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Tammy Simmons Comments on the Manchester Tax Cap and Spending.<\/em><\/strong>
\nHer comments, in the April 13, 2018 New Hampshire Union Leader, are presented with her permission.<\/p>\n

Manchester should prepare for the spending storm<\/strong>
\nTammy Simmons<\/p>\n

In 2016, a majority of aldermen voted to bust the Manchester\u2019s spending cap by approving a police contract with a precedent-setting 18 percent pay raise in it. When it was time for the firefighters to ask for their 13 percent raise, Chief Dan Goonan warned: \u201cBecause of the decision that was made by this board, we\u2019re back here again. I don\u2019t blame (the police department,) and we\u2019re not the only ones that are going to be here. Waterworks is coming. Highway is coming. They\u2019re all coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Mayor Ted Gatsas vetoed the police contract because it created a $3.95 million shortfall. The aldermen then overrode his veto. Gatsas also vetoed the firefighters\u2019 13 percent pay increase because even Chief Goonan admitted his budget lacked funds to cover the increase and he would have to depend on contingency money or lay off firefighters. City employees\u2019 salaries are not \u201ca contingency\u201d and aldermen shouldn\u2019t approve contracts that are unsustainable under that department\u2019s current budget.<\/p>\n

In response to denying firefighters that 13 percent raise, the chief threatened to close a fire station. That\u2019s your fire station \u2014 you paid for it. There is no secret pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that these funds come from. They come from you \u2014 from your property tax bill \u2014 whether you can afford it or not.<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget: \u201cThey\u2019re all coming.\u201d They are coming for more of your money whether you can afford it or not.<\/p>\n

Manchester is at a budget crossroads. We pay an ever-increasing amount of property taxes. In the 20 years since I bought my first home on Parker Street, my property taxes have increased 74 percent. That means my neighbors\u2019 taxes also went up. Generally, we see no increase in city services for these increases. Snow doesn\u2019t get plowed faster or more often. Trash still gets picked up once a week. The school budget increases by millions each year despite educating thousands fewer students than even a decade ago. Now we\u2019re adding \u2018hazard pay\u2019 for certain jobs that have always been considered hazardous.<\/p>\n

Increases in spending have become the norm. If and when anyone votes against an increase, some say they instead made cuts. That\u2019s not how math works. If the cost today is $1, and the proposed increase to $1.25 is reduced to $1.05 \u2014 that\u2019s not a cut, that\u2019s still an increase. It\u2019s still more money coming out of your family\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

This begs to ask, \u201cWho\u2019s looking out for you?\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2008, I organized the collection of thousands of signatures of Manchester voters for a spending and tax cap. After a legal battle, Manchester voted to limit spending and tax increases to no more than the rate of inflation. Still, some aldermen continue to ignore what you, the voters, wanted.<\/p>\n

Last November, voters chose Joyce Craig for mayor. Mayor Gatsas is no longer there to veto aldermen when they vote for contracts that would result in layoffs because the budget can\u2019t sustain the cost of the increases. Mayor Gatsas isn\u2019t there to stop aldermen when they vote to ignore the voter-imposed tax and spending caps.<\/p>\n

Instead, we have Joyce Craig \u2014 who was endorsed by the Manchester Police Patrolman\u2019s Association, Manchester Association of Police Supervisors, Manchester Association of Fire Supervisors, Manchester Professional Fire Fighters, and Manchester Education Association \u2014 to be the stop gap when spending and taxes grow faster than the rate of inflation. Call me a cynic, but I have my doubts that Mayor Craig has the taxpayers\u2019 backs.<\/p>\n

I want city employees to be compensated well. The approach that whichever union gets in line first, gets the raise is ridiculous and incredibly unfair to every employee in line behind them. Instead of promising more than we have, we should determine what we have and can afford and only then, allocate pay increases to all of our departments, not just some.<\/p>\n

City residents, and city employees, complain that the aldermen play favorites by passing out sweet deals to their kids, brothers, and cousins who work for the city. Sure, the city charter is supposed to prohibit such actions, but that doesn\u2019t stop them. Violating the city charter needs to end. Yarger-Decker and automatic annual merit increases for all employees need to end. We need fiscal restraint and solid ethics back at City Hall.<\/p>\n

Remember Chief Goonan\u2019s words. \u201cWe\u2019re not the only ones that are going to be here. Waterworks is coming. Highway is coming. They\u2019re all coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The spending storm is coming, and we have been warned.<\/p>\n

Tammy Simmons is chairman of the Manchester Republican Committee.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here to read<\/a> the Union Leader article on-line or download<\/a> the Union Leader article.
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