tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post4554576445983406255..comments2024-03-27T22:52:12.619-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Word from the BOE MeetingCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-27494759574496436762011-04-13T00:38:01.332-04:002011-04-13T00:38:01.332-04:00No Union wage freeze? I have read of unions in oth...No Union wage freeze? I have read of unions in other Municipalities freezing their wagescarlofwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604551716640252866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-1030294440777538052011-04-12T13:24:15.899-04:002011-04-12T13:24:15.899-04:00This was an all-but-guaranteed outcome once it bec...This was an all-but-guaranteed outcome once it became clear that the State and Feds would be cutting funding. School boards all over are making some cuts, but the bulk of the shortfall is just being made up by local property taxpayers.<br /><br />No wonder there's such resistance to Cuomo's 2% cap proposal -- that would mean districts would have to more seriously tighten their belts and look for waste in their budgets.<br /><br />Side note: In Massachusetts school taxes are computed by the number of students each municipality sends to the school. So if (say) Greenport was sending more students per capita to the HCSD, the Town's taxpayers would pay a proportionately higher percentage of the school tax bill than the rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-25507253867026312712011-04-12T11:09:14.326-04:002011-04-12T11:09:14.326-04:00They threw us under last year; this year, they wer...They threw us under last year; this year, they were through with us.Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627451247693034161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-26271400429943920052011-04-12T10:53:37.400-04:002011-04-12T10:53:37.400-04:00Here's one for you Carole:
“The state and fed...Here's one for you Carole:<br /><br />“The state and federal government through us under the bus,” said Meister.Jonathan's Computershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465537374390874149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-61147289357239319252011-04-11T22:07:02.523-04:002011-04-11T22:07:02.523-04:00It ain't over 'til it's over.... But t...It ain't over 'til it's over.... But this is a terrible day for Hudson and Hudson schools: kills school programs and drives taxpayers out of town. This budget plan represents the end of a long and arduious period of -- doing nothing. Lazy budgeting. And, not surprisingly, it's a lose-lose. It is budgeting at its worst: fire people and raise taxes.... Would someone please run for school board (3 positions up for grabs) so we can stop the hemoraghing. <br /><br />--pmPeter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627451247693034161noreply@blogger.com