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Subject: Tom - priorities... Author: Ned Depew [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:08:49 07/01/05 Fri In reply to: Thomas Koulos 's message, "Activity started for the Elks Lodge yesterday." on 08:25:17 07/01/05 Fri Tom - It is in fact "our" money. In a democracy, we get to choose representatives - who are paid by us and responsible to us - to make the decisions about how our money is spent. If you are not making yourself an active part of that process, you have no one but yourself to blame. Is spending money on researching and writing Historic Preservation laws that will be effective and fair to all, taking into account the rights of property owners as well as the desire of City residents to see their heritage preserved a worthwhile use of our money? I think so - although I would not write a blank check. Is giving away public property - like the Evans Hose firehouse and the backup water supply - in secret, back-room deals without appraisals or any of the ordinary safe-guards we would all insist on in a real-estate transaction of which we were a part - a good use of tax-payer assets (hence "money")? I hardly think so. The "Red Ink" you rail against is being creatd by irresponsible spending by an Administration more interested in raising the salaries of its own members and providing jobs for its political cronies than in the welfare of the City. The current Administration - supported by those they now support in turn to "carry on" their efforts - has shown no interest in controlling spending in any area. They have concentrated on raising property tax rates to raise revenues - to give themselves more money to dispense, even as the population of the City shrinks! No one has "abandoned" this board, as far as I am aware. But some people don't see the point in spending time engaging in conversation with someone who is as poorly-informed of the facts, as irrationally-opinionated and as rude as you often show yourself to be here.I regret that - but that is their choice and I respect it. Perhaps you should try posting with more accurate information, making your points more logically and clearly and showing more respect for others. Perhaps then they will feel like participating. Will you give it a try? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Tom - priorities... Author: Ned,Why haven't they replied to your opinions? [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:30:59 07/01/05 Fri In the meantime I'll be looking forward to reading the T.U. story and what kind of reaction unfolds from it. We sure got an explosion of public opinion on the HCSD Budget defeat that has to be implemented.Too early to tell if the Board and Admistrators got the message. I hope you have plenty of shecles in your pockets to make the Hudson Opera House,Youth Center,the Hudson Opera House etc.meet their goals while the Competition in the Private sector tries to survive on killing Industries in the Hudson Valey in their conceptual stages.But what do we know Warren Dtreet and the Proposed Columbia Street name change will bring throngs of visitors to the City to be overcome by the RED LIGHT District's past history. Get real.Tom Koulos

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Tom - priorities... Author: Geno [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:43:15 07/02/05 Sat The only way they will get tourist to the "RED LIGHT DISTRICT" is to bring the ladies back. Ha ha!