Tonight Ralph began his
He began with a do-over of his swearing in, because the first time wasn't, you know, televised. Maybe he'll start every meeting with a repeat.
Both sides of the town are now represented on the board. Tim, Frank and Robert are there to represent the people and Ralph and Lyn are there to represent Ralph.
The main piece of business was reorging Ralph's reorg.
Ralph wanted all department heads to come to him for permission to buy postage stamps, toilet paper or anything else. The three musketeers explained that Ralph isn't king and he doesn't get to micromanage everything that happens in Woodbury. He also doesn't get to call off work sessions and he doesn't get to put his
And, despite his being a self-declared expert on zoning, he needed to have it explained to him that now that there is a Village of Woodbury (heard of that Ralph?) the Town Board has no say in zoning issues.
The main point that Ralph seemed to be making at the meeting was that everything that John Burke did as Supervisor was wrong. Ralph felt that John didn't pay sufficient attention to department expenditures, that John should not have had so many executive sessions and that John and his board should not have held work sessions.
Surprisingly, Ralph didn't point out all these errors by John during his campaign.
If you review the town board meeting minutes for the past 3 years you will see that Lyn voted for having work sessions and voted for the towns purchasing plan but this year she feels that the work sessions are not needed and that the purchasing plan was wrong for the past three years. This is all public information that can be FOIL or can be found on the towns website. Why the change of heart Lyn?
ReplyDeleteDidn't Ralph say he was going to run things like John during his campaign? Well from the first meeting it sure does not seem that way.
ReplyDeleteLyn, how can you sit there at the Board meetings with Ralphs hand up your ass? Its like watching a Edgar Bergen & Mortimer Snerd ventriloquist show. It is really pathetic watching a grown woman kowtow to a man.(especially THAT man). Its woman like you, that make men like Ralph think that woman are objects, to be used by men for their own gain. Shame on you. I hope no young women look to you as a role model. You should have you own voice. And if you don't feel your own voice is enough, then you don't belong on a Town Board. You were elected to make decisions based on what facts, and what is best for the residents of the Town. Not whats best for Ralph.
ReplyDeleteWhen he was running Ralph said that he and John Burke were in agreement on everything and he wouldnt change a thing. Now he wants to change everything on his first day.
ReplyDeleteRalph used John Burkes good name to sway people into voting for him. Ralph isnt half the man that John was. Hes a self serving, self promoting, egomaniac. The opposite of his predecessor. He wants to undo all the good that John did. Disgraceful.
ReplyDeleteIt's less that a month into Caruso's reign and already people feel like they have had enough of him. That is why he didn't get elected after running so many times. Stacking the deck so that no other endorsed candidate could run solved that problem. People did not understand this and also did not understand that in the 2014 election, the only way they had a choice was with a write in candidate.
ReplyDeleteHe controls all 3 parties in Woodbury. Isn't is strange that nobody ever ran against Mr. Burke after his first election. Regardless of whether you liked him, shouldn't people have a choice? And suddenly with Mr. Burke gone, Caruso steps up to run but now he runs unopposed by an endorsed candidate.
The head of the Conservative Party in Woodbury is a friend of Mr. Caruso who also ran with Caruso for Village Board.
Too much power in the hands of too few people is a dangerous thing.