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Date Posted: Saturday, January 10, 11:50:06am
Author: taxpayer
Subject: tax crap
In reply to: Spenders in New Hartford are bankrupting the residents 's message, "This is “town official crap”! Residents, selectmen clash on school officials’ pay!" on Friday, January 09, 12:21:58pm

>I cannot believe the attitudes of the people at this
>meeting. From the postings here, Chairman Tuxbury was
>the only person that voted no on this contract and he
>would not sign it. Now at this meeting Tuxbury urges
>the people to support the contract. What gives?
>Tuxbury rejects the contract at the board level, but
>turns around and tells everyone to accept it at a town
>meeting, just because of possible mediation. Then
>board of education member Natale does her typical
>threatening chatter of you will spend $35,000 for
>arbitration so just suck it up you poor crying
>taxpayers and give the principals and administer what
>they want. She did the same thing for the teacher’s
>contract. This is what the boe does every time, they
>insult the people in this town that are paying these
>outrageous taxes for these outrageous increases and
>the boe and the Superintendent are the ones that put
>all of the people in town between a rock and a hard
>spot. The give them what they want, make it extremely
>high, sign the contracts and then tell the taxpayers
>they have no choice but accept the increases or pay
>the mediation, arbitration or legal fees. These boe
>members have all the power to go to the state and make
>changes to the arbitration laws. Have they done that
>yet? NO! R7 board member Jerram asked the boards of
>selectmen and finance to make a conscientious effort
>to collaborate to save money. I found this a little
>humorous, Jerram is a nice person but people in glass
>houses should not throw stones! He did not say
>anything on the contract, if he supported it or not,
>but his own R7 budget is a huge bubble about to burst
>and the bull’s-eye is being painted now. I do agree
>that these people are referendum happy and they should
>have consolidated the referendums these past 3 months.
>We know the real reason for multiple referendums, open
>space and MacInnes did not want the Philips Farm deal
>tainted by the wastewater treatment plant. Then we
>have David Child’s, reading the names of the 26 people
>who signed the petition asking if anyone was there at
>the meeting and no one raised their hands and he says
>its embarrassing that no one who signed it was at the
>meeting. What is embarrassing is Childs making an ass
>of him self. The people who signed the petition were
>most likely working their second or third job to pay
>for all this out of control spending in town for the
>teachers, principals and administrators and people
>like Child’s. The people who signed the petition are
>smart, courageous and caring about the community and
>their names are right there on the petition, printed
>and signed. Is that that not enough for you Mr.
>Childs? Last, the petition signers did not have to
>show up; the meeting had to adjourn to a referendum
>any way.
i did not sign any petition. but for those who did BRAVO! these administrators can not see what shape the country is in? WOW! at this point everything should be cutting back salaries, arbitration,and on and on. these educators are not living in the real world.bottom line folks its bad out there and if people do not start waking up across the board they going to find themselves in a even bigger mess if they are not there already. just because they are educators they do not walk on water. it is the taxpayers who are doing it for them. greed is what got us to this economical catastrophy, this subject of pay raises is no different. greed plays a large role. this country i am sorry to say may not find its way back. at some point in time no one will even be getting paid because the money is going to be gone. take for what its worth and just think about it! you educators have got to face reality at some point!

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