Quoted from clubhouse

Thanks, Tippy, for the article.  And the information is so true!  

Quoted from clubhouse

Thanks, Tippy, for the article.  And the information is so true!  

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

The editorial was pure bullshit.

Quoted from Kevin March

Why, because it didn't come from a leftist rag like the Gazette?

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

The Gazette is a rag, too .. but certainly not leftist.  The Gazette is very biased towards the GOP when
it comes to covering Rotterdam.

Quoted from Kevin March

(Actually when it comes to coverage in Rotterdam, I find that it's quite balanced.  You can't say that the reporting doesn't go your way only when your people are or aren't in office.)

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Actually, the coverage of local news/politics by the Gazette leaves a lot to be desired  Justin Mason is
slightly better than his predecessor -- his predecessor used to sit between the GOP town chair and
another GOPer at every town board meeting .. and basically wrote what they told him to write.

Quoted from bumblethru

WOW....that's what Lamendola does at the county leg meeting. Except he can leave early(and he has) and the dems just fax him what to report!!!

Quoted from Kevin March

Or he "already knows" what the vote is going to be.  He's stated the same to me before.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Like I said, the Gazette is a rag .. a shadow of its former self.   Personally, I prefered the old Union Star
(the old afternoon paper) when it was around.   When the Gazette went from being the Schenectady
Gazette to the Daily Gazette .. and started covering Saratoga and outer counties .. it basically started
going down hill from thre.

Quoted from TippyCanoe

here you go

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"Editorial

Rotterdam’s three men in a room

On Thursday, Aug. 31, members of the Rotterdam Town Board held a special meeting to pass the retirement incentive resolution that failed last week.
What made the meeting special, as far as we at The Spotlight can tell, is that it was probably illegal and most of you probably didn’t know about it.

Here’s the skinny:  On Aug. 19, the board failed to pass a resolution that would allow the town to use a retirement incentive program offered by the state.  Supervisor Frank Del Gallo and Deputy Supervisor Robert Godlewski voted in favor, Matthew Martin, Gerard Parisi and Nicola Dileva against.

Less than a week later, an e-mail goes out to the board members and the press stating the board will have the aforementioned “special” meeting the following evening. Del Gallo and Godlewski show up to reiterate their vote from last week.  Martin brings his waffle iron and they wind up adopting a not-insignificantly changed resolution.

From e-mail to town law in less than 24 hours.

Now, Rotterdam Town Board meetings are usually very well attended – as are circuses – but present at the “special” meeting were only a handful of attendees, according to our reporter’s count.  That alone, should tell that sufficient notice was not given.

Oh, and then there’s this thing called New York State Town Law,  Section 62 states, “The supervisor of any town may , and upon written request of two members of the board shall within 10 days, call a special meeting of the town board by giving at least 2 days notice in writing to members of the board of the time when and the place where the meeting is to be held.”

Town Attorney Michael Godlewski tells The Spotlight that he feels everything is legit, and that the board acted accordingly.  We say his statement and the board’s actions don’t even remotely pass the smell test.

Residents of Rotterdam, this is your leadership: secretive, deceitful, and cowardly and with little regard for what the law states and what you think.

Some politicians feel they can act this way because they have an ignorant, complacent constituency.  Prove them wrong.  We’ll help you by providing you with the news that affects you.  You do your part by being involved – at the next board meeting and at the next election, show them you’re not willing to lie down and just take what they give you."(1)

(1) "Rotterdam's three men in a room." Editorial. WThe Spotlight, September 2, 2010: Page 6. Print.

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