If you are unable to access these PDF files with your screen reader or have any other accessibility issues, please contact us and we will do our best to provide you with a different format. No lightweight, he is a man of integrity. I also believe, our energy usage can and should become one that requires much less dependency on fossil fuels. | did a tremendous amount of research on this topic when it was addressed during my tenure on the board. Investment property in Elmont, NY. I see an inordinate amount of attention and resources given in certain areas while many worthy areas are marginally funded or outright neglected. As a retired New York City Detective assigned to JTTF and one of the arresting officers of Mr. Shabazz, it seems that the people of Ulster County at large and members of Ulster County law enforcement should demand more of their district attorney.Raymond NafeyDetective, New York City Police Department (retired), Re: Paul Andreassen and Mike Ivino (Supervisor and Councilman, respectively)The following comments by Mike Ivino editorially appeared in The Letters column as a response to a letter appearing there. The role of Comptroller is to insure that the tax payers are getting what they paid for. A music historian and failed drummer, hes written for numerous print and online publications and has shared with his son Ian and daughter Marguerite a love of reading, writing and record collecting. ALBANY, N.Y. (WETM) - The state's top-ranked team in wrestling continues to prove why. One of the reasons, among others, that he decided to run for town supervisor this time around is the fact that there was only one candidate running, and Paul rightly feels that the voters deserve a choice. Since presenting a draft budget in mid-March, the district has also reduced the tax levy increase from 2.7 percent to 2.36 percent. Despite the decrease in the budget from the current year, the proposed budget preserves all existing student programs (including several that were added during the current school year), while providing new opportunities for student extracurricular programs, a librarian at each school building, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) Career and Technical Education electives, new microscopes and scales for High School science courses, robotics kits for Junior High students, technology server upgrades, and devices to expand our 1:1 technology program. Lets correct that trend. money, is supposed to approve a large reconstruction project, over one million dollars, at one nights meeting and expedite the approval without hearings, without debate, without discussion, without the consultants or the representatives of the project and the town accountant spending one minute in front of the board, in public, providing the details of the project, explaining drawings and specifications, a timeline for construction, weather restrictions, staging, selective demolition, contract language for the responsibility of the contractor and penalties for lack of performance, incentives, oversight (clerk of the works or separate engineering company), special inspections (concrete, steel, materials, fasteners, etc), insurance, bonding, warranties (limited or otherwise), etc? I call upon the current town board members to visit the shelter in order to see for themselves the unhealthy situation. In addition, the shelter size and configuration obviously appears too small for their needs and is lacking general maintenance. I am a taxpayer who will work for all taxpayers with integrity, honesty, and common sense. Thats not how this works and certainly not how I will allow it to work. They are our future. I appreciate that he was honest with us right up front stating that hes in this to represent the people, not the party.With that said, I ask all registered voters, no matter which party, if any, that you are affiliated with, to give Mike Ivino the opportunity to represent each and every one of us and to prove what he can do for Saugerties. The school board must also oversee the policies that are being put into place for the school district and making sure they best fit the needs of the childrens education. I am asking all of the Saugerties residents in Legislative District 2, to get out and vote for Al Bruno. 2022 All rights reserved. Saugerties School District presents its preliminary 2022-23 budget by Crispin Kott March 24, 2022 in Education 0 Officials in the Saugerties Central School District (SCSD) revealed a preliminary property tax levy increase of 2.7 percent for the 2022-23 school year. Yet Paul, being the gentleman that he is, declined in deference to Jim Bruno, a Republican, and Fred Costello, who is also a member of the Independence Party, since both had announced that they would be running for supervisor. There was an incomplete working draft from around 2014 that addressed many of these concerns. An austerity budget would decrease the current tax levy by 4.2 percent. If that is how the public wants the town to operate and allows a department head to dictate the terms, without discussion, then you certainly dont want me as your town supervisor. I encourage everyone who can to vote for her.Marie ShultisHurley, Re: Al Bruno (Legislator, District 2)Support Al BrunoI am asking all of the Saugerties residents in Legislative District 2, to get out and vote for Al Bruno.Al is a lifelong resident of Saugerties and has devoted countless hours to extensive Community Service. James BrunoSaugertiesAbsolute gentlemanApproximately eight months ago I had the pleasure of meeting Mike Ivino for the very first time when he appeared before a screening committee to seek the Conservative endorsement.One of the very first questions asked of him was, Why are you seeking our endorsement?He detailed his reasons and then stated that he would be seeking an endorsement from all the other political parties as well, because he doesnt want to be accountable to any one party. He is destroying the newly-paved 212 highway where his trucks enter and leave the roadway. I know a lot of what I wanted to say, just didnt come out quite the way I wanted it to. I will propose legislation that requires all pharmacies to have permanent drug disposal containers. I hope that the 4,377 registered Democrat voters will recognize that it is actually their, right to decide whom they want on their line through the primary. Ive known Paul Andreassen for more than forty years and I can honestly tell you that he is a unique and exceptional individual. Climate change is a very real problem. This is a recipe for selective enforcement, which is typically frowned upon by the courts. I want to see all students succeed! The proposed budget reflects a 2.36 percent tax levy increase and meets the New York State Tax Cap formula criteria for a simple majority voter approval. I feel strongly that Mike Ivino will be one of the best town board members weve had in many years. First is the closure of Mount Marion and the overall impact it will have on the district and the other is the need to control spending without cutting teachers and other programs for students. School budget, BOE election results Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media May 18, 2021 Updated May 19, 2021 0 Below are the unofficial results of the May 18 school budget votes and board of education elections. New Additions (not planning to update list fully with the upcoming cancellation of screenpasses but you can still look through here) War dogs HD, Monsters Inc 4k, Clash of the Titans SD, Wrath of the Titans HD, Keanu HD, Game Night HD, The Hangover 3 HD, Ratatoullie 4k, Up 4k, Bean HD, Run All Night HD, Edge of Tomorrow 4k, The Book of Eli HD, Kingsman Golden Circle 4k. Information was released on the district's Facebook page but not immediately available on its. Please find enclosed an important message from Mr.Reinhardt. At the same time, I realize that we have too many homeowners that are financially overburdened, so we have to be fiscally responsible and advocate on their behalf as well. We, the Board of Education, staff, students, parents, and community share responsibility for meeting the needs of students living in a rapidly changing, pluralistic society. I have always been the non-partisan, vote for the right person guy. Her opponent is March Gallagher, a lawyer with a Masters Degree in Public Health, who has worked on womens issues and economic development in addition to her private legal practice. If you dont want questions, only rubber stamping, then what are we doing here? 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I write this letter as a person who has been fortunate enough to stay out of the tough world of politics. Maybe 76% of those who voted approved of it, but that certainly does not . Paul is a former Navy Seabee, photojournalist, building contractor, home inspector, building consultant and senior building official in four municipalities and state codes instructor at the NYS Dept. I have always been the non-partisan, vote for the right person guy. The recommendation was madeduring an August 7th meetingbetween Tom King and Michael Long, New York State Conservative party chairman. My first encounter with this mess was when the Centerville Fire District was dispatched for a tractor trailer rollover on Goat Hill Rd. Business should not be done as usual, it is time for change. . While I'm still generally opposed, I'm perfectly willing to admit that the actions of a few may require further steps to enforce what should be considered common decency. I think the timing is right for me to contribute my knowledge and skills as an educator in support of the school community I value the most, Saugerties. Town Councilman, Candidate for Town Councilman, Paul Andreassen's Many Commitments to Saugerties. Further, the candidate seeking such a sensitive position, one that politics should have little influence in, should be more open and honest about his affiliations and supporters.