Changes for West Seneca, you want

[wnyfuture]

Now the Empire has fallen, what changes would you like to see occur during the next four years and beyond in the Town of West Seneca. (In no particular order)

1.) I would like to see anti-nepotism policy adopted
2.) I would like to see non-fraternization policy adopted
3.) Consolidate the Youth Bureau, Recreation and Senior Citizens into one department
4.) All bids must be advertised in the Buffalo News, Rochester D&C
5.) Re-zone the school district. Why is the school district being stretched to the apartments near the McKinley Mall and parts of the town of West Seneca are in another school district? Why is re-hab/detention center sending their kids to West Seneca.
6.) Move the DMV to another location
7.) Seneca Mall Site Clean Up, Attract Businesses to the area
8.) Knock down the ice rink, put up a new police station
9.) Build Brand New Town Hall, Senior Center, Library, and Kiwanis into one building, over time we would save tons of money.
10.) Clean up Harlem Skate Park, Protect our Green Space!

[HarpGirl]

1.A safe place where our young adults can go and hang out with their friends without having to walk the streets---in addition to the ICE RINK and KAWANIS (Sp) Center DANCES, perhaps a sophisticated boys and girls club....

A shopping district where you can walk and shop eat and be entertained----IN ADDITION to the Southgate. I love southgate but let's face it, that is it as far as more than one store in close proximity. I'm picturing a village type setting where you can park at one end, walk up one side and down another and spend hours.

CLEAN UP that stretch of Seneca/Ridge Road from the old (mostly vacant) Tops to the old seneca mall---and that plaza on the opposite of Ridge Road from Home Depot----it needs **something**

Maybe we could have a movie theatre again, or someplace to shop for non food household necessities---like a Target which is nicer than Walmart and KMart----those stores really suck!

Anything else I can think of I'll let you know.

[Psycho1]

There are a number of items that need to be addressed in this Town. It's a matter of making WS a business friendly community again. The new administration has a large job ahead of them.
They first need to deal with the organizational structure of town government. That will entail really upsetting the apple cart, but with any change, people will get upset. We need people with passion, knowledge, and drive, not those with big wallets.
They're going to need to push for cleanup of the vacant residential and business properties, and limit speculative building. That may come with passing local laws tougher than the current county and state laws. Bill Cyprynski (sp?) will have to get off his fat ass and work for a change, unless they replace him.
Hopefully, the open government, that they promised, will come to fruition giving us a better idea of what's going on.
But, in order for the change to truly occur, more people need to attend the meetings and let them know we hold them accountable.

[Pumpkinhead]

1. Lower or maintain current taxes
2. Protect the border areas - Cheektowaga, South Buffalo
3. Protect the green space
4. Revitalize Seneca Mall, Ridge Road, Gardenville, Southgate/Town Center
5. Adopt some building standards that make developers use nicer designs to create a town/village look

[BigGuy]

You people ae mouthing a lot of generalities here. "More business friendly"; "lower taxes"; clean up Ridge Road and borde areas"; etc.

How about some specifics for the new trio on the Town Board?

Among the appointed positions, who stays and who goes? If some go, who replaces them?

More info and ideas, please! Anyone can spout BS.

[wnyfuture]

You people ae mouthing a lot of generalities here. "More business friendly"; "lower taxes"; clean up Ridge Road and borde areas"; etc.

How about some specifics for the new trio on the Town Board?

Among the appointed positions, who stays and who goes? If some go, who replaces them?

More info and ideas, please! Anyone can spout BS.

What specifics would you like? Name some.......

Anyone related to Graber, Osmanski, Clark, Wroblewski should be fired after a new policy is added to the town. I don't think Wally will get rid of anyone related to them. It's pretty obvisous he is "friends" with Osmanski as they were spotted hanging out at a bar, election night.

In order of who should be gone ASAP.....
1a) Lazzara
1b) Greenan
1c) Notaro
1d) Graber (needs to be voted out next September)
5) Walsh

[Psycho1]

You people ae mouthing a lot of generalities here. "More business friendly"; "lower taxes"; clean up Ridge Road and borde areas"; etc.

How about some specifics for the new trio on the Town Board?

Among the appointed positions, who stays and who goes? If some go, who replaces them?

More info and ideas, please! Anyone can spout BS.

More business friendly- businesses other than those associated with Clark. A more open bidding process for the town to encourage competitive pricing. How much might have been saved if the bidding process was open to companies other than DeLacy Ford, Duplicating Consultants (Hicks), etc. I work in the public sector, and for all of the vehicles purchased off of the state bid list, DeLacy has never been the lowest.

Lower taxes- if you examined the budget, you'd see duplicative services in several areas. Clark has been submitting open ended budgets that contained no itemization or explanation of how money is being spent. Once the spending is brought under control, logic says taxes could possibly be reduced. The organizational structure of the town is a bit heavy in the director positions. Larger towns than WS get by with a smaller structure. Let's start by merging the Youth Bureau, Recreation, and Senior Citizen under one roof.

