The City Democrats are the BEST thing that ever happened to the city.
So claimed DV on January 5 in his post on the thread about the McClellan St fire.
DV, can you explain that opinion?????
Under the dems one party dictatorship, property taxes on BOTH city AND county taxes have risen to make Schenectady have one of the highest taxed cities in the whole country.....plese explain how having such high taxes is reflective of the dems being the best thing for the city.
Under the dems one party dictatorship, the poor, financially struggling, homeowners with TOTAL household incomes of only $30,000 are being subject to pay not only their own taxes, but to be FORCED to pay for the property AND school taxes of the well heeled, very wealthy, the millionaire owners of the for-profit businesses downtown - would you please explain how this justifies saying the dems are the best thing for the city.
Under the dems one party dictatorship, they are planning to build more housing, even though we have a record high percentage of EXISTING VACANT housing IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS that needs attention, please explain how ignoring the existing vacant housing in the neigbhorhoods where people live is justification for saying the dems are the best thing for the city.
Under the dems one party dictatorship, children are getting shot at in broad daylight, or at high risk of getting shot, actually not only children, but teens, adults, and senior cititizens are at high risk for being killed in broad daylight with these driveby shootings. Children shot at on playgrounds. Armed robberies at restaurants during daylight, etc. Please exexplain why this justifies claiming the dems are the best thing for the city.
Under the dems one party dictatorship, crime has skyrocketed, please explain how this justifies claiming at the dems are the best thing for the city.
Under the dems one party dictatorship, the department heads to lead the city, the department heads who make the decisions on how to spend more of the taxpayers money and the department heads are exempt from feeling the pain, the dem mayor exempts them from paying city taxes by exempting them from living in the city.....explain how that justifies the dems being the best thing for the city.
Under the dems one party dictatorship, the percent of vacant housing has hit a record high 25%. You claim the dems are the best thing for the city.....Can you explain how a record high vacany rate of housing is the best thing for the city.
Under the dems one party dictatorship, no one wants to buy a house in the city....that is proven by the high percent of houses for sale AND by the FACT that homeowners who have moved have had to resort to renting their places out because no one wants to buy. Look at that beautiful house in the historic GE Plot - no one wanted to buy it....how is the FACT that NO ONE is buying houses under the dems exclusive leadership proof that they are the best thing for the city?
the Dems one party dictatorship has forced a trash fee on the financially strugggling homeowner - explain how that justify claiming the dems are the best thing for the city.
The DEMS one party dictatorship almost forced a "curb fee" on the financially struggling homeowners - explain how that would have justified claiming the dems are the best think for the city.
The DEMS one party dictatorship has forced an increase on the water AND sewer fees on the financially struggling homeowners - explain how that justfies claiming the dems ar ethe best thing for the city.
The DEMS one party dictatorship has had the result of the percent of vacant housing has risen to an all time record high....explain hos that justified claiming the dems are the best thing for the city.
The DEMS one party dictatorship rewarded long time persistent tax delinquent owners of the Foster biuldling a whopping quarter of a million dollars in order to get the building; the DMES have NOT withheld the back taxes from that quarter of a million....please explain how giving tax delinquents a huge sum of tax money and not mandating repayment of back taxes is reflective of the dems being the best thing for the city
Under the DEMS one party dictatorship, people are leaving the city in record numbers. Houses have been put up for sale and are NOT SELLING. Please explain how the this justifies claiming that the dems are the best thing for the city.
Under the DMES one party dictatorship, the people and their homes and neighborhoods are being ignored, please explain how that justifies claiming the dems are the best thing for the city.
Under the dems one party dictatorship, vital, essential city services are being cut to the taxpaying and financially struggling homeowners, please explain how this make the dems the best thing for the city
Yes, I know the word "dictatorship" really implies one PERSON ruling, but this is one PARTY ruling, so it IS an appropriate word to use
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
The City Democrats are the BEST thing that ever happened to the city -- the only thing that would be' better for the city is if I became a City Democrat.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
The City Democrats are the BEST thing that ever happened to the city -- the only thing that would be' better for the city is if I became a City Democrat.
