Snow Ordinance

Between December 1st and March 15th, the parking of vehicles on public roadways within the township is, unless otherwise posted, prohibited between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. daily.
Special Parking Permit

The Police Chief, under very limited circumstances, may issue a Special Parking Permit to a person with a serious physical impairment whose ability to access their vehicle is significantly impaired through compliance with this ordinance. Applications for Special Permits can be obtained from the office of the chief. Special Permits are not to be confused with regular Handicapped Parking Permits which are issued by the Town Clerk.

Supervisor Campaigns to Girl Scouts

In a YouTube video link of Girl Scout Troop #2670, Supervisor Feiner and the Town Clerk participated in a video campaign where the girls were requesting traffic improvements for the cars and buses daily approach to drop off fellow students at their school. ABG applauds the Girl Scout Troop for their Community Service activism, although it is disappointing that it took a group of kids to recognize and highlight this issue! The fact that Paul Feiner and the Town Clerk are here proves this is just another campaign video for him at the expense of these admirable young spirits. They are unaware that they are being used.

Seeking to persuade our Police Department to make safety improvements at the Greenville School, Girl Scout Troop #2670 apparently contacted the GPD and requested a few changes be made to the drop-off area and the roadway leading to their school.They were successful in achieving their goal. ABG offers a well-deserved congratulations to the Girl Scout Troop #2670 - well done ladies! Watch their video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP7DHwHvfBU&feature=youtu.be

This Girl Scout Troop aside, ABG is once again troubled by the fact that we have a Supervisor who is blissfully unaware a dangerous situation involving children routinely exists at the Greenville School, and continues ignoring young lives in daily jeopardy. How many other children and seniors, as well as the public in general, are being put in harms way because our Supervisor is more intent on being re-elected than actually serving and representing the public? Why did it take so long for this troubling situation to be recognized by kids and half-heartedly addressed by adults? Are there other groups of children attending other schools facing traffic peril as well? We know there are.

Where were the parents of the school children and why weren’t they complaining to the Police Department? Why weren’t they pushing the “problem solver” to address the safety of their children? More importantly, after listening to the behavior of the drivers delivering their kids to school on this video, why are their own parents violating the law and increasing the safety risk to their children while dropping their kids off to school? And where is the school’s PTA? Why is the school administration silent? With all the reports we read, these administrators are very handsomely paid and are supposed to have the best interest of the students at heart – apparently only after they step foot into the school.

At every Town Board meeting it seems our Supervisor makes a motion to become the lead agency (read: wholesaler) for yet another developers oversized proposal only to have it hastily seconded by one of his cohorts. You can almost hear the train bell approaching, roaring through the station and exiting as the Board donates their votes in favor. The phony hearing process proceeds and approvals are cavalierly dished out, numerous traffic consultant experts routinely “qualify” the project neighborhood’s increase in traffic, and the Board giddily accepts it without hesitation. But as residents consistently prove the increased traffic is slowly making it more and more difficult for them to cope, their pleas go unheeded as this Board doesn’t care*. Yet, these slow doses of increased traffic are affecting all residents throughout the Town. These Board-sanctioned increases are finally showing their impact throughout the Town. The Greenville School is only one example. Safety issues are becoming more and more prevalent as this Board ignores increases in traffic, overdevelopment, flooding, crumbling infrastructures and a planning department strictly seeking job security, all routinely blessed by Mr Feiner.

This video found the Town Clerk making a campaign statement for Mr Feiner. She told the girls he had recently met with students from Westchester Community College who wanted sidewalks for their safety when walking to the train station. “Mr Campaign” had then shown the requisite interest while the cameras rolled and the reporters wrote. He made a statement and then invited them to speak at the Town Board meeting. As Mr Feiner leads this Town Board toward shutting out the public from speaking at Board meetings, this young man’s education continues. He will quickly learn that Mr Feiner is typical of most politicians and that politicians lie. Mr Feiner is not interested in sidewalks, these students safety or whether or not this situation changes or improves. He’s only interested in one thing: himself and his re-election. If they want to stay safe, they should get off the streets as soon as they see him coming!

ABG recognizes the girls of Troop 2670 acted with purity and honesty. And again, ABG offers a well-deserved congratulations to the Girl Scout Troop #2670. Mr Feiner could learn some important things from them. Our best wishes to these young ladies.

* The one difference is the City of Yonkers approved plans to expand the property by Stew Leonards, Costco and Home Depot with more construction. Since this is literally in Mr Feiner’s backyard, he and his Board vociferously protested. Interesting how things change when the shoe is on the other foot, isn’t it?

