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most of the solutions are obvious yet unlikely to ever take place.
The people who have money and don't mind the high taxes will fight like hell to keep things the way they are. They simply don't care if their school district's assistant to the assistant superintendent is making $200k a year with a fat pension.
Unfortunately though, the thing is the POLICE only account for a fraction of our property taxes. The 800-lb. gorillas in the room when it comes to property taxes are the school districts.
Perhaps, but they lead by example and we ought to look at all public expediture.
The argument has always been "We'll they gotta afford to live here'.
Not to bash but if you want to know what the true cost of living is anywhere, check the pay of the Police.
Crooks
That's interesting. The pay of the police at what level of experience or rank should be used as an indicator of the true COL? (Some start out very low, so I wouldn't think we can use starting pay.)
most of the solutions are obvious yet unlikely to ever take place.
The people who have money and don't mind the high taxes will fight like hell to keep things the way they are. They simply don't care if their school district's assistant to the assistant superintendent is making $200k a year with a fat pension.
If property taxes keep going up, up, up even they will sqawk (okay, at least those who are not movie star, CEO large company bucks).
Agreed, thats whiy I suggested merging the districts to increase buying power and lower overhead and eliminate redundant Sups.
81k is really a pittance for 5 years experience and a Masters when you can earn almost 100k w a GED as SCPD ( not to mention the Penion and Golden Parachute)
Suffolk County Police Dept (http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/police/recruitment.htm - broken link)
Id like to see us move to more State Troopers too.
Crooks
In all honesty, comparing anything to SCPD or NCPD is a joke...they are the poster child for excessive compensation for municipal employees. The Sheriffs are the answer to dismantling the SCPD...State Troopers are not going to do it, Levy tried that with the LIE.
I work in private business. People with masters in accounting and CPA's are making 100-150 with 5-10 years of experience, working 45-50 hour weeks, without the benefits and time off that teachers and cops get. 81K is not a pittance for an education degree and 5 years of work experience with 3 months off per year and a massive pension payout. Compensation for cops and teachers ARE out of line with what the average person makes on LI no matter how you look at it. I don't see how that can be denied.
Being a cop or teacher should insure you a solid stable income where you can afford to live where you work, under the same circumstances that other people have to deal with, ie not having a single earner be able to pay all the bills....it shouldn't be the best job available, because everyone else around you has to foot the bill for it while most of them are getting paid less than you.
That's interesting. The pay of the police at what level of experience or rank should be used as an indicator of the true COL? (Some start out very low, so I wouldn't think we can use starting pay.)
They do start out low...but after 5 years you could be making 100k.
Nobody is going to merge. Not on LI so that means the people who live in each of the school districts need to get involved and be very vigilent.
I was thinking of creating a website that has all the school districts on it with all their information including all school board members, budget, etc. to help people who don't know where to look for information on their local school district (and therefore do nothing so the district and school board operates on its own with little input from the people paying for it all).
Aren't they under the County budgets (except village, etc. police of course)?
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