Finding Ulysses

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 [...]

In the weeks to come, we can expect to see many videos of the Grassroots Festival uploaded to YouTube. What with being able to hear the music from miles away and then watching the concert videos online, I almost feel like I was there… almost. Until Monday, Grassrootsters will remain offline, unable to upload. So, [...]

I’d like to know what the Village plans to do about the underinsured. Our community is not just divided up into insured and uninsured. There are a lot of self-employed people in Trumansburg and Ulysses, and we tend to have pretty bad medical insurance, because we don’t belong to the big employment pools that can negotiate special rates. What’s the Village willing to do for the underinsured, when it comes to ambulance service?

I went to the Village Board meeting last night, Tuesday 11/13. I mainly went to continue to pressure the board to pass the resolution which would urge Congress and State Legislators to begin an impeachment inquiry. I read a couple of statements to the board and I’ve posted them over at trumansburgimpeachment.blogspot.org Another issue got [...]