Friday, March 17, 2006
David McSweeney Takes Exception to Kathy Salvi TV Ad Characterization - Says Salvi "Is Lying" in Reply Ad
The amount requested in the Town Fund went from $1,773,350 in 1997 to $2,283,652 in 2000-2001. That’s a 28% increase. But, if McSweeney did not vote for the budget is it fair to tag him with responsibility? If the budget for the year before were used, for which he presumably supported, it would show a 1% increase.
McSweeney served as a Palatine Township Trustee from August of 1995-October of 2000. The Town Fund had a tax rate of 7½ cents in 1996, deceasing to 5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation in 2000. That’s a 33% cut rate, but it is unclear that McSweeney voted for the budget that led to the 5-cent rate. If I read the minutes that McSweeney sent me, he voted against the budget.
(It went up in 1997 to 7.8 cents, then plunged to 5.7 cents in 1998, easing down to 5.2 cents in 1999 before reaching 5 cents in 2000.) The General Assistance Fund decreased steadily from 1.4 cents in 1996 to 9 cents in 2000. In 2000, McSweeney and Township Supervisor David Regner voted against the Town Fund and General Assistance budgets. (All of this tax data and the 2000 February minutes were provided by the McSweeney campaign, but look as if they came from the township office.) The minutes note that outside funds for Youth Services and other grants came from sources other than property taxes. So, tax rates were cut while McSweeney was in office
(The Road Commissioner is pretty much an independent entity. Its tax rate went from 9.7 cents in 1997 up to 10.2 cents in 1998 before dropping to 8.7 cents in 1998 & 1999 and, then, to 8.6 cents in 2000. The amount requested (the levy) increased from $1.13 million in 1997 to $1.34 million in 2000, but, as I mentioned, I don’t think it’s fair to blame the trustees for that.)
McSweeney served as a Palatine Township Trustee from August of 1995-October of 2000. The Town Fund had a tax rate of 7½ cents in 1996, deceasing to 5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation in 2000. That’s a 33% cut rate, but it is unclear that McSweeney voted for the budget that led to the 5-cent rate. If I read the minutes that McSweeney sent me, he voted against the budget.
(It went up in 1997 to 7.8 cents, then plunged to 5.7 cents in 1998, easing down to 5.2 cents in 1999 before reaching 5 cents in 2000.) The General Assistance Fund decreased steadily from 1.4 cents in 1996 to 9 cents in 2000. In 2000, McSweeney and Township Supervisor David Regner voted against the Town Fund and General Assistance budgets. (All of this tax data and the 2000 February minutes were provided by the McSweeney campaign, but look as if they came from the township office.) The minutes note that outside funds for Youth Services and other grants came from sources other than property taxes. So, tax rates were cut while McSweeney was in office
(The Road Commissioner is pretty much an independent entity. Its tax rate went from 9.7 cents in 1997 up to 10.2 cents in 1998 before dropping to 8.7 cents in 1998 & 1999 and, then, to 8.6 cents in 2000. The amount requested (the levy) increased from $1.13 million in 1997 to $1.34 million in 2000, but, as I mentioned, I don’t think it’s fair to blame the trustees for that.)
# posted by Cal Skinner : 7:50 AM
