* LONG ISLANDERS N.Y.
”Taxpayer crying”
1.SCHOOL TAX CAPS BEING BUSTED DISTRICT BY DISTRICT= BULL SH-T
2. ELECTRIC RATE CAPS BEING BUSTED = BULL SH-T
3 GAS RATE S BEING HIKED = BULL SH-T
4. GASOLINE PRICES HIGHEST IN THE NATION
5 . REAL ESTATE PRICES PLUMMETS , Equeity GOING DOWN THE DRAIN
6. .BUSINESS LEAVING IN DROVES , FASTER THAN NEW BUSINESS; STARt UP
7. MIDDLE CLASS LEAVING Long ISLAND
8 COLLEGE GRADS MOVING AWAY FROM l.i.
9. SENIOR CITIZENS MOVING SOUTH
10. CIVIL SERVICE salaries & pensions are IS BUSTING MUNICIPALITIES
11. L.I.R.R raking ridership over the hot coals
*ENOUGH NEW SCHOOL TAXES , LET THEM FIRE SOME HIGH PRICED ADMINISTRATORS. SET A PRACTICAL BUDGET AND LIVE BY IT AND STOP THREATENING THE PUBLIC ThAT YOU’LL CUT SCHOOL PROGRAMS , CUT SALARIES GET RID OF TENURE
* CIVIL SERVICE EXISTS TO SERVE PUBLIC AT ONE TIME IT WAS JUST A SECURE AVERAGE PAYING JOB WITH A PENSION . TODAY SALARIES HAVE HIT THE ROOF , WHEN INTEREST RATES WERE 18% PENSION PLANS WERE MADE BACK IN 3 Years now at 1% pensions are breaking the government
National GRID JUST SENT ME A BILL FOR DELIVERY OF GAS FOR $19 AND I USED NO GAS THIS MONTH, OUTRAGEOUS !
THANK YOU THE LERMAN REPORT STAFF