The Process of Waste

When it comes to waste, The Paul never ceases to disappoint. He wastes our time at Town Board meetings with talent shows, poetry readings, kid-produced movies, certificates of appreciation and anything else that will thin the angry crowds through exhaustion and frustration. In fact, the regular attendees know that arriving on time is, wait for it... a waste.

Wasting time would be an issue for most politicians as they have other events and people they want to see. The Paul’s goal, however is to reduce the amount of people he sees at the Town Board meetings so he can continue to spend and make costly decisions unencumbered by either the law, a moral compass or the protestations of the public. Moreover, its the residents who are wasting his time. Most people just accept his lack of management skills and ill-will by ignoring him. The stalwarts won’t accept his poor performance and behavior and continue to challenge him, therein creating his problem.

Another well-honed way The Paul continues to discourage the public from attending the Town Board meetings is to over-book the meetings. This Wednesday night’s Town Board meeting is chocked with more than enough items for an exhaustive evening. Even if there were no talent shows, dog tricks and magic acts, we would be hard pressed to finish quickly or even in a timely fashion. In fact, due to the amount of things to go through, The Paul has decided to have a Presentation from Jonathan Raser begin at 7:30PM and then move to the Lee F. Jackson conference room. You might wonder if The Paul is just tired of getting home at 2AM after every Board meeting and trying to expedite the meeting? Not at all. It’s how he will remove his numerous detractors from the other hearings where they might slow his rubber stamp approval machine.

ABG has listed below three hearings that promise to bring much involvement from the public.

PRESENTATION 

Jonathan Raser/CFM - “Flood Relief – Hazardous Mitigation” 

After the presentation, residents who would like further information can meet with Mr. Raser in the Lee F. Jackson Conference Room for a Question & Answer Session.

MANY of these same flood victims/residents will be interested in speaking with or meeting with Raser because it’s directly impacting their largest investment: their homes. This meeting alone might be able to fill an entire evening. These are many of the same people who wish to be at the other hearings below as well. Again, this is just another of The Paul’s tactics to reduce the opposition during a hearing!

PUBLIC HEARINGS 

• To consider the applications of NextG Networks of NY, Inc. for special permits for antennas to be placed at various locations in Unincorporated Greenburgh 

• To consider the proposed Draft Scope for the Draft Eenvironmental Impact Statement to be prepared for the application by Eastview Holdings, LLC for (1) amendments to the Zoning Ordinance creating a new DS-50 Design Shopping District containing 50 acres or more and (2) the proposed re-zoning of real property located at 777 Old Saw Mill River Road (Parcel id: 7.71-6-2) to the new DS-50 Zoning District and approval of required actions related thereto.

ABG has posted before about some of the issues the cell towers pose to the safety and well-being of Greenburgh residents. There have been numerous comments made at previous meetings and ABG believes Wednesday night will not be any different. Everyone has asked that the cell tower application be turned back to the Cell Tower Committee for further investigation and review. 


Note: ABG has just learned at 8:58PM that this hearing is postponed until Tuesday, February 7th at 7:30 PM at Greenburgh Town Hall. The February meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, not Wednesday evening. 

The Draft Scope for Eastview Holdings is for retail space to coincide with the proposed 400+ condominiums at that same location. All the studies they will be required to submit will all pass the official muster. They’ll provide the same beautiful and soft watercolor drawings of their proposal, similar to what we’re shown from every developer. There will be the requisite oohs and ahhs by the Town Board. In fact, Francis “The Pocket” Sheehan will even go out on a limb discussing not only the benefits of this proposal and the jobs it will create, but he’ll even explain how their precautionary measures won’t add to the flooding the 9A corridor suffers from. He won’t be discussing how FEMA will have to raise the houses in Babbitt Court to a ten foot height to avoid the flood waters, but The Paul has proven it really doesn’t matter what happens to the Unincorporated residents, does it?! It’s really about accommodating his developers. The Paul won’t mandate they address a flood control program like he did of the Fulton Garden Apartments in Fulton Park, when all they wanted to do was add several floors to existing buildings. 

There’s a remarkable double standard for how things work in Greenburgh if you’re “donating” (wink-wink) to The Paul and his causes. And then there’s everybody else. We’re all wasting The Paul’s time. Our certiorari adjustments along with a few other pay-outs at this meeting totals $2,266,997.39. This is real waste and a real shame! If The Paul would show some mettle and do a revaluation of the Town, we’d be able to stop the hemorrhaging of real dollars and get on the correct tax-track. We’d also need to stop losing lawsuits initiated against The Town simply because The Paul can’t be held liable. ABG will discuss this at a later date.

The Town is imploding more and more every day. The next election may hold some hope for us if somebody other than The Paul runs for the supervisors position. It’s time. Actually, it’s long overdue. The residents of the Town need relief, not increases and more taxes. If you are concerned about our Town, please come to the Wednesday night Town Board meeting and be part of the solution. We need everyone’s help! We can only hope.