HH at 5:30pm today I raise a glass!!!

Quoted from TippyCanoe

HH at 5:30pm today I raise a glass!!!

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http://www.nysdmv.com/dmvfaqs.htm#HANDICAP

Reserved Parking for People with Disabilities

To get complete information about reserved parking for people with disabilities, read the DMV brochure, Parking for People With Disabilities.
Who is eligible for vehicle plates for disabled persons or a parking permit for disabled persons?

The NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law defines the permanent disabilities that qualify.  If you have a permanent disability that qualifies, you can get vehicle plates for reserved parking from the DMV or a parking permit from your local government. It is illegal to park in a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities if you do not have the correct vehicle plates or parking permit. You can use the vehicle plates or parking permit in New York State and in most other states.
How do I get a parking permit for disabled persons?

You and your healthcare provider can complete the application form MV-664.1. You also can have your healthcare provider (MD, DO, DPM, or NP) complete a statement on their letterhead. The statement must describe the disabling condition and verify that the disability qualifies according to the law. Bring the form or statement to the issuing agency in your locality (normally the office of your city clerk, town clerk or village clerk). There is no fee for a permit. Remember that the DMV does not issue the parking permits.

Here is the proper form. I wonder how many of them are on file at the TH?
http://www.nysdmv.com/forms/mv6641.pdf

BS  BT--the seniors loved her.  To this day they still ask her to arrange programs for them or answer questions that affect them.  She did more for them than anyone ever did.  Visited the sick and homebound, helped get their events going, took a HUGE interest in the events for the association as well as running interference for their Medicare Part D.  She even took them to medical appointments and got a bus donated to the town.  Check the records.  Better yet call her.  She still lives in town I think.  Check the newspapers and the numbers of senior signatures on the petition that was presented to the administration.  It was political end of story.  If you can't admit that your posts are worth nothing because you have no integrity.  Check the newspapers for that coverage.  Even REpublicans were against that move and made it known even on Jan. 1 at the Town organizational meeting.  One more thing, Patacki wanted to weigh in on it AGAINST STEVE AND JOHN MERTZ.  It was DEB who asked him to dismiss it because she was already glad to be at her next job working with the homeless in some  Albany church.   BT I thought you had more class than spreading that rumor and discrediting somebody who only did good.  But then again YOU ARE THAT ROTTERDAM MENTALITY.  Guess that's why you are out of office.

As for alledged wrongdoing by previous administration--I would say that will be coming out soon I hope.  Don't act so naieve--even you, BT, know what that is about.  

As for Lynn Fiorillo--nice lady but not for that job.  And she didn't have the know-how for it.  Just not a good match.    She worked to undermine Eunice at every corner while at the town.  Perhaps a county job would be good for her.  I COULD support that.

Quoted from 539

RE:  Eunice--"No good deed goes unpunished."  She tried to help someone, a senior,  and instead she got $hit on.  I think Jimmy Constantino was a much bigger story.  This does not equal that.  Get passed it.

ok so you only want to see one side of this story:

SHE NOTARIZED A FORM FOR A DEAD MAN ALSO.

Constantino is a non-issue at this point.

Quoted from huskyhowls

I find it ironic that Eunice's own brother angry at losing the supervisor's race to Jim Constantino described a "Rotterdam mentality" that made them pull the lever for Jimbo again.  Bill Osta would never have been guilty of child-molesting or corruption.  He was a good, honest man.  It took Guilderland schools to finally nail Jimbo.

It's the same "Rotterdam mentality" that is defending his sister.  Those that don't see anything wrong with what she did are clearly misguided as to the duties of a Notary.  She broke the law, plain and simple.  She admits it.  She should be surrending her stamp, not necessarily her post, without any further discussion.  If she had wanted to assist senior citizens, she could have visited them in the hospital or their homes to witness their signature.  If she had, we wouldn't any of us be discussing this, now would we?  She truly has been devoted to helping residents.  However, she her decision-making process in this regard was clearly wrong and she knew it.  It could have a ripple effect on more things than just the STAR program.  Who knows how many legal documents were falsified.

The Town Ethics Commission should be conducting an investigation immediately.  Have they been brought into the picture at all?  What is their involvement??

The NYS Department of State should also be conducting an investigation.  The new Town Board should be proactive on this since all but one campaigned on transparency.  

Are they suffering from a "Rotterdam mentality" syndrome too?

There is a special meeting of the ethics board tonight, unsure of the time, you will have to contact town hall.

Quoted from bumblethru

I know for a fact that handicapped tags were given out without doctor's recommendation and given to people representing someone else. Illegal? I honestly don't know and never gave it much thought until this all came to light.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO FOIL THE INFORMATION!

Quoted from marymagdelene1234

ok so you only want to see one side of this story:

SHE NOTARIZED A FORM FOR A DEAD MAN ALSO.

Constantino is a non-issue at this point.

Proof? Specifics?

