The Uncle finally made it to a Town Board Meeting and boy, did I pick a winner.
The public comment session was all on the subject of Woodbury Tax Assessor Roland Tiffany's drastic upwards reassessment of Timber Ridge and a few other parts of town.
One speaker said that when she went to see Tiffany he shut her out saying "I refuse to speak with someone who doesn't know what she's talking about." He then called the cops to haul her off. Nice.
Things got scary when Bob Donnelly got up (well, in Donnelly's case "up" is an exageration). The Toad has become Caruso's number two henchman, right after the Ankle Biter.
Donnelley, Caruso and that whole gang smell the fear and anger and are ready to move in and take advantage of it. Donnelly started shilling for a lawyer friend who would file challenges to the reassessment for people for a retainer of $200 each PLUS a 1/3 contigency fee, paid not once, but three years in a row. In other words, he gets your $200 for filing a piece of paper, and if you get your tax bill knocked down $5,000 he gets $5,000. Really Nice!
Gerri Gianzero shut Donnelly down for what was essentially an advertisment for his buddy.
By the way, the Toad must be close to 70 and his hair has prematurely turned jet black. Must be something in the water.
A lawyer named Blum got us next and began by saying 8 or 12 times that he had stood shoulder to shoulder with John Burke and Michael Queenan when they were pushing the Village of Woodbury idea. He congratulated himself at length on what a good job he had done.
Then our boy Swiller got up and began saying that Blum had gotten it wrong on the Village info when the Town Board shut Swiller down saying he was off the topic. Afterwards Swiller said it's K to lie to people, but it's out of bounds to correct them. He then started to warn people that Donnelly is the same guy who goes over to Cornwall to raise money to sue Woodbury over the Brodsky project.
Swiller said it sounded like the people of Timber Ridge were getting shafted, but that they should be careful because it's when people are scared and angry that Ralph and the other sharks show up. They use people's fear to manipulate them into pushing Ralph's own agenda.
Swiller said " you have to ask questions, ask questions, ask questions." He also said that he would post information on the grievance process on his website (www.socaatwork.org) - there's nothing there yet (but the meeting only ended a little while ago).
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A little history. When the Village idea was floated there was a lot of misinformation out there. Joe Ferguson and I announced that we would bring experts to a forum to answer people's questions.
Ralphie came to see Joe and me to convince us that experts had biases and only he could be counted on to give people honest answers.
We didn't buy it and we held the forum (there was one glitch when one expert got an important question wrong. We corrected her within 5 minutes.)
Caruso then held two of his own forums with Blum (the self-congratulating bozo at the Board meeting)as the resident legal expert.
When Blum was asked about annexation it turned ou that he didn't have a clue.
Tonight he left that out when he said he researched like crazy and had all the answers. Bullshit!
He did say, repeatedly, that he had stood shoulder to shoulder with Burke and Queenan. He conveniently left out that Caruso's and Siebold's shoulders were in there too.
Also, Uncle, you didn't mention Caruso's little cameo at tonight's meeting. Someone had just said that she had called State Senator Bill Larkin about the laws that empower the Tax Assessor. Larkin said that it was outside his jurisdiction. (Double Bullshit!)
So Caruso had to change the subject. He accused the Town Attorney of spreading misinformation by (at this point Ralph went into meaningless double talk).
Triple Bullshit!
I asked Christine Martin to send me info on the grievance process. As soon as it comes in I'll put it up on the SOCA at Work website.
Otjiwarongo said...
Otjiwarongo said...
Since it looks like the ankle biter reads whats here, here is what i want to ask him. It's just a question mind you, but I want to know, did he know anything about a put up job against a cop named J.R.M.?
And if so, what did he ever do to you? He didn't even know you.
He was a good cop and did nothing bad. What i'm asking is maybe you already knew that?
Otjiwarongo
Robert J. Donnelly says:
never heard of the Monday law firm who can handle re-assessment filing 7 suit (if necessary). Donnelly read the flyer handed to him 5 minutes before he read it. Would like a poiece of the legal funds , but did not go to law school.
About the black hair, it is naturally black and can show it even where the sun don't shine.
Guess Swiller would like to see that hair too.
If you think Swiller can help you, then you need a head doctor, which he needs badly.
I see that Honest Abe Donnelly and his friend's have moved their tag sale from Holly's house, to Siebold's.
Obviously, with a move like that some things are bound to get lost along the way.
During this move they misplaced the announcement about where the money is going.
Their flyer forgets to mention that the money taken in (from the people who are taken in) pays to keep the suit against Woodbury going.
Naughty, naughty.
The Toad and his swamp buddies want to make a ton of money filling out the grievance form at $200 a pop.
Swiller is doing it for free.
I guess that to Donnelly that proves that Swiller is nuts.
As usual, Donnelly dives into the gutter. What a pig. His poor wife...no wonder she looks so humiliated when she appears with him in public. To think, his trash mouth and vulgar remarks got him all the way to the Chair of the Democratic Committee. Doesn't speak too well for them! No wonder they are, and always will be the secondrate political party of Woodbury!
Now, now.
Bear in mind who the Chair of the Woodbury Republicans is.
Mr Donnelly:
I think you are the last person who should say that someone needs a head doctor. I know a true blue crazy when I see one. I think you might be jealous of Swiller, because you don't even have half the intellegence or wit.
Why should people pay $200.00 to have thier greivance form filled out when SOCA at work is willing to help for free!
I think for you it's about suing the town. It would be the second lawsuit that you are involved in that will cost the taxpayers money.
I hope you know that you are hated more than liked. Ralph Caruso lost big in the last election, and still doesn't realize it.
I pity you and your little troll friends, but the silent majority WILL have the last laugh.
Donnelly you say you dont know a thing about these lawyers. but you got up at the meeting and told every one to give them their money.
you are either a liar or an idiot or both.
you are such a loser swiller!!!!!!!
yeah, I agree with that! Swiller is as ignorant as it gets!
To Ralphie's gang...does the truth hurt? And for the record, I'm NOT Swiller!
What is it with Donnelly and suing the town? Did someone in the town do something to him or a member of his family? Or is he just acting out because of his family tragedy?
"About the black hair, it is naturally black and can show it even where the sun don't shine.
Guess Swiller would like to see that hair too."
What type of a low life would even write such a thing? Who? Someone with no intelligence and the maturity level of someone who has not graduated high school. Who? A crass individiual who presents himself as a impressive individual; impressive yes, but not the way that he thinks. Who? A town of Woodbury special, none other than the anti-glib TOAD!, the inspiration for badly written B movies, BOB!! BOB!!! BOB!!!!!DONNELLY!!!!! the moron!!!!!The crass du jour!!! the insipid toad!!!!The miasma of low class!!!
OHPLEASE Spare us from this idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VERITAS!
HORRIBILE DICTU!
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