OK, let me fess up right away: the title of this post is a bit misleading. Frankly, I used it to get your attention. If you thought that I would be writing something about the school district and fiscal responsibility, I apologize. That certainly is a worthwhile topic, and I may write about it someday…but [...]
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Learning on the Job
Learning on the job is a good thing, right? So, the Sag Harbor School Board is to be commended for finally figuring out the fund-balance thing. You know, that pesky thing they have to figure out about how much padding to put in the budget to make sure they don’t run out of money in [...]
Mrs. Sage’s Return on Investment
Just about 100 years ago, Mrs. Russell Sage spent a tidy sum of money building a library for the Village of Sag Harbor and environs. She even stocked the new library with books and other materials that formed its early lending and reference collections. She was a believer in using the best materials and artisans [...]
Think Your Taxes are High? Think Again.
No one likes to pay taxes. I think it’s fair to say that an antipathy towards taxes is universal. Certainly, we’ve heard a lot about the unfairness of the recent reassessment in Southampton. That misguided undertaking caused a lot of economic pain, and the many homeowners who were treated unfairly were justified in their complaints. However, I’d like to focus …
