Speakupwny.com
Buffalo News, Forums and Opinions
Live Forums and Blogs | Onlinebuffalo.com | Erie County | City of Buffalo 

Last Updated: Jan 14th, 2024 - 09:26:32 

Speakupwny.com 
Development
Editorials
Education
WNY News
Government Waste
Labor & Management
Letters to the Editor
Local Opinions
Local WNY Websites
New Government Structure
Politics
Preservation
Press Releases
Taxes and Fees
WNY Health
WNY Business
Reviews
Insiders Corner



New Government Structure

Albany Tax Revolt, Join Us at the next Tea Party
By Rus Thompson
Apr 4, 2009, 15:39
Email this article
 Printer friendly page
The first ever Tea Party/Tax Revolt that was held on March was such an success and the demand for another bigger, better one has caused me to start organizing another. So many people said they would have gone but didn’t know about it. Well now is the time to start putting together another and get everyone involved.

We need ideas on where to have the next one. Suggestions have been The water front park in North Tonawanda or Niagara Square. No matter where we have to have it on a Saturday so we don’t have to lose time from work to protest. Please leave your suggestion.

So many emails I have not been able to keep up with them all. So many great ideas for signs, T-shirts etc….

Albany politicians, the three men in a room just stuck it to us without remorse and then claim this is a responsible budget all the while raising spending 9% raising taxes 31% and they will do it again and again if we do not stop them and demand restructuring and reform.

I laid out a list of demands and these demands are for the people of Western New York and our very survival.

#1 Removal of Sheldon Silver as Speaker of the Assembly. Install a new speaker from WNY and split the control between 10 to 12 Assemblymen. Will we no longer tolerate the dictatorship in either the Assembly or the Senate. No one individual should have control over everything as they do right now.

#2 Remove Tolls from Western New York. No more waiting for the Lackawana and Williamsville tolls to be moved. 74 years is far to long to continue paying for the Grand Island Bridges, Take them down. All of our major commuter roads are tolled, we are double taxed and it must end now.

#3 Balanced redistricting of districts. No more gerrymandered districts. This state needs competitive elections where we can hold our elected representatives accountable. When a district is dominated by one party, it is virtually impossible to elect someone new. This has to end and redistricting must be done now.

#4 Constitutional Convention.

I will add as needed to this list and it will be delivered to the Governor, Senate Leader, Speaker Silver and every elected rep in Albany.

Bring your signs, at the first one I saw some of the best signs and even read some of them over the speaker system. The TV channels have replayed the Tea Party over and over so we made an impact, now we need to make a bigger one and send this message loud and strong to Albany.

© Copyright 2023 - Speakupwny.com
hosted by Online Media, Inc
Buffalo Web Design and Web Hosting

Top of Page

Buffalo Theatre District
New Government Structure
Latest Headlines




Albany Tax Revolt, Join Us at the next Tea Party
Citizens Forum on proposal to reduce the West Seneca Town Board
Village of Lancaster Officials and Taxpayers Respond To Gaughan
Gaughan Discusses Downsizing Plan with Village Board
Lancaster adopts resolution to bond for Town Hall reconstruction and expansion costs
Raising Issues on the Future of Villages – Part 1
Reform at the County Level?
Free Buffalo Presents “A Forum on Reorganizing County Government”
Free Buffalo to Release First Policy Report
JIM OSTROWSKI'S SPEECH TO THE SECOND GATHERING OF FREE BUFFALO



Buffalo Web hosting and Buffalo Web Design By OnLineMedia, Inc
www.olm1.com

Part of
www.onlinebuffalo.com