UPC SHOULD PAY FULL ASSESSED TAX RATES

NO PILOT has been approved, but the UPC Project has started construction. The only building permit fees are $10,099 and $5,069. If you build a house, you are charged at $2.00 per thousand. There are no bonds or escrow provided. The Town Board stated that $12,500 would be the PILOT payment for Cohocton. All this on a project that UPC admits is over $150,000,000 MILLION Dollars!

Voter OUTRAGED should be directed against incumbents this election. "The Town of Cohocton has the right to opt out of the Tax Exemption provisions of New York State Real Property Tax law §487, NYSRPL Section 487 pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph 8 of that law or by any other provision of law".

As assessors for the Town of Cohocton we pledge to tax any industrial project at full value. Property owners who want to lease land to developers must be responsible for their actions. Village, hamlet and hill property owners are being defrauded and swindled. If the UPC project is so great, they and the leaseholders should PAY on assessments that are realistic.

UPC and a few select leaseholders are getting a free ride at YOUR expense. This is wrong and needs to be corrected. Incumbents have a road budget increase of $199,000. Looks like the hard pressed Cohocton tax payers will need to pay for UPC roads.

This election is all about the money you are being told about and promised, while the reality is that your 100% tax assessment was raised on most properties not part of the UPC project. Many properties connected with the project have seen big reductions in assessment. Incumbents are not being truthful.

HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOU NEED TO PAY, because of a corrupt town administration? Your anger against the phony process that will turn your town into an industrial wasteland needs to be directed at your current Town Board and Assessors. If you add up all the figures being tossed around by the Zigenfus administration, the only sensible conclusion is that Cohocton badly needs an independent and comprehensive financial audit.

As Assessors, we pledge to treat everyone fairly and correct the inequitable abuses that exist in the tax rolls. Incumbents do not deserve your trust. Your own financial future demands new leadership, vote for us.

Rebecca Conard and Bonnie Palmiter - Reform Cohocton Candidates for Assessor