Hanna stumps in Norwich
NORWICH – City of Norwich Mayor Joseph Maiurano hosted Congressional Candidate Richard Hanna in a tour of downtown Norwich last Thursday as part of the Republican businessman’s final whistle stop tour of the 24th Congressional District.
The two discussed ways to bring jobs and opportunity back to the city as they strolled from the Republican Party headquarters on Broad Street south of Nina’s Pizzeria. Hanna remarked that the city had “a nice look and feel” and was wide enough to catch plenty of sunlight.
Hanna poked into Wilber National Bank and Made In Chenango and stopped to talk to the Chenango County United Way Director. He also recruited at least one volunteer to erect his campaign signs throughout the district.
However, vacant storefronts and the former Morrisville College Norwich Campus building, caught him by surprise.
“It looks like you’ve a had a real transition here,” Hanna said.
The Mayor said the Norwich City Council has struggled to control spending, and, in many cases, had been forced to cut back. However, state and federal funding streams were continuing to dry up.
“If they just kept level, it would be nice,” he said.
The county seat is facing a 16 percent increase in pension costs next year. The employee benefit represents 6.5 percent of its $10 million budget.
Hanna explained that what used to be the normal ‘boom and bust’ cyclical nature of New York’s economy isn’t holding true anymore “because structural changes in systems have cost us.” Costs for Medicaid, pensions and government are now “too big for people to afford,” he said.
According to state labor statistics, New York State has lost 113,092 jobs since the Obama Administration’s stimulus plan passed, while unemployment has risen from 7.9 percent in January 2009 to 8.2 percent in August 2010. Hanna called the federal legislation “little more than a government self-stimulus that served a social and political agenda.” He also said the health care bill did little more than raise taxes for small businesses.
“Our children and grandchildren are stuck paying this bill – the largest spending bill in American history that nobody was given the time to read.”
The candidate also made stops in Otsego, Chenango, Broome, Cortland and Tompkins counties. If elected tomorrow, his vision for the district would include: government growth and spending; ways to provide additional tax relief for small businesses and families; and efforts to bolster the educational system for the next generation.
The two discussed ways to bring jobs and opportunity back to the city as they strolled from the Republican Party headquarters on Broad Street south of Nina’s Pizzeria. Hanna remarked that the city had “a nice look and feel” and was wide enough to catch plenty of sunlight.
Hanna poked into Wilber National Bank and Made In Chenango and stopped to talk to the Chenango County United Way Director. He also recruited at least one volunteer to erect his campaign signs throughout the district.
However, vacant storefronts and the former Morrisville College Norwich Campus building, caught him by surprise.
“It looks like you’ve a had a real transition here,” Hanna said.
The Mayor said the Norwich City Council has struggled to control spending, and, in many cases, had been forced to cut back. However, state and federal funding streams were continuing to dry up.
“If they just kept level, it would be nice,” he said.
The county seat is facing a 16 percent increase in pension costs next year. The employee benefit represents 6.5 percent of its $10 million budget.
Hanna explained that what used to be the normal ‘boom and bust’ cyclical nature of New York’s economy isn’t holding true anymore “because structural changes in systems have cost us.” Costs for Medicaid, pensions and government are now “too big for people to afford,” he said.
According to state labor statistics, New York State has lost 113,092 jobs since the Obama Administration’s stimulus plan passed, while unemployment has risen from 7.9 percent in January 2009 to 8.2 percent in August 2010. Hanna called the federal legislation “little more than a government self-stimulus that served a social and political agenda.” He also said the health care bill did little more than raise taxes for small businesses.
“Our children and grandchildren are stuck paying this bill – the largest spending bill in American history that nobody was given the time to read.”
The candidate also made stops in Otsego, Chenango, Broome, Cortland and Tompkins counties. If elected tomorrow, his vision for the district would include: government growth and spending; ways to provide additional tax relief for small businesses and families; and efforts to bolster the educational system for the next generation.
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