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“2,000 Signatures Sets Us Free!”

• Reduce our Taxes

   - The Village has duplicated the services provided by the Town of Brookhaven at a considerable
     cost to us; by eliminating Village INC we should realize a considerable tax savings.

   - As a result of controversial tactics in their dealings with our local businesses and residents,
     multiple lawsuits have been filed against the Village. This behavior exposes us all too financial
     liability in future tax increases as a result of the resulting litigation, settlement, and
     judgment costs.

   - Reducing taxes will make homes more affordable for future generations.

   - Reducing taxes will make our community more attractive to new businesses.

   - Dissolving the Village will eliminate the hidden tax of Village issued tickets.

• Initiatives to dissolve are supported by N.Y. State COMMISSION ON LOCAL
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.

• Dissolving the Village will eliminate impediments to new businesses moving to our community
and will revitalize our downtown.

• The Village Government has created stricter and stricter laws and then enforces them in favor
to the politically connected.

• Yes! 37 New York communities have decided that an incorporated village is not an efficient form
of government and have chosen to dissolve them.

• New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer created the COMMISSION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY to study ways to reduce the cost of government. It was determined that the village
is inefficient and unnecessary form of government and should all be dissolved.

1. Petition: Submit a petition to the Village of Patchogue Board of Trustees signed by 1/3 of the registered voters residing in the Village (about 2,000 signatures) requesting a proposition for dissolution be put before the voters on the next general election, which could be as early as March 2008.

2. Public Hearing: A public hearing is held to discuss the proposed dissolution of the Village.

3. The Plan: The Village Board of Trustees in cooperation with the Town of Brookhaven must develop a plan for disposition of assets, payment of debts and the assumption of services by the Town of Brookhaven. The plan will be part of the proposition of dissolution, which goes before the voters possibly as early as March 2008.

4. The Vote: At the next general or special election the voters will be asked to vote on the proposition of dissolution; if approved the Village must be dissolved according to the approved plan within one year.

• Sign the petition; ask your friends and neighbors to sign the petition.

• Print out our newsletter and give it to your friends and neighbors.

• Email your friends and neighbors our newsletter and domain name.

• Download and print out the official petition to Dissolve the Village and start collecting signatures, remember anybody signing the petiton needs to be a registered voter living in the Village of Patchogue. If you do not have the ability to print out a petition please contact us and we will get copies of the petition to you. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PETITION

• Place our sign on your front lawn.

• Send us your stories, experiences with the Village Government to be listed on website.

Many residents have expressed their concern that by supporting our cause, the Village Government will retaliate. Certainly, history tells us what they are capable of doing. Sadly, for most of us who are not political insiders, living in Patchogue, means living in a state of Fear. The primary objective in dissolving the Village government is to extinguish this fear.

The signed petition will be held in confidence until the 2,000 signatures are collected and the petition is delivered to the Village. We will handle all information in the strictest of confidence and we will honor those who would like to remain anonymous.