tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post7506846090920246929..comments2023-10-30T06:13:34.382-04:00Comments on Supervisor Feiner: LETTER TO WESTCHESTER LIBRARY SYSTEM ABOUT SUNDAY LIBRARY HOURS AND DECISION OF WHITE PLAINS TO CLOSE LIBRARY ON SUNDAYSPaul Feinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17087805120754057844noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-38719952961221582132012-05-03T18:41:54.099-04:002012-05-03T18:41:54.099-04:00Aww but I been told that WLS is not a mediator and...Aww but I been told that WLS is not a mediator and does not enforce the WLS by-laws, as the Westchester libraries are not branches under any WLS enforcement but independent libraries,who operate under their own elected policies. Theirs no existing common WLS jurisdiction between them or their operations.<br />Once I made reference to the by- laws and Questioned what obligation off compliance existed. I was told by the WLS Bedford district appointee,. none, That they were simply WLS suggestion for recommended policies for each library to elect poTroutlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150818805469756405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-21919423714632807952009-01-09T20:54:00.000-05:002009-01-09T20:54:00.000-05:00we need samis on the town board. call your distric...we need samis on the town board. <BR/><BR/>call your district leaders and push to draft samis.<BR/><BR/>show some courage. its your tax dollarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-11084384614904460462009-01-09T18:56:00.000-05:002009-01-09T18:56:00.000-05:00Dear 11:59 or should i say halDear 11:59 or should i say halAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-27364085775589946612009-01-08T09:04:00.000-05:002009-01-08T09:04:00.000-05:00Paul who are you to stop the public from using you...Paul who are you to stop the public from using your famous white elephant.<BR/><BR/>The title is PUBLIC library.<BR/><BR/>Have no fear PAUL IT CAN'T SURVIVE .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-41571267763657493672009-01-07T23:59:00.000-05:002009-01-07T23:59:00.000-05:00We should have more cuts in the police and sanitat...We should have more cuts in the police and sanitation deptsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-66245132472193039712009-01-07T20:00:00.000-05:002009-01-07T20:00:00.000-05:00call suzanne berger - head of greenburgh democrats...call suzanne berger - head of greenburgh democrats<BR/><BR/>demand that she give samis a chance - 20 years of juettner woudl be an outrage<BR/><BR/><BR/>i just hope she will return the call - something she failed to do during her lackluster campaign<BR/><BR/>samis - you have to speak to the demo district leaders too - asapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-55635927944407368492009-01-07T17:03:00.000-05:002009-01-07T17:03:00.000-05:00Sorry Maria yes you too should be on the town boar...Sorry Maria yes you too should be on the town board.<BR/>MAybe you should run for supervisor if Samis refuses.<BR/>We all have to start real soon to defeat the ticket that is planning to run for reelection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-8879626774631205572009-01-07T13:02:00.000-05:002009-01-07T13:02:00.000-05:001. lets not forget the great maria gomez of fulton...1. lets not forget the great maria gomez of fulton park<BR/><BR/>2. trust me, anon knows samis - he is just undercover somewhere near the hartsdale train station perhapsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-14411997997305884672009-01-07T11:59:00.000-05:002009-01-07T11:59:00.000-05:00Dear 7:48 did you just move here .Hal Samis has be...Dear 7:48 did you just move here .<BR/>Hal Samis has ben the voice of many of the residents throughout Greenburgh for a long time.<BR/>Have you ever attended any meetings ?<BR/>He has attended any board meeting that was of interest.<BR/>Check out when meetings will be held and one will thank Samis for being so elequent in his views of how this town has filed each and every resident wheter it's the library,centers,DPW,parks and even at times the PD.<BR/>YES THAT'S SAMIS.<BR/>He has very good company with many that take the same initiative as Preiser,Krauss ,Bernstein <BR/>Rettinger and many others to name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-13295697778180046702009-01-07T07:48:00.000-05:002009-01-07T07:48:00.000-05:00Anon at 6:43 doesn't seem to know what the Edgemon...Anon at 6:43 doesn't seem to know what the Edgemont Community Council (ECC) is or what it does. We do not get involved in town elections or town politics, although some of our members do. I don't think the name Hal Samis has ever once come up in any of our monthly meetings. I'd be surprised if anyone except perhaps a few even know who he is. Is Hal Samis going to restore police and sanitation services to the level we used