Finding Ulysses

The Ithaca Journal continues to do excellent reporting on this issue. http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011104140386 “The contract says any new arrangement requires prior written approval from each municipality,” Marino said. “Because we were given no information that you were not going to involve us in any decisions, we’re not ready to pass anything. We are a large share [...]

Our Village Board is completely oblivious.  Despite being told by a two to one margin at a public meeting in ’08, to leave our EMS alone, despite the Town of Ulysses passing a resolution withdrawing their support, despite The Ulysses Supervisor and several council-persons writing a letter complaining of their plan, and lack of cooperation [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

http://www.sunshineweek.org/ We are supposed to insist on open government this week.  I think I’ll stop by the Trumansburg Village Hall, and remind them that I filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request last summer.  I blogged about it here, http://findingulysses.com/2010/07/24/meeting-minutes-please/ They will have another “EMS Task Force” meeting on 3/29 at 6 in the [...]

I have presented a multitude of reasons why, if the Village of Trumansburg begins a fee for service EMS system, lives will be risked, insurance premiums will be increased, and volunteerism will decline.  I have written many times at this blog, and at http://trumansburgambulance.blogspot.com/ where I have posted resources to back up my position. On [...]