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| Prepared by R. Thomson |
From this point on everything in black is my opinion. The audio may be long but it is in your best interest to listen and watch it closely. I have placed some of my thoughts [opinions] through out.
They say Timing and Delivery is everything.
The proposal was presented at the first meeting of newly elected Mayor
Jury and basically all new trustees. It was also their last for 2011.
The next board meeting is scheduled for 1.10.12. When you listen to the
audio, you will hear that the grant application submittal deadline is assumed to be sometime in February.
That is a very narrow window for a brand new board to shoot for. It is
unreasonable for anyone to present such a controversial topic such as
this when the village board barely has their feet firmly on the
ground. I understand that some have a timeline in their agenda
and with all the bureaucratic hoops that need to be jumped through, they
fear that their deadline might not be reached. Their is a big push for
the dissolution of the village to go to a vote at the 2013 general election .
Since
the proposal is to dissolve the village into the Town of Alexandria, I
expected to see Mr. Thomson at the Town Board meeting that was held the
next evening on 12.14.11. He did not attend and no mention of his
proposal was on that agenda. Maybe it is because the new supervisor and
one new board member do not take over until 1.1.12.
One
final thought..... This proposal is controversial, but I am not opposed
to it either. I have always expected that someday we would be facing
the possibility of dissolving the village. But, in my mind it was
always a large and diverse group of concerned citizens that would have made the
proposal. Not just one man's proposal.
