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Town Uses Covid to pad Revenues

November 22, 2020 by Wayne Creed 8 Comments

The Town of Cape Charles has been quick to follow Governor Northam’s half-baked Covid-19 restrictions, even as they tend to defy our our state constitution. Case in point, almost all holiday and events in the town have been canceled, or limited to the point uselessness.

This did not stop the Mayor and Town Council from using Covid to pad budget numbers.

Supposedly, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the adopted FY 2020/2021 budget was looking tepid and weak, not the total theft of citizens’ pockets that Plum Street was used to.

Looking at the Covid shakedowns (grants, loans, etc.), the town realized that the pain they have inflicted on the ordinary people actually accounted for somewhat of a windfall for them.

With that in mind, a resolution was passed Thursday to amend the current town budget:

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Comments

  1. Resty says

    November 22, 2020 at 11:59 am

    Where will this money come from, tax payers struggling to survive? Who ends up benefiting from this hike?

    Reply
  2. Bob says

    November 22, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    Looks like it’s time to remove these people from office .Use recall if needed .They did in California.

    Reply
  3. A Friend says

    November 22, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    I am so sick of the corruption of the liberal communists/socialists. Such American can only be ignorant/stupid, or just plain evil. God help us to defeat and destroy these anti-American-value individuals…

    Reply
  4. Blue Hoss says

    November 22, 2020 at 4:49 pm

    If they are successful at stealing this election, it will be time for half this country to stop paying Federal and State income taxes. There is no way for them to do anything about it. It is a kind and gentle first step.

    Reply
    • Not blinded by the light says

      November 22, 2020 at 9:13 pm

      Stealing? Somehow you think all news is fake but on the other hand you believe this bullshit. P.T. Barnum would have owned you!!

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      • Blue Hoss says

        November 23, 2020 at 6:01 am

        It was not part of their blood,
        It came to them very late,
        With long arrears to make good,
        When the Saxon began to hate.

        They were not easily moved,
        They were icy — willing to wait
        Till every count should be proved,
        Ere the Saxon began to hate.

        Their voices were even and low.
        Their eyes were level and straight.
        There was neither sign nor show
        When the Saxon began to hate.

        It was not preached to the crowd.
        It was not taught by the state.
        No man spoke it aloud
        When the Saxon began to hate.

        It was not suddenly bred.
        It will not swiftly abate.
        Through the chilled years ahead,
        When Time shall count from the date
        That the Saxon began to hate.

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  5. Jack says

    November 22, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    Crabbepotter57says you seem nice eat more crab.

    Note: Yes. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Margot Gorske says

    November 28, 2020 at 12:49 pm

    Welcome to the beach; toys/trash not picked up. Poop everywhere. The list of renter ills goes on and on. We are not alone. Here is a recent comment from another town recently invaded by New Yorkers escaping the pandemic.
    It is always shocking how clueless these newcomers are which is why real estate agents love when they come calling. They have no idea what they are buying or the real value of what they are buying. Worst still is how they upset things by their wealth–contractors love them because they can overcharge them and because they know nothing they will pay what is asked. For the locals this extreme gentrification means they can no longer find anyone to do normal repairs at reasonable costs because everyone is too busy getting rich on the know nothing new comers. A message to all the elite wealthy new arrivals: be more mindful of how much harm you create by your mere presence to people who can not just get up and leave whenever they have made a mess of things like all you from NYC. And all the expensive repairs you make will lead to higher assessments and taxes and unlike in NYC most places require payment in full on property and school taxes. Oh, of course most of you never had to pay taxes before just rent! And you better have a way to heat up your homes when the power goes out in winter for days on end. And you better keep a land line for phone calls. Learn to use a snow shovel. Put away your Biden and BLM signs so as not to give the local people another reason to not service you in the middle of winter. Heating Oil delay? You are not in liberal NYC anymore and you should respect that or at least just shut up. No one is interested in what you have to say.

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