I see the county is 'playing' the seniors/kids/poor.......caring pied pipers????? Williamthesilent....thanks......

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this here shows illegalitys and it would be illegal for buchanan to ask for and get any tax break at all since he is in the political world. if Macekca did this here they both need to go to prison with the F B I roundup even though I like Macekca, and he is a good supporter of the demos and Bob G

Yes it probably would be illegal IF this is a FACT! And know one has provided the documents to prove otherwise. All of these tax records are public...so sal you can start FOILING for us, ok?

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"Word on the street" isn't a FACT! And I can't believe that Rotterdam's boys in blue would take a tax reduction in exchange for a contract approval. If that is in fact true.

Not sure I understand that one-..........   The boys in black took a tax reduction in exchange for a contract????  So, somehow they inappropriately paid less tax... ( I am assuming you are saying they got assessments reduced) and for that they got contract approval????  PBA contract?????  Am I missing something?

PS  I like the name of this thread>>>>  GAR'S REVAL HAS ERRORS.   If it wasn't done so poorly and cost us so much, that would be laughable.

That is a huge understatement.  In my estimation- GAR's work has more errors than it has accurate assessments.  I will guarantee that if a report ever comes to light- it will show hundreds if not thousands of mistakes..........

Any municipality that had a reval done in the past 5 years is getting up the wahzoo now......IMHO,,,it is this town's own problem that we have not kept
up our eval.....so......who is zooming whom and who was zooming whom.........

again,,,,no tax break for staying behind the times.......

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Not sure I understand that one-..........   The boys in black took a tax reduction in exchange for a contract????  So, somehow they inappropriately paid less tax... ( I am assuming you are saying they got assessments reduced) and for that they got contract approval????  PBA contract?????  Am I missing something?

This was posted 2/9/09 by PDQ...........http://www.rotterdamny.info/m-1207823528/s-90/

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Word on the street is Tommy Boy Buchannon and Johnny Boy Mertz both pressured Macejaka
into assessment reductions on property they owned.  Tommy got his reduced Mertz didn't
after Gerry Parisi put the kabosh on it.  The record and the truth will be forthcoming irrelevent
the foil issue.  The water is soooo frickin muddy that Steve T doesnt know what the hell is
comin down the Pike.  Check out the reductions given by Craig Surprise Surprise Surprise to
the RPD for contract approval.....  FBI is sniffing  

Oh yea, thanks.  That's just Macejka and sour grapes.   I know its all BS but I was just curious to the logic.  The new assessor reduces assessments to cops in
exchange for the approval of the PBA contract?????????????????????  Just dont get it

this here is a lie and who now is telling lies? A slander against the boys in blue over here

First of all I aint who you think i am.  Second I posted chatter on the street about what is going around town.  
time will tell if it is true or not.  people, for crissakes this is a neverending thread on something that is dead and
buried (the reval)  steve T has some internal town issues of his own that will be tested in this years election.  
Rumors, innuendos and he said she said make this blog sooooo special.  Hey Tom and Gerry how you like
playing FOOTBALL???? You are two pretty cool cats after what you've done to this Town and its government.
Say Cheeeeeeese.  LOL

PDQ---did you put the mold in the cheese????

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Reassessment case still irks town

First published in print: Sunday, March 22, 2009

Nearly four years after a real estate appraisal and consulting firm started townwide property reassessments, the two sides seem headed for a legal showdown.
     
Municipal attorney Gerard Parisi said Friday that Rotterdam town officials and GAR Associates Inc. of suburban Buffalo recently met to discuss the matter and that attorneys were reviewing an independent audit that uncovered substantial errors.

He said council members hope to settle the matter amicably but "we've got to consider all our legal options."

"We want them to live up to the contract," Parisi added, noting the independent company the town hired to audit the revaluation found a substantial number of errors. Some properties were left off the tax rolls all together, Parisi said.

But GAR Vice President Cindy Baire argued the firm has fulfilled its contractual obligations to Rotterdam and stands behind its work, which ended in July 2007. The contract, though, had a provision that called for GAR to be available until July 30, 2008 in case of problems.

Baire said the town brought on a new assessor after the revaluation, which might be part of the problem, since each assessor "has their own way of doing and looking at things." The firm was transparent throughout the reassessment, which she emphasized ultimately was certified by the state Office of Real Property Services.

"If they saw potential errors, red flags would have gone up," she said, adding that more recently they have cooperated fully with the new assessor.

Rotterdam Supervisor Steven Tommasone said .............http://timesunion.com/AspStori.....p;newsdate=3/22/2009

you know it was a good thing we had Gar but the problem is when they  went with a repub asseccor who didnt know the numbers and screwed up the taxes. THROW OUT THE BUMS STARTING WITH SURHAD AND TOMMASONE NOW PEOPLE

put the crack pipe down now.

Sal don't let the facts get in the way of anything you say.

Look here the only mistakes were Stevie T getting rid of John and then the whole thing got screwed up over there