Westchester County is on Notice

Way back in 2010, Rob Astorino vetoed the spending plan of the Super
Majority. Their accounting gimmicks were seen for what they were,
gimmicks. Astorino sent a letter to the Legislators stating that
‘Never in the history of our County has a C.E. or B.O.L. used any
funds, surplus or reserve from the current ongoing fiscal year in an
attempt to cover the cost of additional spending in budget being
adopted for the very next budget year.


This morning in the Journal News we read a statement from Ken Jenkins citing the board's cutting the tax levy by 2.2%, trimming the workforce by 10% and slicing $28 million from the budget. 
http://tinyurl.com/3bzdhng  


Hmm, not so fast.


The fact is Harckham and crew added $32.5 MILLION in spending back into the
budget. To cover their expenses they raised our reserves and
misrepresented their accounting by increasing the sales tax projection
by $2.3 MILLION; added back $2.6 MILLION in nonexistent federal aid;
took $5 MILLION from the general fund balance; they deleted $10
MILLION in funds that were set aside to pay for unsettled union
contracts; and now they are ‘befuddled’? The Super Majority was warned
about using our reserve funds as their private piggy bank to trick the
voters.


Time to vote them out!