The Morning After

Being a true Colts fan, I’m not doing cartwheels of course, but it was a good game and I am sincerely happy for the New Orleans Saints and the city they represent.  I do think however that it would make much more sense to have  the Super Bowl on a Saturday rather than Sunday.  It would give folks a day to recuperate or even celebrate a little longer, that is if there’s anything to celebrate.  Next Year!  There were some great commercials, my favorites were the E-Trade babies and Betty White and Abe Vigoda in the Snickers ad.  The Clydesdale and the longhorn was a good one too.

On to other matters.  It’s been heard on the grapevine that the Supervisor is trying hard to get certain people placed on a variety of committees, people who do NOT represent the mainstream majority of the population of NG.  4/5 of the Town Board are clearly trying  to represent the majority of NG residents, while the Supervisor appears in to be stuck in a time warp trying to appoint members of the DANA/Greenbush Party who, other than a couple of exceptions, fell short of their goal, even with multiple endorsements.   DANA/Greenbush Party had their 15 min. and did more than their share of damage, costing the Town thousands of dollars defending nonsense lawsuits,  that annoying village  vote and sabotaging the opening of VanRensselaer Square.  The Supervisor must remember that she is on the short end of a 4-1 minority and as such, is not going to get any of  her  DANA buddies on any of the committees in this Town.  She and Charlie may not like it, but it is what it is.

What Are Friends For?

Thanks for the publicity Charlie.  The main reason this blog was started was to give readers an option.  They could either read your lopsided political propaganda with no opportunity to disagree, or have another opinion which is as close to the truth as we know it to be, with plenty of opportunities to express their own feelings, negative or positive.  If comments on this blog are deemed uncomlimentary or unkind by you, sadly you have no one to blame but yourself.  For you, of all people, to accuse anyone of slander or libel,  is the ultimate hipocracy not to mention falling down laughable.

I got thinking about Charlie being all twisted about Al’s “friends”  and realized there were a few of Charlie’s “friends” who showed up in Town Hall in one position or another.  Let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we?  Here goes:

Josh Sabo, Joe Novak, Beth Novak (non-resident), Jean Messick, John Hebert, Ed Dickinson. Ranson Caola, Ted Nabywaniac, Trish Noel, Jon Darling (non-resident), Rich Hanff (non-resident), Joe Sparano, Chip Ashworth, Andy Mair, most of the Ethics Committee, Kevin Harrington, Steve Dworsky (non-resident), the Police Commission and last but not least the Comprehensive Plan Committee (the Fennelly/DANA one).  Quite  a list don’t you think?  Makes you wonder why Charlie’s going on and on about two deputy Town attorneys.  There’s that hypocracy again.

Did He Really Say That?????

I admit I read the Sewerline today.  Not proud of the fact, but I did.  As I read along two statements made by Charlie jumped out at me and got me right between the eyes!  I’m not sure whether he really thinks no one knows who writes that drivel, or he thinks we’re all stupid and don’t remember what he’s said and done in the past.  Here goes, word for word -  “- – - – - local businesses should be given the opportunity to receive town businesss before an out of town firm is hired.”  and  “It’s time to stand up for the folks who live here and invest in our community – - – - – .”   Apparently, Chuck forgot to add unless you’re the Casale’s or someone else I don’t like.  I guess you can’t count on anything Charlie says because he’s just as apt to contradict himself whenever the situation calls for it. 

Isn’t there another subject you can pontificate about instead of Lou Desso, Al Spain, the attorneys, Al Spain,  the attorneys, Lou Desso, blah, blah blah.  How about you go to Haiti and help them out there.  They need people very badly and maybe it would get your mind off the same old BS you sling day after day.  Now that’s a country that has been pretty much detroyed, hundreds of thousands of people dead or injued and all you can think about is a bunch of petty crap that doesn’t mean a damn thing to aybody except you and those political dumbasses you hang around with.  Pretty lame if you ask me.

Finally, leave Joe Bott alone!  He’s a nice kid with a good head on his shoulders and knows exactly what you are, so I wouldn’t plan on things going your way anytime soon.  Get over it and move on!

Lose the Battle – Win the War

As Charlie Smith so gleefully reported, Lou Desso has temporarily been removed from the NG Town Board.  But, as Yogi Berra once said , “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.”  There is surely an appeal already in the works because this situation isn’t over by a long shot.

This whole process wouldn’t leave such a bad taste in everyone’s mouth if this was    done for the right reasons, but of course it wasn’t.  Charlie Smith has tried to sully the name and reputation of Lou Desso from day one.  Three times Charlie has declared all out war on Desso and three times Desso has won election.  This has infuriated Charlie to the point where he will try anything to destroy Lou’s future.  It wouldn’t be so hypocritical if the Judge wasn’t a Democrat and three other individuals Hammond, O’Brien and Douglas (also Dems) all held duo elective offices.  Where was the rage and indignation then?  Wade and Smith looked the other way and the GOP missed their chance, or maybe they just chose to take the high road and expected  the same consideration in return.

When the dust settles, Lou will either be on the TB or not.  Regardless, if Lou has to be replaced, it’s not going to be anybody Charlie approves of.  4-1 is still going to be 4-1 with or without Lou.

Questions & Answers

Q.  What Town Board in recent history fired the most Town Hall workers and replaced them with untrained “friends”, who messed up every department they were in?

