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This is what I am told. I think- first of all, it is disgusting is it is true. It goes to show you that even if you support these creeps 99% it is not enough. They want 101% or nothing.]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:37:45 GrahamBonnet http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1327374847/ http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1327374847/#num1

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:14:07 rampage http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1326197298/ http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1326197298/#num1 ROTTERDAM
Board member critical of colleagues’ caucus
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net.

    Four of the five Town Board members met behind closed doors Monday in what they maintained was a political caucus, but the fifth member says town business was on the agenda.
    The caucus — a meeting to discuss party business — began after a brief Town Board agenda meeting and equally brief executive session. At that point, board member Robert Godlewski, visibly disgruntled, marched out of the meeting room adjoining the supervisor’s offi ce.
    Godlewski said he left the session because his fellow board members were poised to address business that should be conducted in an open forum.
    “They asked me if I’d stay for a caucus meeting and I said no,” he said before leaving Town Hall. “They were having a caucus meeting to conduct town business.”
    Board members Matt Martin, Wayne Calder and Michael Viscusi were at the meeting, along with Supervisor Harry Buffardi and Town Clerk Diane Marco. Viscusi, a Conservative who ran on a ticket with Buffardi, was the only non-Democrat in the room.
    Buffardi and Town Attorney Katherine McGuril described the meeting as harmless and devoid of substantive issues. They said the only business they were discussing were the upcoming installation dinners at the local fi re districts.
    “We’re not conducting public business,” McGuril said. “There’s none of that.”
    Buffardi described the meeting as a “political caucus” and reassured a Gazette reporter that no town business was being discussed in private. He said Viscusi was invited to join in the meeting. He would not allow the reporter to attend, however.
    Godlewski, who served as deputy town supervisor during the administration of recently ousted Town Supervisor Frank Del Gallo, has already been at odds with his fellow party members. During the board’s organizational meeting, he expressed frustration with Buffardi when the new town supervisor refused to answer his questions about a number of agenda items.
    On Monday, Godlewski said the closed-door caucus sessions seem to be the norm for the Democrats. He said his refusal to discuss public business during caucus sessions appears to be a contributing factor to his falling out of favor with the party.
    Godlewski said a similar occurrence happened in Del Gallo’s office in February 2010. He said he walked into the office to fi nd Del Gallo, Schenectady County Attorney Chris Gardner, county Legislator Tony Jasenski and former board member Nicola DiLeva discussing town business in private.
    “I don’t believe in that and I told them that,” he recalled. “I’ve been ostracized ever since and I probably will be for the next two years.” .....................>>>>.....................>>>>...................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01202&AppName=1]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:08:18 Admin http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1326031074/ http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1326031074/#num1

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ROTTERDAM
New supervisor shuffles town staff, and a few officials
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net.

    If town offices were cards in a deck, Harry Buffardi just shuffl ed them. The new town supervisor implemented a number of changes in Town Hall during Rotterdam’s organizational meeting last week.
    First and foremost, Buffardi reinstated a full-time town attorney — a departure from the previous two administrations.
    Buffardi selected Katherine Mc-Guril for the position. McGuril, the former assistant corporation counsel for Schenectady, was brought on at a salary of $77,500 with full benefi ts.
    McGuril replaces the Albany law firm of Daniels and Porco, which will continue to work with the town until next month. Bryan Goldberger, the labor relations attorney under former Supervisor Frank Del Gallo, was released by Buffardi after he took offi ce this week.
    Buffardi said McGuril will ultimately save the town money, and she’ll maintain a full-time offi ce in Town Hall, which should make it easier for town officials to use her as a resource.
    “I think it will create effi ciencies,” he said.
    Rotterdam fi rst contracted out the town attorney’s position in 2005, when the Town Board’s Republican majority voted to hire the law firm of Parisi and Saccocio. When Del Gallo took office in 2009, he hired several part-time attorneys to represent the town rather than one law fi rm.
    Board members voted to hire Daniels and Porco in February 2011, after one of Del Gallo’s attorneys quit. Del Gallo initially objected to the move, but later acquiesced.
    In other appointments, Buffardi picked board member Wayne Calder as his deputy, replacing Robert Godlewski. Calder was also named the town’s human resource officer, a job that was formerly entrusted to the town comptroller.
    Buffardi filled a vacancy on the town’s Planning Commission with Vincent Romano, who ran unsuccessfully for highway superintendent on the Democratic ticket. Romano replaces David Savini on the commission for a seven-year term.
    Lynn Flansburg, a longtime member and former vice chairman of the Planning Commission, resigned her seat to take a position as deputy town clerk. She replaced Michelle Gannon, the interim town clerk, who took an appointment as the town’s deputy receiver of taxes.
    Jack Denny III was appointed vice chairman of the Planning Commission, while Tom Yuille was reappointed as its chairman.
    Buffardi filled Flansburg’s seat with Ron Severson, a member of the town’s Parks and Recreation Committee. Severson will serve the remaining six years of Flansburg’s term.
    Buffardi also replaced Anthony Tangarone, who replaced longtime town Comptroller Pat Aragosa last summer. He filled the position internally with Jacqueline Every, who has worked in Town Hall for nearly two decades.
    Buffardi also tapped Lynn Fiorillo as his confi dential secretary. Fiorillo served as former Republican Supervisor Steve Tommasone’s confidential secretary and ran unsuccessfully against Eunice Esposito for town clerk in 2009.
    Buffardi reappointed Robert Mallozzi as chairman of the Rotterdam Industrial Development Agency and named Robert St. John and Alex Stramenga to replace Delores Doriguzzi and Joseph Mastroianni on its board. ................>>>>...................>>>>..................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01401&AppName=1

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