City of Syracuse Republican Committee

Hypocrite John is at it again. Our congressman was against this federal funding for schools before he was in favor of it. What Mannion's PR Department at Syracuse.com fails to mention is that he voted AGAINST this legislation that he now takes credit for. Remind us again, who criticized then-Congressman Brandon Williams for doing the same thing on Micron funding? If only we had media in this town that was willing to cover the race for Congress fairly...

Syracuse schools to receive $4 million in federal funds for mental health support The grant funding will be used to hire more school psychologists.

We support this decision by the County Executive. With all of the issues facing our community it is sad and disappointing that the only thing the democrats have focused on since winning the majority on the County Legislature is how to expand their own power. It's a smart move for them we guess with the only other option being to try and defend their actions at the ballot box. The fact that this legislation applied only to the County Executive and not the County Comptroller, an office now held by a democrat shows why this veto was necessary.

Who is calling the shots in City Hall? It is a legitimate question because, based on what has been reported it is and has been the City’s position that the Schine Student Center should be taxed. The administration agreed as did the Board of Assessment review. When SU challenged that assessment, the City Attorney tried to convince the Common Council that the City’s position was wrong and that it should be tax exempt. The Common Council disagreed and SU brought a lawsuit challenging the assessment. After the City prevailed in the Supreme Court, SU brought its argument to the Appellate Division seeking to have the decision reversed. At this point, the Corporation Counsel fired the attorney that had been successful at the Supreme Court so he could not argue the case at the Appellate Division and then chose not to send any attorney at all to the Appellate Division to rebut the arguments being made by SU. Unsurprisingly, SU prevailed.

We do no not know which side is right or which is wrong but it seems that in this instance, policy on the tax-exempt status is being made not by the Mayor, not by the Common Council, but rather by the Corporation Counsel’s office. That is not how it is supposed to work. Perhaps rather than issuing statements for PR purposes, the City Auditor could look into the decision-making process on how the City defended its argument (or at least pretended to), that the Shine should be on the tax rolls.

Syracuse University doesn’t have to pay taxes on student center after all, judges say A court ruled Syracuse University’s Schine Student Center is tax-exempt, overturning the city’s attempt to tax it after renovations.

When the editorial board of Syracuse.com says the actions of the County Legislature democrats "smack of underhandedness" and "inject party politics into the conversation", you know your their proposal are wrong for our community. Be better democrats. Again, we feel badly for those voters that voted democrat for County Legislature after believing their efforts to gain the majority were about anything other than exercising partisan political power. If you want honest governance that works for the people and not themselves, Vote Republican for County Legislature.

https://www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026/05/county-dems-good-governance-proposals-are-fine-if-they-are-applied-equally-editorial-board-opinion.html?utm_campaign=syracusedotcom_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawSJJaJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF4eVFGVTdGM2Z0V1FHUzAyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqKcHeqOHDKqADNNzECqlmP-LN2NvFTuSZkNN-uE1qoiN7jYaIkV4VbZgO_b_aem_ATTRqN-847qx9qHEHw5OTQ

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