LeRoy Pennysaver & News

LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - FEBRUARY 25, 2018 Registration for players will be on Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 From 6pm to 9pm at Masonic Community Center Coaches Save the Date! LeRoy Youth Football and Cheerleading Now accepting applications for the Le Roy Youth Football and Cheerleading Coaches for the 2018 Season. All applications are due by March 7, 2018 Applications can be found on our website at www.leroyyouthfootball.com or by contacting Steve Samis 585-329-5092 or Amanda Gallo at 585-813-7711. We will be having interviews for prospective candidates on March 15th at the Masonic Community Center. Senator Ranzenhofer’s Monthly Column 2018 Jobs & Opportunity Agenda to improve region’s economy, create jobs According to the New York State Department of Labor, the Empire State lost a total of 500 jobs last year. The Buffalo-Ni- agara region lost 4,600 jobs. The Rochester area lost 3,500 jobs. Families, individuals, home- owners, seniors, veterans, lo- cal leaders, small businesses and manufacturers continue to tell me that New York’s overly burdensome regulatory prac- tices and high taxes hinder our state and local economies and prevent job creation. All of us are continually frustrated with reports indicating that our state has some of the highest taxes in the nation. For example, the Tax Foun- dation– the nation’s leading independent tax policy non- profit– places New York among the top 10 worst states, ranking 49th in individual taxes, 47th for property taxes and 43rd for sales taxes. Overall, New York is second-worst for tax climate. This environment makes it difficult for hard-working res- idents to find the good oppor- tunities they need to stay and raise a family in Western New York. It limits the number of good-paying jobs for workers by preventing businesses from succeeding, while discouraging out-of-state companies from moving to our community. That is why I am backing a new 2018 Jobs & Opportunity Agenda. The plan focuses on regulatory and economic devel- opment reforms, as well as com- prehensive tax relief, to help make New York more compet- itive and foster job growth. The 2018 Jobs & Oppor- tunity Agenda would invest in workforce training to help res- idents connect with new and available employment opportu- nities; streamline and remove red tape, regulations and other obstacles to growth; and cut taxes to help small businesses and manufacturers succeed and create jobs. What’s more, the plan also reforms the state’s economic development programs to en- sure that taxpayer dollars are being used to create new jobs. The proposal creates a search- able database for all state proj- ects so that individuals, busi- nesses and public officials can monitor how public dollars are distributed. Another important step is to shutdown the Governor’s START-UP NY. This pro- gram has failed to produce the job-creating results that were promised, and this proposal would stop the state from ac- cepting new applications for the program by the end of this year. Without a job and the abil- ity to provide for your family, nothing else matters. The 2018 Jobs & Opportunity Agenda will make the state more com- petitive so that people will be able to live here, not be forced to leave. Enacting this plan will revi- talize our state and local econo- mies, help create new jobs and give all Western New Yorkers the opportunity to succeed. For more information about this new agenda, visit my website, ranzenhofer.nysenate.gov. I will be sure to keep you posted on my continued efforts to improve Western New York’s economy.