have anything to
say? No ideas?
If that is the case, then lets assume the increases will
continue at a similar rate, a rise of $635 each year.
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In 2030 the taxes on my property will be $18934 a year, or $364
a week.
I think this will make my property's value decrease as there
will be many less people willing to take on this burden. At the
least, it will negatively effect my property and it won't
increase as fast as many others. It's an inheritance my
children probably don't want, and likely many other families in
the village will feel the same way.
People are leaving New York in droves because of these
outrageous taxes. I'm too old to want to pick up and move, and
why should I? I like my house and spent lots of time getting it
the way I wanted it. But, I, like so many others, never expected
this tax Tsunami to hit me.
I know several neighbors who have moved or are thinking of
moving because of these outrageous taxes. Many seniors are on a
fixed budget, and have been effectively thrown out of their
homes. Doesn't anyone realise how devastating this is?
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Re: A new wave or is it a tsunami?
DIR By: Doug K
Date: February 21, 2020, 2:05 pm
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Best remedy for this issue has already been figured out
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Re: A new wave or is it a tsunami?
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: March 1, 2020, 7:29 am
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So, how far out of whack are the taxes in Fairport? Let's
compare them with all the other Erie Canal shore side towns.
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Why aren't all Town of Perinton Residents Treated the Same?
DIR By: Doug K
Date: March 1, 2020, 12:17 pm
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The subject line for this post, is the question EVERY person
living in ANY Town & Village along the Erie Canal should be
asking... just insert your town's name instead of Perinton.
Why you ask? Because the numbers don't lie, and they tell a
story about what everyone knows is our States biggest problem...
over-taxation. That is the reason MOST sighted by those who are
leaving this state, it's too expensive, taxes are too high, and
it seems there is nothing that can be done about it.
Until now... Now is the time to stand up for Fair Taxation for
NY Canal Villages
What you can NOT see in the graph Mike has shown already, is WHO
actually picks up those daily Town & Village costs. Not who
specifically, but who as in the number of residents for each of
those Towns & Villages that has to come up with tax money to pay
for these LOCAL Government bodies. Those numbers will surprise
many of you, and should have some asking the same question... Is
this type of "selective taxation" Fair?
Take a look and ask yourself what is wrong with this
picture...once you see how disproportional the cost of running
local government is in your own town or village. Why should
Village Residents be asked to carry the cost of 2 square miles
of Town land themselves, when most of the Town residents come
and go in that village without having to pay a dime?
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Our NY State Legislature didn't think this type of EXPENSIVE &
redundant government, the Village Level, was necessary anymore
or that taxing only a handful of Town Residents to pay for that
government was fair. That is why they enacted the NYS Government
Reorganization & Citizens Empowerment Act in 2010, to point out
the issues with inefficient NY Government, and give the NY
"village citizens", those unfortunate people still stuck paying
for it, a way OUT!
If you want to have a voice in "local" government here is
everyone's chance to do that, especially if you live in an
Incorporated NY Village.
It's time to put your own Village Dissolution up for a Vote in
2020 and ASK your Local Village Leadership to do the work to
understand what would be gained, and what would be lost if the
Village level of Government simply consolidated with the Town.
Each resident should be asking if their village is being
properly supported by ALL residents in that township, are all
Town taxpayers being treated fairly?
Go here to learn more about NYS Government Reorganization and
Citizen Empowerment Laws and read about what's at stake for us
all.
HTML https://ecna.us/nys-govt-reduction-act-village-dissolution/
In a nutshell, the NY Government Reorganization law is asking
for a whole layer of "management" to be taken away from NY State
Tax Scrolls. That can be done by either having Village Officials
agree with the findings of the New York lawmakers and reduces
the size of government voluntarily to help cut taxes, or the
CITIZENS become empowered and believe that reducing layers of
government is a way to cut taxes and they FORCE the Village to
consider consolidation or dissolving by asking for a VOTE on the
idea.
NY State Lawmakers have already laid out the reasons for Village
Dissolution, they have also changed the law to make it easier to
do. And they will even offer to help Villages with their plans.
As a reward, the Towns who have recently gone though a Village
Dissolution, are now eligible for additional State Aid that is
not available to other Townships.
It a Win-Win-Win-Win... The State get's taxes reduced overall,
Counties only have Cities & Towns to legislate with, Towns get
Bonus Budget dollars for their budgets and ex-Village residents
see a 60-75% reduction in the Property Tax Bills.
Of course there are those who will never see this as good for
NY... or their village. They will complain about their own taxes
having to go up 2-3% because they've finally been asked to pay
for the Village where they shop, dine and go get an ice cream
cone.
There are those who will claim it's the end of the world if the
Village is gone, citing everything that will be lost but showing
no conclusive evidence to support those claims. Fear-mongering
will become the best defense for those fighting Village
dissolution, but it won't work in the end... because if it
wasn't a good idea it wouldn't have made it into law. How many
companies save cost doing this same thing with middle
management?
Actually we need look no further than Seneca Falls, Lyons, and
Macedon for the REAL answer to NYS Government Reorganization &
Citizens Empowerment and what the result will be. Each of these
three Villages figured it out, they came up with plans that
worked. Most LEADERS in these villages and towns are glad they
did dissolve and their residents are as well. Some have said it
should have been done sooner, and that it had benefits that many
never expected... like an END to the constant "bickering"
between Towns & Villages Officials. They all learned to work
together, once it was obvious that the RESIDENTS wanted the
Village to go... because is the end, it was citizen empowerment
that made it happen.
Maybe some local Villages & Towns are up to the challenges here,
after all the graph I've shared also points out how the cold
hard fact that a few Towns & Village Governments have become
quite "comfortable" taking advantage of it's captive taxpaying
"customers". They are running at much higher rates and in some
cases Village Govt cost exceed that of the Town per day. Perhaps
Towns will rally to block the dissolutions
In the end though the NYS Government Reorganization & Citizens
Empowerment Law will rely on the latter part of it's title to
make a difference along the Erie Canal... Citizen Empowerment.
And it's the village citizens who will apply the pressure to do
the right thing.
What do YOU think?
GO LEARN MORE HERE:
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HTML https://www.dos.ny.gov/lg/publications/ConsolidationDissolutionLaw.pdf
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Re: A new wave or is it a tsunami?
DIR By: Doug K
Date: March 1, 2020, 4:03 pm
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