...town by town

Argie's Wife · 09-26-2010, 08:09 AM

I agree with your post 100%.

As utilities and good increase in cost it becomes more challenging to present a budget to the voters that they will accept. The town presented a level-funded budget last year and the school presented a budget -6% below the previous years' budget. The school returned over $150,000 in unused funds to the town to offset this years' tax rate.

By presenting a cut budget or even a level-funded one, it means that projects, repairs, and upgrades have to wait. The longer those items wait, the more expensive they can become.

An upgrade to plumbing in a bathroom or replacing a roof will cost more two, three, or four years later down the road; not taking into account if those items (roof or plumbing) should fail at some point, causing for emergency repairs.

My point is that you can only run on a level-funded budget or cut budget for so long, when at some point you may have to ask for more money to take care of what the tax-payers have already paid for and trust you to manage.

MAXUM · 09-28-2010, 11:56 AM

See what I have a problem with is that even though the towns are doing thier best to level fund things, the state and feds in turn haven't stopped and the towns are taking a beating for it. Even worse the towns are responsible for funding critical services (no not curb side trash pickup)

but fire, police and to some degree the school system are forced to cut back or not do as you say repairs that should be done. This poses a public saftey problem, yet notice that the entitlement programs continue to not only get funded, but increase in funding year after year. They are sucking the life out of everyone as more and more end up on the dole, some making a freaking career out of it as it passes from generation to generation. The days of free handouts on the backs of the working stiffs has got to stop. Instead of deamonizing those who have attained real success, those folks should be looked at as models for others to follow... excluding 99% of the music and entertainment industries.

The problems you see now are the direct result of having put into office a bunch of people who have no idea what they are doing, other than pushing an agenda for socal experimentation and idealism. Like I said in my last post, you can only tax the rich for so long before they aren't rich anymore... then where do you go? In the end everyone pays for it, either directly or indirectly.

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09-26-2010, 08:09 AM	#1
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	I agree with your post 100%. As utilities and good increase in cost it becomes more challenging to present a budget to the voters that they will accept. The town presented a level-funded budget last year and the school presented a budget -6% below the previous years' budget. The school returned over $150,000 in unused funds to the town to offset this years' tax rate. By presenting a cut budget or even a level-funded one, it means that projects, repairs, and upgrades have to wait. The longer those items wait, the more expensive they can become. An upgrade to plumbing in a bathroom or replacing a roof will cost more two, three, or four years later down the road; not taking into account if those items (roof or plumbing) should fail at some point, causing for emergency repairs. My point is that you can only run on a level-funded budget or cut budget for so long, when at some point you may have to ask for more money to take care of what the tax-payers have already paid for and trust you to manage.

09-28-2010, 11:56 AM	#2
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 246 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	See what I have a problem with is that even though the towns are doing thier best to level fund things, the state and feds in turn haven't stopped and the towns are taking a beating for it. Even worse the towns are responsible for funding critical services (no not curb side trash pickup) but fire, police and to some degree the school system are forced to cut back or not do as you say repairs that should be done. This poses a public saftey problem, yet notice that the entitlement programs continue to not only get funded, but increase in funding year after year. They are sucking the life out of everyone as more and more end up on the dole, some making a freaking career out of it as it passes from generation to generation. The days of free handouts on the backs of the working stiffs has got to stop. Instead of deamonizing those who have attained real success, those folks should be looked at as models for others to follow... excluding 99% of the music and entertainment industries. The problems you see now are the direct result of having put into office a bunch of people who have no idea what they are doing, other than pushing an agenda for socal experimentation and idealism. Like I said in my last post, you can only tax the rich for so long before they aren't rich anymore... then where do you go? In the end everyone pays for it, either directly or indirectly.