The anointed- here's my list for chopping block:
Koller- a miserable little man, who gets as upset when questioned as Clark does.
Lazzara- he uses the YB as his personal fiefdom. There are a lot of questions regarding the finances of the YB and AmeriCorps that need to be examined closely.
Cyprynski- to me, always seems a day late and a dollar short. Only enforces the codes when he's forced to.

I could go on, but why? There's enough here for the criticism to start.

[BigGuy]

That's a good start, Psycho1.

I don't know anything about the Hicks copier contract. I always thought that state law required three bids for every contract over $5k per year. Items on state contract also take proximity into account. That could explain the DeLacy Ford deals.

I also read the Youth Bureau was audited recently and there were no findings to report. i don't know what year that was for.

But anyone who has paid attenton for the past years can see that there are real problems in WS.

[BigGuy]

What specifics would you like? Name some.......

Anyone related to Graber, Osmanski, Clark, Wroblewski should be fired after a new policy is added to the town. I don't think Wally will get rid of anyone related to them. It's pretty obvisous he is "friends" with Osmanski as they were spotted hanging out at a bar, election night.

In order of who should be gone ASAP.....
1a) Lazzara
1b) Greenan
1c) Notaro
1d) Graber (needs to be voted out next September)
5) Walsh

My understanding was that Wally and Osmanski were both at the Dem. Victory Party spot, Pappas. I don't know about them "hanging out at a bar".

If any relatives were put into civil service spots, they can't be fired without cause next year.

Graber Jr. doesn't run until 2009, with Bove.

Lazarra, Greenan, Notaro and (I suppose you mean Bob) Walsh each need to be re-appointed in Jan of '08 to stay on. i don't know if Walsh is Civil service or not.

How did Paul Notaro get on your hit list?

I disagree with the previously suggested combining of the Senior Citizens, Youth and Recreation Departments. That's too much for one department to run.

[wantabe]

Lazzara needs to go immediately. If he stays then the whole town stinks. The Youth Bureau may have had an audit but they didn't look in the right places. Only one person came because the second man broke his leg and couldn't come. They wined and dined the auditor until he didn't know what or where to look for mismanagement of funds. But believe me, there is a lot of money misspent at the Youth Bureau-AmreiCorps offices. Lazzara keeps the town board happy by buying copiers from Hicks, kissing Osmanski's ass and giving Clark a lot of good press to use, but when the new guys get in office then watch out. They don't like Lazzara and they are not going to fall for his BS. Can't wait until the first of the year.

[The Jokester]

Lazzara needs to go immediately. If he stays then the whole town stinks. The Youth Bureau may have had an audit but they didn't look in the right places. Only one person came because the second man broke his leg and couldn't come. They wined and dined the auditor until he didn't know what or where to look for mismanagement of funds. But believe me, there is a lot of money misspent at the Youth Bureau-AmreiCorps offices. Lazzara keeps the town board happy by buying copiers from Hicks, kissing Osmanski's ass and giving Clark a lot of good press to use, but when the new guys get in office then watch out. They don't like Lazzara and they are not going to fall for his BS. Can't wait until the first of the year.

Let's just hope the new administration really sees the YB for what it really is.

[wantabe]

I don't think that Lazzara can hide behind Paul Clark's skirt any longer. For some reason Clark has been protecting Lazzara but I don't see that happening with the new town board members. They all have an agenda against Lazzara from years ago and they want him gone. The truth will come out about him and people will be shocked. His days are numbered.

[erlyrizr1]

How do you know about the new boards agenda with lazzara?

[Spirit of Ebenezer]

I could go on, but why? There's enough here for the criticism to start.

What 300 posts, mostly about West Seneca isn't enough to make your point ? I think you've had enough opportunity to make your point. You'll never be happy with everything in town anyways.

Politics and government issues aside and though a first tier suburb, West Seneca is still for the most part a very nice town with lots to offer it residents. And here's a kick in the head to Psycho and all the rest of the malcontents, thanks in some part to the out going town board. I'd start my own thread about West Seneca's qualities but it would turn into the same biased anti-everything dribble that most seem happiest about doing in here.

[Psycho1]

What 300 posts, mostly about West Seneca isn't enough to make your point ? I think you've had enough opportunity to make your point. You'll never be happy with everything in town anyways.

Politics and government issues aside and though a first tier suburb, West Seneca is still for the most part a very nice town with lots to offer it residents. And here's a kick in the head to Psycho and all the rest of the malcontents, thanks in some part to the out going town board. I'd start my own thread about West Seneca's qualities but it would turn into the same biased anti-everything dribble that most seem happiest about doing in here.

I agree WS is a very nice place to live, but if you don't like what we say in the thread, why are you here?