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    The city of Lackawanna and its school system stand to benefit financially from an agreement with the company that eventually will erect 18 more windmills on the former Bethlehem Steel site.

    But peace and harmony hardly describe the way the city and school district worked together to get to this point.

    The developer, in this case BQ Energy, must either pay taxes to municipalities and school districts or sign agreements to pay a sum in lieu of taxes, or negotiate separate payment schedules.

    At issue is an earlier agreement between BQ Energy and the city that leaves the schools out of a 15-year payment plan. That still does not sit well with Paul Hashem, superintendent of schools at the time the deal was negotiated.

    He felt, and still feels, the district was deliberately left out of negotiations when Lackawanna Mayor Norman Polanski signed the original Steel Winds deal.

    The controversy began with the eight wind turbines occupying the grounds of the abandoned steel mill. Steel Winds I generates up to 20 megawatts of electric power and per the original agreement, signed Dec. 19, 2005, developer BQ Energy pays Lackawanna - the only benefactor of the agreement - $100,000 tax-free every year for 15 years.

    A second, tentative agreement signed by BQ this past spring with the city - and this time including the Lackawanna City School District - could pay the city an additional $162,000 a year, once construction begins. The school will get $130,000 annually.

    The second agreement will not change any provisions of the first Steel Winds deal, leaving the city as sole benefactor of that contract.

    David Bradley chairs the engineering committee for Wind Action Group, an education and advocacy group geared toward maximizing wind energy in Erie County. Of Polanski's ability to negotiate wind deals for the city, Bradley said, "He did well for himself."

    Hashem, who retired Feb. 5, said Polanski could have done a better job negotiating for the community had the schools been a party in the talks. Steel Winds I would have benefited the school district, Hashem maintains.

    "We could have gotten into an agreement where funds could have helped us get a reading or math teacher," he said. "The problem was the school district had an interest in this, but was not made aware of the negotiations.

    "I feel very strongly the city breached an ethical issue, not notifying all municipalities. The school district should have been made aware, to share in the agreement."

    Of the original agreement, Hashem said, "The Steel Winds people said they expected the city and the school district to be included, and were disappointed both were not."

    Paul Curran, managing director of BQ Energy, negotiated Steel Winds I and Steel Winds II payment agreements. He declined comment when asked to recall his or his company's reaction to the school district being excluded from the first voluntary payment agreement.

    "We negotiated an agreement with the city, honored that agreement and are happy with it," he said.

    Lackawanna mayor: 'Nobody wanted in'
    "The district has to express an interest," said Polanski. "Our first deal with the eight windmills, nobody came and said they wanted in. So the deal I struck was for the city. Once construction started, the school and county were out of luck in demanding revenues."

    "The mayor is not being forthright," said Hashem, when told of Polanski's comments. "When they did that first set of negotiations, the school district didn't know they were negotiating with Steel Winds. I believe they did that (to avoid sharing) money with the school district, and that was wrong. This was a really underhanded deal, a deliberate way of excluding one of the partners.
    "My understanding when (then-district attorney Carl) Morgan looked at the real property law and researched it ... there wasn't anything we could do," Hashem said. "It was a done deal. We were screwed and that was it."

    A call to interim school Superintendent Fred Wille was not returned.

    According to Section 487 of the real property tax law, energy systems such as solar or wind are tax-exempt for 15 years. It also states local jurisdictions (such as school districts) may require solar or wind energy systems to enter a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) contract. When the district opted out of the exemption from taxation on Nov. 15, 2006, it legally secured its place in negotiations for Steel Winds II.



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    Wind turbine deal spins up controversy

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    Said Hashem: "From the date of opting out, no one could leave the school district out of negotiations or any settlement agreement." This includes the tentative one signed this past spring, a 15-year PILOT.

    The first Steel Winds project pays Lackawanna $12,500 a year for each of the eight towers, totaling $100,000.

