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       Fairport On The Rise?
   DIR By: Michael Caswell
       Date: May 13, 2020, 6:07 am
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       Here is the latest version of Fairport Village newsletter.
       First, The Fairport Mayor's Message
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       I guess that the Mayor realises there is some difficulty in the
       village, and has done her best to be upbeat about the disaster
       that has befallen us all. The problem is there is absolutely
       nothing to be upbeat about. The Village consists entirely of
       small service businesses, restaurants, bars, gift shops etc. All
       of these have been closed by order of The State. All the bar
       tenders, waiters and shop assistants are out of a job,
       collecting (if they can get it) 'unemployment'. Many of these
       businesses will fail, jobs will be lost forever.
       This is not a time to be upbeat, it is a time to realize the
       problem and take action to reduce the misery. Something this
       administration has failed to grasp.
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       2020-21 Fiscal Year Approved Budget.
       The first thing that is troubling is that no residents had any
       say in this tax hike. FIVE inexperienced people raised our taxes
       in a time of crisis. They were not alone, we know the Town of
       Perinton has declared a reassessment of everyone's taxes by
       approximately $20-50,000 per property. Thankfully, they have
       decided to put that on hold for now. Then, of course, there is
       the $60,000,000 School Budget looming up. No one has mentioned
       what that is going to cost each resident.
       Because sales tax revenues have decreased (there's a warning
       bell folks) our Village Officials look to the only fat cow there
       is to cover the shortfall, Village Residents - those same people
       who have no say in anything this board does.
       It is so easy to simply keep tagging a few points onto the
       residents. But, these days, it has made many look at selling up
       and leaving. Fairport is no longer Fair to its people, except if
       you actually work for the village, then you're ok. Your pensions
       etc. are covered.
       With a declared increase of $150 on a $200,000 assessed
       property, it is just one more reason why residents should look
       at an alternative form of local government.
       Then they say "The Village continues its robust capital program
       and the residents will see new streets, sidewalks, A TRAIN
       VIEWING PLATFORM (for crying out loud), and considerable
       improvements to the canal bank"
       In times of crisis, isn't this the answer to the problem?
       These projects should be CANCELLED IMMEDIATELY.
       The tax hike should be rescinded. That would correct the Village
       shortfalls. Simple really.
       Our taxes are OUT OF CONTROL!
       Fairport Village residents are spending FOUR TIMES as much as
       even Pittsford.
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       Re: Fairport On The Rise?
   DIR By: Doug K
       Date: June 5, 2020, 9:58 am
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       Never worry about Fairport Business..it's alive and well and
       get's FREE ADVERTISING at Taxpayer expense courtesy of the
       Fairport OCED, Office of Community & Economic Development. They
       seem to post multiple times daily and for some businesses it's
       become a weekly bit of advertising centered on drinking. Seems
       like not all bars are treated the same though, as well as
       restaurants.
       This Village Government branch is prolific on Twitter,
       advertising for many Fairport Restaurants and Businesses. In
       fact, it's amazing that a few local brewing companies and bars
       seem to get more FREE advertising than others, Fairport Brewing,
       Donnelley's, and Iron Horse to name just three. Mike, is there a
       connection between Fairport Village Official & Employees and the
       owners of these businesses?
       Village Taxpayers are "footing the bill" for this Twitter time,
       and the person who's doing all the tweeting. But I'm sure that
       Village residents don't mind spending their taxes on supporting
       these businesses, well unless of course you are a Village
       Taxpayer with a business not getting "airtime" with the Fairport
       OCED.
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