Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Springfield Selectboard passes proposed budget
The Springfield Town Selectboard passed a town budget Monday night, approving a total gross appropriations budget of $10,766,061. The expected amount of the money being raised via taxes is $8,780,931. This is a 2.70 percent increase over last year’s budget.
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sounds to me like the select board doesn't care what the taxpayers and budget advisory committee has to say,maybe it's time to vote the budget down to put them back into reality
ReplyDeleteThey're banking on the usual voter apathy and indifference to their actions...
ReplyDeleteSpringfield has one of the highest tax rates in the State. It is a significant factor impacting Springfield's ability to attract new residents and businesses. I personally know people who were in the housing market. They were really thinking they'd move here because there are a lot of homes for sale at reasonable prices. As soon as they looked at yearly tax bills in Springfield they ended up buying in Bellows Falls, Baltimore, Weathersfield etc. because of the lower property taxes. Even small increases are too much at this point.
ReplyDeletereality is your roads wont get paved or plowed then
ReplyDeleteGOOD then we will save on firing the town crew who plow...
DeleteI am a firm believer in voting down the budget to make a political statement. unfortunately it is the only way to express the displeasure the taxpayers have since the town select board does not listen nor do they care what people think. Prime example is the rec center and the money that will be dumped into that failing building versus using a building like park street that holds so many more promises for expansion of services and space...
ReplyDeleteHELL YES VOTE THE TOWN BUDGET DOWN
I didn't get a 2.7% raise. In fact, I got a second job. Sorry. Make some cuts.
ReplyDeleteThe requested increase was 6.1%, I would say cuts were made. Where would you like to see further cuts? Volunteer Fire and Ambulance for 2000 calls a year? Part time Police Department? No Library?
Deleteother towns survive by volunteer..why cant we? And frankly I am sick to death of you townspeople pitching that angle of ..."well originally it was 6.1%. That is a tactic you use to sell the stupid people of springfield to make it look like you made concessions. And frankly it is a load of CRAP. YUP I want to move to a volunteer fire dept and ambulance service. I don't want a slush fund to tear down houses, I want the money we give to these wanna be charities cut, and I want the town employees to pay 6% towards their healthcare premiums. That I know is a union issue and we need a union busting person on our boards to say enough is enough
DeleteEverything is interconnected: If my federal taxes were less, I'd have more money to pay town taxes.
ReplyDeleteMy federal taxes were about $4,000 last year. $760 of that went just to the military, and another $80 went to pay the interest on that part of the national debt incurred while trying to do the Iraq catastrophe on the cheap.
Our military budget is equal to the next 15 most powerful countries in the world, combined. I think that's a little excessive.
So,if we hadn't elected Dick Cheney to run the country for eight years and lie us into Iraq, I'd be $80 ahead there, and if we cut back the military budget to spend more than only the 8 next most powerful countries, I'd be another $320 ahead, which would give me $400 more to pay my town taxes.
If the town boosted my taxes by 29%, or more than ten times the present proposed increase, I'd still come out ahead.
So, rather than gripe about a 2.7% increase locally, we really ought to take control of the political process from the crowd that owns Congress. Do we know who they are? Do we know why they decided we needed to go into Iraq? And should we forgive them for the Springfield men who died for them there? Let's get smart about this.
A grossly flawed analysis followed by an erroneous conclusion!
DeleteThis Gregory guy needs to quit bragging about how few taxes he paid. He's obviously employing tax shelters in an attempt to prevent the redistribution of his wealth to other, more deserving recipients!
DeleteOn average, 13.5% of my annual income goes for property taxes, 14.5% for income taxes (state and federal) and 8% for sales taxes. How does that compare with yours?
DeleteWe would not be as enslaved to the reigning political fictions if we shared income information, but we don't because we fear we will be laughed at by those who make more or hated by those who earn less.
Who here has gotten a raise in the last three years?
I DID! I DID!!!!
DeleteWell, you ARE the exception, evidently. One person out of 2000 workers in three years gets a raise-- and he/she is a union member!
DeleteCuts need to be made so raises can be paid.
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