Undoing A Done-Deal

The Paul had made his usual back room deal with “newbie-player-wannabe, investor-free, money-free and hands-free GameOn 365 for the foreclosed upon and Town owned contaminated former Frank’s Nursery property at 715 Dobbs Ferry Road. The Paul had Tom “Proclamation” Abinanti and Andrea “Platitudes” Stewart-Cousins secret an amendment to the Finneran Law through the Albany legislature during the cover of night, covertly sandwiched between numerous other bills to remain unread but passed through their respective legislatures. This change now allows The Paul the ability to put “bubbles” throughout the Unincorporated sections of the Town. 

Done-deal done, the only hurdle left for GameOn 365, and The Paul, would be to slip the deal past the G8 in a resolution in a Town Board meeting while the crowds would be thinner than Jennifer Hudson at a Weight Watchers event. Not on their watch - they met his challenge. He moved for approval during the summer months, after which he would wink and nod, instructing his Stepford Board to approve the proposal for the residential to commercial property for a fifteen-year temporary structure, or at least a 15-year variance for an 8-story bubble. Sorry, but fifteen years cannot be considered temporary for anything except maybe a teenagers shoe size. The G8 protested vociferously. Locked and loaded, The Paul didn’t care. In fact, he would soon be handing out silver shovels to his cohorts for the ground breaking ceremonies, posturing positive media coverage, espousing the financial saving of Greenburgh and maybe even a few weeks worth of pictures “above the fold.” Forget about stopping the building of the new Tappan Zee bridge, this publicity is worth so much more.

ABG and others have maintained a public referendum be held to see if this proposal is what the residents want with this property before signing any contract with GameOn 365 or anyone else. One concerned resident mounted his own campaign against the bubble and started a website called helpburstthebubble.com. Others are initiating lawsuits to try to stop what they believe are still more of The Paul’s illegal actions regarding this proposal. But The Paul is a shrewd politician. The Paul is knowingly closing the barn door after all horses have exited by claiming to want a public referendum for the GameOn 365 bubble proposal after voting to sign the contract! Why would he proceed this way? When he ran for office unopposed, he garnered 6k-plus democrat-line votes. Knowing that, he’s presuming many voters/supporters will automatically pull the lever in favor of “his referendum”, thereby giving him the ability to claim victory “from the people”. Since November’s election is a major one with a major democratic turnout, he can practically ensure victory. This isn’t about party lines, or is it. It is for The Paul. Can the opposition to the proposal get more than 6k or 7k votes against the proposal? Time will tell.

Once the referendum is voted upon, The Paul will have two avenues to cavalierly stroll down all the while touting success. If the referendum passes, he’ll contact the media, send press releases, emails, blogs and the ever-present free campaign letter via a Town Hall paid for mailing stating, “The people have spoken and approved what I and my (Stepford) Board knew all along. This is going to be great for The Town, the kids (after all, we do everything for the kids), soccer players (with cash for rentals) world-wide and of course, my newest business buddies, GameOn 365.” If the referendum fails to pass, he’ll simply state, “The referendum doesn’t matter because the (Stepford) Board already approved the contract and we’re moving forward with the proposal regardless of the referendum. So sad, too bad.”

So like an overflowing penalty box bursting at the seams with hockey players looking to hit the ice, attorneys are processing the paperwork for lawsuits ready to deliver another attempt to stop one of many bad actions made by The Paul. The Paul’s antics are costing the Unincorporated residents more money – again. The Town cannot continue to afford his illegal actions and must be stopped. The Paul must be unseated from his throne. We can only hope!