You Be The Judge

You be the judge Margaret Hosier I respectfully disagree with Mr. Jeff Nayer’s outrageous criticism of the grant process that was followed to obtain new carpeting for the Town Hall, and after listening to much of the misrepresentations around town and in the papers, I decided that it was about time to state the facts of the matter. The only pause I had, was, all of the grant info/correspondence was stolen from my desk in the Court Clerk’s office and a police report was filed on June 15, 2009. I have since received copies of the applications that were submitted to New York state, but all of the original paperwork, which included direct involvement with Judge Herman and everyone else I spoke with, was everything that mysteriously disappeared. The fact of the matter is, I had began simply contributing to the grant activity because Judge Herman included me in the process. He showed me where and how we could apply for these grants so we could bring our court up to date. Together we have been able to share the grant monies for the town of Copake’s benefit. Judge Herman’s involvement hasn’t been… just a signature. I have to say... thank you to Judge Herman, for being such a fair and equitable and knowledgeable individual, who put his trust and faith in me to take on the tasks of this challenging job. My wish is that the people of our community “vote the person not the party". Truth be told, Judge Herman knows the law and has executed this in his first term as our town justice! Margaret Hosier