Saturday, June 21, 2014
Time for Feathers to Fold'em
"You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run......"
Read this article from exactly a year ago and then tell anybody who will listen why we should listen to Feathers and Rita this year.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/06/ny_casino_deal_is_bad_for_taxp.html
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I think the flip-flop is this.....when the gambling market gets saturated, like it is in New York, when you add additional gambling operations what happens is a revenue "shift" from one operation to another. It doesn't generate "new" revenue. More slots, lottery drops.....it's that simple. That's what Feathers was saying a year ago, and it's what the State Comptroller said this year.
ReplyDeleteAnd in a parallel example, do you think putting 677 Prime in the Thompson Hill location is going to improve business for Chez Mike? That's what they've been trying to tell you with the "double-think" about local business improvement being driven by the addition of a casino to the community. The business model is to get you INSIDE and keep you there to take as much money as possible while you are there. It's that simple. And our Board fell for it, hook line and sinker with no questions asked.
I recommend the two articles in the Times Union to Gadfly readers (front page, above the fold) but also not to be missed are the quote of the week and the comment from the Editorial Board.
ReplyDeleteAnony....Make that Section C, front page above the fold. Chris Churchill's article about the FOIL notes.
DeleteGadfly, how right you are. The delivery person at our house folded the paper with the C section on the front. Hope a bunch people in EG received their papers that way.
DeleteGadfly,
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading the articles. The only decent course of action is for Supervisor Langley and Councilperson Matters to resign immediately. This is a textbook example of malfeasance in office. Langley and Matters have placed their own crass, partisan political careers ahead of the concerns of the people. I am a supporter of the casino project, but I want it to be done in an ethical way. Speaking of ethics, do you and Mr. Conway have any thoughts about whether the quid pro quo discussions outlined in the "Political Nuance Among Those Casino Notes" article by Chris Churchill warrants the filing of an ethics complaint to the Town Ethics Board?
When your elected officials are dumb that's a problem. When your elected officials are incompetent that's a problem. When your elected officials are corrupt that's a problem.
ReplyDeleteWhen your elected officials are dumb, incompetent, and corrupt they are the East Greenbush town board.
I know that's nasty. And I desperately wish it were not the case. But the objective evidence is overwhelming and powerful.
It started with the Organizational Meeting and continued, without interruption or relief, ever since.
People who supported Langley, Matters and DiMartino because they were anybody but the democrats offerings are now non supporters. It only took 6 months for the new board majority to show as flamingly incompetent; evil even.
I could see civil disobedience in Langley's future after his arrogant approach to public input at this month's town board meeting. The guy is horrible and Matters and DiMartino are too. And I supported them over and over and over.
Here's to hoping an independent slate of candidates emerges for the next election.
Capital View Casino will be a great addition to our town. Can't wait for it to open. We can all hope that John Donson will pack his bags and follow his Buddy. Anyone in this town that knows you wishes they didn't.
ReplyDeleteDear Neighbor.....I have no problem whatsoever with a democratically run government. It's when my government resorts to duplicity, secrecy, manipulation and pay-offs to accomplish its ends that we have to draw the line. Some of those FOILed notes pretty much nailed what was going on, and I'm sure its not comfortable for those caught in the mischief. The obvious lesson? Don't do that stuff. Run the government in a competent, open, transparent and accountable manner and you won't be embarrassed. Telling me to leave town will not solve the problem of the content of your character.
DeleteOne more thing,Neighbor.....You might be interested in this from the NY Times. It's entitled "Gaming the Poor."
Deletehttp://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/gaming-the-poor/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1&
Its unfortunate that this is the type of B.S. you have to put up with for putting your name out there. Some idiot hiding behind his/her anonymous identity calling you names. Your neighbor, please enlighten us with your name?
DeleteDear your neighbor,you seem to have Don Johnson confused with DeFruscio Langley and Matters. ANYONE IN TOWN THAT KNOWS THESE THREE WISHES THEY DIDN'T. Don is nothing more than a concerned citizen who cares about this town.
ReplyDeleteDon is nothing more than a screwball.
DeleteHi Neighbor.....If it was my record revealed in the FOILed notes, I might agree with you. But it's not. Feathers has to be banging his head against a wall over who he "partnered" with to pull this caper off. I loved the piece in today's TU in which both Feathers and Langley "can't remember" the same conversation.
