Wednesday, February 10, 2016


GET AN ORDER
TO SHOW CAUSE.
WHY THE FEBRUARY
9 VOTE SHOULD NOT
BE IMPOUNDED AND
A NEW VOTE HELD
PRIMARY DAY APRIL
19, 2016
The Albany School Board vote
today, Tuesday, February 9
asking City of Albany voters
to approve a flawed 180+
million dollar spending plan 
for Albany High School is
exhibit A of how to rig a
vote to achieve a desired
outcome for the spending
plan proponents.

The School Board (District)
conducts and controls the
election, coordinates absentee
ballots ,reduces the number
of polling places and holds
the vote on  an an obscure
date in winter when roads
and walks are slippery.
 
The School Board is a political
spawning grounds for the
"progressive politicians" that
now control the school district
and City Hall.
They know their vote base and
get them to the polls.
The same "progressives" who
supported candidate Teachout
in opposition to Governor
Cuomo in the last Gubernatorial
primary.
Now, these "progressives" are
begging the Governor for a
bailout to close a 12.6 million
dollar (or more) gap in the
current city budget.
Are "progressives" stupid?
In addition to being arrogant
control freaks? 

Meanwhile, these same "progressives"
are forcing another vote on
an ill conceived high school
spending plan.

Albany voters rejected the first
attempt to pass the high school
spending plan, in the November
2015 General Election.

Homeowners. When your roof
leaks, do you tear down your
house and take out huge mortgage
to build a bigger and better house?

Highly unlikely!

Voters, including homeowners
small businesses and apartment
renters will all pay more taxes
and higher rents, after the
City reassessment Notices go
out March 1.

Add, to this the uncertainty
surrounding where the City 
will get the 12.6 million dollars
to close the current budget
shortfall.

The Mayor has said that layoffs
service cuts and a 22 percent 
property tax increase are the
options, if the 12.6 million
dollar current city budget gap
is not closed.
What a lesson in civics, fiscal
responsibility and government
all of the above, are setting for
students in the Albany City
schools! 

Now, for a lesson in judicial
oversight.

An Order to Show Cause 

1. Why the February 9 vote
    results should be impounded
    including the ballots and
    lists of those who voted at
    each polling place.

and

2.  Why the vote on the 180*
     million dollar spending plan
     should not be rescheduled
     for Primary Day, April 19
     2016.

     When the weather and voter
      turnout will likely be better

     and, when voters will have
     received Notices of their
     likely property tax and
     apartment rental increases

     and, when voters may know
     the fate of efforts to close
     the 12.6 million dollar gap
     in the current city budget.

As for today,  a resounding
"NO" vote must be made by
every homeowner, small
business owner and every
apartment dweller who is
eligible to vote.

                       Joe Sullivan




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