to have in Edgemont? If he's a candidate for office, I'd like to hear what he's going to do rather than the litany of things he's opposed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-59798067509519491052009-01-07T06:43:00.000-05:002009-01-07T06:43:00.000-05:00there has been no more effective critic of the fei...there has been no more effective critic of the feiner board (and thats all five of them) than samis. while others were still holding hands with juettner and having secret meetings with sheehan, samis was on to these two frauds long before everyone else got on the band wagon that they were carbon copies of feiner. samis from the start was a forceful critic of feiner and his press release approach to government, but when the library issue raised its head, samis saw that feiner was right on this one and tried to work with him. feiner's true colors were soon enough shown on things like westhab/fulton park and his budget priorities.<BR/><BR/><BR/>time has proven that samis was right on the library - the new building is an architectural fiasco that will probably be closed as often as it is open.<BR/><BR/>but for feiner's critics (mostly in the ecc), electing samis is not in their interest. they would rather the town continue it downward spiral with the hope (more like a fantasy) that three "viable" candidates would emerge to slay feiner and his accolytes. <BR/><BR/><BR/>sorry ecc - the journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. <BR/><BR/>better to light a candle than curse the darkness.<BR/>one further suspects that the ecc's real interest is incorporation (another highly unlikely event) so , to borrow another phrase - ecc's thinking is things will not get better until they get worse.<BR/><BR/>samis on the board is chance that things will improve.<BR/><BR/>for the ecc and its grandees, this is not in their interest.<BR/><BR/>as for the rest of the town - electing samis is good politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-90014514998356659382009-01-06T21:55:00.000-05:002009-01-06T21:55:00.000-05:00Golly 7:43, you really showed me up, how can I eve...Golly 7:43, you really showed me up, how can I ever apologize?<BR/><BR/>After all, I'm a licensed driver who does not own an automobile. Should I apologize also to Detroit for their travail as the result.<BR/><BR/>And I had been hoping that Paul would give me a certificate of appreciation for my low carbon profile.<BR/><BR/>But you're right, this not driving is a weak excuse, not even approaching the level of a note from my doctor.<BR/><BR/>Often, to get to and from Town meetings I so selfishly attend, I depend on "the kindness of strangers" but more often from anyone going my way who is at the meeting. Sometimes I have missed meetings because of a lack of transportation. Sometimes I have even dared to leave before the meeting ends because my ride is leaving. <BR/><BR/>Please, not the whip.<BR/><BR/>My compensation for attending these meetings is $0 from which I pay "my driver" $0, tip included.<BR/><BR/>So I can understand your reasoning that I am screwing everyone, thinking only of myself by not serving on a board and instead choosing which meetings I want to attend when depending upon favors to get home.<BR/><BR/>Please, please don't send the boogie man.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if I sucked up to the Town Board they would put me on their list of friends allowed to use Town cars overnight on unofficial business.<BR/><BR/>Had I been on the Library Board, maybe I could tool around Greenburgh in the cybermobile, 0 to 60 in three minutes. Cool!<BR/><BR/>Or maybe anonymous, I'm getting it all wrong. This is all about your shy way of asking me to ride you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-53608704278591168462009-01-06T19:43:00.000-05:002009-01-06T19:43:00.000-05:00It is a fact that Mr. Samis was offered to serve i...It is a fact that Mr. Samis was offered to serve in different boards in the last year and he came out with the excuse: I do not have a car to attend the meetings.<BR/><BR/>Basically, screw you, who do you think I am, I have a driver to bring me to all other meetings not the ones you want to appoint me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-76076099319801154932009-01-06T18:44:00.000-05:002009-01-06T18:44:00.000-05:00Anon at 5:01: Samis isn't shy. If he is running fo...Anon at 5:01: Samis isn't shy. If he is running for town board, town supervisor or whatever, he should say so. Can't imagine he needs some anonymous backbencher from the villages to egg him on. But if he's not, your comments aren't very helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-49298753406879342662009-01-06T17:01:00.000-05:002009-01-06T17:01:00.000-05:00anon - you say you need:"viable candidates who are...anon - you say you need:<BR/><BR/>"viable candidates who are ready willing and able to take on Feiner and whoever runs with him."