Well, how come you are not rushing to buy a house in the city?????? You have been dependent on relatives for a long time, how come you are avoiding becing an indepnent responsible adult and moving into the city you claim is so good.
Now, would you care to provide an explanation for how the dems taxing people out of their homes is the best thing for the city? How is the dems ignoring the neighborhoods is the best thing for the city? And the rest of the questions?
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Well, how come you are not rushing to buy a house in the city?????? You have been dependent on relatives for a long time, how come you are avoiding becing an indepnent responsible adult and moving into the city you claim is so good.
Now, would you care to provide an explanation for how the dems taxing people out of their homes is the best thing for the city? How is the dems ignoring the neighborhoods is the best thing for the city? And the rest of the questions?
Your first comments are a pack of lies and No .. I don't care to answer questions from an insipid idiot.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
Your first comments are a pack of lies and No .. I don't care to answer questions from an insipid idiot.
Lies? Lies?
Is it a lie that taxes are going up and up? Is it a like that the city has one of the highest taxes in the whole U.S? Is it a lie that children are getting shot in daylight at city playgrounds? Is it a lie that the trash fee has gone up????? UH, DV who imposed the trash fee?????????? Huh??????? It was YOUR DEM BUDDY Stratton AND his 100% dem council that SHOVED the trash fee down the throats of the low income financially struggling homeonwers in the city. AND, DV, this year is the THIRD increase in the fee since it was started only a few years ago! Is it a lie that water fees have increased? Is it a lie that sewer fees have increased? Is it a lie that lots of houses in the city are for sale? Is it a lie that houses up for sale are not selling? Is it a lie that city services are being reduced?
The ONLY reason you won't answer is that you cannot provide one teeny weeny piece of information to dispute what I've written. Go ahead, DV, provide the proof that taxes are going down, provide the proof that houses are not vacant, provide the proof that people are moving to the city in big numbers, provide the proof that houses sell really quick, provide the proof that it's safe for children to play outside, etc. etc. YOu can't provide ANY proof, none whatsoever, therefore, I have spoken the truth. And your endless refusal to provide one shred of proof about anything you say, just proves your total lack of credibility Is it a lie that crime is skyrocketing
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
MC--your anger is a little misplaced, I think. Why attack the dems as a one-party dictatorship. The city didn't get that way because Schdenectady is a haven for Dems. You should be made at your own leadership. (Is Buchanan still heading the party?)
Begin to field some real candidates . YOu get no arugment from me that the City is going down the tubes. But I think it would be the case if Reps were there also. It's a bad time for all.
Please understand, because it is difficult to hear the tone in ones voice when emailing, that in no way am I responding in anger to your post, I am just offering this comment. I respect your posts whether I agree with them or not.
MC--your anger is a little misplaced, I think. You should be made at your own leadership.
Bingo!
I enjoy MC's well thought out posts. But you can only bash the Dems so long when there is no opposition party. And even when a Rep gets elected they switch parties on their constituents mid term.(Angelo) Or they unseat a fellow republican incumbant and run an incumbant in his place to ultimately lose BOTH seats.
The Democrats have plenty of negatives to campaign against. The problem is, who is the alternative?
Well, under Jurzynski, there were no 100% or more tax exemptions. There were PARTIAL examptions for a short period of time, which STILL is not proper at all. But under the dems, I'd say 90% or more plex projects are 100% or more exempt. And Bombers, home of the shootings and brawls, apparenly known as the biggest trouble spot downtown, gets a 150% percent tax exemption, AND it takes each and every on duty cop to respond to them leaving people who pay the taxes to be without police protection!
Things were better when both dems and reps had seats in govt. And again, the proof is that Jurzynski proposed a trash fee, the dems said "absolutely no way" and then when the dems ruled both as mayor and every council seat, they TOTALLY ignored the taxpayers, they shoved it through AND the one party rule has raised those trash fees TWICE in just a few short years. Not to mention, Stratton was going to secretly sneak a HUGE raise in for himself, and the one party dem council went along with it, they did NOT make it public!
