Wednesday, August 3, 2011

WDT: River Ripoff Coming Downstream

Few things are as arcane as the Hudson Black River Regulating District....They control water flows on the two rivers and charge a fee to operators of hydro plants...including about $30K a year from the City of Watertown...
Now the board is talking about taking the money from the Black River operations and give it to the Hudson operation to pay for their expenses...That's outrageous !
The agency board meets next Tuesday in Watertown to vote on the transfer of funds...The North Country should oppose this blatant money grab.
Watertown Daily Times Black River regulating district funding may be used for Hudson River back taxes

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can't Glenn Lafave give some of the money back???? AJR sponsored a bill that would seperate the 2 entities, As the Dems are in power we have to keep this Tax$$$$$$$$$gobbler a float.

Anonymous said...

I don't know, Wall Street pays for our gold plated schools, why shouldn't our rivers pay for their subway system?

Anonymous said...

So if the $$$$$$$$$$$$ stays here it's OK??? Even after the Employees recieved "Early Retirement Incentive" to State Retirement. Time to rid the Taxpayers of this unneeded Authority, It serves the 2 major parties as a reward for loyality to the major parties, Right Glenn?