copake gripes: sounds familiar

There are several awful smells coming out of Copake and one of them is

decay. The decay is from being RULED by one party for generations.

The old boy network is alive and well in Copake and it is a family business.

Mother-in-laws hire daughter in Laws, brothers hire brothers, none of them

are competent.

This town is going down the crapper and the ol boys don’t care cause they

are on the gravy train.

bald eagle shot in stuyvesant

Here is the story.

10-17-11: Ethics law in Albany, Brennan Center Documents

Ana Coon, 1753-1825. Long life.

 How long for a pistol permit in Columbia County?

Will Copake keep its police department? Audio on this blog.

 We're still at war.

This is a GREAT BLOG.  How did I know about it before?

 Ethics law in New York in the news. This is always interesting to me. "...Brennan Center's highly critical reports of the state Legislature..."

Good tip, Times Union:  New York’s Legislative Ethics Commission, solely responsible for legislative ethics oversight in our state, has never brought a charge against a sitting legislator.

And this was good too. and...  

it is actually a backwards step – rather than not forcing lawyers to disclose outside income as is now the case, the new bill would explicitly exempt lawyers and others from certain reporting requirements.

Brenna Center.... nice tip.

Have to look for those. Film Festival.

SenatorSanders Bernie Sanders 

The 6 largest financial institutions have assets that are equal to 65% of the GDP of the entire U.S. That’s over $9 trillion. #ows

WGXC WGXC: Hands-On Radio 

Happy soon-to-be Halloween from The Tiki Bar coming up at 6 pm on WGXC 90.7 FM and wgxc.org, Listener supported community radio!

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SalmanRushdie Salman Rushdie 

Again:I found protesters at #OWS intelligent, caring, idealistic, thoughtful. Much of the hostility they face is the antithesis of all that.

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Victor Mendolia added a new photo.

occupy wall street and all that

Here is my story: I run a successful small business, paying taxes, and creating jobs. Despite local corruption and government incompetence I will work to get capital to expand existing and start new businesses. Due to local corruption and difficult access to capital this process will take 5 years instead of 1 year. In the intervening 4 years, 3 or 4 jobs won't exist and tax revenue will not be collected. I am the 99% # OWS

best daily dog to date

thanks, martin

10-14-11: the mystery of the October executive session

I wrote it up on my other blog.

10-13-11: columbia county board of supervisors might be pissing your money away. help track them.

At the end of this post, links to the county site. Do you think we should trust them with our money? I don't. Some of the people voting on huge amounts of money are not people you would hire to do a responsible job. They way they do it -- with no public comments or hearings, without putting the resolutions online before they vote on them for public inspection -- is disturbing.

And Columbia County has no ethics policy or ethics board. They say they do, but its kabuki theater. If a supervisor proposes a complete boondoogle, you wouldn't know. If you did find out, there would be nothing you could do about it, no one to call, no institution to look into it.

Corruption is going on right now. Something strange probably happened last night. I can't keep up.  Now my day starts and I'm busy. So are you. But take some time and read the resolutions from last month and email any and everyone on the county site and tell them you want the resolutions from last night posted. Then come back and read them.

Help me. Look at the resolutions. Demand they get online before votes. Send in FOIL requests. Email me for some sample FOILs I've done.

They need a lot more scrutiny.

I do not have time to prove everything. When I find something, I post it. People should watch them. It's much nicer not to think about what they are up to.

The Ethics Board is a joke. They like it like that. Why?

Horse shot. Article here.

Reward.

This guy bought an apple orchard in Kinderhook from photography in 1970s. LGBT History Month: Photographer George Hester 1970s Pioneer

Motorcycle ride.

61 year old woman charged with growing marijuana.

Lafayette in Hudson?

Columbia County Board of Supervisors met last night. Here are the resolutions from last night... wait, they are not there.

Here is something for 2 million dollars of your tax money to be pissed away. Wonder what happened with this.

Here is one from last month. Here is a tax increase.

People should read these. The Columbia County Board of Supervisors might do anything and no one would know. Please look at these.

And write to the county to tell them to put the resolutions online as soon as possible for public inspection.