    New deal pays highest rates in the state
    According to Dan Spitzer, an attorney who represents the city on Steel Winds II, the tentative agreement will pay $10,000 per megawatt generated, or about $325,000 a year. The City of Lackawanna will get about half of that, around $162,000 a year. Forty percent, about $130,000, will go to the school district.

    It's unclear as to how the remaining 10 percent would be allocated. Curran and Polanski didn't specify whether the county would benefit from the PILOT.

    Spitzer, a partner in the municipal and energy law department at Hodgson Russ LLP, estimates he has worked on a dozen such payment agreements
    statewide the last few years. Of the proposed Steel Winds II payment structure, he said, "I believe the payments are the highest in the state."

    Lackawanna, Hamburg to cut property taxes
    Polanski said the $262,000 per year from Steel Winds I and II will offset cost increases and be used to cut property taxes. The annual figures could increase or decrease, he said, per some accelerators or decelerators in the payment structure.


    Polanski added the city has cut property taxes three years in a row, and the new PILOT could result in another decrease in 2009.

    A timeline for Steel Winds II construction has not been established. It calls for 18 new windmills, with five on land in Hamburg. For those units, a separate PILOT is being worked on between BQ, the Town of Hamburg and Frontier Central School District. Once construction begins, Curran said, the new windmills could be up in six months.

    While the agreement with Hamburg isn't final, Town Supervisor Steven Walters said Hamburg stands to earn $125,000 annually from it. He said it might be used to cut taxes and boost the town's general fund.

    To negotiate a separate PILOT with BQ, Walters said the two municipalities created a united front, with Lackawanna leading the wa



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    Post Part of the Problem OR Part of the Solution?

    " All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." Thomas Jefferson. Found this on another thread.


    I asked a group of Seniors recently why they think in this day and age that nobody can find Bin Laden?
    The answer was that they are scared to rat him out because his followers would seek the person who talked and hunt him and his family to the end of the world for revenge!

    So is this why people who know the dirt on the dirty in Lackawanna are scared to squeal?
    Or is it that they just don't care enough about the poor people?

    Then there are tons connected to the club through a paycheck. This gang really has tunnel vision by choice or dum dum syndrome and could care less about the struggling innocent taxpayers who foot the bill for their free cars, trips, etc.
    But I know in my heart that their are good guy current or ex-City Hall employees who know alot of dirt and it makes their stomach turn, but..... Please find the courage to do the right thing to put an end to the bullies.

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    Post Made me chuckle!

    I just saw a bumper sticker leaving the Bills game that said, " Re-Elect No One!"

    Gave me a chuckle.........No one candidate is perfect and. I hate pompous, career minded, generational politicians---so I will always give the new-comer a vote.

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    Post Checks and Balances

    The Council blames the Mayor and the Mayor blames the Council......
    The retired part-time Comptroller doesn't care---he gets his.....

    October 18, 2010 Lackawanna City Council Meeting Agenda
    Comm. Of Public Works – Advises Council of structural condition of Fire House #3, noting that building will be vacated and closed because of the danger to fire personnel and the general public. Council President Jaworski – requests Council support to direct the City Comptroller to seek a $975,000 bond to upgrade our three fire stations.





    Norman Planski in on January 1, 2000---his buddy on January 1, 2004.
    BOTH were well aware of the sorry state of out City of Lackawanna Fire Stations, City Hall, and City DPW Barns--(not to mention the streets and playgrounds.)

    WHY oh WHY did/do they allow our people to be in harm's way?

    June 30,2010 City "Appropriated" Fund Balance $ 1,500,000.00

    I said it before, where and how much is the "Unappropriated" Fund Balance?

    I am ALL for these longggg overdue repairs/renovations----BUT why did these take so long and at now 2011 prices? I tried to get the Fire Halls going back in 2006 when I came in but my efforts fell on deaf ears.

    Tom Love is the name on the $700,000.00 + the accidents $200,000.00 Barns bill,
    and now the almost $1,000,000.00 floating bond when you add the bonding attorneys and the trip to New York to sign it, for the Fire Hall repair bill.