DeleteDear neighbor, whether you like Don or not. Can you honestly tell me the board handled the casino issue properly? Secret meetings,no due diligence,attacking anyone who questions the boards motives. If you think that's acceptable you need to hang out with Langley, Defuscio,Matters and Torino. Know what I mean John.
ReplyDeleteYour Neighbor, I wonder what Town you are talking about. I do not know John Donson, but I do have the honor of knowing Don Johnson. It is obvious that you do not know Don, so I assume you are talking about a John Donson-whomever that is. Without Don and his friends, we would still be in the dark concerning the corruption that has and possibly still is taking place in East Greenbush.
ReplyDeleteI consider EG lucky to have Don, an extremely intelligent man, willing to give his time and energy working to make EG the Town we all wish it was. With Don and his friends, someday it may be that Town.
Don't count on it Cathy
DeleteDear Your neighbor (JT?),
ReplyDeleteLife just hasn't been the same for you since Keith Langley's Deputy Supervisor and Ethics Board Chairperson was told to shut down the DEMands blog.
I think we'll be seeing more of Feathers engaging in "plausible deniability" if the TB keeps digging that huge hole for themselves or if another site gets the license. He'll hold then fold on the TB and walk away as if he didn't know them and run somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteWhat don't you get? It's a done deal.
DeleteThat attempt would be interesting on a number of fronts. Especially in an election year for the Gov.
DeleteUnfortunately, Supervisor Langley's antics have attracted too much negative attention. It's on to Newburgh and Schenectady (or perhaps Rensselaer). Thanks for nothing Mr. Langley.
DeleteThe safe bet. Feathers will just get the Newburgh site partnering with Rush Street Gaming. That's how it works.
ReplyDeleteHere's the link to Sunday's story in the Times Union by Chris Churchill:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Churchill-Rolling-political-dice-on-a-casino-5569979.php
5 to 2 odds Feathers pulls out of the EG project by June 30th to focus on Newburgh and Schenectady in a partnership with Rush Street Gaming.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't blame him after putting up with all the Langley nonsense.
Its funny in Rensselaer, one person said no to the project. They voted their conscious. Even if Rensselaer gets it and its successful that person will not lose. Why they voted their conscious. These idiots did not and now will end up losing. Not one said no despite their reservations. This wasn't guaranteed. I can't understand why they went the distance of stupidity without a standing up. It really is a failure of leadership on all of their parts. We need to boot all of them out because the whole lot is rotten. East Greenbush needs smart responsible governing. This obviously is not a group that will do it. We need to start a recall.
ReplyDelete@ 9:53 AM, I couldn't agree more! It's also important for voters to attend the monthly Town Board meetings to see first hand the lack of leadership by Supervisor Langley and his cronies. Unfortunately, the casino debacle is just the tip of the Langley ice berg. Insider deals, wasteful purchases, hidden audits and property re-assessments for the connected few are commonplace. Please consider attending these meetings. You will get a good sense of what the Langley group is all about.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Massachusetts may have had "enough" of casinos. The repeal is on the ballot in November.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/06/24/state-high-court-rule-casino-repeal-ballot-question/vULLFY7zoyIfqn4MezqVVI/story.html
Do we now have a national casino glut?
ReplyDeletehttp://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/06/24/casinos-gamble
2:50 PM,
ReplyDeleteWe also have a glut of self serving political actions by Supervisor Langley, Councilperson Matters and Deputy Supervisor/Ethics Chairperson Gilbert.
Sue Mangold's comment in the previous post is deeply and seriously telling.
ReplyDeleteMs. Mangold is revealing that the town board members KNOW that they are not doing the people's work. That the town board KNOWS they are voting against the will of the majority of the citizens of our town...but they did it anyway.
These five members of the town board must think they are tyrants free to do as they please without consequence.
Langley, Gilbert and the majority members clearly feel this way.
And they could not be more wrong.
We live in a democracy however these tyrants might wish otherwise. Their attitude, arrogance, stupidity and recklessness is what leads to revolutions. The large turnout for recent meetings and the content and volume of both town blogs is our civil version of a revolution.
Right. Let us remain civil to eachother and dedicated to the work of returning to a representative form of government. Mangold is right, getting this group out is the easy part...the difficult part is getting good people in the next time.
DeleteWell Gadfly, Make no mistake about it. The Democrat party is not going to change for you or anyone else for that matter. We had control for over 10 years and will regain control in 2015. 2 Town Board seats,Supervisor and a brand new Casino. You thought you were going to control Cheryl Vallee. How delusional are you? Don't worry we have a plan for you to, cleaning urinals at the casino.
