ROTTERDAM Clerk makes deal to give up notary license BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net.
Longtime Rotterdam Clerk Eunice Esposito will be required to surrender her notary license for six months, according to a settlement agreement detailed by state officials Tuesday. Joel Barkin, a spokesman from the New York Department of State, said Esposito also will need to either take a three-hour course or pass a state exam before her powers as a notary are restored. He said the agreement was reached last week, meaning that Esposito will not need to present her case at a hearing. “This was the agreed-upon penalty,” he said. Andrew Brick, Esposito’s attorney in the matter, said he couldn’t confirm or deny the settlement. Likewise, Esposito said she wouldn’t discuss the matter. “I haven’t heard anything on it, so I’d rather not comment,” she said. Last month, Esposito admitted to notarizing documents without having people sign them in front of her, as required by law. She said she had no intent to defraud the town but performed the duty as a courtesy to senior citizens seeking exemptions provided by the School Tax Relief (STAR) program. “I know it is their signature. It is not the first time,” she told the Gazette in February. “There is no fraud, no intention to circumvent the law. These are political and personal attacks against me.” ...................>>>>...............>>>>.......................................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00900&AppName=1
“There is no fraud, no intention to circumvent the law. These are political and personal attacks against me.”
She just doesn't get it
fraud /frɔd/ Show Spelled[frawd] –noun 1. deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
Breach of confidence ... hmm. Knowingly and admittedly breaking the law. gain some unfair or dishonest advantage ... hmm. An elected position.
Things that make you go Hmmm.
Legal Dictionary
Main Entry: fraud Function: noun Etymology: Latin fraud- fraus 1 a : any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage; specifically : a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with knowledge of its falsity or in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity and with the intent to deceive another and that is reasonably relied on by the other who is injured thereby b : the affirmative defense of having acted in response to a fraud 2 : the crime or tort of committing fraud fraud> —see also MISREPRESENTATION NOTE: A tort action based on fraud is also referred to as an action of deceit.
Anyone hear anything from the Ethics Review Board? I just hear crickets.
Agreed, Peeper - everyone committing fraud should be punished accordingly. It has been proven that Eunice has. Lodge a formal complaint with the appropriate authorities against Surprise, and I think myself and MT will be the first to support it!
Agreed, Peeper - everyone committing fraud should be punished accordingly. It has been proven that Eunice has. Lodge a formal complaint with the appropriate authorities against Surprise, and I think myself and MT will be the first to support it!
On this rare occasion, I gotta agree with you. Show me something legally that Mr Surprise has done wrong, show me a proven FACT or admission of guilt ... then I'll push for his removal or discipline as I endorsed EE's.
So far, it's all accusations & allegations. Yes, people may not like him - they're not happy with their assessments ... but show me, fact, what he's done wrong. Else put an end to this.
Even their own Ethics board has nothing yet on Mr Surprise ... that's pretty telling right there.
Likewise, Esposito said she wouldn’t discuss the matter. “I haven’t heard anything on it, so I’d rather not comment,” she said.
Does this worry anyone else? What is happening here? Is Eunice totally oblivious to what's going on around her? Or is the former town attorney, transition team attorney, Sync Realty attorney (suing the town) and Eunice's attorney acting without her knowledge or consent?
Either way, this definitely doesn't pass the smell test!
It certainly worries me! Did she really not get notified about this? Or does she just not remember agreeing to the settlement? Either way, it doesn't look good for our esteemed clerk. Unprecedented 11 terms, unprecedented level of senility...GO ROTTERDAM! You people got what you deserve!
EE is not going to respond to questions. Period! Not senility--rather good sense.
Not senility? In all do respect.....there has been error after error with others residents, due to senility, who won't come forward 'cause they think she is a nice person'.
I don't think anyone is saying that she is not a 'nice person'....cause she is. People are just questioning her 'ability' to do the job efficiently.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
EE is not going to respond to questions. Period! Not senility--rather good sense.
If there was "good sense" as you say, she wouldn't have notarized any documents without the person being present on several occasions. Anyone who cannot see that she is suffering from senility is delusional.
Does this worry anyone else? What is happening here? Is Eunice totally oblivious to what's going on around her? Or is the former town attorney, transition team attorney, Sync Realty attorney (suing the town) and Eunice's attorney acting without her knowledge or consent?
Either way, this definitely doesn't pass the smell test!
And.... The attorney for that new sewer district
Talking to each other is better than talking about each other
MM I think you might have a touch of senility yourself. You keep repeating yourself and what you say never makes sense. You do not seem to even understand my post. It was "good sense" for Eunice to NOT respond to the comment. Since you are rarely cogent in your comments, I wouldn't be picking on Eunice.
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