    Martin Road should have been put on hold and the Fire Halls--DPW--and CITY Hall was due back in the 90's. Where is this money coming from? The Wind Mills? The sale of the Martin Road lots that you all lied to me about?



    You were ALL elected to take care of OUR City, which includes Public Property----maybe you didn't know this or were too busy doing.......
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    Post Pure Corruption!

    Monday Octber 18, 2010 Lackawanna City Council Meeting

    • Went into a closed-door meeting without stating why and, upon their return to open session, unanimously approved a motion that was announced by Jaworski as “John Doe vs. Lackawanna.”

    hmcneil@buffnews.com

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    Open Meetings Law

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    PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, ARTICLE 7
    OPEN MEETINGS LAW

    Section 100. Legislative declaration.
    101. Short title.
    102. Definitions.
    103. Open meetings and executive sessions.
    104. Public notice.
    105. Conduct of executive sessions.106. Minutes
    107. Enforcement.
    108. Exemptions
    109. Committee on open government.
    110. Construction with other laws.
    111. Severability.
    §100. Legislative declaration. It is essential to the maintenance of a democratic society that the public business be performed in an open and public manner and that the citizens of this state be fully aware of and able to observe the performance of public officials and attend and listen to the deliberations and decisions that go into the making of public policy. The people must be able to remain informed if they are to retain control over those who are their public servants. It is the only climate under which the commonweal will prosper and enable the governmental process to operate for the benefit of those who created it.
    §101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as "Open Meetings Law".

    §102. Definitions. As used in this article:
    1. "Meeting" means the official convening of a public body for the purpose of conducting public business, including the use of videoconferencing for attendance and participation by the members of the public body.
    2. "Public body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in order to conduct public business and which consists of two or more members, performing a governmental function for the state or for an agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined in section sixty-six of the general construction law, or committee or subcommittee or other similar body of such public body.
    3. "Executive session" means that portion of a meeting not open to the general public.

    §103. Open meetings and executive sessions.
    (a) Every meeting of a public body shall be open to the general public, except that an executive session of such body may be called and business transacted thereat in accordance with section one hundred five of this article.
    (b) Public bodies shall make or cause to be made all reasonable efforts to ensure that meetings are held in facilities that permit barrier-free physical access to the physically handicapped, as defined in subdivision five of section fifty of the public buildings law.
    (c) A public body that uses videoconferencing to conduct its meetings shall provide an opportunity to attend, listen and observe at any site at which a member participates.
    (d) Public bodies shall make or cause to be made all reasonable efforts to ensure that meetings are held in an appropriate facility which can adequately accommodate members of the public who wish to attend such meetings.

    1. Any meeting of a public body that is open to the public shall be open to being photographed, broadcast, webcast, or otherwise recorded and/or transmitted by audio or video means. As used herein the term “broadcast” shall also include the transmission of signals by cable.

    2. A public body may adopt rules, consistent with recommendations from the committee on open government, reasonably governing the location of equipment and personnel used to photograph, broadcast, webcast, or otherwise record a meeting so as to conduct its proceedings in an orderly manner. Such rules shall be conspicuously posted during meetings and written copies shall be provided upon request to those in attendance.*
    * Shall take effect April 1, 2011


    §104. Public notice.
    1. Public notice of the time and place of a meeting scheduled at least one week prior thereto shall be given to the news media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or more designated public locations at least seventy-two hours before such meeting.
    2. Public notice of the time and place of every other meeting shall be given, to the extent practicable, to the news media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or more designated public locations at a reasonable time prior thereto.
    3. The public notice provided for by this section shall not be construed to require publication as a legal notice.
    4. If videoconferencing is used to conduct a meeting, the public notice for the meeting shall inform the public that videoconferencing will be used, identify the locations for the meeting, and state that the public has the right to attend the meeting at any of the locations.
    5. When a public body has the ability to do so, notice of the time and place of a meeting given in accordance with subdivision one or two of this section, shall also be conspicuously posted on the public body's internet website.

