Showdown looms over city budget
Showdown looms over city budget
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The Lackawanna City Council has rejected many of Mayor Geoffrey M. Szymanski’s budget initiatives, including expansion of the city’s payroll, setting up a potential showdown over the 2012-13 budget.
The Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a budget of $23.6 million — or $816,965 less than the $24.4 million Szymanski proposed spending.
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I TOTALLY understand BOTH sides of the coin!
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bluethunder
Number one : Do you see any businesses really left? LA has the highest business rate in the county.
Number two: Now that the homeowners have to pay their fair share maybe they will actually care about where the money is being spent.
Number three: When you lower the business rate over a period of time more will locate here thereby eventually decreasing the tax rate overall.
Nothing shady here just common sense. If Radich never did this to begin with we probably would have been better off business wise to begin with. But unfortunately some office holders took advantage of this and were looking for votes come election time.
I owned a commercial building/business for over 10 years in Lackawanna and a home so I totally understand BOTH sides of the tax issues we are talking about.
And I was hollering when nobody else was about it ..............hence the tar and feathering job they did on my reputation to try and make me go away!
There is a much BIGGER situation that has been going on with who pays what tax in good ole' Lackawanna..........
What you said makes sense bluethunder in theory.......but you forgot the MAJIC BEAN.......it is not so much the TAX RATE............the bottom line is the ASSESSMENT of each and every parcel........and the politicians are hoodwinking homeowners................... as a side note----who get what they pay for----a "blighted" City, NOT what they pay for in Hamburg and West Seneca (public pools, golf courses, gyms, streetscapes--businesses, etc.)........so let's keep that in perspective.
Just a little food for thought...........are ALL parcels, homeowners + businesses at 100% of accessed MARKET value that DIRECTLY affects the tax shift/bills?........OR..............do some play footsie?:rolleyes:
Interesting...VERY Interesting!
I just called the City Council Office......Council Secretary told me NO Mayor VETO on their Budget has come down yet.
I believe he has until the end of the day today being 10 days after the Council voted approval of their 2012/13' City of Lackawanna NY Budget.
Interesting stuff............