tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post2176926280655457562..comments2023-05-30T05:54:48.988-04:00Comments on kingston progressive: PROPERTY REVAL STILL A MESSMike Madsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14527557594630435730noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-76288676277207378052008-06-19T17:45:00.000-04:002008-06-19T17:45:00.000-04:00Doesnt work that way. The 33 mil budget will still...Doesnt work that way. The 33 mil budget will still be the 33 mil budget after we accept any kind of assessment change.<BR/><BR/>Taxes and revenue levels are unaffected whether the assessments go up or down.<BR/><BR/>Non-question.Mike Madsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527557594630435730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-60605158249939374782008-06-19T12:20:00.000-04:002008-06-19T12:20:00.000-04:00seems odd to me that Sottile thinks that the value...seems odd to me that Sottile thinks that the values of properties in Kingston would change enough to warrant a re-val each and every year. I certainly do not believe that it would. <BR/><BR/>By the way, for those who believe that the values would go down - across the board - where do you think that Sottile will find tax money to pay for the tax levy short fall?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-19787432447120113162008-06-18T17:40:00.000-04:002008-06-18T17:40:00.000-04:00We have for twenty plus years paid Sottile's campa...We have for twenty plus years paid Sottile's campaign Treasurer as a full time assessor with staff who is unable to update assessments like trained assessor's do in every other municipality.<BR/><BR/>Then we hire outside professional's to do the job that we have an assessor for at <BR/>$ 500,000 and now we are getting tied into a contract with GAR again who may have treated our Mayor to some food and drinks and campaign contributions to do what is free from the State?<BR/><BR/>What a silly Mayor and taxpayers and voters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-17830508331786936082008-06-17T22:53:00.000-04:002008-06-17T22:53:00.000-04:00Youre gonna have a tough sell to the rest of the a...Youre gonna have a tough sell to the rest of the aldermonkeys when many of them answer to the mayor.<BR/>Best of luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-59427578710478241342008-06-17T14:19:00.000-04:002008-06-17T14:19:00.000-04:00Alderman Mike: Creativity on an important subject ...Alderman Mike: Creativity on an important subject so vital to our pocletbooks. I guess in the good ole days of Hugh Reynolds at the Daily Free you would finally be getting your due. Somehow or other, people have become the proverbial sheep and tend not to scream, yell, rant or rave at the values that have been submitted. Part of it is that we love to believe that our properties are really valued at the current rates. Yet, try to sell them. The real estate values might be at the bottom of the bubble and slowly tending to move upwards. The however in this discussion or debate is that inflation will subject the value to where it might belong. Having said that, inflation vs deflation vs the price of milk and the price of gasoline. Although milk at 4.00 a gallon and gasoline at 15-20cents higher, than it must be stated that we can buy one gallon of Channel # 5 for $48,000.00. So why are people complaining- oh well- just my three cents<BR/>take care,<BR/>Shelly Z- the meandererAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-2024447560544303712008-06-17T14:02:00.000-04:002008-06-17T14:02:00.000-04:00I voted for Sottile and I regret it. I should hav...I voted for Sottile and I regret it. I should have voted for Cahill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-42021111233676339162008-06-17T08:01:00.000-04:002008-06-17T08:01:00.000-04:00Leave it to you to point out the obvious on a blog...Leave it to you to point out the obvious on a blog. The whole city is about to run the mayor out of town because of this bulls**t.<BR/>Those of us who take it on the chin year after year are finally at the breaking point. Do something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-89257661638202363952008-06-17T00:26:00.000-04:002008-06-17T00:26:00.000-04:00I have never seen so many FOR SALE signs in Kingst...I have never seen so many FOR SALE signs in Kingston before. The combination of the burden shift, the reval and the economic downturn has killed the upstate new york dream. I may sell too, but where would I go?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-11094911546045773162008-06-16T22:01:00.000-04:002008-06-16T22:01:00.000-04:00Imagine a fair assessment.Imagine peace in our lif...Imagine a fair assessment.<BR/>Imagine peace in our lifetime.<BR/><BR/>Both are worth fighting for, neither will happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24135583.post-17861228702687057682008-06-16T20:41:00.001-04:002008-06-16T20:41:00.001-04:00This topic have a tendency to become boring but wi...This topic have a tendency to become boring but with your creativeness its great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com