The Business Council of Westchester issued the following statement in responce to County Executive Robert Astorino's budget preview.
The Business Council of Westchester strongly supports County Executive Astorino’s call for serious and, if necessary, round the clock negotiations with the county’s largest unions. As today’s budget preview clearly demonstrates, county government is facing its own fiscal cliff. Failure to address the issuesat hand jeopardizes the fragile economic recovery under way in Westchester. Fiscal uncertainty is not conducive to business stability and growth. It also sends the wrong message to businesses we need to attract to Westchester. We can ill afford to see our business base erode. The time is clearly at hand to address headon the rapidly escalating cost of union health care benefits. Employees in the private sector have had to make sacrifices by contributing more to their healthcare benefits. It’s time for the county’s unions to make the concessions necessary to preserve their jobs and the fiscal health of the county. Raising taxes is not an option. We support the County Executive’s fiscally responsible approach and hiscall to the largest unions to work with him. Further, we urge the County Boardof Legislators to adopt a balanced budget for 2013 with no fiscal gimmicks that would risk the County losing its AAA bond rating.
Or perhaps one of the savings the county could realize is getting rid of the head of the business council's son who is a political appointee of Astorino and is on the county's payroll. Although I am sure that has nothing to do with the slavish devotion that the council has to Astorino's hard right positions.
other. BTW...you never said I was wrong about the business councils son working for Astorino. Wonder how you would react if a democrat appointed him?
You attack all forms of government at every turn. But you forget Frankie the the government is a reflection of us all,We the People. You hide behind the flag but denegrate the values that the flag represents. Why Franny do you hate America? You and Astorino deserve each other. You both need someone to scapegoat, whether it be workers or working Mom's. You both share the common world view of kissing up and kicking down.