False alarm: Schenectady school budget did pass (Jim Tedisco's good idea to cut spending)

dailygazette ^ | June 18, 2009 | Michael Goot

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The budget’s passage means the board is spared from having to adopt a contingency budget of $165.5 million, which would have increased the tax levy by 15.8 percent. District officials said state law locked them into a formula that used the inflation rate plus costs from increased enrollment.

“Nobody wants to do a contingency,” Ely said.

That possibility had prompted Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, R-Glenville, to craft a bill mandating that a contingency budget always be below a budget previously rejected by voters. He also said that using increased enrollment figures when calculating the budget is “totally inappropriate.

“Whether this passed by six votes or lost by six votes, it’s something we shouldn’t accept in the future,” he said.

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Tedisco's idea should be implemented all over the country. Tax payers vote AGAINST a school budget, only to have an INCREASED $$ school budget pass. This is an OUTRAGE!

I'm sorry that Jim Tedisco didn't win the congressional seat, but he's still working for his district in NYS trying to save tax payers' $$!

[djf]

Ah, good ol’ Ski-neck-titty.

Worked there for a couple years back in the bad ol’ days...
Did have a few real nice restaurants back in the 70’s.

[Sun]

“Worked there for a couple years back in the bad ol’ days...”

My dad worked for the GE for mega years.

They wanted him to be a foreman, but he didn’t want to wear a suit :), so they created a leader job for him.

Now most of the GE is gone. Too bad.