Latest Victim....

....of Bersin Properties.

Turbovac, (I think the company has something to do with parking lots), filed a mechanic's lien against Bersin Properties on January 11th, 2012.  Congel owes them $38,343.00.

Rochester Business Journal listed it in "The Record" section of their online news site on February 10th, 2012.  (Go to RBJ's archive, and select "The Record" from the drop down menu in the window, and pick your dates and hit "search".  Click on the links you want to read.  You might have to log in or create an account.  It's free.)

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Fundraising Efforts

Link to YNN article.

Mendon, a town of maybe 10,000 people, have raised over $300,000 for their new addition to complete their library project.

Link to MPL's website.

YNN article from last year about their fundraising efforts.

Irondequoit, a town of over 50,000 people, have raised less than $10,000 for....whatever it is they're going to do with the libraries.

Link to IPL's website.

Mr. Congel - Don't Forget!

Your Special District taxes are due today. Either in full, or the 1st installment for the following properties:

092.05-1-85.111

092.05-1-85.2

092.05-1-87.1

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Medley P.I.L.O.T. Payment

According to City News, Congel has made his PILOT payment on time. Yay.

Link to City News article.

In the article, it says "Last year, Congel pushed off the $90 million investment milestone using two six-month extensions."

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Here's An Opinion

It's a guest essay in the opinion section of the online D&C website.

There are a couple of facts in there.

Like, the quote from the Supervisor about Congel doing something.....ANYthing...at Medley.

"It should get going this year if all the stars align. It will be fabulous for Irondequoit"

I think the planets are aligning with the center of the galaxy this year....I don't know about stars....but I'm not so confident that he'll do something before we all die on December 21st, 2012!

The other fact is this quote from the Supervisor about getting a lot of comments about the libraries.

" she gets an awful lot of pressure from residents to consolidate Irondequoit's library branches."

The writer asks that she substantiate these requests.

It is a fact that this guest essay appeared on the D&C's website on February 1st, 2012 - but it is now an opinion that this letter appeared there today because I wrote about it on the blog.

If you want to know if it is a fact that this letter appeared on the D&C website today, please call the library at (585) 336-6060 or (585) 336-6062 to get the facts.

Thank you.

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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Psychics Among Us

These letters were from early in the year - apparently, (according to the letter) a certain someone knew that the PB would give a referral for the Legacy to the TB after their February meeting - the meeting in which they did not mention the master plan or the Town Code at all, and the application they had before them at that time was for property that is less than 5 acres, which goes against Town Code for R-7 zoning.

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Party At 1788 Titus Ave

.....and we weren't invited. :(

These vehicles were parked on the property late afternoon on Friday, December 16th, 2011.

 ***Don't forget that the Planning Board Public Hearing on the application from Legacy is on Monday, December 19th at 7pm.  It is to consider if there will be any significant adverse impacts on the environment, and to consider any amendments to be made to Article XXIII, Sections 235-144 to 235-150 of the Town of Irondequoit Zoning Ordinance.***
Vehicles at 1788 Titus Ave Friday 12.16.11 Does one of these vehicles belong to someone who works for Passero?

The Noi$e Of Water$

 "All Day I Hear The Noise Of Waters"

All day I hear the noise of waters
Making moan,
Sad as the sea-bird is when, going
Forth alone,
He hears the winds cry to the water's
Monotone.

The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing
Where I go.
I hear the noise of many waters
Far below.
All day, all night, I hear them flowing
To and fro.

~James Joyce

Meaghan McDermott of the D&C had an excellent article early this morning about the SBWD paying back, with interest, what the Town has loaned them so far.  They think they can do this in two or three installment payments within the next two years.  They are also going to hire a "forensic auditor" to figure out how the finances got so bad.

From the article:  "The town collects payments from the district's customers and writes the checks for the district's own bills." and "The district pays the town $20,500 per year for the accounting services, said district superintendent Lindsay Putnam."

Also, "water district commissioners say they were blindsided to learn in August that the district didn't have enough money to repay the December loan, and that the district needed even more money to pay its September bills."

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TB Workshop Meeting Change

The Legal Notices in the Irondequoit Post have an announcement about a change in date for the Town Board workshop meeting. Instead of Thursday the 15th - it will be on Wednesday the 14th at 4pm. Broderick Room, Town Hall.

I think this would be a good workshop to attend, as it is the one before the PB Public Hearing about Legacy on the 19th.   I know everyone is busy with the holidays, and it is at an inconvenient time for people who have jobs and all.....but it would be good for people to attend. Since they refuse to tape the workshop meetings, it is important for residents to attend in person to know what is going on.

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.

Planning Board Public Hearing For Titus/Willow Creek

Congratulations

To all winners in the election.

To view the unofficial results on the Monroe County Board Of Elections website, go to this link and select your jurisdiction, the area, and the contest and view the results. Day after the big win, and you're trolling on the professional naysayer blog? Tsk tsk tsk - get back to work, missy! Computers and systems that are paid for by taxpayers should not be used for trolling the internet for silly blogs.

Cover Your Badonkadonk

Dear Mr. Moore & Mr. Nottell -

Please publicly repudiate my previous blog....hell, repudiate them all if ya want.

Do this before Aldersley files a complaint against you for my negative, professional naysayer blog, and then you have to publicly state that you think I'm a buffoon....wait...can you call me a "crotchety old haus frau"? I like that better....anyways....please denounce this blog and you could say that I'm "rogue" and that I do exactly what I want to do...that would be nice.

Please, PLEASE do this so we don't have to suffer through another last ditch effort of Aldersley and Perticone to use the FEPC for playing politics.

I know you have NOTHING at all to do with this blog, but since you don't have anything to do with the ads that Barone put in the papers, or the C.F.B.G. and have to denounce the ads in public - I suppose you'd have to cover your derriere for my blog too.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Jax :)

Love/Hate Relationships

It seems that CERTAIN people of the Democrat persuasion, have a love/hate relationship going on within their own heads over the FEPC.

It has to do with playing politics, what they think is good for the town, and the Fair Election Practices Committee.

Playing politics - Aldersley and Perticone (and MJD) complain that there is too much partisanship and political bickering in town, and it's not good for the town. But then, Aldersley (who didn't even sign the fair election practices committee's pledge to adhere to such high standards) filed a complaint against Moore and Nottell.......for the report card ads that Barone puts in the I-Post every year.

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