Finding Ulysses

Aaron Munzer and The Ithaca Journal continue to do a good job reporting on this issue. But when told of the decision, Ulysses Town Supervisor Roxanne Marino said neither she nor her board was consulted about dissolving the task force and forging ahead with billing. She called the unilateral action “disappointing.” This is a must [...]

The Village of Trumansburg held the final “Task Force” meeting Tuesday evening. Their task was to facilitate a move to a fee for service EMS, and end 40 years of an egalitarian single payer ambulance service.   This will increase insurance premiums, risk lives, and decrease volunteerism.  I’ve been to several of these meetings, and there is [...]

The Ulysses Philomathic Library spring book sale won’t be held until May, but donations for the sale are being accepted right now. The deadline for donations is April 9. In other library news, our library will be merging into the Tompkins County Library system. You can choose to keep your UPL library card, or your [...]

According to this website,   the Trumansburg schools spend about $2000 less per student than the state average, and rank right in the middle on a scale that considers test results etc.  We have 1164 students.  1164 students x $2G x 4years = $9M.  Let’s let them keep the ill begotten funds, spend the state [...]

Upcoming events in Trumansburg address fracking, flutes, and slang.

The banner headline on Thursday’s Ithaca Journal was “State says T’burg mismanaged budget” .  I wish someone would explain to me why this is such a big freaking deal.  I went to the online version, and read the comment section.  There are 24 comments and the consensus seems to be that the superintendent, the business [...]

The financial problems of our school district pale in comparison to the problems the state government has had with its own budget. Many times, school districts across New York have had to guess at their budgets because the state government couldn’t pass a budget on time.

Rob Cassetti got 100 percent, but only of a tiny percentage of the village population. Only 82 Trumansburgers turned out to vote yesterday.

Which would you prefer to sacrifice first, Trumansburg’s Blue Raiders football program or the identity of our school district as distinct from South Seneca?

I followed the link below to find out where to vote and couldn’t find the correct answer.  The Tompkins BOE doesn’t seem to list Village polling places – just Town polling places. Don’t go to the Fire Hall, this is a Village Election and you vote at Village Hall – around back – the meeting [...]