<BR/><BR/>well i watch the town board meetings and who else has gone after feiner's town board on the library, westhab, the ethics board, the police department, the arts curator, the messengers, exposure, the budget, etc as consistently and as smartly as hal samis?<BR/><BR/>samis goes to the library board meetings. samis goes to the council of greenburgh civic association meetings. he goes to the town democratic party meetings. <BR/><BR/>there are no sacred cows in samisworld.<BR/><BR/>what is the purpose of all this people bashing?<BR/><BR/>show us where samis has been wrong on anything? the town board certainly cannot. even bob bernstein said recently samis was right.<BR/><BR/>samis deserves to be on the town board - while careerist hacks like juettner and mr sheehanigans do not.<BR/><BR/>the straw man you keep putting up is samis strutting alone on the dais. samis is the start. <BR/><BR/>its painfully obvious you have no one else. <BR/><BR/>its time for you to move on and admit he is the only game in town just a few months before the nomination process begins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-24587923723542968432009-01-06T16:30:00.000-05:002009-01-06T16:30:00.000-05:00Gee, Mr. Villager, you got a double digit town tax...Gee, Mr. Villager, you got a double digit town tax increase? Actually you didn't, but so what. At most your average town taxes this year went up by only $10 to $110. Those of us in unincorporated have seen our town taxes go up last year and this by more than 30%, or around $1,000.<BR/><BR/>And you think the answer is Samis? Check his blog entry on 1/4/09 at 5:22 p.m. on the ethics board where he explains for the upteenth time why he doesn't serve on boards. And what "number of civic associations" has Samis ever been involved in? Get real. He hasn't.<BR/><BR/>The last thing taxpayers in unincorporated Greenburgh need right now is a joker from the villages telling us what to do. Last election, the villages supported Feiner and his slate by a wide margin. As a result, we got Feiner, Morgan and Brown for two years, and if you have your way, we'll have the three of them for four years. Maybe that's good for you, Mr. Villager, but it ain't good for us. <BR/><BR/>What we do need are viable candidates who are ready willing and able to take on Feiner and whoever runs with him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-50332276469583992462009-01-06T15:32:00.000-05:002009-01-06T15:32:00.000-05:00re: Why isn't anon at 2:28 willing to take Samis a...re: Why isn't anon at 2:28 willing to take Samis at this word that he's not offering to serve on any town board.<BR/><BR/>huh ?<BR/><BR/>when did samis ever say that?<BR/><BR/>re: That he understands his one vote wouldn't make any difference. <BR/><BR/>samis is quite effective and persuasive because he does his homework and asks questions. in fact mr bernstein of edgemont recently stated at the 12/18 town board meeting he agreed with mr. samis. in fact, bernstein and samis have agreed often in the past. samis has been active in a number of greenburgh civic associations for years - albeit as an independent. he is a democratic district leader. yes, he is not sweetness and cream, but thats what got us in trouble - saying yes to everything like valhalla and westhab (another issue where samis was at the top of his game).<BR/><BR/>re: why doesn't anon at 2:28 understand that replacing Juettner and Sheehan, but leaving Feiner (with Morgan and Brown) changes nothing in Greenburgh?<BR/><BR/>getting rid of juettner and sheehan are just the start - the key is getting samis on the board.<BR/>lets not make the perfect the enemy of the good. rome wasnt built in a day.<BR/><BR/><BR/>re: Anon at 2:28 must think the rest of us are pretty stupid.<BR/><BR/>perhaps you are - having supported and voted for juettner and sheehan until you woke up.<BR/><BR/><BR/>re: Betcha anon at 2:28 lives in a village. <BR/><BR/>last i checked, village residents get to vote for the town board too - in fact, we are getting socked this year with a double digit tax increase.<BR/><BR/>re: Samis, for all his axes, scalpels and microscopes, hasn't shown he can work with anybody on anything -- and he's proud of it. Time to move on.<BR/><BR/>if you mean move out of greenburgh - thats probably wise. what the town board needs is someone who can say no to the hare-brained ideas of feiner and sheehan and the incomptence of nobodies like the other three including diana the sphinx juettner.<BR/><BR/>what the town board needs is someone who wont run from problems or pretend they dont exist.