DeleteTo 4:36 PM (Muffin Man?),
DeleteWhat? No F Bomb in your post??
You are disgusting! You and your people are the reason this has happened. Mismanagement and proud of it! What this town needs is a third party which owes no one but the residents the management it deserves. East Greenbush needs a clean sweep of all these dysfunctional "old boys" politics.
DeleteSorry for posting 4:36 folks, but I wanted you all to see the content and quality of the character of the people we are up against. Really "deep" right? We need to make sure that the politicians who let them hang around are removed from office. There is a real chance for East Greenbush to emerge from this little episode with a really great future without the tainted cash (dubious as it is) from a casino. All we need is competent management and the absence of the political machines with their graft, patronage and cronyism.
Delete4:36 is NO democrat ! He/she has no idea of any of what they are talking about.
DeleteMuffin Man tirino or Mulvey or Lenartz.....most likely
Well here it is, boys and girls.....the Article 78 was filed this afternoon:
ReplyDeletehttp://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/215733/opponents-of-east-greenbush-casino-file-article-78-suit/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
This is for I hate Donnie boy.You fool no one. You're not a Democrat. You sound more like John T. trying to trick people. Your boy Langley is done. The Dems have made mistakes for sure. However, they have never shown the amount of total incompetence the SWF team has demonstrated. As for Cheryl Vallee, she will work across party lines for the benefit of our great town. Keep posting as a fake Dem - it only shows how desperate you are.
ReplyDeleteTurning our town around is very simple. Get rid of Langley. Elect two board members with character and honesty irregardless of party affiliation. We as voters need to research the background of potential canddidates.
ReplyDeleteLangley is telling people the Gadflies are a small group with no following. How wrong he is. The Gadflies have become know as the group to save East Greenbush and their following is growing daily. They will have a pivotal role in who gets elected. I'm sure we can find three independent minded people to run for the town board. They're out there, we just need to look.
Rick McCabe said the same things about the Gadflies. Look how that turned out for him.
DeleteThe Gadfly roster had grown and has become more bi-partisan with the passage of time and the realization that the problem is the politican machinery of both major parties.
From the get go and without interuption the Gadflies have wanted nothing more than good decisions made the proper way. For both the democrats and the republicans that is clearly too much to expect.
Langley needs to go. Period.
I'm fairly sure that there's more to come on how this caper went down. No due diligence on the environmental review before the resolution. A piece of property, totally inappropriate for a casino, gets approved by the Town Board. Big question - how did Feathers happen to land on Thompson Hill? There's other stuff going on and the old time Town players have their fingerprints on it.
DeleteRick McCabe hasn't gone anywhere. He's watching you very closely. Very closely.
DeleteOkay, let me guess...he is preparing that same defamation/slander lawsuit we have been hearing about for years now. Please go away the little boy who cried wolf.
DeleteDear Gadfly, I am apposed to this potential Casino project beIng built in East Greenbush. Is there any focus on blocking the Rensselaer site that is being reported? It is actually closer to for me to drive to the rensselaer site from my home in Hampton Manor than drive to Thompson Hill. It seems both of these casino will pose the same problems for our town as well as the residents of Rensselaer.
ReplyDeleteTo Gadfly and the other Plaintiffs:
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU from all of us. It is far past the time for these politicians to be held accountable.
Perhaps your attorney can get your lawsuit certified as a class action?
Langley's deposition in the Article 78 proceeding should be very interesting.
DeleteHere's the link to the Article 78 Petition filed yesterday. It's on the Times Union website:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/231575189/Save-EG-vs-state-Petition
I hear Langley and McCabe were playing golf together today.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't be surprised. They appear to be "cut from the same cloth" as they say.
DeleteDon , please stop being so gullible and posting everything Tirino or Mulvey writes. Langley was nowhere near McCabe today.....my god..use your common sense !
DeleteLet me put it this way......Langley brought him in early on for tips on how to be a supervisor. And Langley is going to be looking for endorsements any where he can get them next time around. If that's Tirino or Mulvey, they're just sinking their boss, right? After this fiasco, the whole bunch in both parties are toast. The people have had enough.
DeleteMary Ann Matters made a comment on the TU Capitol Confidential. Here is my reply:
ReplyDeleteYour comment is awaiting moderation.
June 27, 2014 at 6:56 pm
Mary Ann Matters:
Polls? Could you please release the poll data and method of collection?
