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Farmland
Protection…is a key in the efforts to combat Urban Sprawl Recently We,(the Farmland Protection Board) were successful in getting a PDR (Purchase of Development Rights) grant of $476,000 from the State for the Memory Lane Farm , in Marcellus…..I believe that Farmland Protection is vital in protecting our open vistas, watershed protection, and also protection from development pressures. The vote was 12-7, very disappointing for so vital a program…The Democrat Floor Leader actually said there is no longer a need for this program because there are no more housing developments in CNY!!! We have had several PDR grants in the last two years and I am actively encouraging as many arms as possible to apply…. I have co-sponsored the endorsement of an expanded Bottle Bill from the STATE….Non-carbonated beverages now account for 25% of beverage sales, and billions of plastic bottles and cans that are not recycled …I encouraged a compromise between Republican and Democrat bills, to produce a 16 vote endorsement of expanding the bottle bill…..This is also important for our environment…. Pesticide Awareness Week Pesticide warning sign Legislation on County properties Transfer of delinquent property to Community Development Tax credit for Emergency Services Volunteers—Both Fire and Ambulance Empire Zone for GE
Increase partial Tax exemptions for seniors (65 and over) Expanded Bottle Bill endorsement Increased Allowances for Indigent Burials Voting record: No To a Pay Raise for Legislators No To Tax Hikes in the 2010 county budget. Yes To Keep the Carpenters Brook Fish Hatchery Open No To a 110 million regional treatment
facility in No To the proposed law regulating “the transfer of 2nd hand articles” Yes Tax incentives for Emergency Volunteers Yes To Senior tax exemptions Yes To Veterans tax exemptions Yes To increased penalties for Sex offenders Yes To limit sales tax on gasoline to up to 2 dollars a gallon |
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