Monday, November 12, 2018
MAGEE-SALKA - Count still pending..
According to the ONEIDA DISPATCH article 3,000 absentee ballots still outstanding... If Salka wins, as expected , Jeff Mayne to become Supervisor. WHO WILL FILL THE SEAT left by Jeff? Let's start a push for KATE BEERMAN.... we need new blood!!!!
.https://www.oneidadispatch.com/news/midterm-roundup-brindisi-tenney-magee-salka-races-still-too-close/article_616ca0fc-e1f5-11e8-a8b5-f7308963d3ad.html
Saturday, November 3, 2018
SALKA - Conflicts of Interest EXPOSED
SALKA - From the ONEIDA DISPATCH....
Letter: Madison County Courthouse rental space raises ethical questions for Salka
By Al Szablak Lincoln Oct 31, 2018 Comments
New York state leads the nation in government corruption second only to Illinois. Thirty-five officials have been jailed, removed, or resigned since 2000. That's why it's important to consider how candidates discharged their duties in the past with respect to ethics.
In the 121st Assembly race, John Salka is one of the candidates. Salka is a member of the Madison County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) and a Madison County Supervisor. In 2017 the county needed temporary office space while the courthouse was remodeled. Salka voted to ignore the IDA's ethics laws that state "(e) No member or employee of the Agency should engage in any transaction as representative or agent of the Agency with any business entity in which he/she has a direct or indirect financial interest." First at the IDA, Salka voted to ignore conflicts of interest and award his friend and fellow IDA member with a no bid nearly $2 million taxpayer funded county contract. Salka then doubled down by casting another vote for his colleague in his role as a county supervisor.
At the end of the contract, the county will walk away with only a paper receipt marked paid. One local businessman told me he would have sold the county a comparable building for $500,000 that would have cost another $500,000 to rehab. Besides costing $1 million less, the building could have been sold for $1 million once the county was done with it. Total cost to taxpayers would have been $0. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli needs to make a determination on this matter. Until then, Salka's ethical qualification for office faces serious questions.
Letter: Madison County Courthouse rental space raises ethical questions for Salka
By Al Szablak Lincoln Oct 31, 2018 Comments
New York state leads the nation in government corruption second only to Illinois. Thirty-five officials have been jailed, removed, or resigned since 2000. That's why it's important to consider how candidates discharged their duties in the past with respect to ethics.
In the 121st Assembly race, John Salka is one of the candidates. Salka is a member of the Madison County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) and a Madison County Supervisor. In 2017 the county needed temporary office space while the courthouse was remodeled. Salka voted to ignore the IDA's ethics laws that state "(e) No member or employee of the Agency should engage in any transaction as representative or agent of the Agency with any business entity in which he/she has a direct or indirect financial interest." First at the IDA, Salka voted to ignore conflicts of interest and award his friend and fellow IDA member with a no bid nearly $2 million taxpayer funded county contract. Salka then doubled down by casting another vote for his colleague in his role as a county supervisor.
At the end of the contract, the county will walk away with only a paper receipt marked paid. One local businessman told me he would have sold the county a comparable building for $500,000 that would have cost another $500,000 to rehab. Besides costing $1 million less, the building could have been sold for $1 million once the county was done with it. Total cost to taxpayers would have been $0. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli needs to make a determination on this matter. Until then, Salka's ethical qualification for office faces serious questions.
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