The Saturday Sole Assessor Meeting

Mr. Sacks: I was in the town hall at the Saturday Sole Assessor meeting and I have to say that it was just plain awful.  Please tell me why we have public meetings, if the elected people don’t have any intention to listen to the citizens who elected them. The majority of the people in that room clearly said NO, NOT NOW to a sole assessor. The board just did what they wanted to do anyway. They had no plan for how to pay for this new job, just a plan to steal my ability to vote.  I am disgusted. Unless they steal that too, none of those men will ever get my vote again.

Also, some of the things said in the back of the room were just terrible. The standing woman who kept saying to take the politics out of the decision was clearly a person placed there by the supervisor, and she made no sense at all. She should be ashamed to allow herself to be used that way. It seemed to me that she was playing some kind of strange game and I was the one who lost.  


Joan
Copake

Sincere Thanks and Appreciation to the Copake Fire Dept

To the Editor:

Sincere thanks and appreciation to the Copake Fire Department and neighboring towns' emergency responders for quickly and expertly containing a blaze late Monday afternoon on top of the Bash Bish gorge in the Taconic State Park.  Copake firefighters , assisted by volunteers from Hillsdale, Craryville, Ancram, Taghkanic and Churchtown, contained the fire by nightfall.  

DEC Forest Ranger Chris Descineo and Taconic State Park General Manager Ray Doherty, along with their crews, have worked hard since early Tuesday morning to extinguish the stubborn fire completely.

We are grateful to all of the firemen and women on the scene who did such great work in a difficult, hard to reach spot on the rocky mountainside.

Sincerely,

Edgar M. Masters and Deborah Cohen

Copake Falls

After Reading About Christine O'Donnell

Hi Bob,

After reading about Christine O'Donnell, I got so upset I had to write a blog to go nowhere. 

As someone who had a choice in the country in which she could reside, I wish now that I had a crystal ball. Who would have believed that someone would get elected who would make Karl Rove look like a first choice for Democrats? In fact, one has to wonder if the Tea Party candidates have been financially supported by the Democratic party to bring the Republicans to ruin. It sure looks like that from my perspective.

Ms Christine O’Donnell’s victory as the candidate for the Republican candidate from Delaware makes one wonder about the wisdom of democracy. Should you be required to take a test to answer questions about the candidates before you get to vote? If you don’t get any right, should you be allowed to mark your ballot? Her beliefs and her fiscal incompetence makes me wonder why anyone who has an IQ over 80, would choose her as the person they want to lead them for the next 4 years. Are Americans really that stupid?

It’s truly a mystery to me how we have come to this place, if not for the average person choosing someone like himself/herself, to represent them. Average means being typical. Do you feel capable of running our government? Then why would you choose someone like yourself to be your representative? That’s how President Bush came to office and we all know what an excellent job he did - running our country into debt and ruining our reputation in international circles. I guess there are many who long for the good old days, when George W spoke their language. Why, we now have a black man in the White House who at least

30 percent of the country believe was not born in America and thus, not qualified to be president. I am amazed at the ignorance of the populous and their apathy to search for the truth. It’s easier to listen to TV and radio shows that feed blarney, hate and sound bites, to garner your day’s dose of political rhetoric. I should be realistic. There are folks in my own family who use Michael Savage as their political guru and believe every word he utters. GOD help America!

Judy