Paragon of Virtue

ABG posted our first discoveries of The Paul’s illegal sanctioning of Town Hall for a group of democrats making phone calls for Obama, and quite naturally assumed The Paul guilty. Then we read a post by one of the G8 which brought up a good point. Perhaps The Paul didn’t know of this usage as others in Town Hall routinely schedule rooms for meetings by various organizations, not the supervisor? A valid question to say the least. But, just like the kid who cries wolf one too many times, The Paul has had in hands in more dark, Town-wide “done-deals“ than an army proctologist with a new wave of recruits. As a result of his past behavior, we quite naturally placed the blame with him. We still do. Only after constituents and the media exposed the misuse of the Town Hall did the Obama campaign offer to reimburse taxpayers for the theft of public space. 

All one must do to arrange a meeting room for your organization at Town Hall is call the Town Clerks Office. There, Town Clerk Judith Beville, too busy planning the next concert, poetry reading or student film for the next Board meeting, will have one of her able assistants talk to you and book your room. How much vetting takes place during the process is unknown? Is it possible that one of the employees made the decision to provide the Obama Phone Bank the use of Town Hall? Did they clear it with, or was it Belville herself, that made the decision? Either way, it was Belville, who is responsible for all of the actions of that office. It’s immaterial whether she either assumed The Paul would be uninterested or consciously did not bother to tell him. Perhaps she was being intentionally deceptive, following in the footsteps of her boss? It doesn’t matter. The Paul is responsible for the actions of all of his departments.

ABG doesn’t believe The Paul will just let anything go and demand everyone throughout his administration keep him informed of their respective departments actions. If Belville alone made the decision, ABG is pretty sure she still “ran it by” her exalted leader. ABG would like to know if there are any written rules of usage to dictate what qualifies or not for booking or refusing a room? How thorough a vetting process exists for room usage? Would they simply book a room to a hate group if requested? ABG hopes not, but now we’re not so sure. This isn’t like pulling up to the Alexander Hotel and checking in for a couple of hours of fun in the sheets and leaving before anyone is the wiser. This happened every week on Tuesday nights for many weeks in a row! It would be hard to convince ABG that The Paul or Clerk Beville didn’t know who and for what reason this room was being used. This is a serious enough breach of ethics (contradiction of terms in Greenburgh) that The Paul should demand Town Clerk Beville’s immediate resignation!

Next we’ve learned that Douglas Colety, Chairman for the Westchester Republican Party and another paragon of virtue, has requested an investigation by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for the possible illegal use of Greenburgh Town Hall by the Democratic Obama campaign group. Colety issued a press release stating, “Taxpayers have a right to know that public facilities are not being used for partisan political campaigns and no municipal building should ever be converted into campaign headquarters for any party. It is critical that the Attorney General step in to answer important questions, including whether any town employees were used to keep Town Hall open for the evening phonebank and whether any laws were broken in the process.”

It’s kind of funny that the “pot” is asking for the “kettle” to be investigated. Colety has attracted quite a bit of his own scrutiny in the recent past with his paid position as a Commissioner at the Board of Elections, the Chairman for the Westchester Republican Party, the New Rochelle GOP leader and owner of the Executive Star Mailing Services. ESMS is the million dollar printing company Colety owns and operates printing most, if not all of the Republican Party and candidates’ literature and campaign mailings. A printer we know told us he tried to work with Republican candidates but it was “suggested” they utilize Colety’s printing and mailing services or risk the consequences. What consequences you wonder? ABG was told by two candidates (promised anonymity) that Colety, who was joined at the hip with Westchester Independence Party Chairman Dr. Giulio Cavallo, can practically guarantee the Independence line if Colety asks him for it for a candidate. Colety is also known to donate money to the campaigns of those candidates he “likes”. 

By the way, Colety’s “lieutenant” at the Westchester Republican Party is John Cerino, Westchester County Executive Astorino’s “Scheduler”. There’s a terrific “title” for another hundred-thousand dollar payback position. Colety’s Deputy Chairperson for the Westchester Republican Party is Christine Sculty, who also works for Astorino at an annual hundred-thousand-plus dollars. Former Mt. Pleasant Supervisor and now Astorino-appointed Westchester County Attorney Robert Meehan along with his wife are both heavily involved in the Westchester GOP, as well as employed by Westchester County and the Westchester County Board of Elections (under Colety) respectively. Who doesn’t work for them, democrats? Nope, their side has numerous positions doled out by the Democratic Commissioner Reginald Lafayette.   

Regardless of Colety’s conflict of interests and improprieties, he has made a point that ultimately will get a headline for a few days and go nowhere. We agree that The Paul’s administration should be taken to task for this latest abuse of power. We know the Attorney General will leave The Paul alone for familial reasons. We do need someone to go after The Paul, his Stepford Board, the Town Clerk and the rest of his rancid administration to clean up the Town after this latest violation of trust from The Paul. We can only hope.