ROTTERDAM FEMA funding will help pave town roads BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Leave it to Rotterdam to make lemonade from a lemon. The town will pave roads with ice storm relief funding received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency this month. Rotterdam officials allocated $233,693 to fund paving projects on eight additional roads this summer after the town received more than $500,000 in federal disaster funding for damage incurred during December’s ice storm. The funding will augment the $381,803 that Rotterdam’s Highway Department had allotted for regular paving projects. In all, the town has scheduled 22 paving projects for the season, at a cost of $615,496. “These are roads that need attention and need to be repaired,” said Town Supervisor Steve Tommasone. The remaining FEMA funding will be placed in reserve for costs incurred during the coming winter. The two most expensive projects undertaken with the FEMA funding will be the $86,000 repaving of Outer Drive and a $66,263 refinishing of Horizon Boulevard. Other thoroughfares now included in this year’s paving schedule include Turnbull Street, Frank Street, Conqua Lane, Bluebird Lane, Colonial Drive and Ferry Street, according to the town. Schenectady County municipalities are slated to receive more than $1.8 million in federal funding. The money was to cover the costs incurred by highway and public works crews as they scrambled to collect fallen branches. The storm left as many as 300,000 customers without power throughout the Capital Region and caused more than $25 million worth of estimated damage. Under a disaster declaration, the federal government kicks in 75 percent of the cost of recovery and the state adds another 12.5 percent. Tommasone said the FEMA money is reimbursement for money the town allocated last year on an emergency basis. He said the town decided to allocate half of the cash for paving projects under the advice of Highway Superintendent James Longo. ..............>>>>.................>>>>...............http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....amp;EntityId=Ar01101
Maybe there will be charges of corruption over this? PDQ? Tweety? Perhaps the drainage work in Masullo is another failure on Tommasone's part too? Did he do it too soon? Too late? Too costly? Not costly enough? Wrong color storm drains going in? the use of FEMA funs? Some evil plot? How about the paving? Too soon? Too late? Not enough bids? Too many bids?
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"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
[quote=259]Maybe there will be charges of corruption over this? PDQ? Tweety? Perhaps the drainage work in Masullo is another failure on Tommasone's part too? Did he do it too soon? Too late? Too costly? Not costly enough? Wrong color storm drains going in? the use of FEMA funs? Some evil plot? How about the paving? Too soon? Too late? Not enough bids? Too many bids?
The Ego tried this same election year paving BS when Frank Renna got clobbered by Bobby G. The people want to see their tax dollars at work. Stevie Ego couldn't find any innovative funding for long overdue projects so once again he relies on the Feds and the County Dems for relief. Just asking but what relatives of Steve live on the roads to be paved? And what about Hamburg St sewers, Capitol Plaza and Four corners, the deplorable condition of his Public Works guy's building on Guilderland Ave, Curry Road shopping center, Main Florist, the flooding near Draper school, the former Draper School, the vast amount of wasted public dollars that went into the former republican club legal challenges, I am out of breath!
There they go again. Maybe Steve "ego" can call Donald Trump to fix the Capital Plaza. What exactly is the democrat plan to get it filled. After all, the democrat committee runs Metroplex, and they run everything. Why haven't they fixed it? Why haven't they cured all the ills like they 'did' in the city of Schenectady with the centralized command economy and a select few receiving grants, interest free loans and perks?
What is the Democrat plan for four corners and Hamburg Street? Did they fix it from 1957-1997 or 2001-2005? How about Price Chopper Plaza? What is the Democrat alternative? I would love to see a plan rather than "We are the nothing, but it is time for a change." I am sure that some relatives of Steve and the man on the moon live on one of those roads. There are about 30 of them so the odds are good there are even a few registered republicans (even in Coldbrook) so that you can charge corruption! WOLF WOLF WOLF. Maybe the FBI will investigate that. I will call them for you if you like.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Lack of insight, leadership and a vision have hampered Stevie Ego throughout his political career. Brought Mertz to the party and he drank all the booze, ate at the trough, then stabbed em in the back. Et Tu Mertzy!
Paving streets didn't get Frankie Renna elected and it sure aint gonna work this time. Longo deserves all the credit for this one and that is why he is unopposed. For crissakes Greasemer couldn't beat him even though he was the incumbent. No wonder Tom and Gerry love Greasemer; he, in a strange political twist created Mertz, Stevie Ego and Longo. Dems worst nightmare over the past ten years has been former Dem Chairman Mike"whats in it for me" Greasemer.
Polish up the resume Mikey; you is toast and the people need to hear that!
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