<BR/><BR/>lets face it anon - you got no one - you have had juettner for 18 years, sheehan for three and morgan and brown for two - if samis doesnt work out - then vote him off - samis is far superior to what we have. <BR/><BR/>seems anon is afraid of samis because samis is not beholden to anyone. samis is his own man. samis, who has nothing to gain, has spent countless hours working to improve the town. <BR/><BR/>samis is a voice of reason and integrity. its time to support him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-74052145503107796212009-01-06T14:45:00.000-05:002009-01-06T14:45:00.000-05:00Why isn't anon at 2:28 willing to take Samis at th...Why isn't anon at 2:28 willing to take Samis at this word that he's not offering to serve on any town board. That he understands his one vote wouldn't make any difference. Why doesn't anon at 2:28 understand that replacing Juettner and Sheehan, but leaving Feiner (with Morgan and Brown) changes nothing in Greenburgh? Anon at 2:28 must think the rest of us are pretty stupid. Betcha anon at 2:28 lives in a village. Samis, for all his axes, scalpels and microscopes, hasn't shown he can work with anybody on anything -- and he's proud of it. Time to move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-59275744182114447262009-01-06T14:28:00.000-05:002009-01-06T14:28:00.000-05:00i see dr. samis now has added a microscope to his ...i see dr. samis now has added a microscope to his arsenal.<BR/><BR/>if you want samis to run for town board - this is the place to encourage him to do so.<BR/><BR/>if mr feiner runs again (lol)- he would be very wise to add samis to his slate or better, the samis slate.<BR/><BR/>two things are certain - juettner and sheehan have to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-27382734213760632532009-01-06T13:09:00.000-05:002009-01-06T13:09:00.000-05:00Just when you thought it was safe to go back in th...Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water department<BR/><BR/>Sent to the Town Board, just now.<BR/><BR/>"Residents of Greenburgh are wondering about the news blackout regarding the Library status in a post Triton/Al Regula era. <BR/> <BR/>It is my understanding that Triton, the Construction Manager is no longer on the job. Mr. Regula, serving as the Town Board's eyes and years, is of course no longer being retained for this purpose. But then, he didn't know anything when he being paid to know. <BR/> <BR/>Nevertheless, the Library expansion project is by no measure finished despite its heralded grand opening in December to accommodate the departing Trustees seeking their moment in the sun. <BR/>And to be perfectly clear, in this writing I am not talking about what the public expected to see in its Library of the Future but what is still uncompleted from the work presumed to be underway. <BR/> <BR/>Does the Town Board believe that the project is done? That all the problems have gone away? <BR/> <BR/>I would like to know the availability of a current "punch list", the colorful name for what still has to be done. In line with this is the question: who is going to do it; who is going to supervise it and who is going to sign off on it? <BR/> <BR/>Has the Town Board seen all the change orders that exist? Has the Town Board voted to approve all that it has seen? Are there change orders that have yet to reach the Town Board? Would it be too much to ask if the Town Board has agreed to such changes as may still exist before they have been executed? <BR/> <BR/>How much uncommitted money remains in the project budget? And does this cover all contingent liabilites that are known to exist? <BR/> <BR/>What is being done about the unresolved delay claim of around $240,000. It is my understanding that no money has been allocated for this in even the increased budget. Should the Town have to honor this claim, where is the money coming from to pay it? The Town's legal position is somewhat compromised with the Town Board having previously voted to approve a change order for at an increased cost due to delays. Having already acknowledged a delay and causing taxpayers to pay a premium for that delay, it would seem to be a problem for the Town Board in denying that other contractors were not affected by this delay or that a delay did not exist. <BR/> <BR/>Who is running the show. For example, separating the children's area from the rest of the library, glass panels are supposed to be installed in frames to surpress the noise from spilling into the adult areas. Staff members of the library have acknowledged that the glass has been ordered (why this was not ordered earlier in the process is itself a mystery) and if this is true, it will arrive someday. What happens next? Does it remain in the receiving area unopened packaging? Who is supposed to perform the installation? Who do you complain to if unhappy with the work? The auditorium is lacking a wall-mounted movie screen and a sound system. These too are "on order". Who is doing the installation? Lacking the punch list, who has a handle on the magnitude of the work yet to be done? <BR/> <BR/>And, it is my understanding that the Library solicited and received a grant for $125,000 for the circulation desk. This money is not manna from heaven and was disbursed from funds accumulated from New York State tax collections. The circulation desk in use as the Library did not cost $125,000 and, if even costing $25,000, the Library was robbed. Nevertheless, if $125,000 was the extent of the grant, then I shall be pursuing this further both from the Library's application and the fulfillment points of origin. <BR/> <BR/>So, in the verbal stylings of resident Pat Weems, I need to have my concerns answered. And don't tell me that there is no one in charge."