This article is another violently upsetting dissappointment it what is hopefully the short reign of Patty Ritchie as State Senator. Her platform, her campaign and all of her support was over the STAR Rebate program and now in an interview her staff is saying "so what, its their fault" and the money's not in the budget. Bullshit! its not your money to have in the budget. These rebate checks are the people's money, the earners and property owners who break their backs to live in the 17th highest taxed county in the Nation, its not simply ok to say politically we can't do this right now.
In the Fall, every time I heard Patty speak in person it was about the STAR rebates that I wouldn't receive, again, if Darrell was reelected. Every piece of mail or ad on the TV said that if he went back to rpresent me in Albany I again would not be getting my hard earned money back from the State government. His idea was supposedly to not tax you according to some complicated rate that I'm sure would have loopholed me out or something, I couldn't understand it, it wasn't across the boards money back and it didn't pass anyway. And Patty's idea was let's just go back to that old thing people liked, the one where we gave them their money back, you know the money they earned. Except now her staff is saying that they don't have the money to give and maybe in the future, and Will Barclay is sayign "the program had problems" well why didn't we do that new one then? Why are we giving up and saying fuck it, I guess we can't do STAR, let's talk about gay marriage until no one hasd a job anymore?
This has to go back to being issue #1 for Patty Ritchie, she was a taxpayer advocate, this and her corrupt staff are making her look like a useless government advocate and if it looks like a duck guess what? ITS A FUCKING DUCK.
I'm with you on the whole property tax thing. She promised. I heard it and she acted as though it wasn't just her. Her people made it clear that a Republican Senate would do this for us. At least the Democrats passed that circuit breaker thing.
ReplyDeleteThis is horse shit and for that Reagan (a curse that he has that wonderful name) to say at least there were no tax increases is garbage. There were tax increases. Every school budget is going to go up and with less state aid, guess who pays the bill. You and me and every home owner.
At least that stupid millionaires tax sucked out of New York City and Long Island. I don't like it, but some long island districts got increased school aid! can you believe that? My property taxes are going up and the millionaires on long island get a tax break. Thanks for selling us out to the tan freak you call a leader.
She promised a lot of things and the stupid voters bought it hook, line and sinker. Now we are stuck with a dud. Wake up people - cut your losses. This is only a two year gig. Let's make Patty a one term Senator.
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