Comments on: Dear Governor http://winteridge.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/dear-governor/ Comments on the world around me. I am not responsible for content. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: winteridge http://winteridge.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/dear-governor/#comment-264 winteridge Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:24:44 +0000 http://winteridge.wordpress.com/?p=214#comment-264 And here is a quick election followup. The legislator cited above was re-elected, along with most of our incumbents. They must be doing something right! Actually they are doing a great job if you consider that their primary goal is to be re-elected every 2 or 4 years. Why they want the job only they and their lobbyists know... And here is a quick election followup. The legislator cited above was re-elected, along with most of our incumbents. They must be doing something right! Actually they are doing a great job if you consider that their primary goal is to be re-elected every 2 or 4 years. Why they want the job only they and their lobbyists know…

]]> By: winteridge http://winteridge.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/dear-governor/#comment-262 winteridge Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:01:21 +0000 http://winteridge.wordpress.com/?p=214#comment-262 There was an article in the Post-Standard today about 2 Syracuse Youth Homes, as an example of how we could cut spending. One has a budget of $650000 a year, 8 employees, and one, yes, one resident. One. And from New York City no less. The other has 7 employees and 3 residents and costs only $500000 annually to operate. Come on! Do they need the governor to tell them that this is #$%@ ridiculous? At the very least, why not consolidate them? It is not only the legislature in Albany that is dysfunctional. Memo to the Guv: Obviously we could save some money by moving these patients to a Holiday Inn, but would we be interfering with their rights? Maybe if we rented the penthouse at Turningstone Casino? Could save some money on sales tax there too... There was an article in the Post-Standard today about 2 Syracuse Youth Homes, as an example of how we could cut spending. One has a budget of $650000 a year, 8 employees, and one, yes, one resident. One. And from New York City no less. The other has 7 employees and 3 residents and costs only $500000 annually to operate. Come on! Do they need the governor to tell them that this is #$%@ ridiculous? At the very least, why not consolidate them? It is not only the legislature in Albany that is dysfunctional.

Memo to the Guv: Obviously we could save some money by moving these patients to a Holiday Inn, but would we be interfering with their rights? Maybe if we rented the penthouse at Turningstone Casino? Could save some money on sales tax there too…

]]> By: Paint Tomorrow Blue » Open letters http://winteridge.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/dear-governor/#comment-261 Paint Tomorrow Blue » Open letters Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:04:43 +0000 http://winteridge.wordpress.com/?p=214#comment-261 [...] I’m working on something and don’t have time to post right now, but I was going over some old entries and I just need to emphasize how awesome my dad is. [...] [...] I’m working on something and don’t have time to post right now, but I was going over some old entries and I just need to emphasize how awesome my dad is. [...]

]]> By: winteridge http://winteridge.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/dear-governor/#comment-258 winteridge Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:01:57 +0000 http://winteridge.wordpress.com/?p=214#comment-258 I think there is nothing more foolish in our state than forcing our school districts to budget tax revenues to hire Albany lobbyists (I'm sure all schools hire the same ones) to bribe our dysfunctional legislators to allocate more state tax funds to their school. Think about it! If anyone can attempt to explain this process to me, I would like to hear from you! It goes like this, see. The school district takes money from the taxpayers and pays it to someone who then gives part of it to the legislators to attempt to make them do the job the taxpayers are already paying them to do. Right? Who is the loser here? I think there is nothing more foolish in our state than forcing our school districts to budget tax revenues to hire Albany lobbyists (I’m sure all schools hire the same ones) to bribe our dysfunctional legislators to allocate more state tax funds to their school. Think about it!

If anyone can attempt to explain this process to me, I would like to hear from you!

It goes like this, see. The school district takes money from the taxpayers and pays it to someone who then gives part of it to the legislators to attempt to make them do the job the taxpayers are already paying them to do. Right? Who is the loser here?

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