Look at the fed level. A pres, the majority of the senate and the majority of congress all of the same party. And what happened? Screw the taxpayers. People criticized the previous president for the $500 billion debt. But in two SHORT years, in the two years of the one party, it's been spend spend spend spend....spend the taxpayers money. Give out thousands to people to buy houses and the housing problem issue will end. Did it help? NOT IN THE LEAST. Give people money to buy cars. Did it help the ecvonomy? NOT IN THE LEAST. Auto workers are STILL out of work in record numbers, and the unemployment rose, And all the stimulus money, no, all the taxpayer money handout out like there's no tomorrow for all these "stimulus" projects, well, how much lower has the unemployment rate gone? Has the wild spending spree done anything? No. Instead, the wild spending spree has resulte in that debt multiplyling by 28 times. Imagine if were struggling financially and had $50,000 mortgage that your were on the edge of being unable to make the next payment, you were barely living paycheck to paycheck. Would you to and take out a loan for $1,400,000 and go on a wild spending spree? See, if you were barely making it, no one would give you a loan. But the one party rule in Washington during the previous two years has decided to spend money in that proportion. And remember, the pres and US legislatures did NOT ask the taxpayers for a LOAN, they merely just started spending that money......and this is being said by one who was not a big fan of the previous president either!
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
The GOP led Schenectady County and the city "down the tubes" -- Democrats are doing the heavy lifting to get the county and city back on track -- headed in the right direction. So all the GOP and their cronies can do is cry and whine. They couldn't do the job right when they had the chance .. so now they want to attack the people who are making positive changes.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
The GOP led Schenectady County and the city "down the tubes" -- Democrats are doing the heavy lifting to get the county and city back on track -- headed in the right direction. So all the GOP and their cronies can do is cry and whine. They couldn't do the job right when they had the chance .. so now they want to attack the people who are making positive changes.
Tell us DV, tell us WHAT "positive changes"
ARe higher taxes positive changes? Is higher crime a positive change Is a whopping new record of 25% vacant housing a positive change Is an increase if decrepit burned out houses a positive change Is the lowering of the graduation rate a positive change? Is fewer necessary services a positive change Is the continual attempt to keep things secrets from the taxpyaers a postive change Is taxing people so high that they lose their homes a positive change?
DV - OPEN YOUR EYES.
Houses IN the city, record low mortgage rates, the huge handout for homebuyers....and STILL houses in the city were NOT selling, even after months on the market!!!!!! And even six months later the houses sit, unsold! Is the FACT that NO ONE wants to buy a house in the city, NOT EVEN FORECLOSURES, reflective of positive change??????????????? Well, DV, is it??????????????
And again, will you please answer the question........ if things are so good in the citry, explain WHY, WHY aren't YOU buying a house in the city?? Huh????? Huh??????
You claim it's oh so wonderful in the city, so answer the question WHY are you NOT buying a house in the city?????????? Why are you too chicken to answer that question????????
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
The only thing better than City Democrats --- are all the wonderful Democrats in the towns working together with the City Democrats. Schenectady County has never had it so good.
George Amedore & Christian Klueg for NYS Senate 2016 Pete Vroman for State Assembly 2016[/size][/color]
"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
The only thing better than City Democrats --- are all the wonderful Democrats in the towns working together with the City Democrats. Schenectady County has never had it so good.
You just can't answer the questions can you. Can you for ONCE, just ONCE, answer a simple "yes" or "no" to questions.
1. Is the city's higher crime a positive change? 2. Is the increase in vacant housing a positive change? 3. Is it a postive change when children get shot on a city playground? 4. Are higher taxes a positive change? 5. Is making the financially struggling homeonwers pay for the property and school taxes of the millionaires til the end of time a positive change? 6. When long time, good, working owner-occupant homeowners bail out of the city - is that a postive change? 7. When no one moves into the city, is that a positive change? 8. Is it a positive change when one of the biggest recipients of taxpayer welfare moves OUT of the city 9. Is increase in slumlords positive change? 10. Is the ever decreasing number of students graduating form the public schools positive change?
No elaborating, DV, just a yes or no to each question.
We ALL know that DV will NEVER anwer these questions one by one with a yes or no as the answer
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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