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"GOING...GOING...WILL THEY BE GONE?"

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Anonymous peter brush said...

the decision was being based almost entirely on the property tax savings by a move to Windsor
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Progressives seem to think the geese laying gold eggs will simply sit still, take abuse, so that the progressives can continue to employ tons of well-remunerated bureaucrats (who are dedicated to the endless pursuit of social justice). In half-hearted defense of our muni guys I would note that it's the State that has imposed unions on muni employees. And, it's the State that dictates the amount of money going to its fabulous government schools. As to the advantage Windsor may have over Hartford, it can only be that it spends less money, taxes less. Should we really be spending a million bucks a year on "services provided at clinics for sexually transmitted diseases and infectious diseases?" How much does Windsor spend on such services?
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April 27, 2012 at 1:06 PM

Anonymous Bruce Rubenstein said...

Kevin there will be more of this...

Kupiac's response was stupid and he should have followed up the email to Panagore,but in typical Hartford fashion he did not.Accoding to your post,Panagore apparently didnt contact anyone at the business and so the staff let 130 jobs slip away.

part of the problem is that few to none in city hall have any experience actually owning a business and dont think it is important to retain small business.They are perfectly willing to lose the small business taxbase because they have the rest of us to tax..and tax us they will.

April 27, 2012 at 1:33 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Bruce,

Just to be fair, I can't say that Panagore did nothing. I couldn't get a comment from the City so who know's what they did.

The information from sources familiar with the situation are that the City has done nothing.

April 27, 2012 at 1:39 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

perhaps if Kupiec and Panagore stopped eatting and drinking at Salute,Mortons,Dish,Vito's,etc and etc, during all hours of the day and night,they would have the energy to do some work.

I assume that Kupiec and Panagore will email you that because of their huge eatting and drinking bills ( paid by the tax payers) they are directly keeping restaurant business in Hartford.

Pedro's bills for eatting and drinking are huge also and it is good to see that he is using his charge cards liberaly for libations.

April 27, 2012 at 2:13 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently offered a stark assessment of the threat to his state's future that is posed by mounting pension and retiree health-care bills for government workers. Unless Illinois enacts reform quickly, he said, the costs of these programs will force taxes so high that, "You won't recruit a business, you won't recruit a family to live here."http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303592404577361891800868180.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

April 28, 2012 at 8:19 AM

Anonymous The Rock said...

Peter
I wish you would stop comparing us to the mid west. Everyone is in the same boat thanks to the wall street collapse and the bottom falling out of the housing market. It's not the pensions that hurt us it's the greed of corporate america, and the city of Hartford I'd following suit. Did you know that the biggest driver of the unfounded liability to the city's pension fund is not fire or police but the over paid big wigs at city hall and their buddies who only contribute a very small amount if thier earning to the pension fund.
So if you are looking to blame someone for the high mill rate in the city look no further than the Mayor's office and his band of misfit toys, oh I Ment all of his over paid dept. heads.
Look at the city's tax base 53 % if not more is non taxable but the may still pays outlandish salaries to his staff and others. Compare that to a town like west Hartford, Wethersfield, Bloomfield and see what the same positions get paid in that town, I can tell you a lot less than what they get paid in Hartford and that have a higher tax base figure that out, who's screwing who.

April 28, 2012 at 12:42 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Everyone is in the same boat

Agreed. Most every governmental entity across the fruited plain has made promises it simply cannot keep. Deal with it sooner, or deal with it later.

April 28, 2012 at 9:35 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Peter
I wish you would stop comparing us to the mid west.
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The city's pension fund is only 32% funded. Retirement costs would have driven Providence into Chapter 9 bankruptcy this summer had the city council not modified benefits. Last night the council voted to cap pension benefits at $78,000 per year and suspend retirees' annual cost-of-living increases, which had been averaging between 5% and 6%. All told, the changes will save the city $19 million this year and reduce its unfunded pension liability by a quarter. Even so, the city will have to spend a third of its property tax revenue this year—about $100 million—on retiree benefits.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303916904577376261912185938.html

May 1, 2012 at 12:03 PM

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