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#1338112 - 04/12/12 08:03 PM
Re: very disappointed in seneca falls town board
[Re: Mr. Baiter]
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educated voter
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Registered: 08/29/11
Posts: 117
Loc: ny
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whatever......
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#1338114 - 04/12/12 08:11 PM
Re: very disappointed in seneca falls town board
[Re: educated voter]
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Town Resident
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Registered: 04/22/10
Posts: 184
Loc: Seneca Falls
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That whatever better not have directed at me, voter!
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#1338474 - 04/14/12 11:51 AM
Re: very disappointed in seneca falls town board
[Re: Hard Corps]
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Town Resident
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Registered: 04/22/10
Posts: 184
Loc: Seneca Falls
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This is not about the police department. This is about the taxpayers having a chance to vote and decide whether we, as a majority, want to pay for a service. We should have the right to look at other options and decide what we, as a majority, want for our community. The pd supporters make this a personal attack on the pd. The pd should support its community and let the voters make a decision.
I am one of many people in this community that feel it was very unethical and unprofessional that the sfpd officers went door to door in uniform and pleaded for people not to vote for dissolition. That was wrong. It was also wrong for the officers to be in attendance while in uniform at dissolution meetings. If you disagree, check with the ag's office. Read their literature on that topic. It is called intimidation.
There is no question whether the sfpd will inflate. I am one of many that would like to know what the budget will look like in a year or two. Officers are not putting in for overtime right now, but wait until they do.
We should have the right to decide. I am calling on oir town board to do the right thing. Don't let me down, Mr. Earle and Mr. Bove. You both know we should have a choice and both know that there are cheaper and better alternatives.
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#1338590 - 04/15/12 09:53 AM
Re: very disappointed in seneca falls town board
[Re: Town Resident]
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Hard Corps
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Registered: 04/01/12
Posts: 334
Loc: The Village
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This is not about the police department. This is about the taxpayers having a chance to vote and decide whether we, as a majority, want to pay for a service. We should have the right to look at other options and decide what we, as a majority, want for our community. The pd supporters make this a personal attack on the pd. The pd should support its community and let the voters make a decision.
I don't remember ever having a vote to decide if I wanted a street and water department. If I wanted a police department or even a fire department. No voting on code enforcement or a historical society. I didn't vote if i wanted a dog warden.
I am one of many people in this community that feel it was very unethical and unprofessional that the sfpd officers went door to door in uniform and pleaded for people not to vote for dissolition. That was wrong. It was also wrong for the officers to be in attendance while in uniform at dissolution meetings. If you disagree, check with the ag's office. Read their literature on that topic. It is called intimidation.
I am one of many, I feel, in this community that feel that the officers have a right to their opinions. They are taxpayers and members of this community and have a right to attend any and all meetings. What they wear doesn't matter.
I am not sure why you are complaining. By them going door to door, so you say, trying to get people to vote no would only stand to H-E-L-P you. The village employee's I talked to didn't want this either. It was forced down their throats also.
You sit here and cry for your opinion to be heard but at the same time denounce others for doing the same thing. Then complain that they tried to help you.
There is no question whether the sfpd will inflate. I am one of many that would like to know what the budget will look like in a year or two. Officers are not putting in for overtime right now, but wait until they do.
Of course it will. It won't be the fault of the pd. It is the town board who passes the budget. Not the chief, not the officer, not the secretary, but the board. Don't like it, vote the bums out.
We should have the right to decide. I am calling on oir town board to do the right thing. Don't let me down, Mr. Earle and Mr. Bove. You both know we should have a choice and both know that there are cheaper and better alternatives.
Ok so you have a vote and the vote is to do away with the pd. Then what? A couple may retire. The rest will all be absorbed by the sheriff's department. And you still won't see a savings. Because the same amount of people will still be on the taxpayers payroll.
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#1338617 - 04/15/12 11:20 AM
Re: very disappointed in seneca falls town board
[Re: Hard Corps]
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VM Smith
Diamond Member
Registered: 11/28/05
Posts: 34612
Loc: Reality
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You don't know that all won't be hired. The town has a multi-million dollar budget. A couple less cops and a couple less cop cars won't shrink your our bill.
No...I, or anyone else, can't know whether they all, or any, will be hired or not.
And a couple more or fewer cops or cars, even if the cops are hired at the ridiculous salaries of the SFPD, won't do anything to my tax bill. It'll do it to yours, and to that of all of the other long-suffering SF taxpayers; I've escaped Seneca County, and that is such a relief.
I can still give a valid, informed opinion, but it's disinterested, because that incompetent government, at least, is no longer battened onto my neck, bleeding me dry.
If you enjoy that, then stay. And sit. And roll over. Good boy!
Edited by VM Smith (04/15/12 11:35 AM)
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