Giants Fan--Welcome!  Glad to have you in the mix.

Welcome!

...until you say something negative about the current town admin...then you are just a shadow poster who comes here to cause trouble.

Quoted from 474

Welcome!

...until you say something negative about the current town admin...then you are just a shadow poster who comes here to cause trouble.

that is not true!!

Perhaps we all don't agree and kinda try to chew up one another, but we are 'all' passionate about our individual thoughts and perceptions. We banter back and forth trying like hell to get our points across. There is no causing trouble.....just differences of opinions and sharing information.

.....and we have a hell of a lot of fun doing it!

So again Giants Fan.....welcome on board!

Quoted from 584

Yeah I'm in.  I have passed the selection process   Just wanted to get the first post out of the way.  Hello all

I am finding reading your post both entertaining and informative.  Thank you.

No offense,,,but being America and freedom of speech and in the spirit of brotherly love----GO JETS..........

and WELCOME ABOARD......post away........new talk is ALWAYS good......lets chew together.......

Quoted from 474

Welcome!
...until you say something negative about the current town admin...then you are just a shadow poster who comes here to cause trouble.

Welcome Giants56 to the Rotterdam Looney Toon Bin!  LOL!
Tell your friends who live in the town about us. I think a lot of us
like to hear different opinions.  

Too bad about the Giants and now too bad about the Jet!

Hey MM I never noticed that you liked difference of opinion.  You guys jump all over Libs and Dems on this board.

Quoted from 539

Hey MM I never noticed that you liked difference of opinion.  You guys jump all over Libs and Dems on this board.

Oh it's just a message board!! It's just fun. Clearly no laws or legislation will be passed by this board. Again....it's fun!

I found this board while looking for an article on Mr. Del Gallo.  So I started reading your posts.  Very interesting bunch you have here.  

I am not currently in NY.  I am in the Army and heard there are some changes happening.  Some, obviously not so popular.  

I also see that the new regimes first town meeting didn't go well.  Inexperience in that forum?  Just getting the lay of the land?  Not having all the players in place?  Having said that, is the individual who was running the Town meeting the town lawyer who is on his way out?  That seems odd to me if it is.

Anyway, I am not sure how much I will be able to contribute to the specifics of the local government not being in Town ( I still hear things   ) but I can see adding to the discussions   

Thank you all for welcoming me.

supervisor - Mr. DeGallo 70yr old gentleman, business owner, no confirmed level of education, reportedly upset with his new assessment after the town reval

town council
Mr Godlewski - (deputy supervisor) the reported king of FOIL, past town board member, past school board member,reportedly known to have difficulty making a decision that actually stands for something

Mr. Martin - Young professional, Unknown, works for GE

Ms. Dileva - family runs nick's field and stream, a principal at a Schdy Middle School(the home of the accused school dist terrorist - explosives were found in her building by the local police)

Mr. Parisi - he was the past town attorney and the past leader of the republican party for the town of rotterdam and is reported to have removed all of the documents from his office and placing them in his office

others please add to get GiantsFan56 up to date

Quoted from 539

Hey MM I never noticed that you liked difference of opinion.  You guys jump all over Libs and Dems on this board.

Your opinion of my opinions mean about as much as Deb R. (aka Cal, Chuckie) mean to me.....

Quoted from marymagdelene1234

Your opinion of my opinions mean about as much as Deb R. (aka Cal, Chuckie) mean to me.....

Ya just may be on to something here......

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Rotterdam board’s actions both political, hypocritical

Re Jan. 12 article, “Town employee questions layoff”: The irony of the recent actions by the Rotterdam Town Board is only surpassed by the arrogance of these actions.
    Does the new board believe residents of this town are so oblivious that we cannot see what is going on? The board fired hardworking Rotterdam residents, supposedly because budget constraints required belttightening.
    This is understandable — many of us have had to adjust spending during the current economic downturn. However, the board then proceeded to hire individuals who are not town residents to fill jobs that were [eliminated] because there was no money in the budget. Where did this money come from? Not only did they hire these nonresidents, but they gave some of the individuals raises!
    This, however, isn’t the worst of it. Deputy Supervisor [Robert] Godlewski said at the board meeting that the town would be instituting a hiring freeze as well as a spending freeze, all in order to save money because of projected budget deficits.
    Here’s a suggestion: When you terminate people to save money, don’t hire others to fill the positions. And, if you do fill these positions, don’t give the people raises. Finally, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to hire Rotterdam residents in order to keep this money in town.

    JOSEPH SALAMONE
    Rotterdam

http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00706&AppName=1

Nothing we haven't heard already! Let's hope there's a larger presence at the next meeting, other than Ra-Ra-Shish-Kum-Marco.

The FIRST meeting was the hootin' and hollerin' session. The SECOND meeting was the 'snicker' and 'giggle' and 'rollin' eyes' in disbelief session!