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Feb
16
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by James E. Sullivan
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Friday, 16 February 2007 |
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The defeat of the School proposal should send a couple of message to both the Board of Education and the Town Planning Board. 1. Property taxes are to high and getting unbearable. 2. Alternate means of funding high cost projects must be found. |
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Feb
16
2007
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by Hugh Bahar
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Friday, 16 February 2007 |
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As I bump into fellow Lansing folks, be it at the Rink, store, homes or at work, the reasons I hear for the school capital plan not passing are: 1. Taxes, Taxes, Taxes. The insults that New York State and Tompkins County continue to heap onto the middle class never seem to end. Burdensome is an understatement; oppressive and punishing seem to be more accurate. |
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Feb
09
2007
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by Noel Desch
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Friday, 09 February 2007 |
Mr. John Schabowski raises some very thought provoking issues in his December 12 Ithaca Journal Guest Column. On behalf of the Town Sewer Committee I am responding to the misperceptions that Mr. Schabowski and perhaps others have with respect to the Sewer District proposal.
First, the Lansing Central School Campus is included in the initial service area, as it should be, since it would be a major beneficiary of the public sewer system. The school facilities are served by 5 on site systems some of which are nearing the end of their useful life. These systems also occupy considerable real estate that the school district will need for building expansion in the near future. These on site systems are costly to operate properly and to replace even if land can be found to site them. The first year benefit assessment to the School District for public sewers would be $150,858 based on water consumption. This cost would be borne by taxpayers across the entire school district tax base not just by those properties within the initial sewer service area. The first year annual cost (if in 2006) would be less than $0.14/1000 of assessed valuation.
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Feb
09
2007
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by Elisabeth A. Hegarty
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Friday, 09 February 2007 |
Dear Editor:
I read with interest the latest efforts of the Lansing Sewer Committee to "stack the deck" against the majority of residents in the proposed sewer district who do not wish this project to go forward. I can't help but note the neighborhoods selected to be added to the project are primarily in high net-worth areas. Home owners covered in the new area might want sewers because they can afford them. Their taxes are already high (their homes are very pricy) and another $600 or so a year plus hookup costs won't be a burden to them. In addition, these homeowners are more likely to be sympathetic with the "developers and other monied interests" seeking to cut their costs of development by overcharging the general resident population.
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Feb
09
2007
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by Roger VandePoel
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Friday, 09 February 2007 |
Thank you for your prompt reporting of the Lansing CSD capital project referendum results. It is unfortunate that the Lansing community is still not in agreement of how our school programs and facilities should be maintained.
From Roger VandePoel----
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