Dangerous Precedents

 The Town Board meeting on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 - during the Public Input portion at the beginning of the meeting - Barone went up to speak, finished his input, then the board called Tamara D., but she wanted to speak about the MP at the Public Hearing. Then the board calls "David Allen" - and Barone says that he is there to read a letter from David Allen because Mr. Allen could not attend the meeting.

MJD says "I don't think you can do that, sir."

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MCLS Are Bullies

Link to IPost article for the proof.

“to assist the Irondequoit Public Library in forcefully pursuing a solution to your space and building needs.”

The MCLS wants to FORCE taxpayers into paying for a new library. If that isn't bullying, I don't know what is.

The MCLS claims that the Irondequoit Libraries have “failed to meet standards set for public libraries by New York State.”

What are those standards? If anyone on the MCLS board could point me in the direction of what exactly the NYS standards are.....it would be much appreciated.

Campaign Mailers

 If "playing politics with our children is not acceptable"......why is it acceptable for MJD, Aldersley, and Perticone to do exactly that with this political mailer? 

It seems that MJD, Aldersley, & Perticone want everyone else to be more positive and respectful of others - but exempt themselves from the "fair campaign" pledge that Perticone and Mary Joyce D'Aurizio signed recently with the League of Women Voters.

Here is the pledge they signed:

I believe this mailer violates the Fair Campaign Pledge that they signed.  It's not about issues related to Town Supervisor - it's a School District issue.
Ament is out to ATTACK KIDS?  Will he really do anything to grab headlines?  Did he LIE about "our children"?  Is he really PLAYING POLITICS WITH OUR CHILDREN?!?!  FEAR HIM IRONDEQUOIT!!!!!  FEAR HIIIMMMMMMM!
It's about people, not politics!  Obviously!  

Wow, what a joke of a mailer.  Hope he contacts the League of Women Voters to advise them of this mailer.  How positively political and negative this mailer is.  I would expect this from the Dems......and now MJD is a part of that.  How simply sad and bad that is.

UPDATE 12:30 am 9/13/11:

Channel 10 had a report on the above mailer, and they interviewed Ament and D'Aurizio - they also reported that the League of Women Voters ruled on the mailer and found it did not rise to the level of a substantial violation - however, while the wording was not a personal attack on Ament's character, they used a poor choice of words.

Moore and Nottel have a simple card that states the facts of who the Republicans are and who the Democrats are.  Nothing mean, negative, or nasty.....very nice.


Here are some mailers from MJD, Aldersley, & Perticone - they even recycled the old "It's not magic - bunny in a magic hat" theme from 2009:Mailers MJD, Aldersley Perticone


 DEMOCRATS WHO CARRIED PETITIONS:

Somebody sent me an "unofficial" list of the Democrats who carried petitions for MJD, Aldersley, & Perticone. They were from notes that were in pencil when they looked at the petitions, so some of the names may be spelled wrong. Here is the list:
John Polit
Seth Tebman (Allwood)
Dave Murphy (Kennedy)
James Rosse (Lakeshore, Eaton Rd)
Erin Burdick (Falstaff)
Vince Esprosels ( Bayview)
Adam Bello
F Nasso (Vayo, Eastview)
Chris Jensen Cedargrove
Sue Rodgers (Huntington Hills)
Mary Ellen Jones
Ed O'Brien Winona
John Perticone
Sally Steinwach
James Romeo
Aldersley
Stefan Flemming
Dave Seely
Colorabuoro
Seymour Crum

More Politics At and IN Town Hall?

I mean, they actually went INSIDE Town Hall and protested Buerkle.

Why weren't these negative, political people stopped and censured!?!?

Why aren't letters written about them and unkind words spoken about them?

I commented on this one on the website because I found it highly hypocritical - one of the comments in the article.

They were protesting Buerkle because of her voting record and although she's not a registered member of the Tea Party - her vote against raising the debt ceiling aligns her with their politics.

