Astorino Reply To Spano Budget
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- November
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County Executive-elect Rob Astorino had to know that Andy Spano wouldn’t make it easy for him. But it’s really up to the Democratic majority on the Board of Legislators to hash out this $1.8 billion budget proposal. They can ill afford to appear as obstructionists to Astorino, who primarily ran and won as an anti-tax candidate.
Now that his days in office are numbered, Spano can thumb his nose. Going out of his way to emphasize the elimination of the county executive security detail, for example, was a churlish gesture. If he knew it was a luxury item and out of synch with tough economic times, why didn’t he get rid of it a long time ago?
Word is that Spano has sent his body guards away and will sell the town car he enjoyed, ruining an opportunity for the new regime to ceremoniously sell the car at auction. What a a kill joy!
Here’s the full Astorino statement about the budget.
“It is disappointing that Mr. Spano’s final budget as County Executive includes a sizable tax increase. Westchester families have made it clear that they cannot take higher taxes. Mr. Spano’s budget now goes to the County Board of Legislators where additional budget reductions should be made. A five percent tax increase is unacceptable to the public. Part of the problem is the budget process itself. An outgoing County Executive should not be proposing a budget with no accountability for the result. As I said during my campaign, budgets should be submitted in October to allow full, line-by-line scrutiny prior to Election Day.”
Reaction to the budget continues to pour in.
Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, a longtime proponent of abolishing county government, has come out with demand that a full inventory of county buildings be taken to see which ones can be sold off. Not a bad idea. The county owns thousands and thousands of office space.
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Phil Reisman is a veteran journalist and native of Westchester County. He began his career in 1977 as the head copy boy of a startup New York City newspaper that quickly went belly up. Reisman was not to blame for the newspaper's failure, or so he claims.
Right on target as always Phil. These guys would not be happy if they were hung with new ropes.
The truth hurts and the budget should of been done with input from The Astorino administration. Instead King Spano decided to be mean and cut a lot of the wrong things, it wasn’t done to him by Andy O’Rourke but as per his usual
King Andy took his football and went home. The car lease was up so they turned it in, it had nothing to do with King Spano feeling guilty. Many things will come back to bite him in the a-s because this is his budget not the Astorino budget, so the people can thank Spano for the furloughs.
Lay them all off, sell all the buildings, shut down all the GLBTCQ “Liaison Centers”(cathouses), call in all the cell phones, all the take-home cars, and declare ZERO county police overtime.
This sleeping , ignorant bedroom county has amassed all the fluff of a small, leftist nation-state AND IM TIRED OF PAYING FOR IT !!
IMPEACH RYAN AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY.