Something That Actually Matters

Diesel is a three year old white German Shepard whose family's circumstances have changed and they no longer have the time to give him the attention he deserves.

He is a sweet, friendly dog who loves children. He lives with very young children and loves the attention.

Diesel is fully housebroken and extremely friendly, he rarely barks, and has no destructive behaviors.

He is good with other dogs, but has not been exposed to cats.

Diesel is epileptic and is on medication to control his seizures.

He has seizures 1 time every 4 months or so. He will need someone who is committed to making sure he gets his medication on schedule. He has been seizure free for months.

Diesel would like a family who is home to spend time with him and take him for walks or just throw his ball.

Contact: Gina Olivieri

gochef@optonline.net

Uncle Billy, Why Do You Hate Us?

Hey now Uncle Betty, isn't this a bit unfair?

Nope.

As the headline says, Larkin's Aide's fingerprints are all over the lawsuit.

Ralph Caruso was the driving force behind the last Article 78 law suit that the good folks of Cornwall brought against Woodbury. Ralph, Donnelly, Siebold and their new pal Dick Randazzo stirred up the folks north of the border and ran the fund raisers to pay for the law suit.

Only, Ralph found out that their were a fair number of folks here in Woodbury unhappy with his rabble rousing.

So this time the spider is staying in the shadows and sending out his crew to do the dirty work.

But it's the same old game run by the same old spider (right down to the Committee for the Perversion of Woodbury popping up again to cheer the whole thing on).

And there is no way that Ralph is going to do all this without the blessings of his boss, State Senator William Larkin.

Rumblings Across the Border

They be "commencin a lasuit"



Cornwall Town Board Resolution

Special Town Board Meeting
April 21, 2008
Whereas, the Town and Village of Woodbury have heretofore considered certain proposed changes to applicable zoning regulations in regard to a proposed development of certain lands called "Legacy Ridge;" and

Whereas, the Town Board of the Town of Cornwall, as well as the Board of Education of the Cornwall Central School District, have heretofore communicated to the Town and Village of Woodbury certain concerns and objections to the proposed action; and

Whereas, it appears that the Town and Vilalge of Woodbury have disregarded the said communications from the Town Board and Board of Education and have proceeded to act in violation of applicable law and to the detriment and injury of the Town of Cornwall and its citizens; and

Whereas, the Board of Education for the Cornwall Central School District has adopted a resolution authorizing commencement of a lawsuit against the Village of Woodbury seeking to annul the action taken by the Village regarding the Legacy Ridge project as being unlawful; and

Whereas, the Town Board has determined to join the School District and such others as may participate in commencin a lasuit against the Village of Woodbury regardign the Legacy Ridge project; and

Whereas, it is necessary and proper for the Town Board to adopt a resolution formally authorizing the commencement of such a lawsuit;
Now, Therefore, be it Resolved as follows:

1. That this Town Board does hereby authorize and direct the Town's attorneys to commence the aforesaid litigation; and

2. That the Town Supervisor be and he hereby is authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate a cost sharing agreement with the Cornwall Central School District and others.
Councilman J. Kerry MicGuinness presented the foregoing resolution which was seconded by Councilman Alexander Mazzocca.
The vote on the foregoing resolution was as follows:

Mary Beth Greene-Krafft, Councilwoman, voting AYE
Randolph S. Clark, Councilman, voting, voting ABSENT
J. Kerry McGuinness, Councilman, voting AYE
Alexander Mazzocca, Councilman, voting AYE
D. Kevin Quigley, Supervisor, voting AYE

An Occassional Rhyme; Part Three

Three little meatballs
Sitting in a stew

Along came dinnertime

Larkin's Aide Strikes (Fear) Again

Paranoia strikes deep

Into your life it will creep

It starts when you're always afraid

You step out of line, the man come and take you away
...............................................................Stephen Stills

The Prerversion Party, one of Ralph Caruso's little gifts to Woodbury, is at it again.

As this FAQ from their website points out, their second favorite product, fear, is back in stock.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What do you mean neighbors, friends, enemies?

A: What I mean is Woodbury is under siege.

1. It is being divided by many different groups of people from different backgrounds, different religions, different political parties and by normal everyday intelligent people that lack common sense.

2. Some fear our neighbors to Woodbury's Western boundary, that caused zoning changes and then we disregard our neighbors to the North and that causes friction.

3. Our residents have been belittled, insulted, ridiculed, slandered, and lied to behind a veil of anonymity.

4. Words have been twisted around, taken out of context distorted and regurgitated into sentences and statements by writers without names that aim to divide our community instead of unify it.

5. You don't need a PHD to know that a Village divided is weaker and easier to control than one that is whole and in unison.

6. We have our friends, let's hope we can trust them. We have our neighbors, strong fences make good neighbors, and our enemies. Enemies could be anyone. They can smile at you and say good morning and then talk bad about you to every person they see. That's the thing about your enemies, you really don't know who they are until they show their hand. So learn to ask questions for your self and don't always take another persons opinion of one of your community members. Make up your mind for yourself.

What's the point of all this fear-mongering?

Go back up and re-read number 5.

