I went to City Hall on Monday to pay
the taxes on my house and vehicles. The line of people waiting was unusually
long for this time in July. Three or four people said to me, “I don’t
understand, O’Brien said he wouldn’t raise our taxes.” I said, “how do you feel
about that”? Most were very graphic, using colorful language in their responses
- I won’t repeat. I then asked if they understood how their taxes are computed;
most did not know. Why am I writing about this?
Most people who were there to pay
their taxes and who knew that they had gone up are simply obeying the law and
fortunately, can pay. They are content to call the Mayor a liar but don’t
understand the process of taxation or the people involved in creating them.
Most don’t understand that the Common Council has a huge part to play in
preparing a City Budget and, has the final vote - the vote that really counts -
in setting the rate at which their taxes will be computed. The problem is,
almost 90% of the Council members, 13 out of 15, are Democrats and simply do
what O’Brien tells them to do. While they are all nice people, these 13 people
- Democrats - simply do not fulfill their obligations to New Britain taxpayers,
they are more beholden to the Democratic Party.
Guess what? All these Democrats are
running for office again in November, O’Brien and the rest of these do-nothing,
Democrat rubber stamps. Plus, they will try to elect Democrats to all 15 seats
on the Common Council
Voters of New Britain, you have a
choice, vote to keep what you have, a Mayor that lies to you and a Common
Council that supports those lies or, a new fresh voice for Mayor supported by
an all inclusive group of well educated people from three different political
parties that are energetic, anxious and willing to serve all the people of New
Britain as New Britain’s Common Council.
In November, vote Erin Stewart for
Mayor and her entire Administrative Team for a Healthy New Britain future.
Lou Salvio, New Britain
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