School Budget Passes, No Objections from Supervisor

Mr Feiner has gone out of his way to attack the Fairview Fire District, Fire Department and former Chief. His repeated claims of financial chicanery were unfounded and proven to be either fabrications and out and out lies. His concentric group of giddy senior citizens rallied around him to espouse his message, keeping his hands “clean”, only to receive the adoration from a colusive press with publication of his lies. Where was Mr Feiner and his budget outrage for the school budget?

Tuesday saw the school budget for the Greenburgh Central Schools pass with nary a blip on the radar. There were several people running for School Board and there were no propositions. The results of the election for school board seats are Deborah Campbell with 604 votes, Claudia Glaser with 599 votes, Cora Carey with 402 votes and Jeffrey Barnes with 256 votes. The school budget also passed with a wide margin of approval with a vote of 671 to 342. Where was Mr Feiner and his budget outrage for the school budget?

Where was Mr Feiner and his budget outrage for the school budget? Obviously, he was no where to be found. He could not take a chance of alienating his base by going after the school board or their budget or “the children”. If he was truly concerned about the financial woes of the Town taxpayers, he would be doing things much differently. He certainly would not be discriminating against churches and be found guilty to the tune of $6.5M. He would not have tried to placate a minute handful of Valhalla residents by not renewing the WestHelp lease to the tune of $1.2M per year. Nor would he have ignored the land sale of the Frank’s Nursery property for $3.5M. And he certainly could have had revaluation done at any point during his 22-years in office and avoided the certiorari adjustment payments the Town is required to make to the tune of about $1M per Town Board meeting (2 meetings per month)! 

Where was Mr Feiner and his budget outrage for the school budget? He remained mute. He remained mute because his “outrage” is not genuine and strictly for media attention and his own agenda. If he was really concerned about finances in the Town, he could really save money for the Town taxpayer by simply resigning. He alone is the greatest expense to the Town taxpayers. Once he leaves, we’ll begin to see A Better Greenburgh.

Upcoming School Board Elections on May 20th

Much has been said about where our tax money goes. Mr Feiner routinely lies about keeping the Town budget under the elective NY State 2% Tax Cap. Our Town taxes are increasing this year by 3.4% – hardly under 2%. Mr Feiner also made a pretty big case for not “creating” an Executive Deputy Chief’s position, which ironically already existed but had not been filled and claimed that this position would put the Fire District over the 2% Tax Cap. Frankly it would not have done so and the Fire District was once again able to come under the 2% Tax Cap – at 2%, not 3.4% as Mr Feiner has done.

The bulk of our property taxes in Greenburgh are comprised of a number of taxing entities that have unfettered access to our wallets. Misinformation from Mr Feiner and others creates great headlines but does nothing to ameliorate the problem of killer taxes in the Town. Your fire taxes and your school taxes followed by the Town and then the litany of others is where you money is going. Two people running for School Board positions are shown below. The school elections are May 20th. Please make sure you go and vote and then attend school board meetings. This way, when the propagandists at Town Hall are doing their best to push their agendas, you’ll be better prepared to deal with the misinformation they spew.