Quoted from 539

BS  BT--the seniors loved her.  To this day they still ask her to arrange programs for them or answer questions that affect them.  She did more for them than anyone ever did.  Visited the sick and homebound, helped get their events going, took a HUGE interest in the events for the association as well as running interference for their Medicare Part D.  She even took them to medical appointments and got a bus donated to the town.  Check the records.  Better yet call her.  She still lives in town I think.  Check the newspapers and the numbers of senior signatures on the petition that was presented to the administration.  It was political end of story.  If you can't admit that your posts are worth nothing because you have no integrity.  Check the newspapers for that coverage.  Even REpublicans were against that move and made it known even on Jan. 1 at the Town organizational meeting.  One more thing, Patacki wanted to weigh in on it AGAINST STEVE AND JOHN MERTZ.  It was DEB who asked him to dismiss it because she was already glad to be at her next job working with the homeless in some  Albany church.   BT I thought you had more class than spreading that rumor and discrediting somebody who only did good.  But then again YOU ARE THAT ROTTERDAM MENTALITY.  Guess that's why you are out of office.

As for alledged wrongdoing by previous administration--I would say that will be coming out soon I hope.  Don't act so naieve--even you, BT, know what that is about.  
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Oh kittykat.....I don't know who the hell you have been talking to (other than the self inflated DR herself) cause you are way off base. The seniors were afraid DR was going to turn THEIR senior center into a homeless shelter. MANY thought she had self and political motivations.  I do know for a fact that the seniors there today are glad she is not there any longer.
Some refer to her as just the 'scorned bitter old lady'. That's what my friends at the senior center tell me.

And your way of skirting YOUR  responsibility of making good on YOUR accusations regarding the 'lawbreaking' the last administration committed is shoddy at best. You really shouldn't be accusing people of legal wrong doings unless  you are willing to present the facts. Just like we have the facts on EE's breaking the law fiasco. Nice try kittykat!

dont know anything about senior center affairs, but here is a novel common sense idea

why not let the seniors nominate there own director?

wowowowwwwowwwwwwwwwwwww - politics is easy if you just use common sense!

and the greateset life lesson

KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid

Quoted from 539

BS  BT--the seniors loved her.

So, the seniors loved her. Is that because they knew "one of their own" would perhaps bend the rules? Did they think that if they treated her nicely, put her on a pedestal, that perhaps they could gain favors with her?

There is no doubt she was admired by many. Myself included.  She's a very personable lady and I always held her in the highest regard. But, times change. She admitted to notary fraud, yet people are still defending her as a "nice lady".  Apples -v- Oranges.  She can be as nice as pie (tho, I'm sure there are some that DONT like her), but still guilty of fraud. Perhaps that's how she got away with it, for God only knows how long.

I don't care if this was a personal vendetta against her, or worse, a political attack. The point is, it came out - and she ADMITTED to it. Why are people still defending her? Because she's a nice lady and the seniors loved her? That's bull crap. Fraud is fraud, be it by your best friend or worse enemy.  If she had not ADMITTED to this, we wouldn't be debating it this long.  What surprises me is that it's been this long and she's still holding her notary card and that the "transparent" "ethical" new town board, who's supervisor promised to run town as a business, allows an admitted fraudster to stay in office and not present ethics charges demanding her resignation. If this happened in his business, would that person still be on the payroll, in the same trusted position - without a full, public investigation?  I think not.

littlesal

i dont drink and drive

and no martini's at lunch

so from the comfort of my easy chair i will raise a gleass to HH and shout Hear, Hear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(honor)

Quoted from TippyCanoe

HH at 5:30pm today I raise a glass!!!

Of what then-prune juice?

nope - not there yet...

Maybe Lynn wasn't undermining Eunice, but questionning her ethics or the way she was running the Clerk's office.  Sounds like there was good reason or reasons for her to be asking questions.  Was she on to something???  I have heard from applicants who have submitted documents to the Town Clerk that end up on shelf and not passed on to the proper town office as they should be. Applicants are instructed to send them directly to the proper town office along with a copy to the Town Clerk.  That way they don't collect dust.

Lynn is way too much of a nice person herself to start exposing Eunice just to get elected.  She tried to win the voters without personally downgrading or attacking Eunice.  It didn't work because of the "Rotterdam Mentality" that doesn't get it.  

Eunice has stayed too long at the party.  She should have called it quits and not run again.  I didn't know Lynn before the election, but I would have voted for anyone running against Eunice based on the lack of competence stories I have heard about Eunice.  Maybe Eunice fought Steve on the appointed position in her office because she was afraid someone else might expose her??

Perhaps handicap tags are another example?  

I pay way more property and school taxes to this town and county and overall income taxes than most seniors in this community.  It's time the middle income, middle aged worker ruled this town and county, not the seniors.  I personally have always found Eunice a very nice lady.  My concerns aren't political, but efficiency and compliance of the laws of this town, county and state.  

How about an audit to clear up the issues?