"Crowley's record of appointments does not inspire confidence. He says he wants to have an outside agency involved in the selection process. What he doesn't mention is that that agency is headed by a Republican."
The above statement appeared in my recent posting/letter to the editor concerning Copake Town Supervisor Reggie Crowley's proposal (which the Republican led town board majority passed on Sept. 11) to replace the town' s elected assessors with a single appointed assessor. In my deep concern about a plan to take away the voters' rights to choose their own assessors, without submitting the matter to a referendum, I made the statement at the expense of Suzette Booy, head of the agency to which I referred, the County Office of Real Property Services.
In fact, from conversations that I've had with Ms. Booy, I deeply respect her work with the agency and apologize for the implications of my statement and regret that I did not make that apology more directly at Saturday's board meeting. In selecting her to receive applications for the new position, Reggie Crowley made a wise choice; one can only wish that he had acting as wisely in deciding whether or not to include the voters (i.e. via a referendum) in the process.
Howard Blue
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