Pieman Pisses Off Whole New Town

Apparently, not content with pissing off the political leaders of KJ (he keeps getting in their way), of the Town of Woodbury (he keeps reminding them that they lied to the voters) and the Town of Monroe (he claims that he's not quite certain what he did there, but Sandy Leonard did say that SOCA had to be crushed), the Pieman has now pissed off the powers that be in Cornwall.

Take a look at this week's Cornwall Local:

Making it personal
Legacy Ridge booster accuses us of snobbery
By Margaret Menge
Cornwall was accused of snob­bery and xenophobia on Tuesday night when the Village of Woodbury met and voted to approve the two local laws to increase the number of homes built at Legacy Ridge from 155 to 313. The vote was 3-0, with one mem­ber absent and one, who was just elected, abstaining.

A Woodbury resident and Legacy Ridge booster took to the micro­phone after the vote and told the board that Cornwall's attitude is "causing a lot of friction" between the two municipalities. He com­plained of the impact of Cornwall on Woodbury, and said one thing wrong with the Cornwall Central School District is the first word in its name — Cornwall. Jonathan Swiller, the speaker, said Cornwall treats kids from Woodbury and New Windsor who are in the Cornwall school district as "interlopers" and "foreigners sneaking over a fence." The police chief and his wife, sitting in comfy chairs along the wall, nodded along as Swiller spoke. And Lorraine McNeil, the defeated Woodbury Town Board member who sparred with Randazzo in 2006 when he was opposing .Legacy Ridge, tried to bore holes with her eyes into the skull of the editor of The Cornwall Local.

Swiller spoke after Tony Incanno of Cornwall, who told Woodbury's Village Board: "You have given us, Cornwall, taxation without representation." Brendan Coyne, president of Cornwall's Board of Education, followed Swiller, telling Mayor Stephanie Berean-Weeks and three board members (one was absent) that Woodbury can't have it both ways - they can't sell homes by talking up Cornwall schools and then overwhelm the Cornwall school district, thereby threatening the health of those schools. And he countered Swiller - "I take excep­tion," he said. "We're in the busi­ness of educating all students." (Coyne had jumped into the ring earlier in the meeting to inquire why Gerry Jacobowitz was speak­ing up just before the vote when others could not.)

Half the people in attendance at the Tuesday night meeting at the firehouse in Highland Mills were from Cornwall, including Supervisor Kevin Quigley and three members of the board: Al Mazzocca, Kerry McGuiness and Mary Beth Greene-Krafft, and also a number of members of the Cornwall Conservation Advisory Committee, including Bernie Sussman and Ed Flynn. Also there was Iris Sandow from Cornwall, who's in charge of the public rela­tions effort for Legacy Ridge. She was handing out copies of the Record's house editorial from
Friday, April 4 "Schools can't shut doors to newcomers" to everybody coming in. Mary Gross-Ferraro, a resident of Highland Mills who's been track­ing this project from the start was also there. She had been at Cornwall's Town Board meeting the night before, and told the board members of the hearings before the Woodbury Town Board in 2006. "I was absolutely amazed at how they just blew off Randazzo's questions," she said. She told the board of leading the Save our Streams effort in the 80s, and how they raised thousands of dollars to cover the cost of the lawyers. "I'm just concerned about nipping this in the bud before everybody's driven out of these towns by higher school taxes," she said. Also at the Town Board meeting on Monday, April 7 were representatives of the Black Rock Fish and Game Club, who said they were concerned about the "Class A trout stream" that is the Woodbury Creek. "Adding anoth­er couple hundred homes could be the death of the stream," said Jimmy McGee, a member of the club's Board of Trustees.

Coming out of Woodbury's meeting the next night, Incanno said, "See you in court"; Mary Gross-Ferraro said, "Totally pre­dictable."

The editor was stopped coming out of the door by Jonathan Swiller who said there are parents 'she should speak to. What par­ents? He rustled one up in sec­onds: man in a trench who said he lives on Route 32, just south of Trout Brook, steps away from the proposed Legacy Ridge develop­ment. He says he thinks the Cornwall Central School District does discriminate against Woodbury residents because he had trouble getting information about the new high school when it was being built. He calls Legacy Ridge, "the best, most wholesome kind of project there could be." When asked his 'name he conies out with it - he's Pat Conroy, hus­band of the former Town of Woodbury Supervisor Sheila Conroy who served from 2001 to 2005, and was the main engine behind Legacy Ridge.

Oh Pieman, why can't you be good?

You're Gonna Trip, Stumble and Fall

Well, the Uncle has fallen down on the job.

Where the hell is whatever it is?

In the meantime, boys and girls, you might find divertisement tonight (Tuesday, April 8) at the Village Board Meeting, 7:30 at Village Hall (yes, still over the store at the Highland Mills Fire House).

Something Is Coming

The Uncle has been torn.

For some bizarre reason his attention has been grabbed by events, dare I say it, occurring outside of Woodbury.

And yet, the Uncle knows how much his fellow inmates, um citizens, of Woodbury hate and detest the very idea that life exists beyond the borders of our own fair Town/Village/Thingee.

And so, the Uncle has been hard at work on a compromise.

Shortly, like maybe tomorrow, the nature of that compromise will be revealed.

And then, all of you, speaking as with a single voice, will have the chance to say : "That sucks!"