....And the 90-something Democrats that voted right along with her against the debt ceiling must be aligned with Tea Party politics as well.

...And let's not forget in 2006 when EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED AGAINST RAISING THE DEBT CEILING because.....they must be aligned with Tea Party politics.

Obviously. They might have even invented it!

Why aren't they protesting out in front of their own Town Hall in Brighton?

It can't have anything to do with politics and wanting Republican Buerkle out and Democrat Maffei in. No. Nothing to do with politics at all.

Glad you folks at Town Hall are very choosey about what politics you allow and what politics you don't allow inside those walls. Great letter in the IPost too.

I can't wait to see the letter next week from this person scolding those political protestors who went into Town Hall and protested Buerkle. I mean, given the political climate today, electing a new Congressperson every two years is just disruptive and counter productive. Buerkle spent one year to really understand the job and then she must spend the second year campaigning to keep that job and in the end is unable to accomplish what she campaigned to do. If you are like this letter writer, and you think it is refreshing to live in a community where members of opposing political parties will put aside politics and cooperate with each other for the benefit of the voters, and, if you also agree that electionsevery two years for Congress members are needlessly expensive and time-consuming, then go to the polls and vote for cooperation and common sense.....right?
I bet she wants us to vote for Buerkle because....you know....it's not about politics. It's about what she....er...we want, and it's about moving the town and country forward with people who think and vote just like me!

Do's and Don'ts

Oh September – with your trees a canopy of colors,

Starting to change like rainbow ribbons above my sun-kissed summer hair,

The cooler breezes a whisper in the air,

Calling to me like lost loved ones from long ago.

You seem familiar-and I embrace you like an old friend.

You like that? Is that positive enough for you? Is it sunny, happy shit that makes you giggle and say “wow, now we can move the town forward because she is being positive and not political”?

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Political Protestors On Town Hall Property

John Perticone and Mary Joyce D'Aurizio - why was this allowed?

It's political, isn't it?

Everything Is Political

Town Board Meeting.....

I'm sorry - but are you f$#%!@* kidding me with that whole "You're being political" junk at public input?  Is she going to do that to every speaker she disagrees with or doesn't like?  Since they are all basically politicians sitting on that board, and every speaker from January 1st to December 31st of that year could be political in their public input.......are they only censured around election time?  How come when they ran for public office, it was ok for them to coincidentally show up for public input around election time and "be political" in their comments? Why was it ok for John and Stephanie to go up at public input when they were running for Town Board?  When Mary Ellen Jones mentions that she was a Senator, or a proud Democrat.....isn't that political? That was allowed.

How come the cross endorsement comments from June/July meetings weren't "censured"?

Aldersley and Perticone showing up for Public Input around election time - Aldersley introduced as a Legislator and Perticone lobbying for using local labor for Walgreens (a private development)......wasn't that political?  Is it a coincidence that all current Town Board members never really spoke at public input that much - but around August (if there is a primary) and October (just before November elections) - the candidates are alllllll about giving their public input at that time.  Uncanny.

October 2005 and also in 2007.

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Q&A

Here are some questions that I have been asked in the past month.

Q: Is the ice skating rink going to be built?

A: No, not this year apparently. Camp Eastman land was not level enough to facilitate the ice rinks. I do not know if it's going to happen next year either.
3/3/10 MPN article on ice rink.

Q: Was Marty Piecuch fired?

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PB Meeting 11/23

There was the approval of the draft FEIS for 500 Newport Rd. With a couple of edits, it will become the FEIS. Unfortunately, any of the links to the DEIS (draft environmental impact statement) on the Town's website is gone now - any of the links just go to the Costich website. Hopefully, the FEIS will take it's place at some point.

Here is the link to the PB meeting (from the pledge to the end) for November 23, 2009.

A gentleman had stated that the meeting wasn't valid because

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Blast From The Past......

