When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
The tea party in Albany will be one of the biggest in the Nation. It is sponsored by WGY-4/15/09-HIGH NOON-and will have tens of thousands. Look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new friends there.
The County that really needs a tea party is Schenectady at our County Building. Due to lack of anger the Schenectady County Tea Party has been indefinitely postponed. Nobody cares if we have the highest County taxes in the Nation and all we hear are more idiotic spending schemes?
CAPITAL REGION Tax burden sparks protests ‘Tax Day Tea Party’ events take place nationwide BY EDWARD MUNGER JR. Gazette Reporter
Carrying signs that read “Taxed out of my house” and “Your pork broke my piggy bank,” more than a dozen people staged a demonstration in Fort Plain on Wednesday to bring attention to the plight of taxpayers burdened by the weight of government’s appetite for tax revenue. The quiet protest in the village named after the Revolutionary Warera outpost was one of numerous events taking place nationwide as part of the “Tax Day Tea Party.” People turned out by the hundreds at the Corning Preserve in Albany. According to the Web site taxdayteaparty.com, similar protests were planned for Binghamton, Buffalo, Rome, Syracuse and nearly 30 other locations around New York. Residents in Fort Plain recently received new assessments on their properties as part of a revaluation in the town of Minden, and several voiced concerns over how they can continue to survive the crushing tax bills. “The taxes are just so horrendous … it’s almost impossible,” said Andre Jones, who said the value of her home in Minden was raised by $150,000. Carl Camp, one of several people dressed in Colonial-era clothing, wore a Continental Army uniform to the event in the village’s Haslett Park. The Vietnam-era veteran said unchecked government spending is going to lead to “the destruction of the middle class. “We don’t see how you can spend your way out of a recession anyway,” Camp said. Camp said he sees a dire situation brewing in western Montgomery County, where two major businesses — Beech-Nut and Richardson Brands — are either leaving or threatening to leave. “We don’t have jobs here. The industry we do have is moving away,” Camp said. Some took the opportunity to criticize federal government spending and the administration of President Barack Obama, but others said there isn’t a difference between Democrats and Republicans. “They’ve just been working hand-in-hand,” said Utica-area resident Joe Smith, who held up a sign reading “Honk if you’re fed up with both sides of the aisle.” Smith said the two major parties do nothing more than work to “outspend each other.” Smith came to the Fort Plain event after joining in an earlier one in Norwich and said he was headed to Fort Stanwix, a Colonialera reproduction fort in Rome, to participate in another event later in the day. “It’s about the taxes, it doesn’t matter. Both parties are involved,” said Laurie Freedman, who carried a large “tea bag” beneath a sign that had tobacco products and a beverage container attached to it. Freedman said she doesn’t smoke but she was opposed to tobacco taxes and the so-called “fat tax” that was proposed earlier this year in New York. Local taxes were another focus for some. Phil Minnich said the growth in property taxes paid to schools, added to new property values in the town of Minden, will likely force people out of their homes. “People are in serious hardship,” he said, adding he considers himself one of these people. “And of course, my house is falling apart,” Minnich said.
People turned out by the hundreds at the Corning Preserve in Albany.
No, sorry - every other media outlet is reporting at least 1,000 - while organizer estimates and attending personally, place that number closer to 2,000.
Next time, try the facts - or actually attending. On second thought, don't - we're used to your inaccurate reporting and taking information from the wires rather than actually reporting/investigating your own news.
As of this morning: US Turnout: 225,681 - and the numbers are still coming in. These are every day people that have had enough - standing up and saying "we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore".
Another new low for the Gazetto. The shock is that they mentioned it at all. They usual MO is to ignore problems like the Big Hose or less than a hundred at a Proctor's "production". When are they going to report that the DA has no opponent? Send a bag of tea instead of a check when they ask for a renewal.
There were over 1,000 tea parties across this great Nation. Something wonderful is brewing! The disgrace is that Schenectady County had nothing. Anyone who would have organized this has left the State or too busy trying to sell all their property. OK you don't want to go Downtown for anything-let's have a tea party in Duanesburg!
The other joke in Paul Tonko, giving his usual soft soap about "trying" to cut taxes. While supporting Metrograft, while supporting Son of Sam, while support Speaker Silver, while supporting a bridge to nowhere. Mrs Cuomo is right about him. Paul Tonko is polenta, nothing more.
Clarification A story in Wednesday’s Gazette on tax protests in the Capital Region said “people turned out by the hundreds” at the Corning Preserve in Albany. An Albany police offi cer estimated the crowd at 2,000.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
I had to chuckle tho - buried on page 3, down amongst the ads on the page.
They've done this before - original story gets huge prominence - which can defame, libel or harm a person, then the correction (if there is one) often appears days later (not in this case) - buried someplace other than the original story, and never with the same prominence or headlines. A line that says "The Daily Gazette regrets the error" would be nice too.
Yes, I'm hung up on this topic - it's happened to me, and others in the area. There is no accountability - and the accuracy in the Gazette is questionable - and certainly not the standard it should be for the "newspaper of record" for the County. This is MY OPINION - you hear that Judy?
They should take a lesson from FOX and conservative talk radio. They are clearly not hurting like the rest of the media is. It just goes to prove, that it is the conservative minded people that is what keeps these media outlets alive. Well, these days anyway.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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The tea party in Albany will be one of the biggest in the Nation. It is sponsored by WGY-4/15/09-HIGH NOON-and will have tens of thousands. Look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new friends there.
