The Judge Report - July 8th, 2009

Couldn't help but notice that Mayor Thane was able to recruit democratic party stooge Phil Lyford to attack my analysis of the Mayor's claims concerning future tax revenues on the Chalmers project.

He spoke during the public portion of the Common Council meeting last night. He thought my figures were absurd, with which I heartily agree because they weren't mine, they were Mayor Thane's. He then produced a new set of figures for the aldermen, which I haven't seen. From what little I could understand of his spoken analysis, it sounds like it conformed with one or more of my alternative options in the previous post which had already been up and running here for seven or eight hours.

His principal argument? My arithmetic can't be trusted because I was "for the dump!"

Getting old, Phil.

I've gone over my figures multiple times both alone and with other people. If I'm wrong, somebody sure needs to show me how.

Meanwhile, thanks for dropping by, everyone. Yesterday was a banner day for hits and page views on this humble blog.

[UPDATE] For the benefit of those who are claiming I made up what the Mayor said on the Sam and Mike show, I was planning on linking you to the program (at WCSS1490.com), which Rebecca had recorded and posted. Unfortunately, it appears that the link is now down. In the future I will try to archive these precious moments before they disappear.

[FURTHER UPDATE] The above link works, and you can hear the Sam and Mike interview with Mayor Thane. She mentions in passing about 36 minutes in that the $1.2 million would be coming to the city ($890,000 RP tax plus water and sewer, which doesn't add up to that much, but I'm done quibbling over made-up figures) and then starting a little after the 41 minute mark she gets into a discussion with a caller wherein she clearly states that it is her belief that the $890,000 is the city's share.
What I missed the first time around is that she admits there may be a PILOT program (payments in lieu of taxes) which she would be agreeable to if it makes the project work, but that they haven't been asked yet. That would mean that all her claims, real or imagined, about future taxes would mean absolutely nothing, since a negotiated agreement could come up with any figure at all.