Finding Ulysses

It seems likely that the Town Board illegally adjourned the March 11 meeting, since the motion to adjourn made by Doug Austic, and seconded by Rod Ferrentino, was never voted on. After hearing the second to his motion to adjourn, Supervisor Austic, along with Trustee Ferrentino and clerk Marcia Georgia left the premises. While it is true that a motion to adjourn is not debatable, it does require a majority vote of the Town Board.

This Sunday, there will be an event at the Ulysses Philomathic Library that you’ll want to be sure not to miss. John Gurche, a Trumansburg resident, will be speaking on the subject of his work bringing art and paleontology together in order to depict animals that have long been extinct. His work has [...]

Congratulations are in order for all participants of the Village election. The Village of Trumansburg had the highest voter turnout in the county at almost 32% with 399 individuals voting. Democrats, Republicans and independents came out in force. By my loose count there were approximately 70 more Dems voting than any other group. Well done [...]

Trumansburg Village elections were held today. The unsurprising result was that Marty Petrovic won re-election as Mayor, having run on both the Democratic and Republican lines. More surprising is that Allen Carstensen, in spite of the Democratic majority in Trumansburg, lost to Republican Deborah Notke. The unofficial results at this hour are [...]

recent error of this nature allowed the addition of strip mall-style construction at the north end of town near the post office, resulting very quickly in the loss of one locally owned business and the demise of a corporate video store, leaving a blank, empty storefront now staring across a sterile swath of blacktop. Let’s not make the same kind of mistake at the southern entrance to our village. Instead, let’s continue to be a thinking community. Let’s take steps to protect our distinctive village, including its fragile, independent downtown and its commercial entities, especially the local ones.

We need someone on the Village Board who is willing to ask inconvenient questions, and to think about issues that aren’t being considered by others on the Board. We need a trustee who will operate in a very different way from the trustees who are already on the Board. Allen Carstensen can serve as that sort of trustee, giving a critical eye to give projects a second going over when others approve at first glance.

I am really bummed out today about Spitzer’s resignation as governor. I was really jazzed by his state of the state address a few months back. I thought, “this is one of the good guys. Someone who is actually doing good things for us New Yorkers”. He spoke of playing up NY’s strengths by investing money [...]