You were duly elected to make decisions: Yes, this is true. But, weren’t you elected to represent the public? If the opposition spoke “loudly” why didn’t just one board member vote NO to represent those in opposition? It seemed clear at the three public meetings that there were a large number of people who opposed, couldn’t you represent their voice, especially when you voted after other board members?
You state that you had a limited amount of time: if you were rushed, were you able to thoroughly examine the developer’s plan? If you were rushed, were you able to gather any guarantees from the developer? If you were rushed, couldn’t you have written to the Gaming Board stating that municipalities felt rushed and made a recommendation that Resolutions be voted on AFTER the June 30th deadline? Aren’t you in charge of the town, or is it actually the developer?
You state that the town is in financial peril. What is your “Plan B”? If the NY Gaming Board chooses another site, how will you address the financial peril? Will you put the blame on the casino opposition or will you admit that there is NO Plan B for the town?
You state that you want to see the town grow and prosper. So do all of the people who oppose the casino. Have you reached out to those people and met with them to see if they can work with the Town Board? Have you treated their opposition with respect? Do you return their phone calls and emails? If the answer to any of those questions is NO, then you really do NOT represent the people of the town. When you were elected to this position you must have been aware that there would be opposition in many different situations. The Town Board should practice diplomacy and work WITH people who you call opposition because at this time, there are a lot of residents that fall into this category and they are not going anywhere.
7:02......well said. It will be interesting to see if she or anyone else on the board hear. The real point is with or without the anti casino group East Greenbush might NOT get chosen. Why hang all those dreams on one "plan". Now what?
DeleteAm I the only one who finds it very disturbing that Supervisor Langley eliminated the Town Planning Director position at the Organizational Meeting just a few months before his "conversations" with the East Greenbush Casino developers regarding the largest planning project in the history of East Greenbush?
ReplyDeleteDear Gadfly, There has been talk about supporting better candidates for the next election cycle. While the Republicans haven't yet had potential candidates surface the Democrat party seems to be promoting Cheryl Vallee and Andrea Smythe to run for an office.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be fair to hear from them to weigh in on the thought of a Casino on Thompson Hill. Wouldn't it also be fair to hear from the major party committee chairpersons as to their position on a casino on Thompson Hill.
Ms.Vallee and Ms.Smythe should absolutely explain to the residents of our town where they stand on this Casino in East Greenbush. We have a right to know now before they can spin the issue politically in their favor as the process continues. How they feel now is what is important to the voters, not what is popular down the road.
DeleteAt least we know where the current board stands now. Don't let these future politicians fool us anymore. This issue is to important not to know where they stand.
In my opinion a casino will ultimately be detrimental to E.G. That being said, I have no issue with the people who feel differently - that's their right .Whether Ms. Vallee or Ms. Smythe support the casino or not - it is up to them. What is important to me is if they exercised their choice in a proper and informative way. If you were at the last board meeting I believe you would have seen that Ms.Smythe voiced her displeasure with the way things were done.
ReplyDeleteMs. Valle and Ms. Smythe would be good choices for the board, however, the process of picking candidates has a long way to go .What I read into the comments of 7:27 and 10:22 is that they support the Republicans and want the Dems to tip their hand. Langley and crew could care less what others think - they tried to sneak the casino through. Maryann Matters tried to discourage a law suit telling people to " save your money". I'll bet Eileen Grant was told the same thing. How did that work out MaryAnn? I want people elected who will l isten to the residents, involve the residents, and not try to hide things from said residents. The next election will be about candidates you can trust - not party affiliation. Oh. and of course, we need a new supervisor!
What is wrong with Mary Ann Matters? She states "we would have done things the right way if we had more time". Is that a joke? Is Mary Ann admitting that she did things the wrong way? Does Mary Ann think that a $300mllliion project only needs 3 days to decide? Does she think that the fact that the board didn't research the pros and cons of a casino is okay because there was only 3 days?
ReplyDeleteMary Ann - after the April resolution was voided , you had additional time to listen to the residents at the meetings. After all of the complaints about how things were done, after resident after resident spoke against the casino....you disregarded everything presented to you and still voted for the casino. Mary Ann....what further research did you personally do on the casino issue taking into account everything you witnessed at the meetings on the casino?
Mary Ann - did you run to be an independent board member who can think for herself or to be a bobble head doll for the supervisor? Tell us, the voters, what due diligence did you do before making your decision? I suggest your husband would not have made such a huge decision in three days. Rick would not have been pressured into making such an important decision for the future of our town.
