Posted on 02/11/2020 1:45:05 PM PST by lowbridge
It’s an issue that law enforcement and District Attorneys have been raising concerns about for the last few months, that these new criminal justice bills are placing a strain on their already tight budgets. And now the Mayor of the Village of Freeport is saying he has had to find another way to cover these added costs.
"We haven’t raised taxes in the Village of Freeport in 7 years," said Robert Kennedy.
Kennedy is not only the Mayor of the Village of Freeport, he is also President of the State Conference of Mayors. And he says that he has already had to raise taxes in his town by 5.7%.
"It’s officially done and we’ve pierced the tax cap," Kennedy explained.
Kennedy is a Democratic Mayor, but says that the criminal justice bills passed in January failed to provide adequate funding to cover these new mandates. Local police departments must hire additional staff or pay for overtime hours to comply with the new discovery laws.
"If they give us sixty days for discovery I wouldn’t have to keep police officers in providing the discovery on 30-40 thousand cases," Kennedy said.
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Did he clear it with Ethel first?
And you haven't cut spending in probably 70 years. Maybe, jut maybe, you could solve this issue by cutting other spending for once instead of raising taxes.
Stay out of hotel kitchens.
I used to live 2 towns up from Freeport - in Webster - and I can tell you that states and big cities have nothing on county and township government in the northeast when it comes to spending and spending and spending. They may say that they work hard to keep costs down, but deep inside, they know that it is a blank check that will always clear the bank of the taxpayers' pockets.
Webster??? Never heard if it.
Hooding taxes constant IS a cut.
People focusing on bail. Now discovery must be handed to defense in 15 days. ADA snd cops can’t keep up. ADAs are leaving replaced by newbies. And now 30.30 dpeedy trual must be 60 days for misdemeanor 90 for felony or judges must dismiss. Crim defense atty friend switching to personal injury.
Exactly!
My bad - I was thinking about Fairport - but my point still stands (or does your pointing out my mistake somehow alter the conversation?)...
It is outside of Rochester in Western New York. And as another Freeper pointed out, Freeport is on Long Island; Fairport is the town just south of Webster.
Thanks. Meant i never heard of a town called Webster on Long Island.
Ah. My apologies. As I was typing, I wondered if that’s what you were referring to - but hit send before I finished the thought.
Now, I must rest before I go way off the deep end of the snarkiness scale here. To any at whom I’ve snarked today, I apologize.
Not at all. Fairport, Freeport .. whatever ... they're all towns in NYS subject to this new law. Your point is well taken.
FReep On,
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Mayor Kennedy is great. Especially after the last democrat pos that almost destroyed the village!
The thread is about discovery laws. It makes a difference. Freeport, NY is a village with their own police force. Its 40 percent black I believe. And yes there is crime and bad public school system. Webster, Ny has crime well under the national avr. And might not have as much paperwork issues for duscovery
Freeport residents have very high taxes already.
RE the article’s photo of the Conference of State Mayors etc., I’m going to do a Clevon Little schtick and ask “Where the black folk at”? /sarc ??
RE the article’s photo of the Conference of State Mayors etc., I’m going to do a Clevon Little schtick and ask “Where the black folk at”? /sarc ??
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