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    Highway Department Hovercraft

    I had just heard the Highway Department has a brand new @70,000.00 Hovercraft on order...Finally i can go to sleep at night and know that when the flood hits cheektowaga, or the big lake in the town overflows, the Army Corps of Engineers flood paths, my back yard pool overflow that the highway department will finally be able to rescue me in a town owned hovercraft! But let's all start a pool what the excuse will be....maybe ditch inspections...

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    Quote Originally Posted by cheektowagaloyal View Post
    I had just heard the Highway Department has a brand new @70,000.00 Hovercraft on order...Finally i can go to sleep at night and know that when the flood hits cheektowaga, or the big lake in the town overflows, the Army Corps of Engineers flood paths, my back yard pool overflow that the highway department will finally be able to rescue me in a town owned hovercraft! But let's all start a pool what the excuse will be....maybe ditch inspections...
    yes that is true a waste of money again plus his new $50g take home pickup truck. does anyone know if the GOP has someone running aganist wegner this nov.
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    You are making that up.... THere is absolutely no need for a $70,000 hover vehicle.



    It will be parked next to the lancaster amphibian vehicle they bought.... Do they still even have that waste of money item? Prob sitting in the cole craft building.

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    no......... some town highway dept workers told me tonight that it was bought it might be a bit more than 70G's. BS. Res what do you think of wegners new truck for $52 g's so he can take it home more BS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cheekman View Post
    no......... some town highway dept workers told me tonight that it was bought it might be a bit more than 70G's. BS. Res what do you think of wegners new truck for $52 g's so he can take it home more BS.
    I don't know about the 52g truck... I don't know what mark actually does that he would need a 52G truck...The distance between the bar and the highway department seems pretty smooth... I drive around a little toyota tacoma... works for me... that was like 20g.... 52g seems excessive but there are no details...the hover craft must be a candid camera joke or something...... For that last 50 years cheektowaga didn't need a hover craft... I don't know the details but honestly I can't believe the town board can sit in the same room with a straight face..

    Charley? I know you read this.. So did our community get suckered into a hovercraft? Can we cancel the order?



    WHO thought thought this up? SOmeone at the police department?


    Make sure Ted Morton hears about this...

    OHHHHH... there are three people that popped up on my facebook page running for town board... I gotta find out more about them...

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    You are making that up.... THere is absolutely no need for a $70,000 hover vehicle.



    It will be parked next to the lancaster amphibian vehicle they bought.... Do they still even have that waste of money item? Prob sitting in the cole craft building.
    WHEREAS, bids were analyzed and completed, NOW THEREFORE BE IT



    RESOLVED, the responsible bidder meeting bid specs for One (1) New and Unused 2011 Water Way Maintenance and Rescue Vehicle be awarded to Cyncon Equipment Inc., 7494 West Henrietta Road, Rush, New York 14543 at a total bid price of $69,992.00 said bidder meeting specifications of bid. AND BE IT FURTHER



    RESOLVED, that monies be charged to line item 300-1530-2407.



    ************************************************** ************************************************** ***



    TABULATION FOR

    ONE (1) NEW AND UNUSED 2011 WATER WAY MAINTENANCE

    AND RESCUE VEHICLE





    Neoteric Hovercraft Inc.

    1649 Tippecanoe Street

    Terre haute, IN 47807-2394 $69,960.00



    Cyncon Equipment Inc.

    7494 West Henrietta Road

    Rush, NY 14543 $69,992.00

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    http://www.neoterichovercraft.com/



    Who's idea could this have been?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    I don't know about the 52g truck... I don't know what mark actually does that he would need a 52G truck...The distance between the bar and the highway department seems pretty smooth... I drive around a little toyota tacoma... works for me... that was like 20g.... 52g seems excessive but there are no details...the hover craft must be a candid camera joke or something...... For that last 50 years cheektowaga didn't need a hover craft... I don't know the details but honestly I can't believe the town board can sit in the same room with a straight face..

    Charley? I know you read this.. So did our community get suckered into a hovercraft? Can we cancel the order?



    WHO thought thought this up? SOmeone at the police department?


    Make sure Ted Morton hears about this...

    OHHHHH... there are three people that popped up on my facebook page running for town board... I gotta find out more about them...
    Buying that is nothing more than a waste of tax-payers money and more BS! Like Cheeks said fix the damn roads and town owned traffic signals that work like crap!
    As for the pick up truck you can go to Mr. Wegners bar at night and see it parked in the back. So why does the town board allow this???

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    Originally posted by WNYresident:
    Who's idea could this have been?

    Sponsors Councilmember Jeff Swiatek
    Supervisor Mary Holtz

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    Sponsors Councilmember Jeff Swiatek
    Supervisor Mary Holtz
    So what do they do at meetings.. Hey let's buy a hover craft?.. Now we'll be on the hook for a "hovercraft" operator... "Hovercraft" maintenance etc

    Has our community ever had the need for one?

    I really thought I saw it all until that post was up...

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    So what do they do at meetings.. Hey let's buy a hover craft?.. Now we'll be on the hook for a "hovercraft" operator... "Hovercraft" maintenance etc

    Has our community ever had the need for one?

    I really thought I saw it all until that post was up...
    res, they need this like I need another cheek..... the town had snowmobiles and they sat in a highway garage but they needed it years ago(junk now). the cops needed a quad another waste of money that is sitting somewhere on town property collecting dust because it's so old. now the town has a hoover craft



    reasons why the town needs a hovercraft.:

    earl loader can go to the casino in case the roads get flooded...
    highway super can get to his bar in case the roads are flooded..........
    pick up coffee at timmmys for the cops in case the roads are flooded
    pick up frank max and bring him to town hall so he can run the town in case of flooding
    loan it out to sloan in case all 10 streets get flooded
    Hoover over to town park when flooded in case the gang bangers are out
    show it off at the july 4 parade with tim kennedy in it.
    free rides on Scajaquada creek during polish festival weekend.
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    This one would have been a little cheaper.
    http://www.wgrz.com/video/8548632000...Out-Hovercraft
    Last edited by gorja; July 30th, 2011 at 05:56 AM. Reason: Couldn't get video to work

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    That woman has a new title now.. "Hover craft operator" for $77,000 a year...

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    That woman has a new title now.. "Hover craft operator" for $77,000 a year...
    With five weeks off vac and full med. for life!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by cheekman View Post
    res, they need this like I need another cheek..... the town had snowmobiles and they sat in a highway garage but they needed it years ago(junk now). the cops needed a quad another waste of money that is sitting somewhere on town property collecting dust because it's so old. now the town has a hoover craft



    reasons why the town needs a hovercraft.:

    earl loader can go to the casino in case the roads get flooded...
    highway super can get to his bar in case the roads are flooded..........
    pick up coffee at timmmys for the cops in case the roads are flooded
    pick up frank max and bring him to town hall so he can run the town in case of flooding
    loan it out to sloan in case all 10 streets get flooded
    Hoover over to town park when flooded in case the gang bangers are out
    show it off at the july 4 parade with tim kennedy in it.
    free rides on Scajaquada creek during polish festival weekend.


    Cheeks, I think you covered it all. Your one crazy dog!!!

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