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Mike Sigler, Tompkins County GOP Chairman and Tompkins County Legislator
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
 The Tompkins County GOP regrets the circumstances under which Governor Elliot Spitzer was forced to step down, but is happy the state can now move forward. Many voters already have a low opinion of politicians and this sorry episode just reinforces that view.
It's the task of all elected officials to live up to the high standards demanded of us to combat those impressions. I'm unhappy that it looks like the Governor chose to use his elected position as a bargaining chip in negotiations with federal prosecutors. I think that just adds to the problems of the last week and I hope that David Patterson can re-establish some of the faith people need to have in their elected officials.
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Matt Devane
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
 Albany- New York State Senator Michael Nozzolio last Friday announced he will aggressively oppose a budget plan by Governor Spitzer that would eliminate the sales tax cap on gasoline and drastically raise fees on every vehicle registered in New York, resulting in higher costs for every New York driver.
Under his plan, the Governor would do away with the gas tax cap enacted on any State sales tax over $2 and would increase gasoline taxes by nearly $56 million annually. Senator Nozzolio was instrumental in advocating and enacting the gas tax cap two years ago.
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Marion Reed
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
 The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) released its “TheMiddleClass.org 2007 Congressional Scorecard” today, giving U.S. Representative Michael A. Arcuri (D-Utica) a 100% voting score on middle-class issues including health care, college affordability and the impact of free trade agreements.
“Middle-class families are the heart and soul of the American economy,” Arcuri said. “I am honored to receive this recognition and will continue to support legislation in Congress to bring tax relief, quality, affordable healthcare, and expanded educational opportunity to local families.”
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
Last January The Town of Lansing Planning Board presented more than 100 proposed changes to the existing zoning ordinances, and the document has been passed between the Planning and Town boards for suggestions and changes since then. Town officials say the purpose of the changes is to make the ordinance more understandable, even to people with no building experience, and to streamline the process of getting projects approved. "We want to make it easier for business to come into the town," says Town Councilman Matt Besemer, who is also the Town Board liaison to the Planning Board. To make the town more business-friendly."
In a joint meeting Monday the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of
Apeals (ZBA) talked about some of the details of the proposed
ordinance. But the most significant issue was Planning Board members discomfort with removing any site review responsibilities from their
purview. "There are major changes here," Planning Board member Tom
Ellis said. "Things are going from not allowed to an in-house site
plan. That's a major change. We don't even see it any more. I'm
concerned that such a drastic change coming from one administration of
the Town Board is going to usurp decades of people on this board
planning for decades in the past."
Planning Board Members (Left to right around the table) Larry Zuidema, Viola Miller Mullane, Clerk Rachel Jacobson, Chairman Lin Davidson, Larry Sharpsteen, Nancy Longto, Tom Ellis
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
"It's a very, very stressful process, and an emotional process that we have to go through with out budget," Lansing Superintendent of Schools Steve Grimm began. "What we have to do is make up for about one and a half percent of this year's budget, because we are currently going to overspend by about $262,000. That's about 1.5% of the budget. Most districts might say the consumer price index is a little over 3%. We've got that 1.5% on top of that 3%. That would be somewhere near 5%. We can't do 5% budget to budget."
That was the message at a town meeting Grimm hosted at Lansing High School last night. Nearly 40 community members, teachers, and school officials gathered to learn what impact next year's budget will have on taxpayers, and what impact it will have on the district itself. The meeting is part of an open process Grimm instituted to get the most information from all the stakeholders about how cuts will impact the district.
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