Guest Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 "In his hour-long State of the City speech, Ryan announced his "partnership for change." The plan calls for four committees of staff, elected officials and residents to tackle four issues: rising personnel costs, sanitation, sustainable development and housing. "I don't think we should have to make cuts or decisions without involving the public," Ryan said. Over six to 12 months the groups are charged with deciding how to fund city services, combat rising costs and hold the line on city taxes." http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll.../802140336/1001 How to hold the line on City taxes??? 1. Do not build a needless and damaging Roundabout at Court & Exchange Streets. Savings $2,000,000. 2. Do not extended the often flooded, little used Riverwalk to the seedy Binghamton Plaza. If residents there want to walk have them walk to the grocery store. Savings $800,000 plus. 3. Close two fire stations and cut 10 firefighters. Savings $2,000,000 PER YEAR. 4. Do not build or finish the muni wifi. Savings $30,000 up front and $30,000 per year. 5. Fire needless and useless A&W Block Communty Relations Director (from NYC, apparently no BU or BCC grads were available) in a community he knows nothing about. Savings $40,000 + per year. 6. Fire Youth Director Ana Shaleo-Johnson. Kids can make videos in school. The churches, schools, hospitals, county, feds, and social agencies all do a better jobs than her with the same thing anyway. Savings $40,000+ per year. 7. Fire the Sustainable Development Coordinator, nobody has a clue what he does anyway. Savings $30,000 + per year. 8. Fire the Blight Coordinator another useless position and one already done in Planning and Housing. Savings $70,000 per year. You can put back the Code Enforcement guys on the CDBG who were taken off to make room for these two useless positions so Ryan and Abdelazim can lie and say we're not paying for them. 9. Keep Jim Dessauer away from any funds. Savings $500,000. We have now saved about $6,000,000 in 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 I thought the idiotic "Neighborhood Assemblies" were created to do all of the things he claims these new Blue Ribbon panels and commissions he's creating are supposed to do? When what your doing isn't working, when the novelty wears off, simply change the names, keep doing the same ineffective and useless things...and call it "progress." You fools get what you deserve for electing this DELETED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 I thought Ryan's much ballyhooed " Neighborhood Assemblies" were supposed to be a "grassroots"..."bottom-up"...."participatory democracy" avenue for citizens to advise Ryan, his administration and the city council on public policy matters? So why the need to create 4 brand new "panels" and "commissions" do do the same thing? I'll tell you why....because after two years...they've accomplished absolutely nothing of substance...it is not a broad-based grassroots movement...it appeals to a very small radical fringe group of kooks. There is no broad appeal across the political spectrum and that's why the number of people particpating hasn't grown and their impact is nill. The Neighborhood Assemblies are used as a political organizing tool for Citizen Action and THEIR narrow agenda. The process is designed to benefit them...not the city as a whole. The Neighborhood Assemblies are "yesterday's news"...and they've been impotent in providing anything substantive in turning the city around...creating jobs, fighting crime, raising property values, etc...so it's time to shuck and jive and create something "new and exciting" in order to distract and divert attention away from the demonstrable failure. When what you're doing isn't working....simply change the name and keep doing the same thing and call it progress and hope the populace is too stupid to catch on. Obviously Ryan knows what he's doing...Binghamton was stupid enough to elect him...and he knows it. You fools get what you deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 You fools get what you deserve for electing this DELETED. You fools get what you deserve. Wow. The same thing, day in and day out. People like you who are smug are not well tolerated by the rest of us. Give it a rest. You're really not impressing anyone. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Hes using the neighborhood assemblies like pawns throwing them a crumb making them believe hes their buddy. Hes especially snowed the ones in the first ward to do his bidding. This Mayor is a real lunatic! Somebody stop him before he burys the city in debt and walks away like Bucci did! Did you know not only rich david bucci,precoppio got jobs in education but patty oday got one at bcc as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Wow. The same thing, day in and day out. People like you who are smug are not well tolerated by the rest of us. Give it a rest. You're really not impressing anyone. Really. says who? the concubine!!!! hahahaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Wow. The same thing, day in and day out. People like you who are smug are not well tolerated by the rest of us. Give it a rest. You're really not impressing anyone. Really. We'll keep posting and you keep reading them and responding with your very clever and "impressive" responses. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 We'll keep posting and you keep reading them and responding with your very clever and "impressive" responses. Really. you sure told the idiot!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 you sure told the idiot!!!! Responding to your own posts is considered poor form, especially on anonymous message boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 He's using the neighborhood assemblies like pawns throwing them a crumb making them believe hes their buddy. Hes especially snowed the ones in the first ward to do his bidding. This Mayor is a real lunatic! I thought that crumb guy on the east side runs a "renegade" neighborhood assembly that's not "down with the plan" and citizen action can't do anything to stop them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy the Kid Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 "In his hour-long State of the City speech, Ryan announced his "partnership for change." The plan calls for four committees of staff, elected officials and residents to tackle four issues: rising personnel costs, sanitation, sustainable development and housing. "I don't think we should have to make cuts or decisions without involving the public," Ryan said. Over six to 12 months the groups are charged with deciding how to fund city services, combat rising costs and hold the line on city taxes." http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll.../802140336/1001 How to hold the line on City taxes??? 1. Do not build a needless and damaging Roundabout at Court & Exchange Streets. Savings $2,000,000. 2. Do not extended the often flooded, little used Riverwalk to the seedy Binghamton Plaza. If residents there want to walk have them walk to the grocery store. Savings $800,000 plus. 3. Close two fire stations and cut 10 firefighters. Savings $2,000,000 PER YEAR. 4. Do not build or finish the muni wifi. Savings $30,000 up front and $30,000 per year. 5. Fire needless and useless A&W Block Communty Relations Director (from NYC, apparently no BU or BCC grads were available) in a community he knows nothing about. Savings $40,000 + per year. 6. Fire Youth Director Ana Shaleo-Johnson. Kids can make videos in school. The churches, schools, hospitals, county, feds, and social agencies all do a better jobs than her with the same thing anyway. Savings $40,000+ per year. 7. Fire the Sustainable Development Coordinator, nobody has a clue what he does anyway. Savings $30,000 + per year. 8. Fire the Blight Coordinator another useless position and one already done in Planning and Housing. Savings $70,000 per year. You can put back the Code Enforcement guys on the CDBG who were taken off to make room for these two useless positions so Ryan and Abdelazim can lie and say we're not paying for them. 9. Keep Jim Dessauer away from any funds. Savings $500,000. We have now saved about $6,000,000 in 10 minutes. Someone should email this list to the Mayor's Office and the local media. But I don't think it will change anything at City Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Someone should email this list to the Mayor's Office and the local media. But I don't think it will change anything at City Hall. That's not necessary. They all read this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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