    §105. Conduct of executive sessions.
    1. Upon a majority vote of its total membership, taken in an open meeting pursuant to a motion identifying the general area or areas of the subject or subjects to be considered, a public body may conduct an executive session for the below enumerated purposes only, provided, however, that no action by formal vote shall be taken to appropriate public moneys:

    a. matters which will imperil the public safety if disclosed;
    b. any matter which may disclose the identity of a law enforcement agent or informer;
    c. information relating to current or future investigation or prosecution of a criminal offense which would imperil effective law enforcement if disclosed;
    d. discussions regarding proposed, pending or current litigation;
    e. collective negotiations pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law;
    f. the medical, financial, credit or employment history of a particular person or corporation, or matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion, demotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal or removal of a particular person or corporation;
    g. the preparation, grading or administration of examinations; and
    h. the proposed acquisition, sale or lease of real property or the proposed acquisition of securities, or sale or exchange of securities held by such public body, but only when publicity would substantially affect the value thereof.
    2. Attendance at an executive session shall be permitted to any member of the public body and any other persons authorized by the public body.

    §106. Minutes.
    1. Minutes shall be taken at all open meetings of a public body which shall consist of a record or summary of all motions, proposals, resolutions and any other matter formally voted upon and the vote thereon.
    2. Minutes shall be taken at executive sessions of any action that is taken by formal vote which shall consist of a record or summary of the final determination of such action, and the date and vote thereon; provided, however, that such summary need not include any matter which is not required to be made public by the freedom of information law as added by article six of this chapter.
    3. Minutes of meetings of all public bodies shall be available to the public in accordance with the provisions of the freedom of information law within two weeks from the date of such meeting except that minutes taken pursuant to subdivision two hereof shall be available to the public within one week from the date of the executive session.

    §107. Enforcement.
    1. Any aggrieved person shall have standing to enforce the provisions of this article against a public body by the commencement of a proceeding pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules, and/or an action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. In any such action or proceeding, if a court determines that a public body failed to comply with this article, the court shall have the power, in its discretion, upon good cause shown, to declare that the public body violated this article and/or declare the action taken in relation to such violation void, in whole or in part, without prejudice to reconsideration in compliance with this article. If the court determines that a public body has violated this article, the court may require the members of the public body to participate in a training session concerning the obligations imposed by this article conducted by the staff of the committee on open government. An unintentional failure to fully comply with the notice provisions required by this article shall not alone be grounds for invalidating any action taken at a meeting of a public body. The provisions of this article shall not affect the validity of the authorization, acquisition, execution or disposition of a bond issue or notes.
    2. In any proceeding brought pursuant to this section, costs and reasonable attorney fees may be awarded by the court, in its discretion, to the successful party. If a court determines that a vote was taken in material violation of this article, or that substantial deliberations relating thereto occurred in private prior to such vote, the court shall awards costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the successful petitioner, unless there was a reasonable basis for a public body to believe that a closed session could properly have been held.
    3. The statute of limitations in an article seventy-eight proceeding with respect to an action taken at executive session shall commence to run from the date the minutes of such executive session have been made available to the public.

    §108. Exemptions. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as extending the provisions hereof to:
    1. judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, except proceedings of the public service commission and zoning boards of appeals;
    2. a. deliberations of political committees, conferences and caucuses.
    b. for purposes of this section, the deliberations of political committees, conferences and caucuses means a private meeting of members of the senate or assembly of the state of New York, or of the legislative body of a county, city, town or village, who are members or adherents of the same political party, without regard to
    (i) the subject matter under discussion, including discussions of public business,
    (ii) the majority or minority status of such political committees, conferences and caucuses or
    (iii) whether such political committees, conferences and caucuses invite staff or guests to participate in their deliberations; and
    3. any matter made confidential by federal or state law.

    §109. Committee on open government. The committee on open government, created by paragraph
    (a) of subdivision one of section eighty-nine of this chapter, shall issue advisory opinions from time to time as, in its discretion, may be required to inform public bodies and persons of the interpretations of the provisions of the open meetings law.

