The upcoming Weschester Tea Party - citizens move to abolish County Government

Dave Spano, son of Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano, is calling for the abolition of Westchester County government.  The rally, known as the "Westchester Tea Party", is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 25th in downtown White Plains.  A preliminary event was held on March 5th, and according to the Yonkers Tribune article linked here, around 350 concerned citizens showed up.  As a result, some speculate the April rally could have upwards of 4,000 attendees. There have been signs posted all over Westchester County, and a commercial has been aired alerting residents of the event, so I believe that turnout is very well possible.  As taken from yonkersinsider.wordpress.com, this is what is being posted about the event by it's organizers:

WESTCHESTER COUNTY TAXES ARE THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION.  IT’S TIME THE PEOPLE TAKE ACTION AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR SELF SERVING POLITICIANS.

TAX CUTS NOW!

My name is Dave Spano, son of County Executive Andrew Spano.  I wholeheartedly support Tax Cuts and Abolishing County Government.  We can’t do it without your help.

A Rally in support of Tax Cuts Now! and Abolishing County Govt. is scheduled to take place on Saturday April 25th at 12 Noon in front of the County Office Building at 148 Martine Ave. in White Plains.
TO VOLUNTEER OR SPEAK AT THE RALLY PLEASE CONTACT US BY EMAIL - Taxcutsnow09@aol.com.

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.  JOIN THE MOVEMENT.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ON SAT. APRIL 25TH

YOURS TRULY,
DAVE SPANO

Personally, I think it is great that there are other local groups out there working for goals to eliminate duplication of services in an effort to lower taxes, but I am not sure of the feasibility of what they are asking.  It is true that in Connecticut, County Government was removed decades ago and they dont seem any worse off.  However, according to a blog on the website of New York State Assemblyman Greg Ball,  elimination of country government is not as simple as it seems and there are deeper reasons for Westchester's tax problem beyond County Government.  As stated in the recent blog post which can be read here, "Taxes will go down when the state stops mandating expenditures for counties, and that day may never come. And taxes will go down when the residents of Westchester demand that municipalities be combined along with school districts  to achieve economies of scale , cut duplicative services and eliminate the true bloated bureaucracy."  I do agree with Mike Edelman, the writer of the post, that there is an extreme amount of duplication of government in this area causing our high taxes, and I for one would be in support of measures to consolidate these agencies together to eliminate waste.  

I hope that more Putnam residents hear of this movement and agree with it, or atleast the idea of consolodiation of government, so that such a movement towards consolidation could be started in this county and have support.  Without consolidation, I dont believe we can fix the tax problems we are facing in Westchester, Putnam, and all other surrounding areas.