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Official Town Calendar | Community Events Calendar
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Obama claims he's visited 57 states...
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Advertising Age, November 19, 2007
Selected quotes from Comcast must die! by Bob Garfield
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...The online insurrection is here to stay.
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In the digital age, never get in a dispute with someone with access to a computer. Because if he is agrieved enough, and righteous enough, and persistent enough, and connected enough, he can burry you. Or at least make your life miserable for a long, long time. He doesn't need to have a chain of newspapers, all he needs to have, basically, are fingers and rage...
For people with anger issues, the internet is a cathartic godsend and/or lethal weapon. You know the type — people who might accept the ordinary indignities of life with reasonable equanimity but become suddenly radicalized when lied to, cheated, bullied or otherwise personally abused...
Some of us — no matter how generally sweet-natured and generous, no matter how friendly and thoughtful, no matter how empathetic and transcendently kind — are simply not to be screwed with. Because when we are wronged, we will go to rather extreme lengths to be righted...
This is the Listenomics age. We will not take it quietly...
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First meeting of the new Town Board
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The Organizational Meeting of the new administration was held on January 3, 2008 at 7 PM at the Town Hall. The regular Town Board meeting followed.
At the table, clockwise from left:
Councilwoman Lynn Archer, Councilman Tavi Cilenti, Attorney for the Town Mary Lou Christiana, Supervisor Carl Chipman, Town Clerk Veronica Sommer, Councilwoman Manuela Michailescu, Councilman Tony Spano.
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For more pictures and some fun, please click here.
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Blue Stone Press, December 21, 2007
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Letter writers off base
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To The Editor:
In the December 7, 2007 issue of Blue Stone Press, the letter-writers Don Dunn and Bill Terpening complained in lockstep about this verse from a poem featured in a United Rochester advertisement: "good won over evil and right won over wrong." If their writing is an indication, they would have loved it the other way around.
By invoking Jerry Fallwel, Karl Rowe, George Bush — as well as "slave owners," "white men" and Iraq — to describe the Town of Rochester political climate, they only affirm the root cause of their side's devastating defeat in the 2007 elections: rambling ideology disconnected from life support.
Both writers use the same shovel to pile up explanations for their party's embarrassing loss at the polls. According to them, 62% of Rochester's voters are dummies taken in by "a campaign of fear and intimidation."
It's entertaining to see that Mr. Dunn — "a journalist with more than 25 years experience" — has no use for facts. He insinuates that the new administration — elected by 62% of the votes — condones "defamation and slurs." He doesn't give one example of such, because not even "Don the Magician" — as he introduced himself at a Town Board meeting — could produce one. He conveniently forgets that Manuela Michailescu won a seat on the Town Board by running a campaign against "defamation and slurs," and that he was one of the Duke administration's lapdogs who wrote letters against Manuela's fight for truth.
Mr. Terpening is clearly confused in his belief that everyone who doesn't share his views must be a Republican. He calls United Rochester a "Republican brigade," indifferent to the fact that United Rochester includes Conservatives, Republicans and Democrats, and was present on the ballot on the Conservative Party line. He calls the new administration "the Republican gang of 5" just to insult them for winning the election.
After all, "good won over evil and right won over wrong."
Jon Dogar-Marinesco
Kerhonkson
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Blue Stone Press, December 21, 2007
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Dunn spins in his letter
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To The Editor:
In his letter "Analysis was right on" (Blue Stone Press, December 7,
2007) Mr. Dunn writes that — in his view — there was nothing "evil or
wrong" in the successful efforts of the Duke administration. To support
his statement, he provides a list of her "accomplishments."
"Paying down debt, run up by prior Republican administration."
Doesn't Mr. Dunn realize that the Town makes more money by borrowing at
close to nothing while placing funds in a Certificate of Deposit at a
much higher rate, therefore making money. To miraculously pay down the
debt, Duke had to dip in the Contingency Fund in order to claim a
reduction in taxes. Her success in paying off debt was nothing more
than spending monies from savings.
"Obtain reliable Internet and cellphone service."
If only Homeland Towers had a record of successful tower completions!
Homeland asking the Town to waive most of the Town Law requirements
(which the Town did), the fact that a majority of the discussions were
held in executive session, and that the adjoining landowner's concerns
were ignored, all suggest an inexperienced and poorly funded
organization. Other companies with proven track records came forward
and a presentation was made. But, like so many other things during the
Duke administration, this was ignored. Reliable service? Remains to be
seen.
"Providing residents with three free summertime evenings of music in
the town park."
Supervisor Duke spent $2,000 of taxpayer's money for concerts where an
average of 35 people — mostly out-of-towners — attended. If you
attended, you were asked for donations to help cover the cost of the
event. Mr. Dunn thought he was enjoying free concerts in the park when
in fact he paid for them with his tax dollars as did everyone else in
town whether they attended or not, whether they liked jazz — and calls
for the President's impeachment — or not.
"Getting the ball rolling on a Veterans Memorial Park."
After 4 years of hard work, nobody knows how much it will cost, or how
it's going to be funded. In the beginning it was stated that it was
all-free. Everything was being donated. Then some money was budgeted
for it. Now they have asked Republican Senator Bonacic for a grant.
The ball is rolling indeed, uphill.
A self-described experienced and principled journalist, Mr. Dunn should
stop being the mouthpiece of the Duke administration. Unless, of course, as
a member of the Rochester Democratic Committee, he is required to keep
spinning.
Kandy Santosky
Accord
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All candidates above are winners! Each bested the opponent by more than 500 votes. Congratulations to all!
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Victory Party Auction raises $1,542.50
for the Rochester Food Pantry
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The Rochester Republican Club raised $1542.00 for the Rochester Food Pantry. The Hollywood style UNITED ROCHESTER letters from the Davis Farm field (Bonfire) were individually auctioned with 100% of the proceeds going directly to the Food Pantry. 200 plus Club Members, friends and neighbors attended the "Victory Party" for the recent Rochester Election at the Rondout Country Club on Sunday 11/25/07. Winning candidates — Supervisor Elect Carl Chipman, Council Persons Elect Tavi Cilenti and Manuela Michailescu, Town Justice Al Babcock and Highway Superintendent Wayne Kelder — gave 92 "Certificates of Appreciation" to campaign volunteers. Also present was Ulster County District Attorney Elect Holley Carnright, Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack and Ulster County Minority Chair Glenn Noonan. Food Pantry President Wilma DeJagger was on hand to accept the donation.
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To read articles posted before November 2007 Election,
please click here.
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