Yes indeed. That is my understanding as well.
Quite a difference between a $92 increase over four years and the $128 in one year alone, eh?
I suck at math, so do I understand this correctly: If the current tax-increase trend were to continue, at the end of four years of the lavish-spending Ruffino administration, your taxes will increase by $500?
You get what you pay for, eh?
Why did the name Cuivello just enter my mind?
Dawn Gaczewski left government service when her term expired on December 31, 2019. As such, I see no connection to her benefits and the suggestion alleged by the mailer supporting Wozniak.
My understanding is that under normal circumstances, business owners cannot collect unemployment. However, because of the impact of Covid, the NYS Department of Labor offered Pandemic Unemployment Assistance in order to assist and address the needs of small businesses.
In any event, Ms. Gaczewski's application was granted favorable status, and in my mind, her situation raises no controversy whatsoever.
This is directly from dol.ny.gov:
Why would that mailer, at this time of health and economic uncertainty, apparently chose to attack the owner/operator of one of Lancaster's most renowned small businesses?Overview
If you are self-employed, an independent contractor or a farmer you may now be eligible and can file for benefits online.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance is a new federal program that is part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act that provides extended eligibility for individuals who have traditionally been ineligible for Unemployment Insurance benefits (e.g., self-employed workers, independent contractors).
You will not be eligible for PUA if you can telework, or if you are receiving paid sick leave or other paid leave benefits (regardless of meeting a category listed above).
Additionally, the CARES Act provides:
An additional $600 per week, on top of regular benefits, to all UI and PUA recipients through the week ending July 26, 2020.
An additional 13 weeks of UI benefits, beyond the regular 26 weeks already provided, for a total of up to 39 weeks of coverage.
DOL has launched an updated, streamlined online application that allows New Yorkers to apply for either traditional UI or PUA, depending on their eligibility. You do not have to complete a separate application for PUA.
I would like to amplify your comment, INDEED!
I am curious about the mailer's reference to the word "Integrity."
First, is not that word used in the name of the new Village of Lancaster political party (Integrity Party is the name as I recall), which consists of interloping town of Lancaster Democrat residents and some rogue Republicans?
Would that not be the same party whose membership was so effective in denying the residents of the Village of Lancaster the joy of revisiting warm memories of holiday decorations of days gone by, during a very dark dark time in our existence?
Methinks perhaps I smell a little stinky collusion in the air, but what do I know?
Second, "Integrity" is a curious term for use in a mailer in support of Mike Wozniak, given the publicly acknowledged fact that Mr. Wozniak is the ideological soulmate of Supervisor Ruffino.
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How does one harmonize the use of the word "Integrity" with the Wozniak campaign?In spite of those challenges, postponing the town's revaluation was never an option, said Lancaster Supervisor Ronald Ruffino..." Buffalo News, April 29, 2020
Did not Mr. Wozniak's ideological soulmate Mr. Ruffino, who in 2019 ran for Supervisor on a platform of, and with a pledge to, undertake "fiscal conservatism," prioritize the reinstatement of the Supervisor's stipend for budget duties over all other Town business during the very first Town Council session under his control?
How does one harmonize the use of the word "Integrity" with the Wozniak campaign, when Mr. Wozniak's ideological soulmate Mr. Ruffino, represented himself in 2019 as "the most qualified and experienced candidate for Town of Lancaster Supervisor" with these words which were delivered by Supervisor Ruffino in connection with the Covid crisis?...
I certainly can commiserate with the Supervisor during a time of crisis, but was he not elected as a self-professed leader whose "qualifications and experience" were second to none?"I'm new to this" (Reference, Town Council Session, March 16, 2020)
Was he not elected based on a confidence his that words inspired?
Not only the health of children and our elderly depend on that leadership, but their entire future is reliant upon a steady hand, not wobbly knees.
Covid notwithstanding, it is apparent that Covid policy was not the only area pointing out Mr. Ruffino's apparent exaggerated self-description as "the most qualified and experienced candidate for Town of Lancaster Supervisor," and if my memory serves, the word "ever" could be added to that Ruffino comment.
This is what Supervisor Ruffino said in response to questions about his engagement of LIDA practices:
Reference: https://www.lancasterbee.com/article...da-violations/I'm still learning" and "I'll get it right..."
How does one harmonize the use of the word "Integrity" with the Wozniak campaign, when Mr. Wozniak's ideological soulmate Mr. Ruffino, with respect to the Covid restrictions, has repeatedly suggested "We are all in this together," but did Ruffino not show very little empathy and commiseration for those Lancaster residents that he leads?...
Going to get a loaf of bread at the grocery store to me is no longer essential,” Ruffino said. April 8, 2020
Lancaster Police will issue tickets and fines to those who do not comply..." April 8, Lancaster Bee
image - 2020-10-30T214115.524.pngWe will be punishing people not obeying this." Lancaster Sun, April 16, 2020
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How does one harmonize the use of the word "Integrity" with the Wozniak campaign, when Mr. Wozniak's ideological soulmate Mr. Ruffino, recently ran on a pledge of "transparency" and good governance only to use these words in reference to call-in participants in Town Council sessions?:
How does one harmonize the use of the word "integrity" with the Wozniak campaign, when Mr. Wozniak's ideological soulmate Mr. Ruffino, last year tell the voters "It is time our town is tuned into...the concerns of our residents," only to speak these words regarding citizen concerns about the Covid-era reassessments?:Is there a way to trace callers?" Town Council Work Session, May 4, 2020
ruffino and ticket 2019 1014 (1).jpgIn spite of those challenges, postponing the town's revaluation was never an option, said Lancaster Supervisor Ronald Ruffino..." Buffalo News, April 29, 2020
In my opinion, that mailer was a smear based on flawed logic, twisted facts, and in one case, something akin to either a horrible error or an outright lie. It seems to me that the use of the word "Integrity" in connection with the mailer is oxymoronic.
Ergo, that mailer discredited itself and needs no further comment from me.