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#COVERTHECUT BEFORE #COVERTHECUT BEFORE #COVERTHECUT AFTER #COVERTHECUT BEFORE #COVERTHECUT AFTER MAYOR THOMAS BUDGET UNLEASHES $396 MILLION OF NEW ECONOMIC SPENDING FOR MOUNT VERNON. CROSS COUNTY PARKWAY BEFORE CROSS COUNTY

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BEFORE #COVERTHECUT

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BEFORE #COVERTHECUT

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AFTER #COVERTHECUT

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BEFORE #COVERTHECUT

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AFTER #COVERTHECUT

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MAYOR THOMAS’ BUDGET UNLEASHES

$396 MILLION

OF NEW ECONOMIC SPENDING FOR MOUNT VERNON.

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BEFORE CROSS COUNTY PARKWAY

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AFTER CROSS COUNTY PARKWAY

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MAYOR THOMAS’ BUDGET WILL STIMULATE

MILLIONS IN NEW INVESTMENTS

AND ATTRACT

THOUSANDS OF JOBS.

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COMPTROLLER MAUREEN WALKER AND THE CITY COUNCIL’S BUDGET WILL

DIG THE FINANCIAL DITCH DEEPER

AND DENY A GREEN FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

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WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO TURN MOUNT VERNON’S CLOCK BACK.

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MOVE MOUNT VERNON FORWARD. IT’S TIME TO

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THE PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE FOR THE POLITICAL BUDGET. THEY VOTED THE POLITICS OUT OF OFFICE.

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COMPTROLLER MAUREEN WALKER AND THE CITY COUNCIL IMPROPERLY CALLED A MEETING TO ILLEGALLY PASS THEIR BUDGET.

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WE BELIEVE IN MOUNT VERNON. THEY SIMPLY DON’T.

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83%

violations issued in 2012-2013 were unresolved

$86,000

lost in uncollected fees from unresolved violations during 2012- 2013 A minimum of about

$440,000

Since 2004

4,900

unresolved violation cases

f minimum fines

due

$440,000 NY State Comptroller 2014 Report

Mount Vernon UNTAPPED THOUSANDS in potential revenue from Building Violations

Source: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/cities/2014/mountvernon.pdf

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Processed $28,000,000 in construction value which yields approx.

$2.8 million in fees.

Mount Vernon CAPTURED MILLIONS in routine revenue from Buildings Dept. in 2017

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DESPITE THE OBSTRUCTION WE IMPROVED PERFORMANCE

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UP OR DOWN?

WHICH WAY SHOULD MOUNT VERNON GO?

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WHICH WAY SHOULD PROPERTY VALUES GO?

UP OR DOWN?

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WHICH WAY SHOULD QUALITY OF LIFE GO?

UP OR DOWN?

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NOT FURTHER DOWN!

THE ANSWER IS UP!

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