Maybe the wrong Matters is on the board. Strike the maybe!
Sure wish Mary Ann Matters would spend some more time listening to her constituents instead of begging the casino operators to find a way to "protect" Supervisor Keith Langley in the next election.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the FOIL notes, it seems that the Feathers PR team is running everything. The Board members get brought in one by one for a half hour with Feathers and Keith. They gave it up. Just like sheep.
ReplyDeleteThat's right and the effort to avoid complying with the Open Meetings Law played right into the hands of the slick "spinners" from the Casino: the board gave up their option for shared wisdom. They should act as a deliberative body benefiting from eachothers thoughts and working together for our common good. In this case they gave up their rights as well as ours. all of this for the sake of being sneaky.
DeleteSheep serve a purpose. The smart way forward team, as they call themselves, are useless. It's a shame the dems on the board fell for the same shell game. Has anyone stopped to figure out how much the residents of our town would have to lose to pay 1700 people? Pay the town and county the money they say they'll get . Pay the state taxes. Pay the three hundred million dollar loan .Pay the energy cost to run the casino. Pay employee benefits - if these are good jobs they should get benefits .Pay for the food and liquor the casino comps to get people there. Seems like we have to lose a lot of money to make the casino profitable. If all that money is lost at the casino how much can be left to spend in other businesses in town? Maybe the board is counting on the excess traffic on route 4 and the large number of pot holes not yet fixed to be the draw for this town, Who doesn't like hitting pot hole and getting stuck in slow moving traffic?
ReplyDeleteSomething (else) about the meeting notes bothers me. Feathers was quoted in the newspaper as saying "I like what Keith has done". Huh? What has Keith done? If you ask Keith about anything that got done, he always says he didn't do it, he even looks to others for simple explanations.
ReplyDeleteSome yahoo on Vandenburgh on Friday tried to make the point that the FOILed notes show due diligence by the Board. I'd say that people show more inquisitiveness when buying a car and spend more time with the salesman than the Board members showed or spent in this caper. They just didn't do their job, and it's clear that they didn't know what the job was. The Saratoga PR team was driving the bus.
ReplyDeleteStill to be answered......how did the caper get started in the first place? How did Feathers land on the most inappropriate and unlikely piece of property in the entire region? My bet....some local insiders looking to make a quick buck.
Dear Gadfly,
ReplyDeleteThat's what you get when you have Board members like Mary Ann Matters who are more interested in politically "protect(ing)" Supervisor Keith Langley instead of showing due diligence or even minimal inquisitiveness for the benefit of the residents of East Greenbush.
and to think ; we could have had a true professional such as Cheryl Vallee.....who da thunk Matters would have failed us all in such grand fashion ?
DeleteYou know, readers, any reasonably intelligent person would not buy a house with the same casual, flippant, non questioning, zero research approach the five town board members took to the casino matter.
ReplyDeleteNone of the five town board members are dumb. They're really not.
So, given that what accounts for their complete, utter and total failure to manage the casino matter with any intelligence, wisdom, analysis or research?
Inquiring minds, and the good citizens of East Greenbush, want to know - and deserve to know.
Inquiring minds in this Town of EG need to research all of the candidates for all of the positons in 2015. Anyone that does not have the same morale values that you and your family has OR is inclined in any way towards NEPOTISM needs to be eliminated immediately in any PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION. We've been screwed in this town too many times and now we need to stick together and truly CHANGE East Greenbush. If we get tons of people out to there to VOTE and to voice their opinion instead of sit back; we may just get the right candidates to do this job of representation for the Town. How many Malones were affiliated with the Town; now how many Corellis's?
ReplyDeleteTwo things are gonna happen at the end of the month. East Greenbush gets it with Governor approval and lots of trouble or we don't get it. If we don't get it and Featherstone turns his nose up at the town then you will find all of them scrambling to get out of the jam there are in. They will talk, oh they will talk. They will go on camera and make accusations as much as possible to get themselves off the hook. You will have all five of them going after one another to make themselves look good. Heck you might get a few of them to roll over on Featherstone and anyone from the county. Trust me if they want anything to go there way for now on they will talk. Otherwise no matter what they do they realize they are not getting reelected.
ReplyDeleteAgreed 11:10AM, It's even worse for Langley. He's the only full time Board member at 70K a year and he's the one who engineered the sneaky individual meetings of the board members with the casino developers in a deliberate attempt to subvert the open meetings law.
ReplyDeleteLangley is the worst of the worst of the East Greenbush Town Board!! Let's not forget this on election day in November, 2015.
