Posted on 08/18/2008 10:43:41 AM PDT by newyorkersontheball
In conjunction with the entire slate of Westchester County Republican State Assembly candidates, Assemblyman Greg Ball (R, C, I - Patterson) is inviting Conservative activists fed up with taxes in New York to join the "Tax Cap Express" headed to Albany for the Governor's special emergency session on August 19.
The “Tax Cap Express” is an eco-friendly biodiesel fuel bus that will be transporting the delegation and tax reform advocates to Albany to rally for enactment of a property tax cap. The bus will be leaving from YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK from the home of a resident crushed by the tax burden here and who may be forced to leave New York.
Upon arrival at the State Capitol, the delegation and supporters will be joined by members of the Assembly Republican Conference to rally along the East Steps of the capitol building. The bus will be leaving from Albany at 4:45 pm for an anticipated return arrival in Yorktown around 5 pm. Travel on the bus is free of charge.
We need as many supporters of a tax cap, circuit breaker, and unfunded mandate reform as possible to join us at the press conference and for the ride to Albany.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Assemblyman Ball’s office at (845) 582-0112.
They would be better off if they just kept driving the bus and moved completely out of the state
thanks for the heads up...I am five minutes from Yorktown but unfortunately this is too short a notice...
Ball is developing a good following here as a true conservative who keeps everyone honest in Albany...
can’t this be on a Saturday? We conservatives ALL HAVE JOBS
Forget about the “eco-friendly” bus. As a conservative in NY, I could care less about towing the line on PC eco-BS.
Just show up with pitchforks, tar, and feathers.
You forgot the torches. The peasants cant rise up without torches.
Does NY not have automatic rollbacks like Ohio?
Here, when we approve a tax levy, it is for a set $$ value, regardless of the total value of assessed property. So you’re voting on a certain number of $ in property tax, not a rate. The actual cost can only change on reassessments to the degree a property increases/decreases relative to the average rate of increase/decrease. An increase in property value does not mean an increase in tax.
Example:
A tax levy is on the ballot to raise $1 million for fire protection for a tax district with 10000 properties and a total assessed value of $1 billion. The tax rate is then set at .1% of the taxable value of each property (.1% * $1B = $1M). If your home is worth $200,000 vs the average $100,000, you pay .1%*$200,000= $200 per year.
3 years later, properties are reassessed. If the total assessed value for the tax district is now $1.2 billion (20% increase), the tax rate drops to 0.083% of the taxable value, thus raising the same $1 million as before. If your home increased more than 20% in value, you pay a little more, if it increased less than 20%, you get an automatic tax cut. So if your $200,000 home is now worth $220,000, you end up paying $167 per year, $33 less than before.
You can still get tax increases, but they tend to be minor. Excluding a recent tax levy approved by voters, my property taxes would have only increased 1% over the last 5 years.
The biggest problem is that it makes institutions dependent on property taxes repeatedly ask for increases every few years just to keep pace with inflation. It helps impose fiscal discipline, but some things, such as the cost of fuel to the fire department or school district, are out of their control....
unfortunately the emergency session was called on a Tuesday (also deadline day for most local news outlets who won’t be able to cover what goes on in full detail). But anyone you know who will be available, tell them to give their office a call at 845-278-2438.
No kidding, mixed message. If they didn't support onorous taxes on fues the rally participants could all drive hummers .
I’m all aboard for a ride in the hyper-bio-fuel bus that can leave Albany at 4:45 pm and arrive 15 minutes later at 5:00 pm in Yorktown Heights. (about 90 miles)
Make sure you fasten your seatbelts!
I was certain that I heard the so called “Tax Cap” was to allow the property tax to be linked to ones income. It would cap the percentage property taxes were allowed to increase but I would oppose any form of property tax being linked to income. By oppose I mean I would uproot my family and leave for good. Has anyone else heard this??
Naw it caps the maximum tax increase from school districts, etc. to 4% each year. Makes no difference they'll get their money one way or another. Not to worry, if they cannot tax us directly they'll get it from the state, county, town, village or city and eventually it will come out of the taxpayer anyway.
Left the state in 1981.......The only people left where I lived are retired or work for the government....
Left the state in 1981.......The only people left where I lived are retired or work for the government....
Like I told Greg in his email to me, this is to short of a notice to get people together in Buffalo. We knew of this special session and it seems my Republican Assemblymen Hayes, Quinn, Cole and Giglio have other things on their mind. They should have done something like this from here. My worthless assemblyman is Hoyt... Tie him up and gag him and force him to get my toll bill to the floor for a vote.
http://noGItolls.com
http://albanysinsanity.com
BTW... Tell Jim Tedesco we all say Hi.
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