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illllllllllllllllllllliSilPHOENIX. Page Ninell!ll!lll!!ll!%u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605ALBANY REPORTA R eport On A c tiv itie s o f O u r State Le g isla to rsAssemblyman Michael L. Pesce has charged that Governor Rockefeller%u2019s budget proposal contains hidden and phony items that erase the $350 million surplus predicted and his plan for a tax reserve fund will shortchange local governments by $27 million in State revenue sharing.%u201cBy squirreling away $150 million in tax revenues for his socalled %u2018reserve fund,%u2019 the Governor has taken out of circulation funds which would normally come under the formula for returning taces to cities, towns and local communities,%u201d Pesce said.Under the present law, 18 per cent of an estimated $3 billion of State income taxes are to be returned to localities in 1973 in the form of revenue sharing. By siphoning off the $150 million, the Governor can avoid returning that percentage of the total, which comes to $27 million, Pesce noted.Pesce said New York City would lose $16.3 million, and according to the Democratic office in Albany, Buffalo would lose $954,000, Rochester $576,000, Albany $250,000 and Syracuse and Yonkers would each lose $414,000. Counties, towns and villages would lose a total in excess of $8 million, he said.%u201cThese losses may mean increased local property taxes andor a reduction in such essential services as police, fire, sanitation and health,%u201d Pesce predicted.%u201c Each time public officials representing cities or counties or smaller units of local government appeal to the State for help, the Republican legislative leadership continues to insist they are getting a fair share. However Rockefeller is now using this fiscal gimmick to cut back on state revenue sharing commitments to localities,%u201d Pesce concluded.The present fiscal maneuvers by Rockefeller are intended to present a strong financial position in 1974, when Rockefeller runs for reelection. Pesce explained how this was done: %u201cState Comptroller Arthur Levitt predicted a budget surplus of $350 million dollars for fiscal 1973-1974. When Rocky presented his budget the surplus had dwindled to 9 million dollars. The logical question was how the $341 million had vanished. Governor Rockefeller in his masterful manner brushed off the problem by attributing the optimistic prediction to the simple fact that Levitt is, after all, a Democrat!%u201dIn a close look at the budget by Assemblyman Pesce and his staff, the story naturally becomes quite different. The surplus or the $341 million had vanished by simple yet phony maneuvers in the deficiency budget. The deficiency budget is the extra money needed to be spent in 1973 that were not aLlocated in the 1972-73 budget in order to complete the programs approved for the 1972-73 budget year.What is seen in the budget is a calculated plan to list expenditures that were not necessary now or that are really loans. %u201cThe reason for this becomes clear when youconsider that Rockefeller is running for re-election in 1974.%u201d Pesce continued. %u201cIn the 1974-75 budget, the deficit budget expenditures that are really loans will return on the budget as income. This alongLRobert Burke Jones, PresiaenrM ichael A. Armstrong, Publisher 132 CLINTON ST., BROOKLYN 11201TEL 6 4 3 -1 0 3 2NOSTALGIA A N D A N TIC IP A TIO N :B alm y d a y b rin g s m oods o f sp rin g to Park Slope corner.Pescewith the reduced number of expenditures (because they are being advanced in the 1973 deficiency budget) will result in a huge surplus.%u201dReminding us that 1974 is an election year, Pesce noted that %u201cRockefeller will be able to reduce taxes and still have a budget surplus, and how can you beat that combination in an election year.%u201d This is all being done at the expense of the present 1973-74 budget, Pesce concluded. In fact the taxes could be cut this year if Rockefeller did not play with the surplus. Yet we still have a $9 million surplus and Assemblyman Pesce, along with other legislators are pushing the Governor to allocate the 9 million to a legitimate need such as day care. Mr. Pesce concluded that if said allocation is made %u201cit will at least be an honest and at the same time a vital and necessary one.%u201dAssemblyman Pesce continued his report by indicating that if one %u201cis patient enough and bothers to read the fine print on the small subsections in the colossal budget report of over 800 pages, some obscure tidbits are found.%u201d Among them is the fact that the Civil Defense Office (of the Bomb Shelter scare era) is still in operation. The office gets allotments of over $2 million though the exact amount is impossible to determine since the budget allowances to such office is done though 4 different State agencies which do not break down aii the allocation.The Assemblyman%u2019s investigation of the budget will be an on going process that will continue for the duration of his term. In conclusion Mr. Pesce stated that %u201cat a time when vital services are being cut back, there is urgent need to cut the fat from the budget and reallocate the funds to prevent cuts in the human and social service area.%u201dPHOENIX AdsGet Results'Don%u2019t Quote Me, ButBY SCORPIOFor the first time in recent political history, a local Democratic club-house officeholder has opened a neighborhood community service office. The office holder is none other than Council Majority Leader Tom Cuite, whose district includes Carroll Gardens, where the new storefront is located. Just might be related to the announcement this 'week of a primary challenge in June from young Peter Dierro, out of the newly active Independent N eighborhood D em ocrats. Chances of a defeat for Cuite are slim, but a good showing would certainly be embarrassing.That august group of reformers in the Democratic Party known as the Kings County Democratic Coalition spent last(\jI LETTERS 1To the Editor:FRO M : COMMANDING O F %u00adFICER, I1TH DIVISION, NYC POLICE DEPT:Due to the recent power failure that occurred on February 20, 1973, the 11th Division Office is conducting a survey which concerns those citizens that have to rely on electrical power to sustain life. These would be lifemaintaining machines such as iron-lungs, kidney machines and similar apparatus.The survey would allow us to be knowledgeable as to those citizens who may require assistance and thereby maintain a list of names and addresses; and give priorities as required. In having such information the Police Department will be able to render assistance, in the event of any future emergency, to those in neal.If you have any such problem as outlined or any information to extend, please contact the 11th Division Office, 830 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., 11232 or call 965- 2717-8-9.JOHN F. RONANInspector11th DivisionThursday evening proving they had a greater capacity than anyone we know to make the political process as dull as a bullfrog race. The fight over endorsements for various offices was the tamest part of the evening, or should we say morning because that%u2019s when most of them finally took place. Most of the night was spent debating the %u2018%u2018reform p rin %u00adciples\members. (The decision was to throw the rascals out). Give us a good old-fashioned smoke-filled room where raw, naked political ambition is tempered at least with some discussion about how the various alternative choices for office will hold their liquor. %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022Bob Wagner may in 1973 pull a %u201c Richard Nixon\to make a political comeback that would defy even the wisest soothsayer. Exiting the Mayor's office after three terms, Wagner reappeared on the scene in 1969 after a four-year rest in Spain, but bit the political duston election day, a casualty of Mario Procacciniotis. Now, after the withdrawal of Mayor Lindsay, Wagner is itching for another go. If he does, the casualty of his entry will probably end up %u25a0%u2018ing none but Abe Beame, w! %u2019ll probablyjust jump right ,k into theComptroller race. A sample of Wagner wit, delivered live at the City Club dinner last week: %u201c By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have disbursed.\It makes you wonder just how professional they are when you hear that the Kings County Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers invited Demo Boss James V. Mangano to speak on the %u201c Rehabilitation of the Gowanus Canal\summer Mangano came out in favor of decking the canal, a position on which didn't win friends and influence many folks in South Brooklyn at the time.CREATIVITY%u201eon every photographic and creative assignment...we Nook for and execute^Ifhe extraordinary ...with] extra emphasis on leaving