Comments on: Is Maggie Brooks the next Joel Giambra? http://rochesterturning.com/2008/05/12/is-maggie-brooks-the-next-joel-giambra/ turning the tide upstate Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:10:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate http://rochesterturning.com/2008/05/12/is-maggie-brooks-the-next-joel-giambra/#comment-145832 rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:07:18 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/?p=4742#comment-145832 [...] wrote a guest essay for us a while back, comparing Monroe County’s current path to Erie County’s recent, disastrous past. But I didn’t it really came across how important, and scary, the comparison is, despite [...] [...] wrote a guest essay for us a while back, comparing Monroe County’s current path to Erie County’s recent, disastrous past. But I didn’t it really came across how important, and scary, the comparison is, despite [...]

]]> By: Pat http://rochesterturning.com/2008/05/12/is-maggie-brooks-the-next-joel-giambra/#comment-141608 Pat Tue, 13 May 2008 13:08:28 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/?p=4742#comment-141608 With regard to the property taxes? Ms. Brooks boasts another year of no property tax increases but, in fact, our property taxes HAVE gone up...significantly. You don't have to increase the taxes, you simply overinflate the assessed value. Most people don't make the correlation -- and that's why our property taxes increased dramatically this year. It's time for new leadership. It's also time Maggie's family had to go out in the working world and fend for themselves. Husband at the Water Authority, step-son at RTS as a scheduler... Wish I could be the County Executive and employ my whole family.... With regard to the property taxes? Ms. Brooks boasts another year of no property tax increases but, in fact, our property taxes HAVE gone up…significantly. You don’t have to increase the taxes, you simply overinflate the assessed value. Most people don’t make the correlation — and that’s why our property taxes increased dramatically this year.

It’s time for new leadership.

It’s also time Maggie’s family had to go out in the working world and fend for themselves. Husband at the Water Authority, step-son at RTS as a scheduler…

Wish I could be the County Executive and employ my whole family….

]]> By: btp http://rochesterturning.com/2008/05/12/is-maggie-brooks-the-next-joel-giambra/#comment-141456 btp Mon, 12 May 2008 21:19:05 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/?p=4742#comment-141456 It's not even a stretch to make the parallel with Giambra, which makes me surprised that it hasn't been made before. It’s not even a stretch to make the parallel with Giambra, which makes me surprised that it hasn’t been made before.

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