Village Board Likely to Pass EMS Privatization Monday

The Trumansburg Village Board meets Monday at 7pm at the Village Hall meeting room.  They have agreed to vote on whether or not to begin billing for the ambulance.  They have not considered all the options.  They have ignored Jim Mason’s report. Jim Mason is a life member and former EMT with the Trumansburg Fire [...]

Trumansburg EMS billing without Ulysses support?

Here is a very short clip of Trustee Thomas, sounding very reasonable at a Ulysses Town Board meeting on 7/7/08. audio clip “…..we are not going to go forward in opposition to what the town wants…..I’m not going to support going to billing if I know that the town isn’t fully behind it…….” The Village [...]

Winterfest

Winterfest Caroling Click above to see the Trumansburg Community Chorus at the Winterfest last night.

Mike Arcuri Votes For Tax Cut For the Rich

Yesterday, Mike Arcuri voted for H.R. 4154, a bill which gives a tax cut of 18 percent, but applies exclusively to the extremely wealthy.

A 21st Century Sighting Of Old Greeny

There’s a new report of the Old Greeny lake monster, but some details of the report don’t add up very well.

Deductibles?

The Village Board has agreed to vote on a resolution whether or not to begin ambulance billing, at the next Village Board meeting on Dec. 14th.  They appear to be unanimously in favor of it despite all of the reasons I have written about over the last year.  Here’s another  short clip from the last [...]

Speak Out For Peace In Tompkins County Today

In Ithaca at 4:00 this afternoon, on the corner outside the Tompkins County Public Library, there will be a Speak Out for Peace.