Thanks be, Congress Member Elect Antonio Delgado has replaced John Faso as our Congressional REPRESENTATIVE. Antonio has already held more town meetings  and  listened to more actual voters (as opposed to corporate lobbyists) than Faso did in his one term in Congress and, I suspect, in his stint in the New York State Assembly. This election was not the result of one man or one woman’s work. This election energized in part because we were …

Election 2018Read More »

All Democrats, Independents, No Party Affilitation Voters, Green Party, and Working Families Party Voters should have received a large postcard with this information on it. If not, let us know. Please Vote No on the proposition to create a new office of Town Tax Collector. Here is the actual wording as it appears on the ballot: “Shall the Tax Collector in the Town of Union Vale be restored as a public office selected by citizens …

Union Vale Ballot for Election Day 2018: Proposition OneRead More »

In the last two weeks there have been two special Town Board Meetings. Theses have dealt with important issues, so that is good, but the need for these meetings does seem to call into question how efficient it is to have dropped the second monthly meeting that citizens could expect on a regular basis as a way to ask questions and get clarification from the Board. Ms. Maas  has invited me to come sit with …

Rather spontaneous burst of meetings replaces 2nd Official MeetingRead More »

Town Supervisor does not answer question about the cost of draining one half acre lot on Hoof Print Rd for a new house.

This meeting, once again without key transparency elements: no published agenda, no minutes stored for public edification, and no public taping, began with a discussion of the Re-cycling Center with Tom St. Onge.  This year began with revenues higher than expected and costs lower and then the cost of carting away recyclable went in May from a couple of hundred dollars to $1,100. per month ( remember that China had been a big part of …

Work Meeting of UVTB 9.6.18-no notes, no video, no agenda, no public commentRead More »

Once again there is no sound on the televised presentation which was to have been aired on channel 22, so those residents without computer access are no longer served by a visual record of the meeting. (The Town Board has radically reduced the ability of citizens to access their official conversation, understand their priorities, and hear their goals, yet when I pointed out that without access to all of their official deliberations, with the exception …

August 16,2018 Official Town Board MeetingRead More »

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TAKE NOTICE, that the Town Board of the Town of Union Vale will hold a public hearing at the Town Hall, 249 Duncan Road, LaGrangeville, New York 12540 (in the Town of Union Vale) on August 16th, 2018 at 7:15 o’clock, p.m., on or as soon thereafter so public comment can be heard at the beginning of the budget process for 2019. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the Public Hearing will be …

Public Comments about the 2019 Budget-Read More »

We have audio tape of the entire meeting because we believe in documenting Town Board Meetings in an effort to make the Town Board decisions as transparent as possible and thus afford taxpayers the opportunity to hold the Board or members of the Board responsible for their decisions. The meeting started at 7:30 pm. Discussion of Possible Buyer at the Town Center ( a parcel of about 15 acres). The buyer and his friend appeared …

The No Video, No Agenda, No Promulgated Minutes UVTB Meeting 8/2/18Read More »

Editorial Preface: Before you read about what went on at this meeting, I’d like to highlight what did not happen and preface that information with a summary of a motion which occurred after the Public Comment about Town issues section of the Official Town Board Meeting of last month,  June 21, 2018. As the 6. 21. 18 meeting of the Union Vale Town Board ended, Supervisor Maas brought up the fact the the Contract with …

Non-agenda Town Bd. Meeting– July 5, 2018Read More »