Update 3/20/14

2013 County Sales Tax Collections

Opposition to the 1% Sales Tax Increase Video

Documents

Opposition to the 1% Sales Tax Increase in Ulster County

Opposition to the Ulster County 2014 Executive Budget

Ulster County Budget on an Excel Spreadsheet

Remarks to the U.C. Legislature 1/9/14

Transcript

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=TH&Date=20140109&Category=MEDIA&ArtNo=109009996&Ref=PH&SectionCat=COMM03&Presentation=desktop#img-5

Ulster County Budget and Newton Economics Version Side by Side

Evidence / Data

Local Sales Tax Collections Up 5.7 Percent in First Half of 2013;

Growth Concentrated Downstate

Local Sales Tax Collections 2010 to 2012

NYS County Sales Tax Map

NY Assembly advances Ulster County’s 1% sales tax request

Breaking News

Ulster County executive sends request to extend 1 percent additional sales tax to Albany

Ulster County lawmakers ask state to adopt Cahill sales tax extension bill, but bristle at conditions

Ulster County lawmakers to vote Thursday on request for 1 percent sales tax

Media Reports

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140106/ulster-county-1-tax-restart-advances-remains-tied-to-safety-net-takeover

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20131210/ulster-county-legislature-oks-3361-million-budget-that-holds-line-on-county-taxes

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20131022/ulster-county-lawmakers-offer-ny-assembly-75000-to-consider-sales-tax-extension

Politically Manufactured Talking Points / Rhetoric

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20131123/sales-tax-in-ulster-county-set-to-drop-1-dec-1

http://www.ulstercountyny.gov/sites/default/files/2014-Executive-Budget-Speech.pdf

http://www.ulstercountyny.gov/news/executive/ulster-county-government-stands-unified-bipartisan-call-upon-assemblyman-kevin-cahill-stop