    §110. Construction with other laws.
    1. Any provision of a charter, administrative code, local law, ordinance, or rule or regulation affecting a public body which is more restrictive with respect to public access than this article shall be deemed superseded hereby to the extent that such provision is more restrictive than this article.
    2. Any provision of general, special or local law or charter, administrative code, ordinance, or rule or regulation less restrictive with respect to public access than this article shall not be deemed superseded hereby.
    3. Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a public body may adopt provisions less restrictive with respect to public access than this article

    §111. Severability. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction such judgment shall not affect or impair the validity of the other provisions of the article or the application thereof to other persons and circumstances.



    For further information, contact: Committee on Open Government, NYS Department of State, One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave., Suite 650, Albany, NY 12231



    People in Lackawana should be out-raged at the illegal actions of the elected officials in charge of their money!
    §105. Conduct of executive sessions.
    1. Upon a majority vote of its total membership, taken in an open meeting pursuant to a motion identifying the general area or areas of the subject or subjects to be considered, a public body may conduct an executive session for the below enumerated purposes only, provided, however, that no action by formal vote shall be taken to appropriate public moneys:







    Lots of secret meetings in Lackawanna!

    I told Charles Jaworski after they did their illegal meeting that he/they broke the law, and he said, "so what".

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    Post In 2005 LA got $100,000/yr x 15 yrs for 8 Turbines......

    Region Schools Wind power tax deal approvedBy Karen Robinson

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    The Frontier School District this week gave the green light to a payment-in-lieu-of-tax agreement for six new wind turbines that will extend the Steel Winds project along the Lake Erie shoreline.

    Approval of the agreement — which was amended by the board in a unanimous vote Tuesday — came after a lengthy closed-door meeting and a private meeting with a First Wind company representative who flew in from the company’s Boston headquarters.

    The district stalled its approval of the PILOT agreement earlier this month and then amended it Tuesday night to say it would not take effect immediately, but rather when the district receives fully executed agreements between the Town of Hamburg and Erie County with Erie Wind LLC. Erie Wind is the name of the company’s individual project. It is tax-exempt.

    “There were a number of issues the board needed clarification on and the distribution of payments in lieu of taxes and the scholarship,“ board President Michael Comerford said.

    Of the six new windmills, four of them will be located within the Frontier School District in Hamburg and two in Lackawanna. Five will be built south along the lake-shore, continuing the existing line of eight windmills. The other will be installed north of the eight windmills.

    The 15-year tax agreement calls for a yearly payment of $100,000 to be split among Frontier, the Town of Hamburg and the county — $38,500 annually for Frontier, $20,000 for the county and $41,500 for the Town of Hamburg.
    In all, Frontier could receive $577,500 over the life of the PILOT. At the end of 15 years, the company could renegotiate the PILOT, or the property could be fully returned to the tax rolls. Also at stake is a $3,000 scholarship the company offers each year to a graduating senior, but in this case, it is not guaranteed to both school districts — Frontier and Lackawanna. A third-party scholarship administrator hired by First Wind selects the recipient, and it would be just one student, either from Lackawanna or Frontier.

    First Wind development manager David Velez said the company hopes to start construction on the additional wind turbines by the end of the year. Velez said the machines will be identical to the ones already in place. Each windmill is designed to produce 2.5 megawatts of power hourly if it is running at full capacity.

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    Per above Hamburg got $100,000/yr for 4 Turbines---you can do the math!
    ANDDDDD..........

    THE COUNTY----SCHOOLS and TOWN share the wealth! Refer back to the Business First article and re-read where it states "Polanski says you didn't come forward to the LA School District-----Hashem says how could we come forward when you had secret negotiations excluding the School and County from getting OUR share of the "Windfall"?"

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    Post The Truth Marches On!

