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Back in early July I wrote an article entitled, “Is There No Balm in Gilead?” regarding the plight of a homeowner who finds herself surrounded on 3 sides by the continuing destruction of what was once a mountain and now, little by little, is becoming a molehill topped with little boxes made of ticky-tacky. [...] 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 a good job of explaining. Patty Villanova did a good job of questioning. Both got a little irritated at the end. The public needs more information. The fire department did their homework, but did not share that homework until this was all planned. The public should be able to ask questions and they should know ahead of time that this is the topic. An $8 – $12 million project is not a mere last minute presentation at the beginning of a Town Board meeting. This subject deserves its own, well advertised meeting. Someone other than testy Tendy should Chair, so that there will be no badgering, “What was the question? This is a question and answer session.” And no one should feel that if they have concerns, and want to ask questions, that they are un-American, or do not appreciate what our volunteers do for [...] 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 agenda. I asked the person next to me why they were talking about it, and she said they had extended the public hearing, so they didn’t have to put out a public notice of the continuation. Huh? I had heard someone say at the work session that there were farmers who could not attend so they didn’t want to close the hearing. Is that the same as publishing a notice that there is a public hearing? This is a bad law. Mr. Adorno’s attorney was at the real public hearing. He said that you cannot discriminate against farmers, and rezone their parcels if they stop farming. The Town cannot unnecessarily restrict farming. This was all discussed before, so why did we even go to a public hearing with this law, and then why would we have a continuation without public notice. They voted to close the fake public hearing. These meetings go on and on pointlessly. [...]
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“If Franz Kafka had started a business, he would have started Verizon.” Good Monday Morning, If you were around on Saturday, you’d have noticed that pretty much every shop and business was open and so the question is: who gets a holiday? The answer is white collar workers. The service industry (the vast majority of Americans) largely works on national holidays. When I’m President, national holidays will be just that, National Holidays, and aside from emergency services, everyone will be off from work, malls will be closed, gas stations and convenience stores tidily shut… everything. It’s easy to plan a day ahead so quit complaining about not being able to get that last minute beer or ice. Oh, and election day will be a national holiday as well as it is in many other countries. I know, I know… we’re in a global economy but just try to reach someone in France or Germany during August. If they can shut down for a month and still be more productive than we are, surely we can [...] “It’s the combined taxidermist and veterinarian approach: either way you get your dog back,” - David Himmelstein, an internist at the Harvard Medical School on why health insurers hold tobacco stocks. Good Monday Morning, As reported yesterday, there’ s good news this morning if you live at or near Peach Lake. In the second round of stimulus funding, the Town of North Salem and the Town of Southeast will be the recipients of $13 million to address failing septic systems at Peach Lake. By the way, this is an example of what those “tea party” folk call “creeping socialism.” Realizing that treating post traumatic stress disorder quickly costs 25% of what an untreated case costs, Congressman John Hall introduced HR952 which attempts to speed the process at which returning soldiers are treated for PTSD. The Hudson Valley Psychological Association praised the congressman for his work on this. Now it’s a matter of getting Congress to care. The United States ranks 64th globally in voter turnout for its national elections with, on average, 49.3% of eligible voters participating. Some of the nations scoring higher are, Uruguay(2), Ghana(10), Panama(21), Uganda(28) Lithuania(39) and Mexico(54). When it comes to spending on [...] SHOOT-OUT AT THE OK CORRAL – OREGON CORNERS MANIFESTO Putnam Valley- Yesterday was April Fool’s Day and in honor of that event, I attended a public hearing at town hall regarding Supervisor Tendy’s plan and vision for Oregon Corners. ( First a disclaimer: This report represents my own personal opinion and comments on what took place). Bully Bob, as he is affectionately known, was in rare, alpha male form, as he took over the show without a word of protest from the other elected members of the board. As the supervisor’s bizarre, sociopathic behavior becomes more pronounced, it seems that the council people are reluctant to challenge even his more outrageous antics and attacks on the public. It is no wonder that those of us who are critical of the Tendy regime have had to resort to blogging and letter writing to express our opinions. The live meetings have become the modern day equivalent of the bloodsport at the Roman Coliseum, with the hapless citizen trying to publicly comment being thrown to the lions to be ripped apart by Mr. Tendy. I arrived at town hall just before 7 p.m. where there was some sort of meeting taking place [...] TOWN OF KENT Town Board Meeting March 23, 2009 / 07:00 PM Public Hearing – Local Law on Codification Supervisor’s Term of Office Meeting 1. Salute to the Flag 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Vouchers and Claims 4. Local Law – Blasting Code 5. Local Law – Zoning Code Exemption 6. Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (Getty) 7. Return Erosion Control – Barbara Adams 8. Accept Erosion Control Bond – Ribiero Construction TM #9.-1-67 $$3,675.00 9. Accept Erosion Control Bond – Ralph Rosenfeld (KBD Realty) TM#12.-1.50 $7,953.00 10. Recreation – Use of Facilities Policy 11. American Red Cross 12. Putnam County Real Property Tax Services Agency Contract 13. Lake Carmel Fire Department – Accept New Members – Authorize Supervisor to Sign Contract 14. Public Sector HR Contract 15. Cemetery Maintenance 16. Announcement – Kent Clean-Up Day 17. Correspondence
Town Board – March 18, 2009 Bob Tendy had himself a four hour meeting Wednesday, and while his mood was much better than at last week’s work session, it was still foul. He mocked Councilwoman Keresey for her disagreement on incentive zoning, and he yelled at me for asking questions about non-conforming lots, and the proposed laws, even though I had held my questions until public comment. He is becoming angrier and angrier, and more and more uncaring about the public’s point of view. Most people stay away, and I really can’t blame them. There were eleven Town Attorney driven agenda items, things that Mr. Zutt has decided must be considered by the board. There was resistance on some items, but almost none on others. Mr. Zutt has stepped very far out of the role of Town, Planning, and Zoning Attorney. I am quite uncomfortable with this situation. The hot topic was road dedication. The resolution was really brilliant. It said that the town would not automatically accept dedication of roads, but that they could negotiate for them, thus leaving the door wide open for acceptance. Of course, the town has always had the right to accept or not [...] Mr. Roabert Tendy was in a foul mood, and yelled at three of the Board members, who objected to 7 amendments to a 4 item agenda. He didn’t want to put off his discussions for “a technicality” like open government, So he yelled at them, then called an executive session and yelled some more. Even though it’s a closed session, his yelling came through the door. [...] |
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Is There No Balm In Gilead?
What do you do when your town building inspector doesn’t seem to care? When the DEC throws up roadblocks and hurdles too high for the average person to leap over? What happens when you are forced to defend yourself in a court that gives you conflicting information – and you’re not an attorney? What happens when your house physically moves with each blast of the bedrock that underlays it and pieces of that tortured and blasted rock rain down on your property covering everything with lung clogging dust? When a property line dispute turns into a protracted Kafkaesque journey? [...]