rp...you're a poet and I didn't know it!!

Loved it!

great RP....feeling is mutural.

Bravo.

well done

I'd like to put it on the wall on the new Bridge of Shame. It would be educational. A nice mural around it, pictures of historic scenes, and pictures of the new Schenectady, a family could pose on the front lawn of the house they used to own, etc.(the new Schenectady massacre). Get permission from McDonald's Corp. to put McCheese on there, as well. Truly inspirational.

send it in to the gazetto!!!!

Quoted from bumblethru

send it in to the gazetto!!!!

AMEN to that!



Here RP, it starts like this:

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Dear Editor

   As we Election Day 2013 is soon to be here in the City of Schenectady, we need do consider if we vote for the candidates of the current majority party or do we vote in new council representatives who will represent the people of the city instead of the non-resident rich downtown developers and non-resident city employees.  With tax bill in one hand and pen in the other hand, I write:

But send it to the TU too in case McCheese puts a halt to it in the gazette.


I will be looking forward to reading it.

Seriously. This letter to the editor in verse form covers all the points, perfectly.

AWESOME

Well just submitted it to the Gazette with  mikechristine1s  intro.

Quoted from rpforpres

Well just submitted it to the Gazette with  mikechristine1s  intro.

I'll tell you, you really should go to a city council meeting and read that too.  Preferably during a public hearing on the budget if it's held before election day.  Check with Vince Riggi, you can look him up on the city's website, he'll actually answer his phone (the other ones don't bother I hear); he can tell you the date.  

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"Yet another tax increase proposed.  Yes.  I believe I speak on behalf of all the taxpayers in the city--be they direct or indirect.  With tax bills in one hand and a pen in the other, I had to write how I (we) feel:   ..."

  

And maybe based on the "I speak on behalf," you might change the "I" to "we" in each instance---that's if you are talking at the council meeting.  But that's entirely up to you

Ideally you would have a copy of a couple tax bills, maybe two or three that either come from the city if you pay thru escrow or whatever they receipt when you make those installments - that would be a good visual.


Not only will you be very applauded, I bet I could almost guarantee a standing ovation  (and I wouldn't even need to be there   ).  I can hear Peggy King now, banging that gavel.