    ----- Forwarded Message ----
    From: Andrea Haxton
    To: lettertoeditor@buffnews.com
    Sent: Tue, October 26, 2010 5:19:15 AM
    Subject: Facts!

    I was a Councilwoman in the City of Lackawanna from 2006-2010. While doing my
    duty to protect the tax dollars of the people I came across and investigated
    numerous mis-management of public fund situations. Example: May of 2007 I was
    taken into Executive Session and told to sign a paper to settle a court case
    against the City out of court-I refused. Upon further investigation I found the
    whole "deal" to be illegal, so I gathered all my facts and presented everything
    to our local NYS Attorney Generals' and Comptroller's offices. This was over 2
    years ago and I have not even received a returned phone call back regarding this
    serious "white collar crime" in Lackawanna.
    Mr. Paladino like all of us say and do things we later regret, when you are in
    the public eye the evildoers lie in wait to pounce and twist the truth to
    discredit you. I know. Lots of well known businesses get tax abatement's, etc.,
    that is the way of doing and staying in business--get over throwing this at him.
    Mr. Paladino has my vote and I stand behind what he stands for---protecting the
    people's money,truth,change and the American way! Thank You, Mr. Paladino for
    taking on the good ole' boys and stepping out of the poli-tricks box!
    Andrea Haxton
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    Post Well...

    Does anyone care?

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    Why would Mr. Cuomo the so called anti corruption guy and ethics king not give you a response? I am sure when he's gov and Mr. Kennedy is senator he will. Yeah right! All talk and no show!

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    Post Citizens Should Be Outraged!

    I do not understand the complacency of Lackawanna in general??!!

    Are there more people related and intertwined with the system than those of us who abhor the crooks corruption? What Gives?

    I know many-many folks care about and love Lackawanna--so why aren't more people stepping out in anger against the mis-management of THEIR hard-earned money?
    I know it is not a easy path and it is a lonely road that most do not even understand, but Conrad Hilton. My own family hates that I spend so much time on politics, going to meetings etc.--many think things will never change.
    But I do and so do lots and lots and lots of others---next year is going to be a BIG HISTORICAL YEAR! I FEEL IT! This year too, GOD is peeling it back, one ay at a time. He has a plan.

    Believe me, I have a full life and wished I did feel called to keep vigilant---especially with winter coming.
    So, if everything was run above board--"WE" would NOT be able to call it out now, would we?

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    Quote Originally Posted by andreahaxton View Post
    I do not understand the complacency of Lackawanna in general??!!

    Are there more people related and intertwined with the system than those of us who abhor the crooks corruption? What Gives?

    I know many-many folks care about and love Lackawanna--so why aren't more people stepping out in anger against the mis-management of THEIR hard-earned money?
    I know it is not a easy path and it is a lonely road that most do not even understand, but Conrad Hilton. My own family hates that I spend so much time on politics, going to meetings etc.--many think things will never change.
    But I do and so do lots and lots and lots of others---next year is going to be a BIG HISTORICAL YEAR! I FEEL IT! This year too, GOD is peeling it back, one ay at a time. He has a plan.



    Believe me, I have a full life and wished I did feel called to keep vigilant---especially with winter coming.
    So, if everything was run above board--"WE" would NOT be able to call it out now, would we?


    Corrections:
    "Conrad Hilton did"
    "one day at a time"
    ."wished I did NOT feel called at times to"

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    Post Danger, but mayby there is a Silver Lining.....

    Back in 2006 the State Comptrollers' office found The City of Lackawanna to be at 97% of the State Constitutional Taxing Limit.

    Last night when I questioned our p-t retired City Comptroller about the condition of our City Fund balance he stated, "We are under audit now with Fox Co.---concerns because we are close to our State Taxing limits". I asked real close?--"Yes".

    When they reach 100% they are not allowed to tax The People over that amount. Hmmmmm......

    Is there a Control Board on our horizon.......? What really is going on with the cash flow?

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    Ummm. Where did they get the money to reinstate all the budget cuts? Lol Cash flow problems really? Talk about incompetence.

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