Greenburgh Residents Victorious!

There’s a lead story in the Saturday edition of the Journal News, by now anointed tax-watchdog David McKay Wilson, about the Valhalla school district and the settlement to pay $1.1 million to the Town of Greenburgh to settle the lawsuit they lost against the Town. That its on the front page above the fold, is significant as placement indicates its relevance as a major story. ABG has posted about this before. You may recall how the Paul worked out a payoff scam years ago for the Valhalla school district to accept the additional kids to be housed at the WestHelp facility on the Westchester Community College campus. Many in Greenburgh were appalled at this blatant move to buy the homeless a way into the Valhalla school system. The Paul pulled it off and it went well for The Paul for quite some time.

Greenburgh watchdogs regularly attend Town Board meetings and continue to question this move by the teflon supervisor. His response was always the same, “If you don’t like what I’m doing, you can sue me.” The Paul can be pretty cavalier about this as he (and his Stepfords) cannot personally be sued for his or their bad actions as the supervisor and/or Board. As you already know, several residents did sue him, won the lawsuit on behalf of the Town and finally worked out a payment schedule for the $1.1 million dollars. While ABG and others had hoped for more, at least we are getting some of our money back. Kudos to these two gentlemen and others that assisted them.

The issue of finances for the Town can be complicated to the uninitiated. There are two portions of the Greenburgh budget that comprise it in total, commonly referred to as the “A” & “B” budgets, relating to the villages and the Unincorporated portions of the Town. And while perplexing at times, what’s not so shielded is that the Unincorporated portion seems to wind up paying the bulk of the Town expenses.

The Finneran Law, which The Paul recently got amended by his bosom buddy, Tom “Proclamation” Abinanti, had protected the Unincorporated residents from some of the more costly actions made by The Paul and others. The Paul had been trying to get this law amended since about 2005. His reasoning? Bubbles. We’ve been posting about the bubbles in the Town previously and you can easily find them throughout our site. 

It’s time to burst The Paul’s bubble. Two of the Town’s residents have done that with this decision. Hopefully, the residents will be able to do more. It’s time for The Paul to go. We can only hope.