The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

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 filing of appeals at the assessors office. After that date, where no ap- peals have been filed, the present valuation on homes remains fixed for the coming year. The Board of Tax Review will sit in session daily twice a day, from Feb. 1 to Feb. 20 to consider the appeals now being presented. These sessions will be held from 9 a. m. to noon and 2 D. m. to s p. m. each day except Satur. day when only the morning ses- sion will be held. No sessions will be conducted on Sundays.
 The Board of Tax Review then must submit its abstract to Mir Jenks before March when the as. sessor must adopt the abstract a' the formal l94 Grand List which will then become effective for taa purposes as of June 1, l945.
 Plays Bensen's Delay
 Meanwhile, Edward M. Ryan chairman of the Citizens Commit. failure to present the same resolu. tee, has assailed Mir. Bensen fol tion two or more weeks ago when passed 1t onto him at the last meet. ing of the Board of Aldermen" Mfr Ryan said he had given the reSolu- tion to Alderman Thomas Brennan (R), who gave it to Mir. Bensen anc the latter "pigeon-holet. it."
 MT. Brennan denied it had beer deliberately withheld but had beer only for purposes Of determining itl nature. He issued e statement ir reply.
 Today MT. Ryan issued the fol. lowing statement:
 Tt was with complete surprise that I read the Statement of Alder. man Thomas Brennan to the effec that Mir. Bensen did not actually Pigeon Hole" the So called Ryar resolution which would have de. ferred acceptance of the revaluatioT for a period not to exceed a periot of 12 months and to use the l94. grand list as a basis for the collec' ton of taxes for i946.
 Tt is a matter of fact that wher the resolution was handed to Mfr Brennan, after 1t had been showr to about 200 taxpayers who wer' crowded around the doorway to thu entrance of the Aldermantic cham bers, he read 1t and turned in oul direction and nodded that he woulG introduce the measure. The meas ure was a Request measure" ana under our system of gOvernmen when Request measure" is hand ed to a legislator he fullfills hi legislative duties and introduces i even though he may vote agains it a few minutes later. The fact O the matter is that MT. Brennan did not stand up to introduce o to even hand 1t to the clerk of tn board, instead he handed to to MT Benson who read it and placed under some other papers on hi desk. That is what I mean b. Pigeon Holed." Mir. Bensen di' pigeon hole it during the all i'm portant session of the board whei 1t could have been brought up fo action. Naturally Mir. Bensen hand ed the resolution back to Mi Brennan who gave it back to me but only after the session hal ended.
 Tt is a further fact that calles Mir. James Lynch. Minority leade of the Board over and asked hin | in the presence of MT. Brennan what he would have done if l has handed him the resolution insteal of to Mir. Brennan and Mir. Lyncl replied that under any circum stances he would always intToduel a request resolution" although h might vote against it's passage.
 T might point out that a llv wide awake legislator is one wh sees his opportunity and grasps while 1t Is still hot, and phshe against all odds for a show down 0l It right then and there.
 The resolution of the Citizen Committee was not intended to be come a political move and unue the circumstances We would hay collected to the minority party. 0 the mayorlty party, holding a eau Ieus on the matter and there to de eide what political moves the could make. We Of the Cltizeh Committee have the opinion tha lour elected officials are elected fo lthe purpose of serving the greatei number 0f people,
 Chief Assessor Jenks will leay tonight for Fort Worth, Texa where he will conduct a tax foFnt at the National conference of tn Mid Continent oil Company. Th forum wlll be held tomorrow a' .l tarn0on. The assessor Is taking
 plane tonight and will be back I his office by Saturday morning z Isaid today.
 Arthur x. Brophy. assistant Ar. Jenks, will work with oeorf 3. Horn tomorrow in handling aE lpeals.
 The consideration of taking legi action in protesting the current T valuation of property in Wate
 hsry will be taken up tonight
 meeting of the seInl- ofganlzi Council Of Community Clubs con
 pFised of about ia such clubs in q
 city.
 she meeting will be held nt 8 , m. Ia the Anderson school. WI ! william Q. Taylor, temporal l. chairman. presiding. Only AAlinq