Comments on: Glenmont Brain Candy – library budget (and more), part 1 of 2. http://blog.timesunion.com/bethlehem/7968/glenmont-brain-candy-library-budget-and-more-part-1-of-2/ Stories from Bethlehem residents, shopkeepers and community organizations. Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: Ewan McNay http://blog.timesunion.com/bethlehem/7968/glenmont-brain-candy-library-budget-and-more-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-57609 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:02:52 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/bethlehem/?p=7968#comment-57609 Thanks, Mike – then yeah, something is very wrong, as the event that prompted this was my reacting to the >$1k line item. I’ll follow up with the town.

[@Sarah: well, I grew up in the UK where ‘socialist’ is a badge of honour rather than an epithet :) so colour me as a strong proponent of progressive taxation also!]

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By: Mike LaChapelle http://blog.timesunion.com/bethlehem/7968/glenmont-brain-candy-library-budget-and-more-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-57608 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:54:19 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/bethlehem/?p=7968#comment-57608 Ewan, thanks for sharing your interview with Geoffrey Kirkpatrick. Sarah’s math is correct.

Check your September tax bill. The line item for Bethlehem Library should be about $640, based on the assessed value of your house.

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By: Ewan McNay http://blog.timesunion.com/bethlehem/7968/glenmont-brain-candy-library-budget-and-more-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-57605 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:38:40 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/bethlehem/?p=7968#comment-57605 Either your math is wrong or our house is seriously, seriously overvalued! :-)

I have not looked at any other budget, but would be interested in comments from folks who have…?

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By: Sarah Rain http://blog.timesunion.com/bethlehem/7968/glenmont-brain-candy-library-budget-and-more-part-1-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-57602 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:31:00 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/bethlehem/?p=7968#comment-57602 I really like that you did this interview to look into it- thanks! Any comments/ thoughts on how the Bethlehem library’s budget compares to other local libraries’?

One other thing- if I’m reading the town website correctly, the Bethlehem library tax assessment is under $1.27 per $1000. So anyone who’s paying $1000 or more in library taxes has an $800,000+ property. (Please correct my math if I’m wrong!) I don’t like the way property taxes distribute costs, but I do agree with progressive taxation in which the more wealthy subsidize the less wealthy, and most people with a residential property of that value have incomes that can handle the taxes.

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