We will be able to hold the line on all town taxes in our 2012 budget without cutting any services...because we have adhered to the adage the cautions, “You don’t get points for predicting rain.  You get points for building arks.  “while many goverments hav increased borrowing to unsustainable levels and have put future generations of taxpayers at risk by relying on non-recurring or “one-shot” revenues to plug their leaky budgets, Hempstead Town officials refuse to take taxpayers down that path. Rather, we’ve crafted watertight budgets that have earned top marks from Wall Street.  Our budget practices have been recognized by the independent Government Finance Officers of America as transparent, honest and accountable. Continue reading →