Massa Invests in Depressed Real Estate

The Olean Times-Herald reports that Rep. Eric Massa will hold a town hall meeting on Saturday prior to the opening of his Olean district Office. The meeting will take place at John J. Ash Community Center at 10:00am. To read the article, click here.

In addition, Roll Call, the Capital Hill publication that congressmen read in order to see themselves in print, reports that the fight for the 20th district congressional seat will have a direct impact on Massa. Click here to read the article.

As an Aside:

I sent an email to Massa's office three weeks ago requesting to be placed on the mailing list for his press releases and have not received a reply. I'll call tomorrow and post the results.

Taxpayer Victory in Olean?

Deluded Olean Mayor David Carucci presented what he called a fiscally sound budget last week, raising property taxes a mere 9.86%. The article states that the increase will bring the total tax to $179.21 per $1000 assessed value. Does this mean the owner of a $100,000 home has to cough up $17,921 dollars in property taxes next year?

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