Dear York County BoS,
My name is David Ware, I live off Lakeside Drive. I have been following your budget deliberations in the Virginia Gazette and see you want to raise the tax rates rather than reduce expenditures like we will have to do in order to pay the additional money you will extort from us.
For me, it is so disappointing to see government at all levels play the budget game:
1. An unelected, high paid bureaucrat proposes a tax increase.
2. The governing body balks at such a drastic increase and demands the unelected high paid bureaucrat cut expenses.
3. Cuts, as always, are made at the expense of teachers, fire, police, trash pick up, sewer maintenance, the areas that actually do have some positive impact, never cuts are made to administration, legal, codes, the people that make sure yard sale signs are not on highway rights-of-way, the people who respond to anonymous snitching by acrimonious neighbors about too many cars in the driveways and other violations that cause us so much pain.
4. The special interests related to said "cuts" promote their cause with pronouncements that the sky will fall in, houses will burn to the ground, children will be uneducated and so on.
5. After hours of "hard work," "tough decisions" are made and a compromise is reached.
6. A public hearing is held where the special interests come to compliment the BOS on their "hard work" and congratulate them on being so "reasonable." Some may show up and fuss about the spending, others are unable to attend.
7. Depending on the public hearing, the unelected bureaucrat may be directed to cut a little more off the budget.
Your process is now at points six and seven. After some forty years of watching this game being played, I have some observations:
1. The people charged with cutting budgets are the ones that need to be cut.
2. The elected rulers, such as yourselves, never have any suggestions as to how we, the taxpayers, are supposed to come up with the extra money you are about to take from us, by force.
3. It is more rare than a four leaf clover to find an elected representative willing to provide any kind of leadership in restraining the growth of government.
Many years ago when I was in school, the definition of socialism was when everyone has their snout in the public trough. I hope that at least some of you would do something to halt the Juggernaut.
David Ware
Forwarded with permission from David Ware.
York County Citizens Forum
Saturday, March 24, 2012
WYDaily Morning News - Your Morning News for March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Fw: Community Meeting Notice April 19th VPCCC > Hampton Christian School
Fellow VPCCC Reps – Forwarded as requested.
Thanks Hal!
Larry
From: Hartel, Harold
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 5:45 AM
To: 'Larry Hanson'
Subject: Community Meeting Notice April 19th VPCCC > Hampton Christian School
Thanks!
Hal
Reminder > note new LOCATION
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Community Meeting Notice
The Virginia Peninsula Car Club Council was established to support the Automotive Clubs and Auto Enthusiasts in the Va. Peninsula Region and surrounding areas. VPCCC is a not-for-profit group (www.vpccc.org)
The VPCCC meets on the third Thursday of the month (Except Dec.) at 7:00 pm … Please consider coming as our guest.
April 19th is our next meeting .
Guest Speaker
| Dave Westenberger | Colonial Va. Model A Ford Club | Climbing Pike's Peak in Model 'A' Fords |
Location
Hampton Christian Schools Inc.
2419 N. Armistead Ave.
Hampton, VA 23666
Facing front of the school > Enter the gym from the right side thru double doors (See VPCCC sign.)
Call or email Hal Hartel for more information.
FYI-We have clubs, individuals and businesses as members from Chesapeake, Charles City, Chester, Denbigh, Gloucester - Middle Peninsula, Hampton, Isle of Wight, James City County, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Suffolk, Va. Beach, Yorktown, York County, Williamsburg of Virginia and Elizabeth City & Outer Banks of N.C.
Thanks, Hal
Past Chairman of Va Fall Classic
President of Va Peninsula Car Club Council
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit!" Harry S. Truman
Harold D. Hartel
100 Kayla Court
Yorktown, Va. 23693
757/867-6336
halhartel@gmail.com
www.VaFallClassic.org
www.VPCCC.org
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Reminder: York Co. on Stossel @ Thu Mar 22 9pm - 10pm (PeninsulaTeaParty.org)
York Co. on StosselJohn Stossel will be doing a story on "illegal jobs" unconstitutional regulations & land use policies including Virginia's York County. Greg Garrett will be on the show.
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York Board of Zoning Subdivision AppealsYork Hall
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Updated York County Tax Map
The following tax map was recently updated on the website. You may download it manually, or click on the link below.
http://www.yorkcounty.gov/Portals/gis/v04.pdf (Olde Port Cove, Sec 3, lots 58 & 59 & vacated right of way - Resub. - 142 & 200 Chinquapin Orchard)
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail or call the GIS department at gis@yorkcounty.gov (757) 890-3899.
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