Feiner and his ‘Stepford’ Board have continually raised taxes in Greenburgh to the point where even profitable businesses are regularly seeking relief through certiorari adjustments or they are agonizingly being forced to relocate. Attention business owners: Don't move. The Town is required by law to grant your adjustment because they haven’t performed the legally required tax revaluations (revals). You simply must apply for it and will receive it. Those who have applied and plan to apply will get the adjustment. Attention homeowners: you can get this also but The Paul knows you probably won’t bother. Attention homeowners again: Paul Feiner and his Board are screwing all of us! They must give the businesses that apply the adjustment, which means the homeowners, along with the businesses that don’t apply, must make up the financial difference! This increase burden to homeowners caused by the adjustments, double-digit tax increases yearly and the Town’s lack of accounting skills are contributing to our financial destruction.
At every Town Board meeting, there is roughly $100,000 in certiorari adjustments granted. On some nights it’s higher! So, with some simple math, using two meetings a month as the norm, the Town is giving away $200k/month x 12(mo) = $2.4 million dollars per year. It’s no wonder The Paul scrambles now to “shuck and jive” his way toward balancing the budget. It’s also why he just posted on his blog that he would PAY for the FREE outdoor concert series at Yellowstone Park from July 7 until August 11 with revenue from clothing bins installed throughout Greenburgh. So the concerts obviously are not free. These concerts were already scheduled to happen, which means there was money allocated to pay for them. The clothing bin reference is a hoax! His lies are more and more difficult to keep straight as his financial shell game is finally imploding.
H Mart, an Asian grocery store, will take over the former Pathmark site on North Central Avenue in Hartsdale. In an article in Thursday’s Journal News newsletter, “The H Mart supermarket in Hartsdale will be the first one in Westchester County,” said marketing manager Sam Kim. The Paul is also quoted, saying, "Any time a new supermarket comes in, there are price wars, and that's good for consumers,” said town Supervisor Paul Feiner. “I think it's positive that, in this bad economy, Greenburgh is still a place people want to do business. It will create a momentum.” This proves once again that The Paul only reads about retail and truly doesn’t understand it. He needs to know how to better spin this. Two stores closed and one opening in a different format is not equal to, and does not negate what the Town has lost, nor what it needs. As a point of interest, Trader Joe’s is a specialty store that neither carries the staples needed at everyday prices that the residents of Greenburgh can afford or might even want. Sure, splurging once in a while at Trader Joe’s is okay, but the Pathmark and A&P stores provided the regular products that everyone needs. Specialty stores don’t.
The residents of Greenburgh need real management in the Town of Greenburgh. They need a Board that’s not afraid to stand up to the supervisor because he will fight their reelection. We need more resident participation and oversight; not just the small group of watchdogs that show up at every meeting and scrutinize the marginal and illegal doings of our Board. But before that can happen, we need to eat. And to do that we need supermarkets, big and small. Why hasn’t The Paul been trying to bring other supermarkets to the Town? Do they not want to pay (off) as much as other developers to deal with Greenburgh? With the clowns we have in office, we'll just never know. It's time for Paul Feiner to go!
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