This quotation from Sue Mangold:
ReplyDelete"We do have legal representation that looked at the resolutions, and to the best of our knowledge everything is legal. We made a business decision to get some economic development in town. We have a business that wants to develop property, and they have right to do so"
Yes Sue, they have the right to do so if you followed the law. But there seem to be some problems with your process. Counsel may have looked at the resolutions, but how you got to them is the problem.
The "back story" on this one is really interesting. How did Feathers land in East Greenbush on the most inappropriate and unlikely piece of property in the region? Time to start asking that question. Wasn't this a "fix" from the beginning by the usually EG "fixers?" That's why the Board didn't ask any questions. You weren't allowed to. It was all decided by the money boys in the back room.
Here is the comment that Mary Ann Matters posted on Capitol Confidential:
ReplyDeleteMary Ann Matters says:
June 27, 2014 at 10:08 am
It’s ironic because the Town Board wants to SAVE EASTGREENBUSH, too. For all of us, it’s a quality-of-life issue. There are people who don’t want the casino because it will negatively impact their quality-of-life in the town but (according to the polls) there are just as many people who want it because it will positively impact their quality-of-life in the town. The Town Board is a body of residents who were duly elected to make decisions for the town. There was never any intent to exclude residents from the process, no malice of forethought whatsoever. There was a limited window of time and opportunity to throw our hat in the ring. It was kind of like those infomercials that say you can have this item but you must act within the next 5 minutes. Subsequently, we had another opportunity to vote so public information sessions and hearings were able to be held. The opposition spoke loudly and clearly but they are now using media and lawyers to make a bigger noise than they can make alone. Our town is in financial peril. We can’t even get a McDonalds to locate on Columbia Turnpike. Taxes are through the roof. We have a responsibility to consider the casino as the residents/taxpayers are entitled to as expedited a financial recovery as possible. There are those who don’t need tax relief, but there are plenty who do. We now need to come together as a community and continue to ask what we can do to help one another. The Town Board’s decision was made in an effort to help the town grow and prosper. Is it the perfect solution to our problems? Perhaps not, but it’s 100% true that we are trying to Save East Greenbush, too.
If you want to respond to her comment, her email is mamatters@eastgreenbush.org
If you want to respond to Sue Mangold's comment her email is smangold@eastgreenbush.org
we need to let them know how we feel about their comments, they way they have not represented us
I think all of you are giving the people on are town board too much credit, they were told what to do by the county. I will still vote against everyone of them on the town board, but it came from higher then them.
ReplyDeleteThe absurdity of all this is:
ReplyDelete1.) Despite staggering amounts of taxpayer money spent by the town board there is still no audit for them and us to rely on for the true state of the town's finances.
2.) There is no plan, no goals, no actions, no vision no nothing in terms of a financial recovery plan.
3.) The organizational meeting showed beyond any doubt that the new majority is continuing the same nepotism and patronage hiring practices of the failed former majority.
4.) Secrecy remains the key way the new majority operates. Repression of public comments, Gilbert and DeFruscio's nasty and stupig blogs.
5.) What poll is Ms. Matters referring to?
Nice try MAM but all you provided was more partisan spin and excuses for a bad decision made badly.
According to the FOIL, Mary Ann Matters was more concerned about protecting Keith then she was about protecting East Greenbush. Her mantra is "Save Keith Langley" not "Save East Greenbush". It it tortuous and Mary Ann Matters has to stop trying to deceive people into believing she cares about the Town when, in her own words, she cares about protecting and protection for Keith.
ReplyDeleteMAM?-we cant get a McDonalds? thats because they sank thousands of dollars remodeling the McDs on Wolf Rd.(er Rt,4 ),What happened to the exciting news in the Supes report some months ago,stating that the former McDs on desolation rd.(er Rt.9-20)was going to become a Greene cnty.dialysis center,and Peebles dept.store was moving into the vacated planet fitness.They taking there time converting the old KFC into a Starbucks,and lets not forget that we had a buyer for the long vacated Weathervane.Which turns out to be Hart family LLC.who will probably tear down,and put a for sale sign on just like the former Teagans.But alls well because you clowns passed a resolution for a casiNO,DO WE HAVE A PLAN B?-what about the tax delinquency notices that were in the TimeUnion last week?It was a shorter list than usuall,but added up to over $600,000 thousand dollars.Are we doing anything about that? concerned citizen who unfortuntunately voted for you clowns.
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