Changes for West Seneca, you want

[erlyrizr1]

Jokester, you make valid points and believing in Psycho is your right. I also believe in a lot of things he writes. However, there are five board members and out of the five one always gets a free ride from him. Accountability should be applied to all. He says he attends all board meetings. I don't but I do read the newspaper. It seems, with this certain board members ok, that the town has changed phone service at a considerable cost to the taxpayer. Graber questioned the reason why. However, Psycho never mentioned in ANY of his posts. If it was any of the others he would have wanted to tar and feather them. Accountability is a two way street. If you write about and villify the four, he should know that the board consists of five.

[Psycho1]

Jokester, you make valid points and believing in Psycho is your right. I also believe in a lot of things he writes. However, there are five board members and out of the five one always gets a free ride from him. Accountability should be applied to all. He says he attends all board meetings. I don't but I do read the newspaper. It seems, with this certain board members ok, that the town has changed phone service at a considerable cost to the taxpayer. Graber questioned the reason why. However, Psycho never mentioned in ANY of his posts. If it was any of the others he would have wanted to tar and feather them. Accountability is a two way street. If you write about and villify the four, he should know that the board consists of five.

Sorry, I didn't address the phone issue you're correct. Someone else in one of the groups I work with has been looking into that issue. I have been focused primarily on the unitemized entries in the budget. I have been unable to attend the past couple of meetings for medical reasons, but usually check the minutes. (When they get around to posting them) But I'm better and back in the saddle.
Graber may have questioned the issue, but how did he vote? The search feature on the town's site is not working, so I'll have to go back each meeting. Rizr, I'll try to be more diligent, thanks for the call.

[erlyrizr1]

Thanks, Psycho.

[MR E S 1]

the town has changed phone service at a considerable cost to the taxpayer. Graber questioned the reason why.

Just for the record I raised that exact issue on Oct. 26 in here, I didn't get much feedback on it.

Thought folks were just tired of me in here with all my ranting.

Erly you make a good point.

I've ranted more than anyone about Bove in here.

Not many backed me.

I like some of these newcomers

(I swore I'd lay low )

[erlyrizr1]

I know two of the five board members, one fairly well, the other so-so. Bove is not one of them. There is more to write about and question, although I don't know if its all true and until I do I will keep it to myself. However, I wanted to see where this questioning of the new phone system goes. I want to use the right choice of words here and I don't want it to sound like I'm singling out Psycho, but I want to see a level playing field with ALL the board members. MR, I missed your earlier post and am going to look it up. Didn't mean to drag you in but welcome.

[Psycho1]

I know two of the five board members, one fairly well, the other so-so. Bove is not one of them.

Just so I don't get too confused, are you referring to the new board, or the current one?

Nice to hear from you again Mr. ES!

[erlyrizr1]

Psycho, I'm referring to the current board. It is their phone system which I was questioning.

[Psycho1]

Psycho, I'm referring to the current board. It is their phone system which I was questioning.

I know, but you stated you knew some of the board members, and I wanted to know which board, present or future. That's all

[erlyrizr1]

The two are on the current board.

[Spirit of Ebenezer]

Someone else in one of the groups I work with has been looking into that issue.

Oooohhh, Psycho has operatives.

Who ? Frank "Rudy" Russo. I say he's the ring leader of your little gang, who obtained your infamous FOIL, that you say you got, and now have set out to straighten out the world. The guys an embarrasment and you defended his shameful antics, he and his wife were arrested at the cancer march for interrupting it this past year. You then said you didn't know the particulars behind that issue. I say you lied. I say you know him well and your his neighbor. I say your group is a disgrace by having someone like him in it. You condone and accept him as one of your own which puts you on par with him.

Anyone who knows town insiders or town gadflys who follows things closely, as you claim to be, knew all about Russo's disgusting exhibit at the charity walk. Russo's arrest was cleary defined in a quarter page article printed in the West Seneca Bee. No town watchdog group misses reading what is printed about the town in the Bee. Especially when they want to read their own letter to the editor.

You say I don't back up my arguments. I say I backed up my problem with you quite succinctly and truthfully.

Remember, you stepped into my business first in here.

[Pumpkinhead]

I don't read the Bee; don't know what happened. Whatever happened is not relevant to this thread. Anyone with half a brain can see that there are some problems in how the Town has been managed, cozy relationships and lapses in financial responsibility. Spirit - Are you a Town employee who has a job thanks to Clark & company? Why does it bother you that citizens want information about how their tax money is spent? This is a democracy; citizens need information to participate in government. Why do you say Psycho stepped into your business first - you did not start this thread. You said people here are negative, so I started a positive thread. I don't understand your point and have a feeling that you have a personal vendetta somewhere here.

[dtwarren]

Regardless of whether one believes all the allegations or not, one thing is for sure is that West Seneca town government is under a taint of suspicion. I would say that in order to remove this taint the new administration needs to do the following:

1) Acknowledge its obligations and the public’s right under FOIL and the Open Meetings Law;

2) enact a more comprehensive ethics policy;

3) Reduce the discretionary purchasing authority under the current procurement policy.

In order to remove this taint, whether real or perceived the town needs to become more transparent and accountable to the people. This means the Town board must reclaim its oversight role and its role as the policy-making body.

[Psycho1]

Remember, you stepped into my business first in here.

Your business? The town of West Seneca is YOUR business, and yours alone?

Well excuse the rest of us for disrupting your life! Somewhere in here I've struck a nerve.

I can only guess that Spirit just could be an outgoing board member, and based on his pleasant demeanor displayed lately, I'd guess Craig Hicks. But I may be wrong, maybe it's Vince Graber? He thinks we should follow blindly, and seems to get upset when he's called out. OH, maybe it's Mark Lazzara! I know for a fact he trolls this site using several names, and possibly has a lot to lose in the administrative change.
Couldn't be Clark, he's to busy covering his butt over the campaign finance issue to bother with us.

[The Jokester]

Oooohhh, Psycho has operatives...town gadflys...No town watchdog group misses reading what is printed about the town in the Bee...Remember, you stepped into my business first in here.

Sounds like Mark the shark Lazzara . (use of "ooooooh" and the term "gadfly" and who uses the Bee more for self-promotion than Lazzara?)

[Spirit of Ebenezer]

I'm not talking about the town. I have said there is a need for change and improvement in town. I see no need to serve notice to the new board members and constantly rant about the past when it was not of their doing.

I'm talking about you "Psycho1". Things between you and I began when I mentioned in one of my first posts to someone other than you about their recommending your pal Russo for town council. You came riding in on your high horse telling me Russo is this and that and his actions were justified. I then took some time to delve into your posts and found you to be a phony one sided Bove admirer. I called you out about Bove, you recanted. You find fault with Piotrowski and Meegan before they have even had a chance to serve this town. Why not Dale Clarke ? You pointed out Meegan's husbands employment as a concern. Fair enough, I guess you think, but hear me out. Let me tell you something about Dale Clarke. A friend of mine who is no longer with us use to live just a few houses down the road from Dale Clarke. He often mentioned the almost constant hiding of the town trucks behind Dale Clarkes house. And not just the same ones and not always orange. My friend knew them by name. That, to me is something much more conflicting than someones husband. Yet not a peep from you about that. I say once again you are biased and unfair. This is one of problems, of a few, which I have previously and clearly stated in hear I have with you.

I personally have no problem with the three newcomers on the board and hope to see change and not a continuance of the past boards maladies. I hope they do what decent, fair and upstanding people would hope for. You, in my opinion have none of these qualities or are capable of making judgement about such qualities given your assinine defense of Russo.