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There was no point in this whole charade - their decisions were made long ago.
DiLeva should be ashamed of herself.
No...it is the rest of the Board who should be ashamed of themselves. ND told them a MONTH ago that she had an inescapable
commitment tonight and not to schedule that ems vote for this meeting. She was extremely upset to find it on the agenda at
the agenda meeting on Monday...reminding them that she told them long ago not to schedule that vote for this meeting, knowing
how important this decision was...but they wouldn't table it...and she said she would be there as soon as she possibly could.
She also told them that they should just decide on which provider they'd be choosing and vote on the one resolution...just as
they do with all other proposals and bids....but this spineless crew refused to do so....they didn't have the guts, decency or
honesty to make their choices known until it was time to vote.
FDG told me yesterday that he and BG needed a third vote to award the contract to Mohawk. I told him ND was voting for
Mohawk, not REMS, and always intended to do so....so they would have to find a way to wait for her. He said he would start
the meeting at 7:15 and that "we could call her"...and if necessary he would recess until she arrived...but he didn't do any of it.
It is now obvious that they did this on purpose...MM even had the nerve to tell me that ND "better get here" for a vote this
important despite his knowledge of her circumstances and his willful participation in the scheme to deny ND her vote on this...they
didn't want her making them look like the traitors they are in explaining all of the valid reasons she opposed contracting with
REMS....and yes, they are traitors at best...they rewarded REMS for ripping us off with a contract that will guarantee them business
with the same residents they scammed, and access to the same ALS funds they stole from them...and in doing so, they refused to
enforce their own RFP rules that specifically prohibited the marketing found in REMS' pathetic non-proposal and the clearly stated
disqualification for violating those rules.
I now also believe that the traitors who passed this resolution conspired with REMS in minimizing ND's chance to vote. ND called to
let us know she was on her way at around 8:00...the Brownfield presentation at the beginning of the meeting didn't even end until
7:40...but the resolution was already passed long before 8:00....because REMS did not stage their usual parade of sympathizers
delivering their endless emotional arguments...they just wanted to rush through the few resolutions preceding the ALS
reimbursement and the ems contract resolutions and get right to their interests.
Since FDG, BG and MM royally screwed the Town with this contract, ND's vote would have been the only one for Mohawk. Even though
her vote would not have been enough, still....as I said, she would have at least orated all of the numerous and valid arguments
against awarding REMS this contract and those that legitimately justified awarding it to Mohawk....REMS has never had a single valid
argument in their favor. BG told me yesterday that he "would do what I think is right". If this is his idea of right, I would shudder to
think of what he considers to be wrong.
This is without a doubt the most colossal betrayal of the public trust I have ever seen in this Town...and in Rotterdam that is
saying an awful lot...all engineered and promoted by Tony Jasenski...who has resorted to everything from threatening political
consequences to the perpetual deception of the public he claims to serve...when the only one he has ever served is himself.
All but ND should be included in the AG/Comptroller investigation and audit...BG will have a hard time convincing them that the
Town is making the effort to recover money from ALS when he gives a contract to the subject of their investigations.