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congre/zmon normanf.Lent iufl»iini6Ton L R6PO IIT COAST GUARD MAN OF THE YEAR. Congressman Norman FT Lenl (second r.), a member of the Coasl Guard and Navigation Sub committee of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, was honored as Man of the Year by the New York Coast Guard Chap ter of the RFeserve Officers Association. Making the presentation • to Lent were (I. to r.) Lt. John Mountcaslle. owner of Mounlcastle Liqyors In Freeport; LCDR P. C. Johnson, chapter president; and Lt. J.G. Bob Sharkey 0 /Freeport. Oetn (^ndidate Asks Carter surance company. According to the Senator, traffic courts, aware of the practice, were not issuing con* w If V B*il victions even when warranted. 1 0 l 6 t 0 TdX D ili \because the threatened penalty EAST MEADOW - Everett insiiranw. rate increases or Rosenblum, Democratic candi- even cancellation was t<» severe date for Congress in the Fourth infraction charged, C.D.. has urged President Carter \<li««pectJoY the to veto the current tax bill put , • j • before him by Congress. Rosen- ^ V'.c' “ ’?• •“ blum has called on Carter to eaetcise . his executive leader- \*'? ship over the Congress, which. “ he says, -has iiiight to weiien P™ \ \ “ \victed hisplanforehbnbmicrecovety.\ °f , . AOTtding 'td Rosenblum. the violation, such as driving while President’s proposed S29 billion intoawated or dnvtng at excessive tax cut and \sirely needed tax ?po,e«.-»hich justt&bly. might reforms.\ were \watered down, indicate that the driver poses an ■ to $19 blUion. without any major .increased insurance nsk. \ tJuryea Pledges THE TAX REDUCnON ACT OF 1978i rr'S NO REDDCnON ATAUI The Congress has developed a bad habit of trj-ing to cover iip un pleasant legislation with a pleas ant sounding title. Certainly, to Long Island's heavily-taxed resi dents. nothing ' sounds m b ^ pleasanf than a tax reduction. But there should be no celebration among Long Island’s taxi>ayers over the pitiful bill passed in the closing hours of the 95th Con gressbearing the pleasant-sound', ing label of \Tax Reduction A c L\ The truth is. that so-called cut bill will bring absolutely no tax relief. In' fact, almost all middle-income families on Long Island will be paying MORE fed eral taxes next year than they are this year! That bitter 5UI is con cealed in the sweet-sounding title of \Tax Reduction Act.\ • ^ Yes, H.R. 13511. the Tax Reduction Act of 1978. does pro-, vide for nearly $19 billion worth of reductions in federal - ------ - CANDIDATES CONFER. Local Assemblyman Armand D'Amato (r.) and Assemblyman Perry Duryea of Monlauk, Republican candidate for Governor, met recently to discuss the problems of their constituencies and some of the Issues in the upcoming campaign. Both assemblymen agree that rising taxes are a'maior concern. Duryea has proposed a major restructuring of the state tax system which includes an across- the-board stale lax cut. supporters of the Kemp-Roth pro posal will be fighting wnth every thing we have to get this needed relief through the 96th Congress, one of-.my first acts when Con gress reconvenes will be to re.- introduce the Kemp-Roth Tax Reduction Xctl. 1 ^ confident that our commqn 'sense. Responsible plan to cut taxe^.EtTrb inflation and bring new vigor to oiir economy will win new sup^rt.' I hope the taxpayers who ■ realize how they have been duped Proposed Taskforce Called For On School facilities lax; reforms.\ In addition, ; Rosenblum said, \thebulk of the ... —. _____ and misled in this year's maneu-. taxes. But two other important ? vering on so-called tax cut pro- and seldom mentioned factors grams express their Opinions at ALBANY - The formation of a. • Joint Senate-Assembly Legis lative Task Force', to develop programs for more effective use of school facilities and equip ment is being called for J>y l o ^ State Senator Norman Levy. The Task Force, Levy said, should be staffed by existing legislative personnel with ex^rtise in the Strong Support RosfiAlum--ex^lHne<l_’.’thii tax . - . . cut-wfU-bc more than OffsetTy the Social: Security fax increase. ' r o r ^ C n O O I S In eff?ct,l.we, the mlddle'-lncome , ALBANY - Gubernatorial taxpayer; will be paying more, candidate Perry Duryea charged, while those who foisted this bill recently that governor Hugh on DS. our .Congressmen, are all C ^ y must accept responsibility earning over $^.000 and are ex- for adding pressures on localities empt from paying Social Security to raise local property* taxes taxes undtf. their, own federal because of his consistent failure retirement program.\ to support local schools Rosenblum’s charges, present-. . adequate state aid. cd before a Knights of Columbus \This pressure completely cancejxjutthe benefits in the \Tax ReductipgAct.’’ . The first factor a. whoppug increase in Social Security taxes voted by the Democratic* majority in Congress m 1977,.but taking effect. next year. Most Long Island middle-income families will be paying $439.M O ]^ per ■ year in S ^ a l Sccurity taxes next . year. That alone eats tip'wery bit n( fhp f a r ^*w»dinHtnn«\ f n r f a m i . the polls on Election Day, Nov- \'area of school finance and edu- __ f- v catio n f ll o r o a r a m n i j n p . ember 7th. . We lean, make-Proposition 13 look lik& a tempest in a teapot! If we do, we can make that 33 per cent income tax reduction, a reality next year. . . •\ the hands -of the It’s all with the local of the,tax ^‘reductions\ for fami lies earning hrom S20,<XX) to $40,000 per year. The second factor is inflation, .which.