Hey unincorporated residents: we get the privilege of paying the highest damages awarded against a municipality for religious discrimination in American history (according to Greg Shillinglaw of the Journal News).
From today's Journal News: "If the settlement is absorbed by residents of the unincorporated area and financed with a bond carrying a 10-year repayment schedule, the agreement would result in an average annual town tax bill increase of $35.15, from $3,625 to $3,660, according to calculations prepared for the Journal News by a certified public accountant."
Read all about the Fortress Bible settlement at
http://westchester.lohudblogs.com/2013/12/17/greenburgh-approves-6-5-million-settlement-mount-vernon-congregation/
or http://www.lohud.com/article/20131216/NEWS02/312160048/Greenburgh-mulls-6-5M-settlement-Mount-Vernon-church?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Greenburgh,%20New%20York|p
A modest proposal: as a sign of goodwill toward unincorporated residents, why don't those Board members who were defendants in the law suit donate their recently self-awarded raises toward the settlement for as many years as it takes to pay off the $6.5 million?
