Gone For 1,209,600 Seconds

Sounds like a lot....but it isn't. Not when those seconds were spent at the family cottage up in the beautiful North Country of NY!

So, I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks, and it felt great. No internet, no cell phone, no newspapers.....just family, sun, fun, and many good memories made.

Now that I'm back, I'm catching up on all that I've missed. I noticed that Failbany finally passed the budget 4 months late (and it increases spending). Just shy of the "all time record" for late budgets. Congratulations. I also noticed that the Senate passed a property tax cap, but the Assembly doesn't seem to want to. Good ol' Shelly Silver seems to think property tax caps aren't what his constituents need (even though a majority of taxpayers want a property tax cap). He thinks that providing more school aid from the state would lead to lower taxes on the local level. Even though that hasn't shown true in the past.

Well, thanks a lot Shelly! Thanks for thinking of us taxpayers who have had to live with a property tax that is 79% above the national average. Assembly Democrats don't even support bringing this issue to the floor for a vote!

Ugh, Failbany. You suck.

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I'm Baaaa-aaaack!

I bet you're thrilled!

Wanna know where I went and what I did?

I went to my family's cottage on Lake Ontario in the "North Country", and spent two glorious, 95% rain-free weeks doing whatever the hell I wanted.

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VA-CA-TION!!!!

Oh yeah!

See y'all in two weeks!