The flyer in last week’s paper by “Citizens for Haines” is a perfect example of how divisive political rhetoric corrodes complex issues into an exhausting and fruitless blame game. Accusations about the current assembly being responsible for property tax hikes, for example, are simply untrue. In fact, this assembly saw through a complete property tax overhaul, hired a new assessor, and appointed a new BOE (including the chair of “Citizens for Haines” and one of…
