Posted by
The Hermit Crab on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:02:15 PM
The Hilton NY government is using a dirty trick that you should watch out for where you live. They have raised the assessments of the houses in the town by 6.7% (judging by my assessment, anyway). Then they keep the percentage they multiply the assessment by the same, and declare that they have held the line on taxes. They used this same dodge for the school taxes and for the property taxes. I guess they figure that since most of the residents of the town are products of the public school system, they can be easily duped. In many cases they're probably right.
Keep an eye out for this one.
Egomaniacal businessman Jack Davis is once again threatening to become my Congressional Representative. Having failed to defeat the respectable and workmanlike Thomas Reynolds (R-NY), he hopes to succeed him. Two years ago, when he last attempted to unseat Mr. Reynolds, he called for the immediate withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq. Since then, the surge has been a great success, the combined American/Iraqi forces are everywhere successful, the Iraqi government has made great progress in conciliating the country -- and Jack Van Winkle Davis still is calling for the immediate withdrawal of all of our troops. Even Hillary Clinton (D-Hillary Clinton) realizes that this would be a disastrous blunder. But not our would-be Rep.
I know better than to expect much from New York Democrats, but couldn't they find a candidate who's actually been awake sometime in the last two years?