Remember, back in March, I did a blog about a page that was found in the copier at Town Hall? This one.

I finally got a hold of the rest of the pages,

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"Good For You, Good For You, Go Back Home"

At the TBM on 4/16, Public Input was scheduled at the end of the meeting, according to the agenda. But the Supervisor decided to do some Public Input at the beginning of the meeting - like, the very, very beginning - right after the pledge.

Bob Ament went up to give some input on the Labella report, and did not speak for a full three minutes, but the bell dingy-dingied, and he was told his time was up. He then left. Towards the end of the meeting, when Public Input was scheduled according to the agenda, he had returned, and went up to speak again - because he felt he had some time left.

This is the video of the Public Input at the end of the meeting.

Right around the 1:30 mark of the video, Bob Ament commends Councilwoman Debbie Evans for asking some very good, pertinent questions, even applauding her. (She did ask some pointed questions, and I know that I appreciated that as well. I hope others did too.)

Right after this, he says:

"Supervisor Mary Ellen Heyman, I thought it was very staged, and leading tonight - and was very unhappy with you."

He walks away from the podium.

THEN you hear Mr. Perticone say:

"Good for you, *inaudible* go back home."

Then someone (can't tell who, but a woman's voice) says:

"Good for you."


Do you guys realize that technology nowadays is very advanced, and those microphones are sensitive, and I can practically hear your stomach breaking down food during the meetings?

Do you realize that? Or, more importantly, do you even care?

I mean, I know you guys take a lot of heat all the time...no matter the political party.....but YOU are the ones who make these "rules of conduct" for the residents to adhere to.....but you can't even control your remarks when someone makes a less than favorable comment about you?

You're politicians fer cripes sake! You should be used to this by now.

And, ya know what? Honestly? Parts of the presentation DID seem "scripted".

What ISN'T scripted in politics? Like, that's something new?

Did he really deserve your disrespect for speaking the truth? Or what he believed?

He may not be the kind of "public input" you want to hear, but everything isn't peaches and cream all the time. You have to expect people to be upset and comment on things in a negative way sometimes, especially when someone is so obviously passionate about this issue.

For you to sit there and get so upset that you mumble under your breath (or so you thought) things like you did is so unprofessional and disrespectful to a resident who even VOTED FOR YOU......I can't even come up with words to describe how truly disappointed I am in this representation.

As a Democrat, I am embarassed.

As a human, I am ashamed.

Thank you for at least letting us know how you really feel about some of your constituents, because now, I can truly say with every fiber of my being......

I cannot wait until a few of you "go home" yourselves.

You are a disgrace.






Here is the YouTube of Mr. Ament's first input, the Public Input that was right after the pledge:


I really don't think there was anything he said in either input that deserved being disrespected like he was. Not at all. This is how Democrats treat their fellow Dems who vote for them? Ugh.

Town Attorney Pat Malgieri Disrespects Resident at TBM

How comfortable do you feel when you go up to speak at a Town Board Meeting?

Is it intimidating? Do you avoid speaking because you are uncomfortable in front of a large group of people? Are you more at ease when your elected representatives are welcoming and inviting regarding your opinion?

Apparently, some people up at the "big table" think it's funny to make jokes about residents who get up to speak. Sometimes residents go up more than once to speak on a variety of subjects during a Town Board Meeting. At this particular board meeting, Mr. Barone got up to speak, for apparently the third time that night.

Mr. Malgieri thought it was really funny that Mr. Barone got up a third time to speak. If you listen to the video (turn the volume up at the 40 second mark of the video) you can hear Mr. Malgieri say: "Hat trick heh heh heh".

A "Hat Trick" in hockey is when a player scores three times in a game.

Mr. Malgieri, if I'm the ref in this game, you get 2 minutes in the box for unsportsman-like conduct.

How unbecoming of an official who represents the Town of Irondequoit, who is supposed to encourage public "debate" or encourage public comments.

Disgusting!