LEDGEN’S FIELD VS COUNTY AIRPORT!

Children’s playground vs Adult playground!

Ledgen’s field 2 million dollars of improvements paid for with taxpayer money.

Ledgen’s field leased to Champions of Syracuse for the sum of $20,000 dollars.

Ledgen’s field where Champions of Syracuse makes a boat load of profit off the taxpayer’s dollar.

Oswego County Airport that loses on the average $54,000 dollars a year!

Oswego County Airport where the adults park their toys at the Taxpayer’s expense.

Oswego County Airport where profit could be made but refuses to do so.

$13,000 vs $21,000

$13,000 dollars is the cost for an Oswego County run Children’s softball program at Ledgen’s Field.

$13,000 dollars is the cost for approximately 430 children to participate in an Oswego County run softball program.

$13,000 dollars voted on to charge the parents of 430 Oswego County children for a softball program being offered by Oswego County.

$21,000 dollars is the cost of improvements at the Oswego County Airport.

$21,000 dollars is the cost of improvements to the Oswego County Airport paid for by the Oswego County taxpayers.

$21,000 dollars of improvements not being paid for by 51 non-Oswego County taxpayers to park their toys at the Oswego County Airport at the expense of the Oswego County Taxpayers.

$344,000 vs $25,000

$344,000 is the amount of real property tax money paid by the 430 children’s parents that would participate in a program at Leden’s Field.

$25,000 is the amount of real property tax money paid by the 32 adults that park their toys at the Oswego County Airport.

When a motion was made at the April 10^th Legislative meeting by the Democratic minority to exempt any Oswego County Children from the fee to participate in the Oswego County summer Softball program. Costing the taxpayers $13,000 dollars. All but 1 Republican majority voted NO.

When a resolution to perform improvements at the Oswego County Airport, that would cost the taxpayers $21,000 dollars, was presented it passed by every Republican of the Majority voting YES, and all Democrats voting NO.

So as you can see the Oswego County Legislative Majority (Republican caucus) feels that the Adults shouldn’t have to pay to play.

However, they feel that the Children of Oswego Counties taxpaying parents should have to pay so their children can play.

Parents sign your children up for the FREE  baseball and softball programs being offered by Kiwanis in Fulton.

Call Craig Trude at 315-498-5641 for information or email him at [email protected]. for Summer program at Kiwanis.

Please remember this in November, when you vote.

 The only Republican that voted YES on the exemption was Kevin Hill.

Frank Castiglia Jr.

Oswego County Legislator 25^th District

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