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Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Bye, Bye NM GRT!
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Heck yes, the GRT tax was close to criminal in how some of the money is wasted. What they could do is write NM a check for 10% of what they use to get and maybe NM and the Los Alamos county will use it more wisely.
Oh no! No more ugly, gilt edged buildings! No more repaving Central Ave. every two years!
The LA County waste during the LANS years has been stunning. All that money used to employ people at LANL until it had to be diverted into the county coffers and LANS award fee.
LAC has been reckless with spending. The county council is on autopilot, governed by the very bureaucracy that snorts GRT like crack cocaine. Killing the supply is the first step toward recovery.
Bechtel had the bright idea to convert the craft workers (i.e., the former support services contract) to LANL employees in order avoid paying the contractor its fee (profit). The support services contract was over $100M per year, which amounts to over $8M per year of NMGRT.
So how was the county getting by before LANS when UC was running LANL alone and not paying the GRT?
July 14, 2018 at 12:12 PM
You must be a newby. "Payments in lieu of taxes" from the government. Since UC started. Who do you think owns the Fire Department equipment? Not LA County. All the great fire trucks and ambulances that show up at your home for free if you have a hangnail? DOE owned and paid for. The crews are of course county employees.
In a zero sum game, whether the money to support Los Alamos County comes from GRT or from "Payments in lieu of taxes" from the DOE, it will come out of the LANL operating budget. This equates to fewer jobs at LANL.
" GRT or from "Payments in lieu of taxes" from the DOE, "
The thing is that the payments from DOE before LANS was far far less than the GRT taxes. If they want to return to the money amounts given by the DOE fine, but this will be at least five times lower than the GRT taxes and the county members cannot live with this.
July 15, 2018 at 7:19 AM is incorrect. The payments in lieu of taxes supported schools and services in LA county and DID NOT come from LANL's operating budget, but were negotiated directly between DOE and LA County annually.
"Do you really believe that DOE didn't eventually skim those payments out of what they budgeted for LANL? Here's a clue -- DOE doesn't print money."
That may be true but this is on there order of 15 million not 100 million. The GRT is way more than DOE ever gave the town. If LANL wants to chip in 15 million a year like in the old times fine. You will notice that the city council never gives the amount they received before 2006, never because it was vastly lower than what they are getting now.
18 comments:
Good riddance. No one except the local politicians will miss this, and maybe they will finally become more responsible in spending taxpayer money.
Heck yes, the GRT tax was close to criminal in how some of the money is wasted. What they could do
is write NM a check for 10% of what they use to get and maybe NM and the Los Alamos county will use it more wisely.
Hang on now.
501(c)(3) isn't granted and even if it is LANL will still have to pay NM GRT on all of the purchases and contracts.
Oh no! No more ugly, gilt edged buildings! No more repaving Central Ave. every two years!
The LA County waste during the LANS years has been stunning. All that money used to employ people at LANL until it had to be diverted into the county coffers and LANS award fee.
Good riddance doesn’t seem to do it justice.
Good riddance doesn’t seem to do it justice.
July 10, 2018 at 1:39 PM
Can we get rid of the ugly sculptures all over the place, they are hideous. How much money was wasted on this junk?
And, you can bet the council is already thinking about increasing local taxes to make up the difference.
non profit and tax exempt aren’t the same thing
LAC has been reckless with spending. The county council is on autopilot, governed by the very bureaucracy that snorts GRT like crack cocaine. Killing the supply is the first step toward recovery.
How many LANL employees will need to be laid off to find the funds to pay GRT?
Bechtel had the bright idea to convert the craft workers (i.e., the former support services contract) to LANL employees in order avoid paying the contractor its fee (profit). The support services contract was over $100M per year, which amounts to over $8M per year of NMGRT.
Not so bright now, huh?
How many LANL employees will need to be laid off to find the funds to pay GRT?
July 13, 2018 at 3:02 PM
What is your point, they are mostly cowboys so it is all good.
So how was the county getting by before LANS when UC was running LANL alone and not paying the GRT?
So how was the county getting by before LANS when UC was running LANL alone and not paying the GRT?
July 14, 2018 at 12:12 PM
You must be a newby. "Payments in lieu of taxes" from the government. Since UC started. Who do you think owns the Fire Department equipment? Not LA County. All the great fire trucks and ambulances that show up at your home for free if you have a hangnail? DOE owned and paid for. The crews are of course county employees.
In a zero sum game, whether the money to support Los Alamos County comes from GRT or from "Payments in lieu of taxes" from the DOE, it will come out of the LANL operating budget. This equates to fewer jobs at LANL.
" GRT or from "Payments in lieu of taxes" from the DOE, "
The thing is that the payments from DOE before LANS was far far less than the GRT taxes. If they want to return to the money amounts given by the DOE fine, but this will be at least five times lower than the GRT taxes and the county members cannot live with this.
July 15, 2018 at 7:19 AM is incorrect. The payments in lieu of taxes supported schools and services in LA county and DID NOT come from LANL's operating budget, but were negotiated directly between DOE and LA County annually.
but were negotiated directly between DOE and LA County annually.
July 15, 2018 at 6:07 PM
Do you really believe that DOE didn't eventually skim those payments out of what they budgeted for LANL? Here's a clue -- DOE doesn't print money.
"Do you really believe that DOE didn't eventually skim those payments out of what they budgeted for LANL? Here's a clue -- DOE doesn't print money."
That may be true but this is on there order of 15 million not 100 million. The GRT is way more than DOE ever gave the town. If LANL wants to chip in 15 million a year like in the old times fine. You will notice that the city council never gives the amount they received before 2006, never because it was vastly lower than what they are getting now.
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