This update from Councilwoman Hase via e-mail at 4:55 PM:
Update on HB 1151: After several contacts, Senator Chapman decided to compromise and put a cap of $40,000 (it is now $25,000) instead of eliminating the cap altogether, as the St Marys City Council voted to do. But I ask you, if the County doesn’t have a cap on seniors’ income and Kingsland doesn’t have a cap, why should St Marys have to have one?
I also talked with Rep Hill again, and she said that local legislation gets 5 more days to be considered. It is crossover day at the legislature, so I thought that meant the last day for all legislation, but it doesn’t. So, if you haven’t contacted Chapman yet, please do so by next Thursday; and if you have called, call again and tell him we want no cap on seniors’ income so that St Marys can have the same advantages as Kingsland and the County. St Marys seniors deserve the same benefits as their neighbors.
Please contact your Senator at 912-399-8683. Thanks, Deb Hase, St Marys
Friday, March 26, 2010
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4 comments:
Equality is such a nuisance. Somebody's always wanting to be special. Problem is that those needing to feel special are never special enough.
Ohhh-kay.
Fact #1. Seniors 65 and over are already receiving a 25,000 homestead exemption in St.Marys.
Fact#2.Seniors 65 and over qualify for a 25,000 homestead if they make 25,000 or less per year.(previously the income criteria was not enforced).
Fact # 3 St.Marys' over all budget is based on the exemptions these seniors already receive.
Fact #4 This exemption is for seniors that actually need it and not seniors that make unlimited income which was the intent when created.
Fact #5 COUNCILWOMAN HASE objected to this in the beginning and knew it would cost the city taxpayers in excess of 40,000 more to remove the salary cap.(What's the motive behind this sudden change of mind?)
Fact#6 City of St.Marys taxpayers WILL have to make up the difference in this giveaway if it is pursued any further and the salary mandate is removed. There should be some kind of a cap.
Fact#7. The wealthy man stands to gain (by a tax break) while the working man pays.
Fact#8. These are the same people who did not want the assessment freeze in St.Marys, our State Representative being one of them, which by the way would have helped everyone! These people are only helping themselves, So wake up people and understand whats going on here!
Well, I see the campaign for Hase' seat has begun.
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