Taking Mayor Slingerland's poker analogy a little further, this is probably what's really going on. If WalMart is bluffing, Gloversville can't see them because they're already "all in!" Johnstown (as usual) wants a little something "on the side" to stake Gloversville's call.
For at least 200 years since Immanuel Kant propounded the theory of categorical imperatives (and probably thousands of years before that), there have been disputes over the simple question, "Can rules have exceptions?" The classic example is the group of men stranded on a desert island. They agree that all food will be equally apportioned. They further agree that if anyone steals any food, their life will be forfeit. Someone does steal, is caught, and an execution is scheduled. As the group assembles, but before the fatal blow is struck, a rescue party arrives and everyone is saved. But what about the execution? Must it proceed even though no one was harmed and no recidivistic activity could occur?
Dr. Swanger certainly needs to revisit his decision, considering specifically what benefit or harm will be done if this respected teacher is abandoned. Of course, there is the possibility that other, hidden motives are in play. If this is the case, the students and community have a right to know what they are!
If anyone ever thought the Gloversville-Johnstown football rivalry was over, they never sat listening to the Johnstown Common Council discussing a vote that would in any way benefit the citizens of Gloversville!
Assuming from the very optimistic tone of your post today, I guess that we can assume you're not related to the Barbara S. Held who wrote "Stop Smiling, Start Kvetching: A 5-Step Guide to Creative Complaining"?
The State enabling law was passed while I was a City Councilman in Gloversville. We had an upwardly spiraling problem with absentee landlords who would decide to forego maintenance on their properties & sit collecting rents for three years without paying any taxes at all. Then at the end of three years, if they still had tenants, they would pay only the oldest year in order to squeeze out one more year's profit. Eventually, the local government ended up being stuck with a three year wait to take these blighted, decrepit properties when their owners finally decided to abandon them altogether.
Incidentally, at about the same time, the State Legislature allowed a "circuit-breaker" provision under which local governments (at their own option) could institute voluntary "time-payment" plans in order to allow the "packaging" of all overdue taxes into one contractual agreement that applied scheduled payments either in the "old" way or according to any other mutually agreeable schedule. Gloversville offered this option but, at that time, restricted it only to owner-occupied properties. It is possible that this "circuit-breaker" was never enacted in this restaurant's taxing district.
My wife's 30-year-old god-daughter in Montana came up with what we consider a somewhat unique solution to this recurring problem. She sent us a Christmas card, a birthday card, a (God)Mother's Day card and a Thank You card - all in one envelope. Each one had an appropriate hand-written message. Also included was a note apologizing that the demands of law school caused her to occasionally lose track of time and asking forgiveness if some cards might be overdue & some might be early.
At least "Mamma Mia" is one of the rare Meryl Streep movies in which her character doesn't die (very emotionally and tragically from beginning of film to end)!
It seems astounding that Stewart's Dam Bridge will be rehabilitated while Batchellerville Bridge (with load restrictions requiring one-way traffic) continues to rot away!
In the words of the old folk song, "When will they ever learn?"
FMCC is an invaluable path to success for the 90% of local students who aren't in the "Top 10%"
The Fulton County Board of Supervisors has a continuing clique that has tried to deny this since the 1960s. Sometimes, they've been overruled by the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors. Hopefully, that will happen again this time!
Posted on November 21 at 9:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Taking Mayor Slingerland's poker analogy a little further, this is probably what's really going on. If WalMart is bluffing, Gloversville can't see them because they're already "all in!" Johnstown (as usual) wants a little something "on the side" to stake Gloversville's call.
On Glove Cities' dispute over Walmart Supercenter could escalate