Forget tax caps, circuit breakers, spending caps or any of the other gimmicks and tricks. The only way to reduce property taxes is to get the right people in office and let them do what's necessary to reduce the size of government. The right people (meaning those who are willing to serve as a civic duty) and not the clowns who want to parade around in front of TV cameras and blog about their latest hobbies.
Further, cutting spending does not mean reducing the amount you spend to study the sex life of frogs in Centerport from $500,000 to $450,000. And, it definitely doesn't mean electing self appointed wind bags like Jon Cooper. What it means is identifying what the true purpose of government really is and acting accordingly.
In 2011, SaveHuntington will be running candidates for town board and possibly for town supervisor (if the rumored retirement of Frank Petrone turns out to be true). To summarize, we are going to kick the collective asses of groups like LICAN, Vision Long Island, the Working Families Party and anybody named Jon Cooper.
