Evers and the Law

One week ago today, two council members delivered a signed request for a special meeting of the town board pursuant to the provisions of Town Law S62(2). It states “The supervisor of any town may, and upon written request of two members of the board shall within 10 days, call a special meeting of the town board by giving at least two days notice in writing to the members of the board of the time and place where the meeting is to be held."

To date, none of the board members have heard from Mr. Evers. Does this surprise our readers? It shouldn't. Evers flaunts the law at every turn. He feigns concern for taxpayers when he ignores the law requiring the holding of a referendum on his plan to bail out the overspent contract for his politically connected contractor in Water District 14. The contractor runs the Conservative Party and now perhaps the new town board majority. He says its because the election would cost taxpayers $60,000 and would result in a defeat. (Evers must think the public consists of a bunch of idiots using this number especially when you look at the town budget and see that only $4,000 is expended and budgeted to hold town elections.)

Where was his concern for taxpayers when he proposed and voted for the borrowing of $830,000 to pay more money to the contractor, money well above the stipulated bid for the work? Where was Evers concern for taxpayers when he gave the contractor a check for $83,000 right after a Board meeting last December in which he failed to submit the bill in the abstract knowing it could not legally be approved because there was no more money left in the original bond of 7.1 million for a 6.4 million dollar contract? The Board never approved, nor could it approve of the payment.

The list could go on and on, but the point is clear enough. Evers and the law blend like oil and water. As for his failure to notice a special meeting of the town board, looks like it will take a judge to force the meeting, just like it will take a judge to force him to hold the election on his effort to pay the contractor more money. And if the public had not stopped Evers from giving the contractor that $830,000 by filing a petition within 30 days of his proposal, Evers would have long ago showed his concern for taxpayers by handing over the money, your money, to the contractor.