Fact-based Or Even Logical? Taxes in Guilford, CT 2024

From Dave Holman, Guilford, CT – 5/15/2024
Fact-based Or Even Logical?

At the Guilford Board of Finance (BOF) meeting on 4/24/24, the Board voted to reduce the total Guilford Town Budget by $1.15 million ($315,000 from the General Town Government Operating Budget and $835,000 from the Board of Education Operating Budget) before it goes out to referendum on 5/21/24. Chairman Michael Ayles announced that $650,000 of this reduction would be made up from $650,000 in medical insurance savings for fiscal year 2024-2025. This means that the actual budget reduction the BOF voted for was only $500,000.

Also at this meeting, the BOF rejected using $953,000 in unanticipated, unallocated and unbudgeted grants that Guilford will be receiving from the State by the end of the fiscal 2023-2024 fiscal year (June 30, 2024) to reduce the 2024-2025 proposed budget because these grants were onetime grants received in fiscal year 2023-2024 and could not be anticipated in fiscal year 2024-2025. Rather than using these grants to reduce the tax burden on Guilford taxpayers, the Board instead will assign this $953,000 to the “undesignated (rainy-day) fund balance” which is already fully funded. In fact, as of June 30, 2023, the Guilford undesignated fund balance was a whopping $14,205,854.

But is this reasoning by the BOF fact-based or even logical? A 4/30/24 article in the CT. Mirror entitled “Billions more in taxes coming into Ct. than expected” stated that “State budget surpluses would top or approach $1 billion through 2026 … $1.2 billion in 2024-2025 and $910 million in 2025-2026. With projected surpluses like these, isn’t it reasonable to expect that Guilford will be receiving unanticipated state grants approaching the $953,000 it received for fiscal year 2023-2024, in fiscal year 2025-2026?

Bottom-line, even after the BOF $315,000 reduction in the Guilford General Town Government Operating Budget, the Town Operating Budget will still be increasing by $1,057,512. The $953,000 in unanticipated State Grants needs to be used to eliminate this increase. The hard-working taxpayers of Guilford should not be burdened with additional taxes unnecessarily.

Please vote on 5/21/24, and please share this post with all your neighbors, friends and family.

Dave Holman

Nothing will get better until America First Patriots Take Action

Looking at the Platforms for the Democrats and Republicans and looking at the people involved, there is only one party that can be redeemed. The Republican party.  It will take work since there is deep corruption within the party since they have not been held accountable by the voters.

 

What you can do:

  • Join your local Republican party and get active
  • Become a poll watcher. This is where the steal gets stopped
  • Join local groups fighting CRT and comprehensive sex education. The family is under attack
  • Stay informed avoiding the Main Stream Media
  • Email or write encouraging messages to those making a difference.
  • Read: Shop with Patriots and Ditch Big Box Stores Now!
  • Talk to your pastor and ask him to get active. There are many politically active clergy that do not live in fear of losing 501c3 status
  • Divest your 401k from foreign investments, especially China.
  • Bank at a local bank
  • Pay with cash so big brother tech cannot track you through spending
  • Pray for all our leaders, political, church, business, all leaders.  Focus on moral, ethical leadership based on the Bible’s moral code.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. – John Adams

  • Post on Social Media and include actionable information and links to details. The point is to make it easy for people to take action.  Once a person moves on an issue they are more likely to keep engaging and talking to friends and family.  The silence majority of patriots must make a habit of being active and engaged and ending the silence.
  • Buy products and services from locally owned businesses.
    • Buy your food from local farmers and ranchers.  This makes a big difference since corporations pay them a very small percentage of what we pay at the store.

Protect Yourself from Mandates and Coercion – Banned Video

Interesting Video explains how US Laws protect against Mandates and Coercion.

Published by Ann Vandersteel on Facebook: “The domestic terrorists otherwise known as the United States government have gone to far. Dr. David Martin cites United States code, the Felonies, prison sentence and financial penalty associated with the codes these brownshirts are breaking by mandating the vaccine.”

I would study each statute before I used these interesting suggestions.

This is not America

This seems insane but the more I look at state and federal websites the more I believe this.

New article by Corey Digs:  ALERT: 2030 Psychological Agenda – Obedience Training for PreK-Adults Already Global with Billions in Funding for Full Control – Part 5: U.S. Dept. of Education & Multiple Agencies Involved.

FYI – Corey is a well known digger.  This phenomenon is new to me but seems pretty mature.  They seem to use the same methods and tactics as investigative reporters.  You can follow her on Gab and Gettr.

If this seems too much to believe look at the Connecticut State School Curriculum on Health Education.  Check out page 33., Appendix C – Minimum 12 hours Sexual Health Education for Pre K to second grade.  What are they teaching?

2/24/2021 – Interesting Articles

The Most Ambitious Effort Yet to Reform Policing May Be Happening In Ithaca, New York

GQ is far, far from unbiased but that doesn’t make the article completely worthless.  Police departments need help in some areas so why not try something different? Not covered here is that fact that when the police are called often all other options have been exhausted.  In this case they are the final solution.  It is too much for society to expect the police to clean up all their messes without consequences.

The Feynman Learning Technique – Have not  read this but it looks interesting.

6 Ways to Train Your Brain to Literally Get Smarter – Have not  read this but it looks interesting.