I'm pretty sure the consolidation boat sailed LONG ago for the County of Schenectady. Again, Rotterdam, Scotia, Glenville....they will fight with passion not to be consolidated with the City. Those town leaders will bring the same facts to the table this forum has - high crime, dwindling property values in conjunction with increasing property and school taxes, lack of the City leaders to cut waste and lack of the City leaders to control the Metroplex takeover.

Don't worry DV, if you ever had to pay the amount of property and school taxes we do, you'd begin to question where your hard-earned money is going to. But don't worry, you're in the same boat as Morris, asking for more money from City residents when you don't live in the City. Guess hypocrites come in all shapes and sizes.

You're right Rachel.

The tax data just posted goes to show that these towns have NOTHING to gain by consolidation.  They pay higher taxes so that the mismanaged city can pay lower taxes than it currently pays.

The only reason for the city to consolidate services with the towns is so they can raise taxes on the towns in order to have more money to spend because the city is broke.

Consolidation is going nowhere fast and DVR knows it. If the DEMS were serious about it they have consolidated Scotia into Glenville years ago. But they won't do it because 3 DEM lobs would be thrown off the public payroll.

     The police consolidation was a big joke and the Niskayuna chief wisely shipped the whole DEM dog and pony show. The City is totally bankrupt because of 35 straight years of DEM control of City Council. City Council looks like a retirement home for public employees only interested in a double dip. Let them eat crackers? Let DVR keeping yapping about consolidation in Rotterdam. It will only make it easier to clean out Town Hall.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

I look forward to being a resident of the City of Schenectady when the entire county is consolidated into a single  City-County.    Until then, I plan on living in the town that my ancestors have lived in for over 120 years.

You know, Ron, I wouldn't think I would hear this from you. The fact of the matter is I  have seen on here plenty that you were proud to be a Town of Rotterdam resident. I, then, put that with the fact that years ago, the Town of Rotterdam was created out of a part of the City of Schenectady because of the fact that the people who lived here disagreed with how things were running in the city. By deciding to live in the Town of Rotterdam for "over 120 years," it shows they agreed with the way things were in the town more than they do with how things are / were in the city.

Now, you're stating that you wish to instead be a resident of the city/county?  It appears to me that you have different ideals than your ancestors.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

I look forward to being a resident of the City of Schenectady when the entire county is consolidated into a single  City-County.    Until then, I plan on living in the town that my ancestors have lived in for over 120 years.

Why dont you tell the reasl reasons you won't mnove into the cityi
1.   He has seen/heard/read all the PROven FACTS that taxes are too high, actually just about the highest taxed city in the whole U.S.
2.   He has seen/heard/read all the PROVEN FACTS read the proven news that home values are plummeting (DV wouldn't know anyway, since never having owned property, he wouldn't know what it's like to own a house worth less than one's mortgage)
3.   He has seen/heard/read the PROVEN FATS that crime is way way up in the city (even though he claims that there is government records that tell otherwise, yet NEVER provide one shred of proof)
4.    He has seen/heard/read the PROVEN FACTS that while taxes are going up, the city is eliminating vital services
5.    He has seen/heard/read the PROVEN FACTS people are fleeing the city in droves
6.    He has seen/heard/read the PROVEN FACTS that houses are up for sale all over the city in record high numbers AND that houses sit for more than a year NOT SOLD
7.    He has seen/heard/read the PROVEN FACTS that houses are NOT selling because no one wants to move into the city
8.    He has seen/heard/read the PROVEN FACTS that Schenectady is NOT the place to live, even the most beautiful houses in the best neighborhoods go to auction because people are that DESPARATE to leave the city that they will just abandon their houses
9.    He has seen/heard/read the PROVEN FACTS that a quarter of the city residential houses are vacant and/or abandoned
10.   He would never want to pay taxes for millionaires and billionaires
11    Inability to get approved for a mortgage, one needs a job
12.   Guys who are--in a manner of speaking--a "mama's boy" continue living off the elderly's dole.  Such never become mature, independentk, responsible adults.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

I look forward to being a resident of the City of Schenectady when the entire county is consolidated into a single  City-County.    Until then, I plan on living in the town that my ancestors have lived in for over 120 years.

your DEAD ancestors could care less about where you live.....they are dead.....please, you have my (special) permission to do what you please
regardless of your dead relatives.....

p.s. if they talk to you let me know so I can inquire some wisdom of them