Open Government
WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE IN THE TOWN OF EVANS?
What You Need To Know
Under state law, Evans residents have a right to know how the town board spends every nickel of their tax dollars. How much does the town spend on engineers? Lawyers? At every town board meeting, a vote to pay the bills is approved without providing any details to residents.
How did $6,000 of taxpayer’s money show up on the former supervisor’s 2020 W2? [ Click Here To Read Post ]
When the candidates ask for your vote, ask them if they will offer a resolution to disclose a detailed list of bills to be paid. If you only have one wish to make Evans more transparent, full disclosure of how taxpayer’s money is being spent should be #1 on your list.
Here are a few more open government suggestions:
- Get the residents’ concerns on spending projects BEFORE the engineers start work on projects.
- The million dollars + spent on the pool is a good example
- The $268,900 splash pad is another example [ Click Here! ]
- Follow the Freedom Of Information Law ( FOIL )
- Disclose the total spending and current debt for the water project
- Post all contracts on the town’s website before the town board votes
- End the practice of suspending the rules and then voting to approve a resolution without providing the required by law 24 notice
- Disclose how much debt the town has.
- Every time the town borrows more money for the water project, the debt repayments are reset to 30 years. Our children and grandchildren will be paying for our poor choices.
When NYS audited Elma, the state told them they had too much money in the bank and recommended they lower taxes. The town’s response was that they did not have town taxes! Without transparency and a more open government in Evans, we will always be one of the highest-taxed towns in Erie County. Evans Has The 3rd Highest Fiscal Stress Score In Erie County! Visit NYSOSC
Little will change in Evans until more residents get involved.
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QUOTES
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Why should freedom of speech and freedom of the press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government?
THE TRUTH
Truth is the most precious thing. That's why we should ration it.
HONESTY vs HYPOCRISY
Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.
GOOD INTENTIONS
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
POLITICAL POWER
Political power, properly so called, is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another.
GOVERNMENT’S VOICE
Government hears only its own voice … It knows it hears only its own voice and yet it deceives itself that it hears the people’s voice.
THE GOAL OF MARXISM
Marxism is not about free speech and debate, it is about domination, repression, indoctrination, conformity, and compliance.
DANGEROUS DECISIONS
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
Leadership
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
