Philip Morris of Proctors recently posted a blog that he was upset that his "tiny retirement account" had taken losses and wanted to know who he could bill for his losses.
Some guy, only showing his name as "Joey" posted a rebuttal to another poster, stating "Pamela- I wish you knew history just a LITTLE bit." Well, considering the fact that I have a feeling that my reaction to his posting may get edited or fully removed, I thought it would be good to post my reply here so that the ones of people that might check it out can get what I posted.
Joey,
I guess that maybe you are one of the people in the city of Schenectady that doesn’t pay attention to where all the money actually goes.
Well, you might want to check the COUNTY budget, where Proctors actually DOES collect money. Now, if you pay city taxes, but don’t pay county taxes, that may be another issue, but per the County website, if you check the 2011 operating budget at this link: http://schenectadycounty.com/FullStory.aspx?m=63&amid=796, you will see that on page 241 of this document, under the RECREATION & CULTURE PROGRAM, line item # A7560.400005, Proctors has received a total of $800,000, at a clip of $200,000 per year out of county tax money, you know, the bill that comes to you as “State and Federal Mandates.” And this is just over the past 4 years. Then, there is the $665,113 that was given back in 2007, pushing the full amount back to that date over $1.4 MILLION. (The 2007 money can be seen in the 2009 budget on the page of “RECREATION & CULTURE PROGRAM.”
It may not be city taxes, but it doesn’t mean you’re not paying it. If you pay taxes, you are supplementing Proctors.
Just who is the “uninformed” now?
