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Cuomo leads assault against tax plan GOP-penned bill is “political retaliation,” say blue state governors By Pete DeMola EDITOR
ALBANY | Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn’t mincing words when it comes to the tax reform bill that cleared the U.S. Senate last week, calling it “trickle-down on steroids” and “a fraud” perpetrated on the American public. Cuomo reserved particular vitriol for the amendment that would end state and local tax deductions up to $10,000 annually. Rolling back the provision known as SALT is a deliberate attempt to target high-tax states like New York, he said, which sends $40 billion more in tax revenue to Washington, D.C. than it receives. » Tax Reform Cont. on pg. 13
The annual holiday parade in downtown Plattsburgh drew hundreds of people from all around the region on Dec. 2. Emceeing the parade’s proceedings was Councilman Peter Ensel (Ward 4). Photo by Elizabeth Izzo
CHAZY TROUPE TO PERFORM Clinton County ‘HAPHAZARDLY EVER AFTER’ nears budget vote Student production takes to the stage next weekend
Budget projects 1.4 percent increase in tax levy By Elizabeth Izzo STAFF WRITER
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PLATTSBURGH | Not all fairy tales have a happy ending. Some endings, as with the Chazy Central Rural School Drama Club’s latest production, are even haphazard. After weeks of rehearsals, costume design and set building, “Haphazardly Ever After” opens at the
school next Saturday. Over 40 kids are involved in the production, according to Chazy Drama Club Director Kathryn Brown, 23 of them on-stage actors. “The whole thing is done by kids,” she said. The play follows the plight of a king and queen as they struggle to deal with their four bratty children. The parents try everything to make the four princes and prin-
cesses happy. A therapist. Arranged marriage. Eventually, a fairy god mother comes into the fray. “Everything goes wrong, of course,” Brown said. The result is a family-friendly hour of silliness, she said. “The kids have worked exceptionally hard to make this happen. They’re really super excited to do the play.” » Drama Cont. on pg. 4
The Chazy Central Rural School Drama Club will perform “Haphazardly Ever After” on Dec. 16-17.
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PLATTSBURGH | Clinton County has released its tentative 2018 budget. The Clinton County Legislature will seek to adopt the budget with a vote on Dec. 13. The tentative spending plan, released late last month, shows that the county is poised to remain under the state tax cap for the seventh consecutive year. The plan calls for a tax levy increase of 1.4 percent over 2017, with $138.5 million in revenue projected to help offset expenses. The projected tax levy is $29,012,451, with total appropriations clocking in at $167.5 million.
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Property owners are expected to pay $5.97 per $1,000 in assessed value, the same composite tax rate as 2016, but a 0.7 percent increase over 2017. This equates to a 4 cent increase per $1,000 in assessed value, $4 increase on a $100,000 home. In the last 10 years, the tax rate per $1,000 has declined by 26 cents. Citing an average tax levy increase of 0.51 percent and average tax rate decrease of 0.33 percent over the past half-decade, Zurlo praised the county’s careful fiscal planning in a letter to legislators. “This is quite an achievement and deserves recognition,” he said. In part due to an anticipated increase in sales and occupancy tax, the county’s revenues are projected to increase by 1.4 percent. The county plans to decrease the amount of money pulled from fund balance reserves by $500,000.