A few accusations, and some other things, were thrown around the table at Tuesday’s school board meeting. The board voted 2-4 (board member John Dunsmoor was absent for the vote but arrived at the meeting later on) on a resolution to seek the removal of sitting board member Fran Hoefer. Jim Tschudy and Tom DeCastro cast the lone yes votes. One board member noted that Hoefer wasn’t worth the cost it would take to remove him.
Senator Darrel Aubertine was at the Common Council meeting Monday night to present the city with a $1,024,000 grant. The senator recognized the needs of the city’s DPW and these funds “will go a long way to provide the necessary resources the DPW needs,” Mayor Randy Bateman said.
Money for rail improvements is in the news worth knowing about today. So is Chuck Schumer’s denial that he’s locked and loaded. And where else can you learn how to make your own Carl Paladino Halloween costume?
The cast of Unnecessary Farce pulled off another successful Quirk’s Players show. Also today, a heartbreaking last-second loss for the girls soccer team, advice to stay innocent, and what people will be wearing for Halloween.
The draft showed a budget that would spent $212,000 more and take in $120,000 less. The $333,000 gap is what Woodward says must be eliminated.
“I don’t want a tax increase, I don’t want to see people struggle any harder than they are to keep their homes,” he said. “I’m confident we can get it down to the point where we don’t have an increase.”
In the wake of lingering questions and concerns by the public and some aldermen, the Common Council voted 4-3 Monday night to table a resolution regarding the purchase of the International Marina from the Port Authority. Council President Dan Donovan and councilors Mike Myers, Shawn Walker and Bill Sharkey voted in favor of tabling the resolution.
In today’s roundup of news from elsewhere — if you don’t want the bedbugs to bite, don’t go to New York City. Fuel efficiency rules for trucks and buses are coming; environmentalists cry foul after the firing of the state’s environmental chief; and the facts the press got wrong in the Dick-Cheney-shot-a-guy-in-the-face story.
The boys soccer team gears up for Tuesday’s first round game in the Section III playoffs. The girls team has a playoff game this week, too. Also today: A new adviser keeps SADD rolling; meet the business teacher; and a student’s commentary: Always look on the bright side of life.
County legislators begin reviews of the proposed 2011 Oswego County budget this week as six committees hold meetings. The $189 million spending proposal increases spending by $4 million, but lowers the tax levy 9 cents per thousand.
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