Any town/village that even considers merging with the city is out of their minds. The city is a black hole that will suck the life out of any living thing it comes in contact with.
Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason: Better still -- merge all the towns, villages and city into a single City-County .. with the legislative body elected from districts (equal population in all).
Yet another proposal from a Statist who wants to grow the size of government and seize the power from local government, with who the people have a voice, and award it to bureaucrats. DVOR, are you really this misguided or do you just make these suggestions to evoke a response?
Are you supportive of one world government?
Those who support larger government are usually those who don't have to pay for the cost or who are receiving benefits from bloated and inefficient programs that have no checks or controls. DVOR, which are you?
Yet another proposal from a Statist who wants to grow the size of government and seize the power from local government, with who the people have a voice, and award it to bureaucrats. DVOR, are you really this misguided or do you just make these suggestions to evoke a response?
Are you supportive of one world government?
Those who support larger government are usually those who don't have to pay for the cost or who are receiving benefits from bloated and inefficient programs that have no checks or controls. DVOR, which are you?
Actually - by creating one city-county .. one school district .. even combining most of the other taxing districts within the county --- -> we would end up with LESS GOVERNMENT. Basically -- we would be collapsing the local and county levels of government into a single level .. regional government.
Your statements that I am a statist or for "one world government" are - at best - laughable. Nothing could be further from the truth.
“And yet our opponents tell us not to interfere with abortion. They tell us not to impose our morality on those who wish to allow or participate in the taking of the life of infants before birth. Yet no one calls it imposing morality to prohibit the taking of life after a child is born. We’re told about a woman’s right to control her own body. But doesn’t the unborn child have a higher right, and that is to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?” – Ronald Reagan
Yeah. I have some nice swamp land down by the river to sell you too. Less government. OK.
I wouldn't buy the "dog poo" you wrap up and sell to folks .. and I certainly wouldn't buy any land from you either.
“And yet our opponents tell us not to interfere with abortion. They tell us not to impose our morality on those who wish to allow or participate in the taking of the life of infants before birth. Yet no one calls it imposing morality to prohibit the taking of life after a child is born. We’re told about a woman’s right to control her own body. But doesn’t the unborn child have a higher right, and that is to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?” – Ronald Reagan
Actually, by creating one city-county, you would be going against the one thing that the foundig fathers fought for, and that is a governmet as close to the people as possible. This is the reason that the federal government was supposedto be limited, to have the government as close to the people as possible.
That's toooo funny since the townspeople within the county NEVER say they are from SCHENECTADY. They say they are from NISKY, ROTTERDAM, SCOTIA/GLENVILLE, DUANESBURG, PRINCETOWN...........they avoid the word SCHENECTADY at all costs!!!!
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison
That's toooo funny since the townspeople within the county NEVER say they are from SCHENECTADY. They say they are from NISKY, ROTTERDAM, SCOTIA/GLENVILLE, DUANESBURG, PRINCETOWN...........they avoid the word SCHENECTADY at all costs!!!!
I am proud to say that I am from Schenectady ... and from Rotterdam.
And .. the fact is that consolidation is coming ... sooner or later ... and sooner would be better.
“And yet our opponents tell us not to interfere with abortion. They tell us not to impose our morality on those who wish to allow or participate in the taking of the life of infants before birth. Yet no one calls it imposing morality to prohibit the taking of life after a child is born. We’re told about a woman’s right to control her own body. But doesn’t the unborn child have a higher right, and that is to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?” – Ronald Reagan
Actually, by creating one city-county, you would be going against the one thing that the foundig fathers fought for, and that is a governmet as close to the people as possible. This is the reason that the federal government was supposedto be limited, to have the government as close to the people as possible.
Actually - our Founding Fathers fought for the creation of a "democratic republic" -- they probably would have settled for having elected members of the British Parliament.
I don't buy your statement that they wanted government "as close to the people as possible". For one thing, the Founding Fathers put limits on who could vote (land owners, church members, male, etc) -- and they did not adopt a direct democracy but rather one where we would send representatives to FAR OFF state capitals and a FAR OFF national capital. Just take a look at the size of the earliest colonies --- Virginia (included all of the present state plus what is now Kentucky and West Virginia) -- and it took many weeks to travel from the farthest part of that state to the state capital. New York -- it took a week (in good weather) to travel from NYC to Albany.
The Founding Fathers limited the powers of the federal government -- not to keep the government close to the people -- but because they wanted to keep the state governments stronger than the federal government. They literally say the US as a joining of several sovereign states -- that view would not really change drastically until the mid 1800's and we ended up fighting a Civil War because of that -- and even today .. we hear echoes of "states' rights"
“And yet our opponents tell us not to interfere with abortion. They tell us not to impose our morality on those who wish to allow or participate in the taking of the life of infants before birth. Yet no one calls it imposing morality to prohibit the taking of life after a child is born. We’re told about a woman’s right to control her own body. But doesn’t the unborn child have a higher right, and that is to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?” – Ronald Reagan
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