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Putnam Valley August Town Board meeting

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 [...]

Those who don’t learn from history…..

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 decision so inflamed Democrats, they rose up and found their own candidates to oppose the Tendy menace and the hopeless control of one party rule. They came up with Democratic candidates for that election, and the Putnam Valley Party. And they mounted a campaign to overturn the powers that be, and restore democracy in Putnam Valley.

The Tendy supporters challenged the Putnam Valley Party petitions. Specifically, those challenges were brought by Don Laurence, Charlie Ferrante, and George Gallinger, an interesting confederation of political allies.

While there were questionable aspects to their legal challenge, they succeeded in throwing the Putnam Valley Party off the ballot.

Mr. Laurence continued his tenure on the Democratic Committee, without ever supporting the local Democrats, until his decision to be on the local ethics board. While he cited a conflict between politics and ethics board service as [...]