Quoted from anthony17

What I heard is that DelGallo was advised by his high priced campaign manager to propose 16 layoffs to put the other board members
in a position where they would have to call for a public hearing to go over the 2% tax cap.  He knows that there will be no layoffs and has said
as much quietly to a handful of people.  He was advised that he would garner more votes from residents if he looked like he was looking
out for taxpayers and screwing town employees.  No one is getting laid off.  Its a scam thought up by DelGallo's manager.......  He knows the
money is there to avoid firing town employees.  

As for the nonsense about jacking up overtime of cops- I am sure if I heard that Frank D is telling people that there wont be layoffs,
then by now all town employees figured out that the budget DelGallo put out was just meant to deceive the public into thinking that he is
playing hardball with the unions and is willing to fire 15 or 16 people.   So- no need to jack anything up if no one is leaving.
Simply just a political stunt to squeeze other board members.

  

Everything Frank DelGallo has done during this campaign has been to deceive the people --- like claiming he won't be pushed around by "party bosses".  That is just bull-sh*t --- the fact is that Frank Del Gallo and Bob Godlewski decided the day after Election 2009 that they didn't need anybody else  .... they weren't going to meet or work with their fellow board members (even though 2 of them had run on the same ticket with them).    And I have first hand knowledge of all of this.  

All Frank DelGallo has ever been asked to do is -- sit down and work with ALL of the board. Godlewski's and DelGallo's method is to slip something into the agenda at the last minute and damn anyone who disagrees with him or asks questions.    Hell -- Frank Del Gallo is so led by the nose by Bob Godlewski that  Godlewski sticks stuff into the agenda that DelGallo doesn't know anything about.   So while Frank is "screwing" the other board members -- Bob is "screwing" Frank.

Quoted from anthony17

What I heard is that DelGallo was advised by his high priced campaign manager to propose 16 layoffs to put the other board members
in a position where they would have to call for a public hearing to go over the 2% tax cap.  He knows that there will be no layoffs and has said
as much quietly to a handful of people.  He was advised that he would garner more votes from residents if he looked like he was looking
out for taxpayers and screwing town employees.  No one is getting laid off.  Its a scam thought up by DelGallo's manager.......  He knows the
money is there to avoid firing town employees.  

As for the nonsense about jacking up overtime of cops- I am sure if I heard that Frank D is telling people that there wont be layoffs,
then by now all town employees figured out that the budget DelGallo put out was just meant to deceive the public into thinking that he is
playing hardball with the unions and is willing to fire 15 or 16 people.   So- no need to jack anything up if no one is leaving.
Simply just a political stunt to squeeze other board members.

  

ahhhhh......the squeeze is on.....they are all holding the same ticket, but now they all have to work together to change the track the train is on......currently the fiscal plan(or lack of) is sending the
train straight to bankruptcy derailment hell for the whole town.....who will have the cajones to 'switch' and hold on to the golden jockstrap.....

I am not really sure how much Mr. DelGallo actually knows ..,, he pretty much lets Bob Godlewski and this $300 an hour Republican lawyer who runs his campaign run the show


has anybody asked the question ????       why is DelGallo spending $300 an hour to keep a job that at most has paid $13,000 a year  ??????????                 Could it be that the financial benefits of staying in power -- maybe what comes in under the radar  or .. on the radar like his ridiculously low new assessment --- are worth paying $300 an hour to hire a REPUBLICAN political hatchet man  ????????????????????????????????

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

I am not really sure how much Mr. DelGallo actually knows ..,, he pretty much lets Bob Godlewski and this $300 an hour Republican lawyer who runs his campaign run the show


has anybody asked the question ????       why is DelGallo spending $300 an hour to keep a job that at most has paid $13,000 a year  ??????????                 Could it be that the financial benefits of staying in power -- maybe what comes in under the radar  or .. on the radar like his ridiculously low new assessment --- are worth paying $300 an hour to hire a REPUBLICAN political hatchet man  ????????????????????????????????

YUP....and they are all in the same 'schoolhouse gang' called the Little Gumba Rascals......have they grown up yet?

AND    who did you hear this from?

Gentleman's Club plus one.....sounds like their agenda...

FDG will be blindsided again by the TB when the next review of the budget is made public.  just like last   year.

then when that happens    WALLA.....fingers go back to FDG instead of the real culprits....Blow SMOKE

I don't fall for anything that wouldn't hold up in a court of law.....it's called   HERESAY.

Quoted from Patches

AND    who did you hear this from?

Gentleman's Club plus one.....sounds like their agenda...

FDG will be blindsided again by the TB when the next review of the budget is made public.  just like last   year.

then when that happens    WALLA.....fingers go back to FDG instead of the real culprits....Blow SMOKE

I don't fall for anything that wouldn't hold up in a court of law.....it's called   HERESAY.

