Finding Ulysses

Although Republican challenger Richard Hanna took more than half again as much money as Arcuri in general during the first quarter of this year, Hanna did not receive any donations from Trumansburg.

Arcuri certainly got some interesting telephone messages from Tea Party protesters, but perhaps more convincing was the $53,500 he received from medical industry PACs, and $15,000 from insurance industry PACs. That’s in addition to the amounts given by individual lobbyists.

Cayuga Street Democrat Blake Reid made a respectable showing, however, behind Nottke by just 13 votes. We can look to seeing Reid give another strong run in a future election, I think.

You’ve got to go take your ballot out of a concealing folder, and feed it into the scanning machine. That takes place just one or two feet from where people are walking in the door, standing in line, waiting for their turn.

As Mayor of Trumansburg, John White would be in a position to lead the village into providing some of our water to natural gas drilling companies such as the one that holds a lease on his own property. It smells like a serious conflict of interest.

There’s no need to hurry a revision of Trumansburg’s zoning ordinance. It would be nice if people had some time to consider the changes gradually, making sure that they understand what’s being proposed before they rush to an opinion.

The privatizers are back. The Village Board met tonight to discuss the “crisis” with the EMS budget. Chris Thomas explained that because of decreasing volunteerism, the EMS budget would have to see an increase of 25% next year. The likely figure for next year will be $425,000. I’m guessing there are about 8000 people served [...]

On the official web site of the Trumansburg Village Board of Trustees, there hasn’t been anything listed on the Village calendar of “events and meetings” since May 9. Meeting minutes have not been posted online since November of 2007.

A summary of the report on the Village Board meeting given by Trustee Deborah Nottke.

Compared to 2004, there is a surprising lack of presidential campaign activism in Trumansburg and neighboring communities. What’s to account for the inactivity?