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Warren Buffett, the billionaire businessman and investor, well-known in America’s political community for his public proclamations that he is willing to pay more taxes and that his fellow billionaires should join him in his fight to repeal the U.S. tax code, has himself in a little pickle.
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5/10/12
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At the Franklin Square Union Free School District’s Board of Education meeting on April 3, board members approved a 2012-13 budget of $34.43 million — a 1.5 percent increase over the district’s current budget, $33.93 million.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/10/12
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education voted unanimously on March 27 to approve the district’s 2012-13 of $167.03 million — a 2.94 percent increase over its current budget, $163.97 million.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/10/12
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The District 13 community will vote on a bus proposition, which would reduce the distance from school beyond which fourth- through sixth-graders are eligible for busing, on May 15 — the same day as the District’s proposed 2012-13 school budget vote.
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By Brian Croce
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3/7/12
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Last Tuesday, President Obama delivered his third and perhaps final State of the Union address. Given that we’re in an election year, it was understandably more of a stump speech than a major policy address.
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2/2/12
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District 13 voters will decide in May on a proposition to expand bus service for all children living at least a half-mile from school. A petition was submitted to the district last month and by law must be placed on the ballot.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/2/12
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On Jan. 17, in front of New York’s policymakers, Governor Cuomo announced his 2012-13 budget. The governor used the speech to apply pressure to our state’s unions, interest groups and school districts by defiantly stating, take what we’re offering or make due without state funding.
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1/26/12
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The Middle Country School District in Suffolk County faces a $10.3 million budget deficit in 2012-13 because of Governor Cuomo’s vaunted 2 percent property-tax levy cap, so Middle Country is considering eliminating its pre-school program, reducing full-day kindergarten to a half-day and axing sports and after-school clubs for middle and high school students, according to News12.
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1/19/12
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The Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA) hosted a seminar in Williston Park on Jan. 10 — and the state’s new tax levy cap law that went into effect in January was a hot …
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By Brian Croce
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1/18/12
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on Dec. 12 to reduce the Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll tax —passed in 2009 to help the failing MTA and was effective in 12 counties served by the authority — relieving more than 290,000 small businesses and 410,000 entrepreneurs by $250 million, beginning April 1.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/20/11
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