County Execs continue to slam state budget
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- March
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Westchester’s Andrew Spano and Rockland’s C. Scott VanderhoefÂÂ are among the 10 or so county executives from around the state taking part right now in a conference call with reporters to once again blast the state budget.
As they have since then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer first unveiled his 2008-2009 spending plan in January, the executives are arguing that budget proposals now on the table will shift more costs on to county governments, forcing them to raise taxes.
“This is really a charade,” Spano, a Democrat, told reporters on the call.
Vanderhoef said Albany is unwilling to cut state mandated programs so it simply wants to shift those costs dowanrd.
“Who takes the heat for that, of course, is the counties,” Vanderhoef said.
Vanderhoef and the other executives are urging state lawmakers to address this issue as they press on with budget negotiations this weekend.
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on Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 10:50 am by Glenn Blain.
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the charade is that the county executives are blaming
the state…what about how they run their own governments
what about the cost of the personnel working directly
for them..what about the fact that county government
is no longer necessary and becomes less relevant the
more the state passes along because without the
county government layer of beurocracy, things would
cost less to administer…just a few professional
managers..no elected officails.no meeting fees…
no county office building..in fact take a look at
the county office building..how much a year does
that monstrosity cost..do it in a campus type
lowrise on 287
Seconded.
Ditto.
wow thats unusual….but have a good weekend..
and if you can catch the story on the westchester
magazine blog site about phil reisman’s critique
of their story on andy spano it is quite entertaining
They took it personally…and we all know that phil’s
style is tongue and cheek..looks like westchester
magazine is a little too defensive..I wonder why?
of course I know why
What happened to the lobbying firms the county hired and billed to the taxpayers? The only unsuccessful lobbyists in Albany.