Camillus West Genesee May the 17th be with you!
What’s up, Camillus!
I think I am giving up on spring ever showing up.
This will be the last post before the vote, I promise. 😉 Maybe
Anything I put up here, as always, is meant to show a counterpoint to what is happening over there.
I present the stuff I see. You can do with it what you want.
Agree, disagree, all good.
Financial data has a way of taking care of disagreements.
First, I see that we have some West Genesee Board of Education board member seats coming up for election on May 19!
Board Candidate Source
Source: West Genesee 2026-27 Budget Edition of the Communicator
Jeffrey M. Reina
Status: Listed as seeking re-election to the West Genesee Board of Education.
District bio notes: Professional Engineer at C&S Companies and currently serves on the board.
Kathryne A. Moulton
Status: Listed as seeking re-election to the West Genesee Board of Education.
District bio notes: Deputy Chief of Curriculum and Instruction for Syracuse City School District, with prior experience as assistant superintendent, principal, and teacher.
Camille M. Morano
Status: Listed as seeking election to the West Genesee Board of Education.
District bio notes: West Genesee graduate with experience in Early Intervention, PEACE Inc. Head Start, Jowonio School board work, and current work for Onondaga County as a caseworker.
It appears to be exactly 3 seats available and 3 candidates.
🎉 Unless there is some surprise write-in candidate 🎉 👇
🏆 RespectTheNeighborhood.com would like to be the first to congratulate the next Three West Genesee Board of Education winners!!
🏆 It was a tough campaign and I am sure will be a tough 3 years of saying YES. However don't worry they don't record who voted which way over there.
I had an idea: what if we turned the West Genesee Board of Education into more of a game show?
I was thinking, if the YES button was electronic, at least we would know which way they voted ? 😎
Well, why don’t you run?
LOL, you would need 5 people who believe in any counterpoint to the norm over there, and that is never going to happen.
The only thing struggling people have left is to get out and vote NO on what will drown them.
Then maybe we get some fresh thinking, less sales pitch, and some actual change.
I will close with the data points that I feel should be hard to argue. Do you think thats going to change with the way that the "Corporation" over there thinks ?
Tax Levy Raises — Year Over Year
West Genesee’s tax levy has increased every year in this dataset.
Levy increase
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Largest levy increase in this set
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From 2022-23 through 2026-27, the district’s levy increases total:
**+$8,342,645
The whole levy conversation makes me think of another type of levee from a song that the mighty Led Zeppelin wrote.
You could argue that it is a different type of levee.
But is it really?
Because when the tax levy keeps rising, have no place to stay.
Well ... except for...you know... 😉
Peace, Love and Game Shows!
-RTN
