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I hate to say “I told you so" -- an Op-Ed by Senator Steve Saland

Posted by Stephen M. Saland on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

The Poughkeepsie Journal editorialized on the state’s shortfall on August 5th noting “they should have seen this coming”. Well, I did, as did my Republican colleagues. Each of us who cast a no vote and spoke out on this egregious assault on our wallets saw this coming.

Senator Saland speaks on the devastating impact of increased taxes and fees

Join the Fight for Tax Relief!

Posted by Stephen M. Saland on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Dutchess and Columbia County taxpayers will suffer a loss of $28.7 million now that the STAR rebate checks have been eliminated by the Democrat leadership in the 2009-2010 State Budget.The STAR rebate program was a Senate Republican priority which, as the Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, I announced in December of 2004 and which we succeeded in passing into law several months later.