Finding Ulysses

H.R. 5353 gives Congressman Mike Arcuri a chance to dramatically cut taxes and pay down the deficit, but Arcuri won’t sign his name to the effort.

According to Zillow, the value of homes in Trumansburg has leveled out, and even improved very slightly, after a significant drop in 2008. Zillow’s calculation of our village’s average home value is now at $175,900 – about $14,000 lower than it was at the height of the market in 2008, but still a 4.3 percent [...]

The Artisan Cafe in Trumansburg has been open for business for 2 years now, and is dedicated to remaining open in spite of the difficulties expected for a storefront opening up in a time of economic recession.

Yesterday, Mike Arcuri voted for H.R. 4154, a bill which gives a tax cut of 18 percent, but applies exclusively to the extremely wealthy.

It seems that the average household expense from the American Clean Energy and Security Act in New York State would be much lower than the national average: 19 cents a day. New York’s expense would be the second lowest in the United States, behind only Florida. Why would Arcuri oppose this?

The Ulysses Democrats have a new web site online. There’s not yet a great deal of content, with the site being so new, but the Town of Ulysses Democratic Committee Diversity and Inclusiveness Plan and Profile will be of interest to fair-minded voters, and of people who want to understand the economic nature of Ulysses [...]

We’re already well above the national average at $3.75 per gallon of gasoline here in Trumansburg. 4.1 cents per gallon of gasoline to go until we’re paying four dollars per gallon.

On the north end of town, the Village Greenhouse is finally gone, and the video store in the new building next to what used to be the Big M is, according to the sign in the window, “very closed”. In the middle of Trumansburg, the new awning for the improved and enlarged Little Venice is [...]