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We are so very sorry to report that Amanda Perrotta's courageous journey began a new chapter last evening as she passed away and into God's hands. Our entire community was inspired by her courage and love of life, only recently rallying to help her family deal with the enormous expenses incurred in treating Mitochondrial disease. You can read more about her struggle and zeal for life here.
Our deepest sympathies go to her family and friends.
The North Greenbush Pipeline
Ashley Opposes Settlement and 1M Bond for Water Contractor
This release was submitted by the Democratic Party Chairman Dan Ashley .
North Greenbush Democratic Chairman Dan Ashley announced his party’s opposition to a Resolution on this Thursday’s Town Board (Nov 13th 7PM) agenda which he believes would authorize the town to borrow more than a million dollars to pay the contractor in Water District 14 who also runs the local Conservative Party.
If this is approved, the contractor will be paid more than 8.4 million dollars on a contract he agreed to complete for 6.4 million. Ashley noted that the Conservative run town board which the contractor endorsed from his perch as Conservative Party Chairman, has agreed to settle with the contractor in court rather than fight for town taxpayers. He further noted that that the town board majority is forcing every homeowner in town to pay for this settlement whether or not they live in water 14.
The Democratic Party opposes this settlement as a sell out of the taxpayers, stated Ashley. It comes at a meeting of the town board in which Conservative politicians like Supervisor Mark Evers has his own hands in our pockets seeking a 280% pay raise for himself with the support of his right hand man Councilman Kern. “While town board endorsed Conservatives are selling out taxpayers to their politically connected contractor, and trying to line the pockets of the Supervisor with a big pay raise, the Governor is announcing billions in proposed cuts to municipalities as our State and Nation face the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,” stated Ashley. “If I as Democratic Chairman, who runs a car business, were selling cars to a Town Board controlled by Democrats for millions more than the stipulated bid, I’d be run out of town on a rail car”, stated Ashley.
Ashley also noted the effort of this town board to keep the public in the dark as to the purpose of the bonding resolution on Thursday’s agenda. “One would never know the one sentence agenda item was the big payday for the out of control contract which was grossly mismanaged by the town Building Department whose employees approved the payments without required change orders according to the audit released by the NY State Comptroller”. Taxpayers deserve accountability, not mismanagement and big paydays for the Supervisor and his contractor, concluded Ashley.
North Greenbush Democratic Chairman Dan Ashley announced his party’s opposition to a Resolution on this Thursday’s Town Board (Nov 13th 7PM) agenda which he believes would authorize the town to borrow more than a million dollars to pay the contractor in Water District 14 who also runs the local Conservative Party.
If this is approved, the contractor will be paid more than 8.4 million dollars on a contract he agreed to complete for 6.4 million. Ashley noted that the Conservative run town board which the contractor endorsed from his perch as Conservative Party Chairman, has agreed to settle with the contractor in court rather than fight for town taxpayers. He further noted that that the town board majority is forcing every homeowner in town to pay for this settlement whether or not they live in water 14.
The Democratic Party opposes this settlement as a sell out of the taxpayers, stated Ashley. It comes at a meeting of the town board in which Conservative politicians like Supervisor Mark Evers has his own hands in our pockets seeking a 280% pay raise for himself with the support of his right hand man Councilman Kern. “While town board endorsed Conservatives are selling out taxpayers to their politically connected contractor, and trying to line the pockets of the Supervisor with a big pay raise, the Governor is announcing billions in proposed cuts to municipalities as our State and Nation face the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,” stated Ashley. “If I as Democratic Chairman, who runs a car business, were selling cars to a Town Board controlled by Democrats for millions more than the stipulated bid, I’d be run out of town on a rail car”, stated Ashley.
Ashley also noted the effort of this town board to keep the public in the dark as to the purpose of the bonding resolution on Thursday’s agenda. “One would never know the one sentence agenda item was the big payday for the out of control contract which was grossly mismanaged by the town Building Department whose employees approved the payments without required change orders according to the audit released by the NY State Comptroller”. Taxpayers deserve accountability, not mismanagement and big paydays for the Supervisor and his contractor, concluded Ashley.
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