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McNamara deflects and accuses

The Democratic Town Chairman, John McNamara, is at it again. This time he is railing against the fact that Republican Aldermen Mark Bernacki and Lou Salvio gave back 5% of their pay. Yes, that is right, he is criticizing the Aldermen for giving money back to the city. It is rather unbelievable, so here is [...]

Mayor Timothy Stewart’s Veto Message

The following was Mayor Stewart’s letter to the City Clerk when he line item vetoed several parts of the City Council’s proposed budget. In this letter he outlines several of the common tactics employed by the local democrats to turn the budgetary process into an elaborate shell game where the only losers are the taxpayers. [...]

School Budget Passes

The school budget for the upcoming fiscal year passed on January 12th. The total cost is $128.5 million. While this includes modest raises for both teachers and administrators it was a rather reasonable budget. Republican Paul Carver was quoted as calling the budget proposed by administrators as “responsible.”

To read more about the budget read this [...]