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Sep
26
2008
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 26 September 2008 |
 In the last Lansing Board of Education meeting Superintendent Stephen Grimm told the school board about a Payment In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOT) program that could bring $300,000 new dollars to the school district every year starting next year. The agreement was negotiated with AES Cayuga, the Lansing electrical power plant. Tompkins County Administrator Stephen Wicher headed up a negotiating team that included legislators Martha Robinson, Michael Koplinka-Loehr, Dooley Kiefer, and Paula Younger. Last Monday Whicher came to the school board meeting to answer questions about the agreement.
"At the last meeting we talked about the AES Cayuga power plant," Grimm explained. "The county was in negotiations with the power plant about the assessed value of their property and business. They came to an agreement, a Payment In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOT) agreement that increases their assessed value over time. It benefits the district in that we will receive more money from them as a revenue source."
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Sep
26
2008
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by Marcia E. Lynch
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Friday, 26 September 2008 |
 Citizens had a chance Monday to learn about the proposed 2009 Tompkins County Budget and to voice their opinions to county legislators. Nearly 30 people attended the forum, held at the Tompkins County Public Library, among them representatives of County departments and agencies. Ten citizens addressed legislators, nearly all of them asking legislators to preserve funding for valuable services - including those provided by the Tompkins County Public Library, county mental health services and youth programs.
One young woman, Samantha Liddick, speaking through her sign language interpreter, told legislators of the tremendous positive impact that the Youth Employment Service “Learn to Earn” program has had on her life, and Diane Bradac, of Workforce Development’s One Stop Resource Center, conveyed messages from employees and customers on the many reasons why the Workforce Investment Board and the One Stop Center, which could lose funding if the tentative budget passes without change, should continue its unique services to individuals, employers and the community. The county library was praised as “a lifeline” for a young mother; something that has “saved (the) sanity” of a widowed retiree; and as “a great resource” which must be open seven days a week.
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Sep
19
2008
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by Marcia E. Lynch
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Friday, 19 September 2008 |
 2009 Budget Hearing Scheduled
The Legislature, by unanimous vote, scheduled the formal public hearing on the 2009 Tompkins County Tentative Budget and the 2009-2013 Capital Program. (Legislator Tyke Randall was absent.) The hearing will take place Monday, November 10, 2008, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at County Legislative Chambers, 320 N. Tioga Street in Ithaca. The Legislature will take public comment prior to the budget adoption vote, expected on November 18.
Prior to the formal hearing, citizens are invited to comment on the proposed County budget and capital plan at the County’s Annual Community Budget Forum, which will take place next Monday, September 22nd beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Borg Warner Room of the Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green Street, Ithaca.
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Sep
19
2008
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by Renee Gamela
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Friday, 19 September 2008 |
 UTICA, N.Y. - (Sept. 16, 2008) Three days after Richard Hanna called for Congressman Charles Rangel to step down as chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, a number of newspapers did the same including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The Albany Times Union.
When will Congressman Michael Arcuri join the calls for Rangel's resignation and return the $4,000 he's received in campaign contributions? The public is waiting, but Mr. Arcuri remains silent on the issue. Hanna is running against Arcuri for U.S. Congressman.
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Sep
19
2008
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by Marion Read
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Friday, 19 September 2008 |
 WASHINGTON, DC – To make America energy independent and bring gas prices down for local families, U.S. Representative Michael A. Arcuri (D-Utica) voted yesterday for comprehensive energy legislation which includes the largest opening of land off-shore for oil and gas development in our nation’s history, and invests in renewable energy sources to further lower energy prices and create more “green” jobs in Upstate New York.
To bring short-term relief to local middle-class families, the Comprehensive American Energy Security & Consumer Protection Act (H.R.6899), passed by the House of Representatives, would:
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