All Entries Tagged With: "fairshare"
Area residents should thank Stachowski, Thompson
The Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/683931.html It is understandable that the public’s initial response to the recently passed New York State budget was a negative one. Media reports stressed unfair taxes and fees and bemoaned the failure to cut state spending. A closer look, however, reveals that the budget is a reasonable response to a [...]
‘Fair share’ proposal better than school cuts
The Buffalo News Buffalo, NY Op-Ed By Citizen Action Board Member Jim Anderson http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/623425.html Every day brings another headline about the devastating consequences resulting from the state’s ever-growing deficit, now estimated at $16 billion — cuts to schools and health care, SUNY tuition increases, state worker layoffs. And, as a recent Citizen Action report documents, [...]
‘Fair share’ proposal better than school cuts
The Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/623425.html Every day brings another headline about the devastating consequences resulting from the state’s ever-growing deficit, now estimated at $16 billion — cuts to schools and health care, SUNY tuition increases, state worker layoffs. And, as a recent Citizen Action report documents, the budget hits people of color and the [...]
Rod Watson: It’s up to us to get an open government
The Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/494/story/570025.html The reformers have talked me down from the ledge. In fact, they contend that New York State is a democracy. Really. That will shock anyone familiar with activities — some illegal, some that should be — recounted in The Buffalo News recently to illustrate the inept, corrupt and costly [...]
