For years, industrial sites that once fueled the city’s economy have sat idle and deteriorating in and around residential areas. Now, the brownfields are presenting an opportunity for residents to re-invent their neighborhoods.
It seems that the Schenectady School Board should have learned from the Ely debacle that a complete visit (meaning part guided & part unguided) to a Superintendent candidate's present district is mandatory due diligence!
Would Mr. Hull have refused to continue drawing his (probably much larger) pension from Union College if he had won the election? Most politicians know how to lose with grace, unfortunately Mr. Hull doesn't.
When did the so-called "members" attain their membership since no public body ever approved it? Have they been paying any sort of membership fees or dues? Do they have any written evidence of their membership? Have they ever attended any meeting prior to this so-called "dissolution" meeting, how many were present and did that constitute a quorum according to EDC's corporate by-laws? When were the EDC's corporate by-laws adopted, by whom and to whom were printed copies provided? How, when and by whom were the current or past members of the EDC's Board of Directors appointed?
Isn't this really just another sham to cover up what some people know - namely that the majority of the money ever handled by EDC was the repayment of loans made from Urban Development Action Grants made to the City of Gloversville and intended to be used exclusively for the benefit of low and moderate income residents of the City of Gloversville and later converted by EDC staff to benefit the City of Johnstown and, of course, themselves? themselves
Promise to Governor Cuomo or not, beware of Mayor Slingerland's "negotiating" stye. She will fight tooth & nail to get herself the best deal possible, then when agreement has been reached, she'll insist on "one more bite of the apple" before she'll sign anything.
Our 7-year old granddaughter rode the Polar Express & she calls it "the best thing in life, so far." The Saratoga & North Creek Railway deserves great credit (and hopefully great profits) for producing the event so well.
As someone who took a 31 year path between entering college as a teenager to graduating with a BA as a middle-aged adult, I fully agree with her urging anyone in similar circumstances to "go for it."
While my degree never advanced my career, the personal growth was unmeasurable and worth every moment and every dollar spent. (By the way, I earned my degree from the most nurturing of all schools - SUNY-Empire State College.)
Do any of the current members of the Gloversville Common Council remember Johnstown's intransigent opposition to the siting of the new Walmart Super Store in Gloversville? I wonder because the leader of that opposition, Mayor Slingerland, found roadblock after roadblock to try to kill it. And she's being very disingenuous connecting this sale to the sewage treatment plant. This land was purchased from the remnant of the FJ&G Railroad to eventually become part of the Rail-to-Trail Project. The intention of putting the sewer line to the Mohawk River on the land was known but was never considered to be the primary purpose. I strongly urge the Common Council to continue to say "NO" and see what Mayor Slingerland offers next. How about ALL of the purchase price plus a "revenue-sharing" agreement for the new real property taxes to be generated. Perhaps that's where application of the 55/45 principle would be logical.
It's called "Breach of Fiduciary Resposibility." But no current board member is ever going to sue a former board member unless they stand to gain something personally. It would set a precedent that could come back to bite them later.
Posted on January 9 at 9:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It seems that the Schenectady School Board should have learned from the Ely debacle that a complete visit (meaning part guided & part unguided) to a Superintendent candidate's present district is mandatory due diligence!
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