Mr. Mayor, with all the lies coming from your administration, when will you admit you're a socialist?"

FRANKSMITHSAYSNB EDITORIAL

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1.  " Not Increasing property Taxes."  Many of the City's tax payers are complaining that their taxes have been increased substantially.    Some estimates that at least 40-45 percent of the properties did receive an increase.   Additionally, all car taxes received a big bump from the increased mill rate of 7.49 mills--furthering the Administration's false claim to have not raised taxes. 

2.  "Investing in Economic Development."  There was only one project worthy of even mentioning--a company that moved in from Newington into the Pinnacle Heights industrial site with tax incentives, on both property and equipment, meaning that taxpayers are paying them to come to New Britain by waiving some or all of their taxes.    The second project that will provide at least some jobs is a school being built in the same development by the State, but with no Pilot tax allocations for the city of New Britain so the city will provide all services to this location and receive absolutely nothing in return from the state.   The Costco deal is still out there to materialize with some alleged opposition from some members of the Common Council, but even if that does survive the extensive opposition from the radical left, we must remember that this is a project that former Mayor Timothy Stewart was responsible for even if the O’Brien administration is trying to claim credit for themselves.

3. " Investing in Education."  If you call bonding in excess of $5 million for school books when it should be a direct cost expense and not a bonding cost for our grand children to pay off investing in education, then it is accurate to say that O’Brien is investing our great grandchildren’s tax dollars in books that will have long been removed from service before our great grandchildren are even born.

4." And lastly."  Our Mayor makes claim to Costco, and the Newington factory deals as being his own idea when in reality it was all generated by Former Mayor "Tim Stewart."  However, the tax incentives were developed by the Democratic Council leadership and let’s not forget the forgiving of an estimated 5.5 million tax dollars that HRA contracted and agreed to with a land record filing simply because they support his liberal left wing agenda, so now you homeowners and business owners must make up the difference in the name of “social justice.”

Turning our city into a socialist empire will be your legacy Mr. Mayor, long after our city collapses in bankruptcy as a result of your socialist agenda. At least Bertha Lewis, who came to our city to support your election in front of City Hall, has the nerve to admit what she is. When will you publicly admit you too are a socialist?