Despite all the obstructions thrown in her path Donna Felker was certainly very successful in her attempt to become a Voice for the Ilion Taxpayers. Lets list those obstacles.
- No initial legal notice of Election ( about 40 days late)
- No final legal notice listing candidates, polling places, times of election, etc.
- Machine at the Municipal Building late in opening causing people who were on their lunch hour being denied the right to vote
- Miscounting absentee ballots.
- Failure to be sworn in at the traditional time, immediately after election.
- Misinformed about the time of the meeting Wednesday, June 20, 2007.
So much for the Mayor's policy of Open Government!
Just in case you didn't know, Bob Applegate has been replaced as Village Attorney. Bob's salary was $25,000 plus benefits. His replacement will will make $6,000 a month or $72,000 a year. At the same meeting , The Evening Telegram, which has been the official Village paper for as long as anyone can remember, has been replaced by the Utica Obsever-Dispatch. That means that all legal notices will now appear in the O-D costing the Village probably about double. One wonders if all these things are in the budget. Perhaps it's time for one of the Mayor's audits? He can surely find one that will provide the results he needs.
After all is said and done, this sign says it all!
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