Thomas Jefferson |
THOMAS JEFFERSON "I
place economy among the first and most important
virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers.
To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load
us with perpetual debt. If we can prevent the Government from wasting
the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for
them, we will be happy.  for
phones & addresses of all LI elected officials
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TRIBOROUGH MUST GO
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 Andrea Vecchio
for more info | New York’s Triborough
Amendment, mandates that public employees are entitled
to automatic
salary increases and fringe benefits,
regardless of changing fiscal conditions or changing local
priorities and
regardless of an expired contract. Triborough creates a disincentive for teachers
to accept terms and conditions less costly than
those allowed in their previous contract and that
drastically limits the
employer (ttaxpayers), ability to negotiate changes in a depressed economy. Recently, the impact
of the Triborough Amendment was felt when Governor Cuomo attempted to
negotiate a less costly contract with a union. He
failed. In union,Answer was
We have the Triborough Amendment- why do this to ourselves?” |
| WE NEED PENSION REFORM NOW |
Mike Fitzpatric EJ McMahon | Best Practices
For Public Pension Transparency
Governor lays down
the law with pension padders
The Utah Pension Model
Public pensions will clobber LI
Wage freeze for public sector
Jumbo
pensions' spark state funding debate
Annual LI
retired Teacher & Administrator TRS pensions
Annual LI
Retired NYS employee pensions |
| THE TAX CAP PASSED |
Fred Gorman | Regardless of what the the budget or tax increase is... the voters decide.
If
a school district puts up a tax levy increase of 1/2% &
the budget is voted down (51% majority). they must put it up a second
time. If it goes down a second time the tax levy cannot be
increased.
If
a school district puts up a tax levy increase above 120% of the CPI increase or 2% and the budget and it is
voted down by 41% of the voters,. they must put it up a second time. If it
goes
down a second time the tax levy cannot be increased.
Simply put
Vote no twice and your school district doesn't get a dime.
Vote no for times and your school district gets the message.
Vote no six times your school district consolidates services, unions contribute to
benefits and school boards spend other peoples money wisely.
For Governor's reasons to cap property taxes |
| Municipal spending,
member Items, Salaries |
 | Benjamin
Franklin The new republic could
survive only if the people were virtuous in the sense of attention to
civic duty and rejected corruption.
 NY
Public Payroll Clips (state-local
union contracts -salaries + much more)
Cuomo’s Project
Sunlight (state-local member
items + much more)
NYS
Open Book (county,
school, town and special
district actual spending)
NYS
Public Pension Calculator) |
| Kerby's
Korner (research,
news clips & wow ) |
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Graham Kerby |
Kerby’s korner NYS Education Statistics simplified
Anita's Clips interesting School news articles
Laura Pandelakis Understanding the Property Tax crisis
Tax
Savvy’s truth about US educational
results
The clock is running out for Long Island
Ten
Legislative Ideas To Reduce School Taxes |
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Union Dominated State Government will cost you your home
Long Island homes are about to pierce the Mortgage Home Value to Taxation
ratio. When this
happens you will not be able to sell your house. You can not expect Help from you School Superintendents and
School Boards. They care more about their intuitions then their communities. Nor can you count on The NAYS Senate Majority. They are reducing
the state
debt by passing it on to you. |
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2011-13 Budgets - Salaries - Report Cards |
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May 17, 2011 LI School Budget Vote... Total vote 16% or registered voters
Total Votes
288,848…Yes Votes 179,246…No votes 109,602
2011-12 Budget
State aid LI
Taxes Fund
Balance & Reserves
LI Budgets $10,807,912,,595 $2,064,133,155 $8,033,830,212 $1,437,227,528
NYS Mandates everything and
only pays $2
Billion. LI Homeowners pay $8
Billion
$23,333 Average Cost Per Long Island
Pupil (we have 457,193
LI Students)
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$1.4
Billion of Taxpayer overcharges are sitting in School District Banks
LI Schools have Millions in Reserves
For the last 5 years of LI school budgets For LI School District’s State Aid
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2010 Salaries - Report Cards |
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NYS Administration Salaries
For
your District's
Teacher-Administrator Gross
Salaries For your Superendent
& Teachers Contracts & Salaries The union is the students and taxpayers biggest problem The union is about power and teachers not students
For Per Pupil Spending
For School Status 1999-2010
For Tax Report Cards
For
NYSED Management Services (Great
serch site)
For School Report Cards
For all 08-9 LI
School budgets-
taxes-salaries
For Long Island’s Educational
structure |
| Curriculum |
 | 2010 State Needs Improvement List 2011 National HS Rankings 'Hard Truth' on Education (WSJ) Newsday on Education Test Scores Regents Eyes New Diploma
LIFER on Curriculum
Long Island Index Report...
Failure in Education
Report Sees a Failure in
Educating All Students The problem with teacher unions |
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NAYS Schools Over Tax Homeowners
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NYSED
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Long
Island
per-pupil spending averaged
$21,378
in 2007,
and $25,029 in 2008
New York
led the nation in K-12 spending in 2006-07 ($15,981 per pupil)
The State’s per pupil
spending was 65% above the national average($9,666)
The Property Tax share was
48.4 % the
national average share was 44%
New York per pupil salaries was
$11,042, 88% above the National average
The State’s per-pupil spending
salaries exceeded the spending
of 37 states
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Why
people are leaving Long Island |
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Goodbye LI
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Click for LIFER on how to save Long Island
The
source of repressive Long
Island taxation lies in the
restrictive legislation passed in Albany
at the behest of special interest groups to the detriment of the
taxpayer. Shifting the source of revenue from property taxes to income
taxes does nothing to stop the spending.
According To The Rauch
Foundation click
for survey. 56% of Long Islanders
said it was
somewhat or very likely they could leave Long Island in the
next five years. 85% state
property tax increases are a serious problem
and 67% believe Teacher-Administrator
Salary and Benefits are the
reasons behind school tax increases.
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| The
Campaign for Fiscal
Equity |
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Holding
School Districts Accountable
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The
Campaign for Fiscal
Equity is
it a judicial give-a-way to the property barons of NYC so they can maximize rental profits and property
values? Or is it
the end of School Property
Tax? The ruling
says the state (not the local taxpayer)
is constitutionally responsible or providing
a K-12 education. Click
for the lawsuit,
Zarb report and opinion
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Holding
School Districts Accountable
by
Joseph Sawicki, & Tom Spota
Suffolk Grand Jury Report
critical of School Districts
Suffolk
Grand Jury recommendations
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Summary Audits Related to
School Legislation
School District Financial Accountability
Report
Center
Moriches used deception to pass a 40%
tax increase
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