Just take a peek on WKBW's website video to see what's new with Satish.
But it's OK for HIM to break the law! It was aired last night at 11:00.
Just take a peek on WKBW's website video to see what's new with Satish.
But it's OK for HIM to break the law! It was aired last night at 11:00.
Full Story on Channel 7Jul 21, 2006 - Two large expensive homes in East Amherst had plumbing work done in their basements. A local plumber tells 7 news he did some of that work as a subcontractor for a company called Progressive Builders. Back then it was owned by Satish Mohan. "He wanted me start the job. When I told him I was going to start the job I said I was going to pull a permit and he insisted that I do not pull permits. The electrician. Nobody was pulling permits." said the plumber.
The plumber does not want to be identified for fear of retribution. He says what Mohan asked was illegal. When he asked why... "He looked at me and said that he wanted to save these people taxes. He didn't want their houses to be reassessed." he said.
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Now I know how he was going to reduce taxes. Just don't get a building permit when you improve your property. The assessment remains the same but the FMV goes up. Thus you are screwing the taxpayers who are going by the book and they are paying the increased taxes you should have been paying.
dono
....And the people he was trying to save taxes for are INDIAN, just like Satish!
I can just see the reaction that posting is going to get!
dono
Come on, this isn't startling new info. Most residents that originally come from third world countries culturally live differently from cradle Americans. These emigres get an education, make it big, spend their money on a mansion and promptly move in friends and relatives in the basement. In their cultures many people live together in spaces most Americans would consider insufficient. This IS A CULTURAL THING! The rotten issue is that holier than thou Mohan espoused this sort of fraud..... and where are Baurle & Beach discussing their hero's feet of clay? And where is the big news that there isn't really a deficit? Hah!
I believe just because you improve your home your assessment shouldn't go up at all. You pay for your improvement and then pay for it while you live in your house with a higher assessment.Originally Posted by Dvoakley
Screw that crap. Your assessment should only go up when your SELL your property because that's the only time you really know the selling value of your home.
My nieghbor mentioned I should get my driveway replaced. I said until it's sunk and gone it's gonna stay the way it is. A new driveway could easily increase my assessment which means an increase of property/school taxes. Why on earth would I want that.
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No reaction dono, it's true and there are others that will be revealed soon. This has been known around town hall for some time now, even before he took office. I have been telling you that this guy is a fraud, now this will show everybody that he thinks he is above the law. Let's see him lie his way out of this one. What a hypocrite!! I hope the building dept. comes down on him hard. To wit:
No Building Permit - Town Law Chapter 83-5-1
No Plumbing Permit - Town Law Chapter 83-5-2
No Electrical Permit - Town Law Chapter 83-5-4
Penalty for Violations - Town Law Chapter 83-1-5
$250. PER DAY of EACH violation, or 15 days in jail, or both.
dono,I hope you are ready for suspension of the rules at the next meeting.
Get your signs ready for that meeting: "Good way to lower taxes - avoid paying them"; "Help wanted - New Plumber - see Satish"; "Basement remodeling - lowest cost guarenteed - call Progressive Builders"; "Permit - Shermit! Call Progressive Builders"; We can "fix" anything, even the Building Dept. Call King Satish".
Oh boy...
I bet Kindle has had some permitless work done that should have had a permit....I bet we all have....I think Wards hair needed a permit for construction...I couldn't find a record for one being pulled...
The EVIL DOCTOR MOHAN....
Anything to bring a good man down...its politics Satish bashing Speak Up peeps...
Too MUCH....
My opinion
Do your best to do the work yourself without a permit in general. It's your home, your property, it's the USA. But be forwarned you build something way stupid and burn your home down it's your fault.
When I'm refering to permits I mean like having your roof replaced, simple plumbing type stuff, windows replaced etc....
I'm not refering to having a whole addition added to your home. That's a little different.
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I agree with you Res, but this man(Satish) owned the contracting business. He should have gotten permits ,if required. I wonder if he also avoided paying sales tax by charging the homeowner under the table(off the books)? Not on record, never happened!!
But I disagree with its your home and your property as a whole. What happens when you sell that home and the next person gets stuck with your shoddy work and doesn't know it? (if it is shoddy)Or your home burns down and takes your neighbors with it because you decided that you can do electrical work all by yourself.
Last edited by communicator; July 21st, 2006 at 04:31 PM.
Isn't it the owner's responsibility to pull the permits, or hire a GC to handle the process? Either way, it's the owner's problem, not the GC's. It seems odd that a subcontractor would be expected to pull a permit. I have a feeling this is just a nother botched muckraking attempt by the amherst whine and cheese alliance.
You ain;t getting out of this one with that BS rhetoric. We're going to take this to the limit. This is a crime. The same as those guys cutting down the trees. He told the police that day to arrest the tree cutters and take the keys to their machines. (which they wouldn't do). The police know this story is true, and so does the building dept. Maybe Moslow will now get his three officers, and Ketchum will get his electrical inspoector. Stay tuned!!
WNY, do not advocate breaking the law. The NYS building code is a state law. He violated that law, and should be held responsible. If found guilty he should resign as town supervisor.
it is the home owners duty to get the permits but any good contractor knows you cant work with out one. no matter what is done you need a permit most places use some dollar amount as the starting point I believe the city of buffalo uses 500 dollars any work over that amount needs a permit. allot of work gets sold in 499 dollar jobs. ( side fence 499 back fence 499 other side 499 gates and front 499). the first thing a contractor should do is make sure the permits are on site. if not the work is stopped and fines issued
Don't judge someone just because they sin differently than you
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