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I’m really starting to believe that Tom Golisano is going down the road of Jack Davis — a guy with too much money and not enough to do. I say this as someone who has about $15 in my checking account until I get paid this Friday.

Did you see the article in the business section of the Democrat and Chronicle about Tom Golisano trying to steal the show at the RBA press conference on a property tax cap with Tom Suozzi? Sandy Parker is lucky the Steamroller isn’t still Governor — if she allowed Golisano to do this while he was Governor he wouldn’t talk to her for the rest of his term.

First, the article states:

In crafting a cap on school-related property taxincreases, already a controversial idea, Thomas Suozzi learned Tuesday that some people are hard to satisfy.

Appearing at an event sponsored by the Rochester Business Alliance, Suozzi, chairman of the state Commission on PropertyTax Relief, invited Rochester-area businessman Tom Golisano to speak.

But Suozzi got a surprise dose of tax-related anger from someone he expected to be an ally on the issue.

(snip)

Golisano strode to the podium at SUNY Brockport’s downtown MetroCenter and said that Suozzi’s proposal was too timid, that tougher controls on spending — even spending reductions — are needed.

Golisano said a 4 percent cap would mean that New Yorkers would still be much more highly taxed than residents and businesses in many other states and cities. A 4 percent cap, he said, would take “100 years” to lower taxes to the level in Columbus, Ohio.

“The cap does not stop the bleeding,” said Golisano.

I agree with Mr. Golisano so far. But if he really believes what he is saying, then why would he want to get involved in the Albany “reform movement”, and back candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party? That would be like owning a hockey team, saying you want to have a winning team, and then letting Danny Briere and Chris Drury get away.

Take a look at the Working Families Party website. Then go to their “Tax Plan Calculator.” A reader sent us this link a couple of weeks ago pointing out that a family with a combined income of $60,000, paying $3500 in property taxes would not benefit from their plan. Take a look for yourself.

So, these are the people Tom Golisano is teaming up with to straighten up New York State? That’s plain crazy.

Tom, please stop what you’re doing. You have proven yourself to be a successful business (one of the top in the world) and you are a tremendous asset for western New York. But please, please stay out of politics. You’ve already given us a political party that stands for nothing, isn’t that enough?

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