BAD MUSIC TO MY EARS
Rumor has it that a newly elected State Rep (eddie day) stood up in front of the democratic caucus during a discussion of eliminating the rep's per diem. eddie day, supposedly, went on a rampage about how he needs the per diem to buy new clothes for his state rep job.
Locals Mundy, Euchis and Yudichiak had to grab him aside and tell him to shut up unless he wanted to be known as the "clothes man"
NICE START EDDIE, YOU CAN ONLY IMPROVE AFTER THAT START!
So much fo good government and representing the voters back home. Guess we elected a musician who owns only bellbottoms.
Its the Bellbottom Blues for eddie day.
posted by Calvin @ 8:46 AM
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I heard that Brian O'Donnell, Cathy O'Donnell, and Neil O'Donnell, all lost their elections that Ed Mitchell ran for them. I also heard that the family is bottom-feeding scum who have no clue about life, and indulge in super secret scientology meetings in a basement on Horton Street. Is this true?
I have been attending Wilkes-Barre City Council meetings for the past three years, and it never ceases to amaze me how our elected officials continue to think of new ways to tax residents and members of the business community.
It was revealed on Nov. 24 that the chamber of commerce and city council are working together to initiate a Business Improvement District (BID) which, in essence, amounts to an additional tax on the businesses in and around the center of Wilkes-Barre (North Street to Pennsylvania Avenue to South Street to South and North River streets).
I have been watching the development of this “tax” since January of this year when city council was presented the idea by the chamber of commerce, Leadership Wilkes-Barre and the administration of the F. M. Kirby Center.
The result of this idea would be to levy a BID tax on all business in the aforementioned area, except on KOZ (Keystone Opportunity Zone) and non-profits, in the amount of 2.87 percent of the assessed value of each property, with increases of up to 20 percent annually thereafter. This new tax would be in addition to the tax the businesses are currently paying to receive adequate police supervision, fire protection and street cleaning services from the City of Wilkes-Barre.
It’s interesting to note the properties in the BID area, which will not be burdened by this proposal. Among the BID tax exemptions would be the Chamber of Commerce and the F. M. Kirby Center, the very entities which brought the additional tax idea to city council. In fact, 20 percent of the properties in the BID district would not have to help to carry the load of this extra tax while receiving all the benefits. The tax itself is questionable, and the unfairness to those businesses which would have to cover the costs of the tax-exempt others is crystal clear.
I understand the downtown is in the midst of revitalization, and I applaud the city administration and council for that effort and the seeking of grants to help to underwrite related costs and the costs of hiring additional police. Nevertheless, the least our city government should do in this instance is to first fulfill its commitment of providing basic and adequate services to the tax-paying businesses that remained in and contributed to the City of Wilkes-Barre through the worst of times.
Over the past three years a number of major initiatives in the name of progress have been approved by Wikes-Barre city government. These undertakings always are accompanied by new and/or additional fees and taxes. Fees for commercial property inspections and business license increases, to name two, have been put into place without any visible increase in services. What is blinding, however, are city property “giveaways” and administrative and council pay and pension increases.
What about the administrative costs of the Business Improvement District? The law states that BID administrative costs are to be funded by BID tax monies, ergo, more pay and pension increases for those and others already being paid and/or indirectly supported by city taxpayers.
The business community needs to be served better with the taxes it already is paying. I do not think that adequate police and fire protection and other basic services is too much to expect from a city before it even considers the imposition of another tax on a select number of its downtown businesses.
Those who would be affected by the proposed Business Improvement District need to join forces Wednesday, December 20 at 4:30 p.m. in Wilkes-Barre city council chambers to stop the forward motion of this double taxation. Burdening the very businesses which have demonstrated their desire to stay the course and to help the city remedy the “empty building and store front” reality that has existed for years will chase some away and penalize those who stay. Please support your downtown business owners by voicing your opposition to the proposed BID tax Wednesday, December 20.
Walter L. Griffith, Jr.
Wilkes-Barre
feel the County Commissioners should not get a pay raise at all...The fact of the matter is that Todd Vonderheid is rarely if ever in the County Courthouse and most of the time Greg and Steve are not there either....These are elected officials that ran for the office of Commississioner for the express purpose of SERVING the taxpayers...not bankrupting them...I feel there should be a two term limit on any elected office in the County and City Government and these Elected Officials need to be aware of their surroundings, this is Luzerne County where the average taxpayer earns 25,000.00 per year and are being taxed and fee's levied until they can just about survive and to ask for a pay raise when the County Budget can not even pay its bills is irresponsible and dangerous...I think Steve Urban should be more opinionated and not take a wait and see attitude....at least Greg knows that the pay raise is wrong...keep this in mind when they all run for office in 2007 and vote responsibly
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