![]() ![]() The ad states Pay No Sales Tax* on all American made furniture and select clearance items. There is an asterisk after the word Tax that refers you to the small print at the bottom of the page which reads *Discount equivalent to the cost of sales tax is applied at the time of purchase. Today I received two advertisements for this same tax-free sale from Ruby & Quiri, one on the front cover of Amsterdam Monthly Magazine, published by Sacandaga Advertusing LLC , and another printed on a separate insert flyer. Nothing angers me more than a local company flagrantly violating the Tax Law by advertising Pay No Sales Tax to promote their products as did Ruby & Quiri, at 307 North Comrie Ave., Johnstown, NY 12095, who describe themselves as being, Your Complete Home Furnishings Super Center. I justify this action by thinking it helps keep postal workers employed. I often respond to unwanted credit card offers by stuffing all the material back in the postpaid envelope and returning it to sender. This type of mail often advertises by targeting specific groups of people and if I get one more packet to join AARP…. It seems lately that the US Postal Service exists only to deliver tons of junk mail. Until Mayor Ann Thane opens lines of communication with ALL of Amsterdam’s citizens and realizes the public is on to her schemes, the reelection route will be a tough road to travel. The consensus of the people I spoke to agreed, this was pure political pandering by a Mayor struggling to stay in office. You don’t have to limit yourselves, you can also think of sculptures, painting and artwork … you can imagine your own Disneyland.īut all of those empty promises come with a price tag, to be paid with grant money the City has yet to secure. Our Mayor has virtually ignored the Latino population for four years and finally realizes she may need their vote to stay Mayor of Amsterdam.Ĭarroll’s report states that Thane even promised the crowd Disneyland! This was about one thing, the Latino vote. I understand that there was a very large food spread, as if Centro Civico was expecting a much larger crowd.Įven Centro Civico was duped as no one else was invited to take part. I live just a block away from Centro Civico and would have attended this meeting had I or the majority of the neighborhood been informed of this planned meeting. ![]() 5th Ward Supervisor Karl Baia was not invited. 5th Ward Alderman Richard Leggiero told me he was only notified of the meeting briefly the night before and if it wasn’t for Centro Civico calling to remind him, he may not have attended himself. The problem again with Thane is communication, as no one informed the rest of the residents! There was no meeting notice posted in the Recorder or on the Official City of Amsterdam website or City of Amsterdam Facebook page. Under the guise of an unadvertised “neighborhood meeting”, Amsterdam Mayor Ann Thane went shopping for the Latino vote last night as she and other subcommittee members, City Historian Robert von Hasseln and 5th Ward Alderman Richard Leggiero met with select members of the East End neighborhood at Centro Civico.Īs Recorder reporter Jarret Carroll described in his article Residents, officials discuss ideas for the East End, this was a meeting supposedly organized to discuss neighborhood problems and develop a strategy for revitalizing the East End. ![]()
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