GET A ORDER            
TO SHOW CAUSE.

WHY THE FEBRUARY

9 VOTE SHOULD NOT

BE IMPOUNDED AND

A NEW VOTE HELD

PRIMARY DAY APRIL

19, 2016

The Albany School Board vote

today, Tuesday, February 9

asking City of Albany voters

to approve a flawed 180+

million dollar spending plan 

for Albany High School is

exhibit A of how to rig a

vote to achieve a desired

outcome for the spending

plan proponents.

The School Board (District)

conducts and controls the

election, coordinates absentee

ballots ,reduces the number

of polling places and holds

the vote on  an an obscure

date in winter when roads

and walks are slippery.

 

The School Board is a political

spawning grounds for the

"progressive politicians" that

now control the school district

and City Hall.

They know their vote base and

get them to the polls.

The same "progressives" who

supported candidate Teachout

in opposition to Governor

Cuomo in the last Gubernatorial

primary.

Now, these "progressives" are

begging the Governor for a

bailout to close a 12.6 million

dollar (or more) gap in the

current city budget.

Are "progressives" stupid?

In addition to being arrogant

control freaks? 

Meanwhile, these same "progressives"

are forcing another vote on

an ill conceived high school

spending plan.

Albany voters rejected the first

attempt to pass the high school

spending plan, in the November

2015 General Election.

Homeowners. When your roof

leaks, do you tear down your

house and take out huge mortgage

to build a bigger and better house?

Highly unlikely!

Voters, including homeowners

small businesses and apartment

renters will all pay more taxes

and higher rents, after the

City reassessment Notices go

out March 1.

Add, to this the uncertainty

surrounding where the City 

will get the 12.6 million dollars

to close the current budget

shortfall.

The Mayor has said that layoffs

service cuts and a 22 percent 

property tax increase are the

options, if the 12.6 million

dollar current city budget gap

is not closed.

What a lesson in civics, fiscal

responsibility and government

all of the above, are setting for

students in the Albany City

schools! 

Now, for a lesson in judicial

oversight.

An Order to Show Cause 

1. Why the February 9 vote

    results should be impounded

    including the ballots and

    lists of those who voted at

    each polling place.

and

2.  Why the vote on the 180+

     million dollar spending plan

     should not be rescheduled

     for Primary Day, April 19

     2016.

     When the weather and voter

      turnout will likely be better

     and, when voters will have

     received Notices of their

     likely property tax and

     apartment rental increases

     and, when voters may know

     the fate of efforts to close

     the 12.6 million dollar gap

     in the current city budget.

As for today,  a resounding

"NO" vote must be made by

every homeowner, small

business owner and every

apartment dweller who is

eligible to vote.

                       Joe Sullivan