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My niece is a real estate agent in this area and she’s been selling houses like crazy over the last year. Most of the houses in my development used to be in the $200-250K range but in the last year 2 houses sold for around $300k so I’m not sure of my house’s value. Tell me about property taxes around here. I just paid my county/town taxes for $3200 and I’ll have a similar school tax bill in September.

I’m going out to put gas in my snowblower right now.

Had a little burst of snow here over the last hour. Nothing to write home about in a normal winter but my deck is covered with about 1/4 to 1/2 inch of snow.

It’s still not clear how they are going to police tailgating before and after the game. That’s where people will congregate and not practice social distancing.

Cuomo announced that up to 6700 fans will be allowed to attend the Bills home playoff game. Every fan will be required to take a Covid test and will only be allowed in if the test is negative. After the game contact tracing will be done.

Do you know what’s in the bill?

I didn’t know he had a girlfriend unless he’s dating his mother, lol! I know Chelsea Handler has the hots for him.

And I wonder how many left with Covid-19 and brought it home to their families?

It looks like Trump is,finally recognizing the inevitable. https://nypost.com/2020/11/23/gsa-notifies-biden-that-trump-admin-is-ready-to-start-transition-process/

I need to correct you because you obviously don’t know how the NYS Pension System is funded. I am a retired state employee having been an engineer for the NYSDOT for 37 years. Our pensions do not come out of the general state budget. The pension fund is a separate fund mandated in the state constitution. It is managed by the state comptroller and as of the latest report had a value of $226 billion. It is the third largest public pension fund in the US and is consistently in the top 3 or 4 well funded plans. Our pensions were won through collective bargaining. As a whole state employees are not paid as well as their private sector counterparts. Our pensions even the playing field after we retire. And if you are vested in the system you can collect a pension when you retire but to maximize benefits you need 30 years, not 20 as you stated and be at least 55. So don’t blame the pension system for state budget deficits. https://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/2020/11/nys-common-retirement-fund-reports-second-quarter-results

I am biting my tongue right now over your callousness. 250K is a drop in the bucket? What’s the matter with you man? Just think of the families of all these people. And your statement that lives being lost are out of the workforce (in other words worthless) and riddled with comorbidities (a burden on society) is straight out of 1930s Germany. I will be 66 next Tuesday and I’ve had bypass surgery, Type 2 diabetes and I’m scared shitless of this virus. I pray that when you’re older you will not be in a situation like this.

250,000 dead people aren’t going to come back to life either. How many more people do we need to lose before the vaccine is administered widely enough to make a difference. I think if you were 30 years older your attitude would be different.

Perceived fraud. Meanwhile, 1100 people a day are losing their lives to Covid-19 and he is completely checked out. Not even a tweet.

And where has he been since the election? It looks like he’s completely checked out at a time where the country needs leadership.

Amen! I’ve been tempted to post the same thing. Our parents and grandparents suffered immensely more during both WW2 and the Great Depression. They would laugh at anyone who would say wearing a mask to save lives is an overwhelming sacrifice.

I heard on TV today that the recount is almost done in Fulton County (Atlanta). The rest of the recounts need to be completed tomorrow. I think the Secretary of State in GA ordered the recount to squash any doubts about the outcome in the state.

December will be here in basically two weeks. Are they magically going to come up with the logistical plans to inoculate 20 million people in that time frame? They’ve had 8 months to come up with a federal testing program and we’re still waiting. Let me make a wild guess, Florida will be the first state to receive the vaccine.

Cuomo has been concerned that Trump was going to rush a vaccine for political purposes. That’s why he said he was going to have an independent panel of experts review the data from the trials before he approved the use of the vaccine in New York. He has also questioned the logistics of the federal distribution plan. The Pfizer vaccine must be stored at a temperature less than -100 F. Also, distributing the vaccine in 2 doses to even 20 million New Yorkers is going to require extensive planning. I’ve watched most of Cuomo’s briefings and he has never said he didn’t want the vaccine in New York.

I’ll bet one person who is extremely happy right now is Tony Fauci. Hopefully we can get back to a science based COVID policy now.

Now the Democrats need to win the 2 Senate runoff elections in Georgia. With Kamala Harris now casting the tie breaking vote in the Senate it would give Democrats control of both chambers.

Happy Days Are Here Again!

Once Biden wins Pennsylvania the rest is gravy.

I believe they are expected to break for Biden. Either way Trump is running out of time to make up close to a 30K deficit.

An official in Penn’s election board told MSNBC’s Chris Jansing that based on the number of ballots they’re counting per hour and the percentage that Biden’s winning he should take the lead between 4 and 5 in the morning.

Trump’s lead down to 44,728 in PA.