The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-15
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 unrest of small properly oWns CTS, because of unreasonabIt increases. in taxation on thelE homes, in the laps of sellialh and jealous so~called civic leaders, all Republicans In the guise of good government adr diets who are responsible tor 1t. This is how | believe it can be done: Corporation Counsel Maurice T. Healey ruled in Q formal opinion, reconsldera~ tion of the 1g46 budget and es~ tabIishing a new tax rate, other than the 2S.55 mills adopted by the Board of Al~ iermen in Dec. I945 would be illegal. Therefore accept this budget and taxrate without any change, but reflect the vaA- uatiOn put on property by the George Horan Co. because the valuation cannot be accepted until completed, and it will not be completed until all ad- iustments are made. There can be no hardship on the part of the present administrators even at 2S.75 mills reverting back to the 1944 valuation, be- cause of the large surplus that there was in receipts of 1945 after expenditures.
 A close check on all 6epaFt~ ments, necessary economy An them all, reframing from spending the anticipated amounts land they are only anticipated allotted to them for 1946 will again leave a surplus to take care of the mill and a quarter reduction in taxes this year.
 Mayor MOnagan in turn can notify the State Tax Office that Waterbury through . vote of the present aldermen which can and must be made, and the powers of the present strong mayor charter have adopted the 19a4 valuation, a valuation that is demanded by the state, explaining at the same time that Waterbury has complied with the law by hav- ing a revaIuatiOn made at a great cost to the city, but the majority in Waterbury, similar to the majority that c0nsti- tutes the administration Of our Democratic government throughout this nation do nOt approve it. He in turn could on authorization, order Q new valuation by the assessor oe the city on a fair market value. This may take a period of 3 or f years to do but these asses sOrs assisted with advice o8 contractors, builders, real es- tate men, and property ewn@ CTS who would cooperate, w14 lead to healthy and sa&isfac- tory condition here in Water bury.
 I would then like to read an announcement by Mayor M0ne agan that he objected to the bill passed in the state legisIa- ture, presented by Republicans which read that the chief as- sessOr must be a member of the minority party, which was Republican and the 2 assist ants were to be of the Major ity party which was Demo cratic, because it interfered with home rule and the gOv- ernor of the state Raymond E. Baldwin agreed with him and vetoed that bill with a reeom- mendation that the assessors office and methods be investi- gated.
 Explain that in the interest of the public that elected him that this investigation wns made and a law passed chang ing the set up in the assessors office as recommended.
 This new revaIuatiOn was forced on him by demand and it did not measure up to the satisfaction of the majority and the fact that they are mot satisfied he is not satisfied, but be will endeavOr to coE-. rect the mistakes of others. Political connivers for fheir own interest think nothing Of killing a good man politically but they can be frustrated in there attempt and should be.