Town Board August Amendments to the agenda Executive Session – the specific litigation must be announced. They use this one a lot to hold backroom meetings. And the fire department building – this should not have been an amendment. There should be announced meetings where the public can address their concerns. Eddie McCarthy did...
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The major issues with the current project are the drawing of 900 gallons per day from the stream and the segmentation of the environmental review.
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Putnam County will be using new optical scan voting machines in this primary election, September 15, 2009. These machines are being demonstrated throughout Putnam County.
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August 10, 2009 There has been a change in the Planning Clerk, and a change in the Planning Board agenda. I don’t know if those two changes are interrelated. “Communications” is on the agenda again for 5:30. That means that the Planning Board’s backroom meetings are legally noticed. That is an...
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Peekskill Hollow Road – update I’ve been down this road before. What Has Happened They have changed their language. Since everyone is in favor of road maintenance, bridge maintenance, drainage improvements and a safe entrance at the high school, that is what they talk about now. Nobody explains quite what that means. The resolution –...
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July Town Board meeting – July 15, 2009 I arrived late so as to avoid the razzle dazzle, but it didn’t work. When I got there they were going on about the ag law. It wasn’t on the...
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An historical perspective on musical chairs, also known as politics in Putnam Valley. You may need a flow chart for this one. Six years ago, the local Democratic, Republican, and Independence Party committees conferred and decided that they would support Republicans Fred Finger and Bob Tendy for Town Board, and the Town voters would have no choice. This...
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