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-40712102760642653502009-01-06T11:52:00.000-05:002009-01-06T11:52:00.000-05:00samis has an axe and a scalpel and he is putting t...samis has an axe and a scalpel and he is putting them to good use showing time after time how the town board is wasting our tax dollars.<BR/><BR/>we need dr. samis and his axe on the board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-69877947286170889512009-01-06T07:31:00.000-05:002009-01-06T07:31:00.000-05:00Samis doesn't pay for the library either. He's a r...<I>Samis doesn't pay for the library either. He's a renter with an ax to grind.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh please. Included in rent paid to a landlord is a portion that goes to pay taxes. Do you actually believe that Samis' landlord feels the he/she alone should carry the brunt of paying them?<BR/><BR/>Samis just may be smarter than 2/3 of TOV who made bad investments here by buying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-12136778009253616512009-01-06T06:57:00.000-05:002009-01-06T06:57:00.000-05:00I think Elmsford was intelligent in joining Ardsle...I think Elmsford was intelligent in joining Ardsley's library. Cheaper rate for exactly the same services (WLS therefore can use any library) - How can you blame them for seeking a better deal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-16354347623535473592009-01-05T23:13:00.000-05:002009-01-05T23:13:00.000-05:00Thanks Mr. Samis!!Thanks for a reasonable view and...Thanks Mr. Samis!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a reasonable view and good "broadcast" of the rencontre at the GPL.<BR/><BR/>Yonkers is already closed on Sunday and White Plains is starting its closings Sunday, January 25 the. <BR/>Facts indicate that tax revenues will continue to decline, not only in Greenburgh but all around us at least for the foreseeable future. <BR/>I do not see the man who walks on water fixing our economic problems. <BR/>As a country and a town we are confronted with an once a generation recession. This is a serious situation and the pills to swallow are not going to be sweet. <BR/>Solutions are going to be tough and not pleasantly accepted by residents and/or employees. <BR/>Eventually, Greenburgh and the GPL Board will have to grab the bull by the horns and asses if they can absorb the additional cost and services as a result of other town’s cut-backs, it is not going to be easy.<BR/><BR/>1) Unincorporated Greenburgh should incorporate, but I do not see residents seriously taking the initiative.<BR/><BR/>2) Tax rate for the GPL is still lower than other area libraries, it should be raise to comparables, and like the Board of Education all GPL Board members and its budget put on the ballot. <BR/><BR/>3) Unless you dismantle government mandates, you cannot run any governmental operation as a business unless you are talking about GM, Ford, Chrysler - examples of irresponsible mandated legacy practices, or we run a Mad off investment strategy, Enron style accounting, MCI WorldCom business strategy, Lehmann Brothers best practices, Bear Stearns risk management, SEC supervision and enforcement, Citi’s CEO Pandit board of directors meeting from golf course (after receiving 300 billion from tax payers), Bill Ryan Westchester County Board of legislators who wants an “assessed adjustment of compensation” of 30% all while his assistant is cheating taxpayers. <BR/>I can go on and on. So after looking at all that, top it with the testimony of Alan Greenspan in front of Congress, I look at your comments and I see Paul Feiner as near as perfect as imperfection comes. <BR/><BR/>Good luck and Good night!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-36308197014998347762009-01-05T21:08:00.000-05:002009-01-05T21:08:00.000-05:00Paul and company how much more shit do the village...Paul and company how much more shit do the villagers have to throw at the unincorporated residents.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to all of you we have to pay for all to receive the fruits of our labor.<BR/><BR/>I think you are pushing us more and more to start a campaign to become our own village.<BR/>We have to break away from incompetent rulers such as the supervisor and the board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com