-at its current double-digit rate, of 21 and 1/2 percent, will Legislators Call For I3ean-Up Of LI.R.R. ALBANY • Reports they say off loop holes which irilow' high-income individuals and corporate inter ests to slip through without pay ing their fair share.\ cational programming. Levy explained that the need for such a study has become critical as more and more districts have been * faced Xwth sharply declining enrollments, leaving them with school buildings that are underutilized at a time when the costs of fiiel, utilities and ' other building. mrintenance items have riseneven faster than the general inflation rate. Among the specific items that should given attention by the proposed Task Force, according to Levy, are more extensive use of sdiool facilities by community groups; more profitable liquida- have. prompted State Senator' lion of surplus school buddings Norman J, Levy and Assembly- not meeting other community man Armand. D'Amato to call needs; and use of fad!iti(5» indud.^,most _ofJhe.-pr<i-^em’s rejection in 34^ of >11 S n d t o f s SThe URR taxrelbmts to close offloop- «h<»r b^dgeta Ne^^ Takln togefer! ftese two candidate promised' that \ a ' Ji«riy hidden tax increases mean _ _ .......... .................. _ _____ _________ __ _______ ties of the State, the GOP This is a fraud upon the tax- tional dean-up\ of all their train whenever appropriate and candid^^stated. payer. This'misipbeled A c t'of feeb le. . • • ^ Congress makes more essential •* _^\ ? P^poses - that candidate.in 1974, Carey prom- than-ever the tm I tax relief nm- FrancisGabreski andMTAOiair- utilization of school buses should ised he would support cducato Kemp-Roth *^bill Harold Fisher, Levy and also be sWdied.-Schoordistricts. aid Icve). In- which we came so close to passing Amato said they h a ^ received -he » id . should be given mccn- stead, Duryea charged, h e . year.-That is a real Tax continuing reports from LIRR.tivey to cut costs by sharing. New Insurance Law Mil Protect Minor Violators ALBANY - A bill prohibiting auto insurance companies ffo'm cancelling, or refusing to r e n ^ , policies- solely on the .baris ‘of minor traffic infractions has been ' signed into law. Tbe^bill was sponsored by loc^ State Senator Norman Levy. It also prohibits ’ most ■ iniUranoe • rate increases •that are based on a driver's • single conviction' on a traffic violation and U. similar to the Levy bill which was passed by the Legislature last year, but broke his pledge and the of state,aid to schools has dropped to an all time low of 38%...Yet. the governor once again is on the campaign trail promising to support education at the 50% level.\ Duryea noted Carey couldn't be believed tn 1974 \and wc can't believe him now... We-Cannot abandon - the tradi tional Nw.Yort position in favor of quality education.\ Reduction Act! It gives every tax payer an across-the-board reduc tion averaging 33' percent in federal income tax rates. I can assure you that 1, and all other subsequently vetoed by Governor Carey. . * '* Levy explains he was prompted to dr^t the original bill after receiving numerous complaints from motorists, who received ar traffic ticket, paid their fine and. subsequently experienced an- increase, in ^m e cases as much as $200, ip their-insurance rates because of the traffic infraction. \11115 is an unfair form of double- • punishment * for the motorist,\ L ^ charged, once a fine has been paid and the driver has a traffic, violation record, be should *not be p ^ a l- . ized a second xtime*by*ih'c, in- Easy Access To Government ALBANY - In an effort **tp:' bring government closer to the- people,\ Senaior *Norman J. Levy has provided-an index, of telephone numbers and address es to^State and Federal Agencies. According to Levy, many of ihc telephone numbers are ton- free. He urged residents to clip and save the list for. future reference^.- ' The New* York Senate Hot Line gives information on J^he current status of any bill intro- (GnrttonPage9>- commuters complaining of gar bage-and.-litfer |n \and around stations am r waiting - rooms; a Ia<^ of litter oonutnerS'' along station platforms; and unreliable ■ j (Cont.oni*age^6X.. buses for special routes, such as* to schools for the; handicapped. Off-hour use of those buses to provide needed transportation to senior citizens should also be seriously considered this year, j Jo cut tdxesand spending - -...No ono has done more to cut taxes andto prevent unneceasaiyand., excessive federal spending and Inflation thw Congressman Norinan lin t. *•; * major role In the development of the Republican KemfF:; Rom plan to cut federal income'taxes by 03% .acro»s-lhe-bo^;*7Ws^ plan was callously.voted down-tn August by-the same free ipbr^iog. ‘.m^ofity ki the Congress that voted to Increase your social’sec^ty.*' taxes. Norm Lent believes the people of the 4th Congressional District' pay out loo much of. their Income in taxes already — and:that the first priority of the next Congress m u s t^ to reduce this burden. ;- v V . - T HE’S there 'WHEH YOU NEED HIM congressman Publican/Conservaiive/Row B and Row C • Hil overbi you a Freepi A big . behint heart-' , CCptioi in. wa . -feaves - .willm . painfu smiles woii'i return smile Ruth( Frank * ; • • ■ •• a ■
