Last Week we saw Madison County
Government in action. This is how the annual meetings go...if in doubt, check
it out....
1. Pass a resolution waiving
any notification requirements for last minute resolutions to be added
to the agenda ;
2. Pass a resolution which has the
effect to limit public comment to those chosen to speak by the
Chairman ;
3. Pass a resolution to giving
yourselves a 16% salary increase;
4. THEN....Blame our fiscal
mess on the STATE!
Why wasn't our Town Supervisor, John
Salka, made aware of this increase ?
At our November 10 regular board meeting
he surely would have mentioned it during his overview of the County Budget and
again, when the subject was raised about the Supervisors' salaries and
free family health insurance;
....and he is on the Finance Committee
that puts the Budget together?
....yet, it was not included in his Nov
10 rundown of County Budget with the County meeting scheduled for the next
day!!???
And they wonder why no one comes to
these meetings....or trusts government?
PS - These FOUR Supervisors voted
AGAINST THE SALARY INCREASE:
Goldstein (Lebanon); Pinard (Lenox - who
is on the Finance Committee); Bradstreet (Nelson); and Henderson
(Oneida).
