tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post2064715149313323621..comments2024-03-01T03:36:34.353-05:00Comments on A Better Greenburgh: Candidates Skate Real IssuesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-24408636527173870772017-07-21T23:10:41.835-04:002017-07-21T23:10:41.835-04:00Then move to a village or incorporate. No future w...Then move to a village or incorporate. No future with feiner and his brain dead sycophants. RAID (Residents Against Irresponsible Development)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02657065674475414904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-87317866043139380672017-07-21T15:20:37.164-04:002017-07-21T15:20:37.164-04:00Village representation without taxation is indeed ...Village representation without taxation is indeed the crux of the problem.Ville De Chayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560937757294774873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-42810412747722198622017-07-20T09:02:41.369-04:002017-07-20T09:02:41.369-04:00Daniel, the government structure allows the villag...Daniel, the government structure allows the villages to vote, even though they pay virtually no taxes. Were that not the case, it might be possible to mobilize Hartsdale people to mobilize. As it is, I think the coalition of the Villages and Fairview is unbeatable. Greenburgh39https://www.blogger.com/profile/15795228636192329525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-85448271249968027392017-07-19T21:04:04.260-04:002017-07-19T21:04:04.260-04:00Greenburgh39: that's an understandable but unf...Greenburgh39: that's an understandable but unfounded assumption. True, the villages are the majority of the population (at the 2010 census, villages were about 45K compared to TOV at 43K. But in living memory, the villages have never played a decisive role in Town Board elections (i.e., the Democratic primary). In the 2013 Bernstein primary, 2165 villagers voted compared to 3878 TOVers. In the 2007 Berger primary, 2740 Villagers voted compared to 3943 in TOV and then in the 2005 Greenawalt primary, 2418 villagers v. 3454 TOVers. Feiner won both the village and TOV vote in each case.Daniel R. Weinfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972972002225799218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-50590961725598649892017-07-19T08:45:12.084-04:002017-07-19T08:45:12.084-04:00RAID, the unique government structure of Greenburg...RAID, the unique government structure of Greenburg gives disproportionate power to Villages. Greenburgh39https://www.blogger.com/profile/15795228636192329525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-65520797942209645572017-07-18T16:48:47.831-04:002017-07-18T16:48:47.831-04:00At the end of the night, it was readily apparent t...At the end of the night, it was readily apparent that these two are feckless brain dead careerists. They are part of the the complacent and entrenched status quo that is Greenburgh in its one party state mode. Hartsdale - you supported Feiner for years. He dumped walls and other eyesores on you. Enjoy. RAID (Residents Against Irresponsible Development)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02657065674475414904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-53528579596088593452017-07-16T11:39:15.281-04:002017-07-16T11:39:15.281-04:00Also, to be clear, Abianti is part of the Democrat...Also, to be clear, Abianti is part of the Democratic machine too. While he is elected, he was also nominated by the Greenburgh Democrats AND the state Democrats arrange for a committee chair for him, so he gets extra money ("lulu"). Greenburgh39https://www.blogger.com/profile/15795228636192329525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-65979592883697388112017-07-16T11:16:49.515-04:002017-07-16T11:16:49.515-04:00Ville, there is no guarantee that the Town will sp...Ville, there is no guarantee that the Town will spread the TDYCC costs to the Villages. This is one reason that some of the Hartsdale people are in panic mode. They might be willing to wait and see how the Town handles an Edgemont incorporation, but so far the Town does not seem to be doing anything positive, and their reasonable fear is that Edgemont will get in before any law change that Abinanti's bill will only affect them, leaving them totally defenseless against the Town. Greenburgh39https://www.blogger.com/profile/15795228636192329525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-71371707828926604512017-07-16T10:46:09.319-04:002017-07-16T10:46:09.319-04:00Well that's depressing. What if Edgemont incor...Well that's depressing. What if Edgemont incorporates, Fairview taxes go up, they lose a garbage collection day, and villagers' town tax rise as TDYCC costs get mutualized across villages and TOV? Perhaps they'll also end the villages' sweetheart mutual aid deal on EMS, further raising the A budget levy. Feiner will have a tough needle to thread when it comes to balancing the B budget without waking up the sleeping giant of the villages. Ville De Chayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560937757294774873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-11288786300863676462017-07-16T07:40:29.254-04:002017-07-16T07:40:29.254-04:00Ville
1. The deadline for the Democratic primary...Ville<br /><br />1. The deadline for the Democratic primary has passed. <br /><br />2. From a practical standpoint, the deadline for announcing and gathering signatures as an independent has come and gone. <br /><br />3. Lets be clear, Paul Feiner and his cohorts are the endorsed candidates of the Democratic party. Paul is not a hack they are stuck with, they proactively endorsed him and gathered signatures for him (and Sheehan and Juettner). The Greenburg Democrats, as a group, are satisfied with Paul, Sheehan and Juettner and their sleazy acts. <br /><br />3. Gathering signatures is not the hard part, the problem is that the villages have formed an alliance with Fairview. As long as Paul provides the services wanted and does not charge them, they vote him in. His zoning decisions do not impact the villages. Right now, in Hastings one of the areas with strongest support for Paul, there is a move to allow senior housing and many of the Hastings Hypocrites (oops, Hastings Democrats) are fighting it. Yet they just love to vote for Paul when he puts assisting living in residential areas in unincorporated. Greenburgh39https://www.blogger.com/profile/15795228636192329525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521092612847585726.post-88130360954527974342017-07-16T00:55:06.992-04:002017-07-16T00:55:06.992-04:00If somebody collected signatures for a slate of an...If somebody collected signatures for a slate of anti-corruption candidates, how many would they need and what is the deadline to get them into the Dem primary? What would be the chance of winning? Ville De Chayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560937757294774873noreply@blogger.com