Thank God the Town Board scrapped Del Gallo's budget last year -- Del Gallo initially wanted a double digit tax increase.   The 3 sane people on the Town Board reduced that increase to about 3%.

Quoted from anthony17

What I heard is that DelGallo was advised by his high priced campaign manager to propose 16 layoffs to put the other board members
in a position where they would have to call for a public hearing to go over the 2% tax cap.  He knows that there will be no layoffs and has said
as much quietly to a handful of people.  He was advised that he would garner more votes from residents if he looked like he was looking
out for taxpayers and screwing town employees.  No one is getting laid off.  Its a scam thought up by DelGallo's manager.......  He knows the
money is there to avoid firing town employees.  

As for the nonsense about jacking up overtime of cops- I am sure if I heard that Frank D is telling people that there wont be layoffs,
then by now all town employees figured out that the budget DelGallo put out was just meant to deceive the public into thinking that he is
playing hardball with the unions and is willing to fire 15 or 16 people.   So- no need to jack anything up if no one is leaving.
Simply just a political stunt to squeeze other board members.

  

I heard I heard I heard...How are the board members being "squeezed?" By having to earn the pay to work to balance a budget? You have worked so long for the government that you actually think "work" is a sin...too bad, Anthony. Not nice, Anthony.

The tax cap IS to fish out the fishes who have been sucking everything away......they are Wallstreet Jr..........

wallstreet is to government jobs/benefits as welfare is to government jobs/benefits

Quoted from anthony17

As for the nonsense about jacking up overtime of cops- I am sure if I heard that Frank D is telling people that there wont be layoffs,
then by now all town employees figured out that the budget DelGallo put out was just meant to deceive the public into thinking that he is
playing hardball with the unions and is willing to fire 15 or 16 people.   So- no need to jack anything up if no one is leaving.
Simply just a political stunt to squeeze other board members.

I was talking about the demotions of a few police officers, not layoffs. What they lost in salary due to the demotion, they would simply make up in overtime.

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Three candidates battle for Rotterdam supervisor post
By PAUL NELSON Staff writer
Updated 06:21 p.m., Wednesday, October 26, 2011

ROTTERDAM -- Supervisor Francis "Frank" Del Gallo said he wants a second term so he can keep saving tax-weary residents money by running the town the way he's earned a living.

"I know how to run a business, the town is a business and I know how to save taxpayers money," said Del Gallo, 73. He used the bidding process to hire a law firm for $50,000, he said, when some Town Board members would have paid more for the legal work.

Challengers Brian McGarry, 54, with the No New Tax Party and the Republican line, too, and Harry Buffardi, a Democrat with four other parties' endorsements, say it takes more than a business sense to run the municipality day-to-day.

Del Gallo, who owns businesses in Rotterdam, blamed cutthroat Rotterdam politics for giving him a bad name. After failing to secure any endorsements, he created the Rotterdam First Party.

McGarry, an elementary school teacher for 20 years and a television cameraman for a decade, said his "varied experience" makes him well suited to lead Rotterdam.

"The taxpayers want the politicians to stop the bleeding," he said, asserting that residents are being "crushed" by rising property taxes for government and schools. If elected, McGarry said he would huddle with department heads and "lay out a global vision of conservative spending" to rein in spending.........................>>>>..................>>>>...........Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....39.php#ixzz1bySgpnY7

Looks like Dirty Harry had a little trouble getting the government their money on time.

How late do you have to be on paying taxes before a warrant issued?  As Sheriff, did he serve his own warrant?

Oh my God! Look at this! Harry wants to be supervisor, his household is bringing in close to TWO HUNDRED GRAND between him and his wife and THEY DON'T PAY THEIR TAXES? I don't understand how they could get tax warrants against them if he is so good handling finances. That is a damning indictment. Of course he will blame it on accountants (who can;t he compute his own taxes if he is so skilled?) or anyone else he is associated with. He must have stacks of letters he never opens. That bodes well for the town- NOT. Before the Tax people slap a warrant on you, it has to get pretty far. They don't just show up and slap you with a warrant. You have to be neglectful of paying what you owe. Apparently he was not filing on time or filing at all? Furthermore, why did he take so long to pay once he found out he owed? He was making political donations, BUT NOT PAYING HIS TAXES?

Well, remember, no one will know because the Daily Gazette has chosen to keep the people in the dark because they are democraps. if Harry was a Republican the headline would read "Unpaid Taxes Resulted in Warrants for GOP Candidate" or "Tax Warrants Dog Supervisor Hopeful" but I am sureeeeeeeeee no one there will touch it...

His Financial issues  really don't matter....Do you think he will have anything to do with the finances
in this Town?    NOT

The puppetmasters are pulling the strings and all he is going to do is show up.

As far as paying bills go ---   Frank Del Gallo still owes money for campaign expenses that he incurred in 2009 and has yet to pay the bill for the attorney that he hired to advise him during the transition period --- the total sum owed is in the 5 digits  (with no decimal points).