A.  The Town Board under the direction of Charlie Smith and Dan Ashley of course.  When they were forced to rehire the illegally fired workers, they kept the “friends” on staff so they could spy and tattletale.  Cost the Town a bundle in unnessary payroll.

Q.   Why does the Record always report so many negative articles about North Greenbush?

A.   Because James Franco is lazy and doesn’t  bother to do his own investigation but depends on  Charlie Smith to give him the information.  You don’t see much about NG in the Times Union because their editors and reporters have been stung by Charlie enough times that they stay away.

Q.   Who continually complains and gripes about the budget and then when the Town Board makes necessary cuts he complains and gripes about that because it’s not the way he wanted it?

A.   Charlie Smith

Q.   Who goes on and on and on about two very capable attorneys who are doing a good job representing NG in Town Court?   Who wants them to be replaced simply because he doesn’t like them?

A.   Charlie Smith

Q.   Who makes every move  of the Town Board  into a huge political dust storm even when the Board is trying to do the right thing for the Town?

A.   Charlie Smith

Q.   Who continually attempts to demean and muddy the reputations of anyone he dislikes who happens to have prestige, power or popularity, except of course if you’re someone he does like?

A.   Charlie Smith

       The Town Board is trying it’s damnedest to save money for the Town.  They have cut entire jobs, are considering putting the annual celebration in the hands of the Kiwanis in order to save money, and continuing to try to cut cost anyway they can.  Instead of being supportive, Charlie is bitchin’ and moanin’ about cutting the CA to part time.  It’s essentially been part time for quite a while.  Why does the new Supervisor think she has to have a full time CA?  Maybe because she wants one of Charlie’s friends in the office when she’s not there to keep an eye on the rest of the TH help?

       The Town has even gone so far as to cancel any representation by NG at the annual Asociation of Towns meeting in NYC next month.  The meeting provides valuable training in many areas and an opportunity to network with workers from other towns  all over the state.  But, it’s expensive and they made the decision not to attend this year.  Charlie should be happy that the Town is saving so much money.

Q.   One last question.  Who is not going to be running the show at Town Hall or any other part of Town government?

A.   Charlie Smith

Charlie’s Wish List

The agenda for this month’s Town Board meeting sounds suspiciously like a Charlie Smith wish list.  It’s apparent that Charlie wants his full-time job back, that he’s gunning for the Assessor AGAIN, not to mention the two deputy Town Attorneys.  Josephine may as well stay home and let Charlie run the meeting, he’s obviously running the show.  Not sure, but I think it’s probably a conflict of interest to be the purchasing agent AND the Comptroller simultaneously.

Why would anyone in their right mind want to extend the “talk time” at Board meetings?  Charlie already has too much to say as it is.  If the Supervisor wants to set office time to speak to people, that’s up to her but don’t tack it on to the Board meetings, they’re already too long.  Although, come to think of it, they may be much shorter in the future than they have been in the past.  I see an awful lot of 4-1 votes in Josephine’s future.  That’s not partisan either, it’s just good common sense and good government keeping Charlie Smith from ruining our Town like he and Ashley came close to doing with their team of flying monkeys.  Now THAT was partisam politics!

I regret I won’t be at the meeting this Thursday, but I encourage all of you to attend.  It may be very entertaining so I suggest bringing a snack and some liquid refreshment.

Guess Who, Guess Why

Evidently there has been papers filed complaining about Lou Desso being elected to the Rensselaer County Legislature and being a Town of North Greenbush Town Board member who intends to serve  both offices.  There have been precedence set by two County Legislators, Hammond and O’Brien who served the County slots while also serving on their local Town Boards.  So why all the fuss?  Politics folks, pure and simple politics.  When Hammond and O’Brien were doing this, (both Dems) there was not a whisper of a complaint from anybody.  No  one was moaning and groaning about the situation, and making a federal case out of something that was allowed by members of the Democratic party.   Let the GOP or a Conservative do the exact same thing then watch out!  There’s gnashing of teeth, filing of lawsuits and tiny little temper tantrums from the person mainly responsible for the Dems big losses in NG and Rensselaer County, CB Smith.

Did CB see this through and file the complaint he’s made such a fuss about?  Of course not, he’s hiding behind some skirts again.  You remember Jann Liberty,  repetative  candidate for Town Clerk?  The one who wrote time after time on this blog about being her own person, and being kind to one another, wanting an end to the animosity, blah, blah, blah.  Well so much for that pile of poo.  She’s still stinging from the FIRST time she ran and felt her fellow candidates didn’t run with her attached to their hips.(Lou was one of them).  Besides the fact that the Town Clerk doesn’t set policy or vote on anything, she/he has entirely different issues than the council members and should run as a separate entity.  Since Jann is such a forgiving person, wanting peace, we’re sure that “I’m my own person”  Liberty must have needed some serious arm twisting from CB and Dan, to sign those papers.  Right Jann?  Don’t bother to write some long-wnded lame excuse, your credibility is already questionable because of your association with CB.  The other player in this little political drama is Rose Dill.  Don’t know her, but I’m willing to bet she’s associated with DANA and Josephine and therefore CB.  Charlie uses anyone he can snooker into doing his dirty work for him and try to make things look as non-political as possible.  Too bad it doesn’t work anymore Charlie.

This entire situation is sickening.  If CB can’t win a political campaign, then he will try to do anything possible to diminish the accomplishment of the winner, and cast a shadow over anything not Democratic.  And you’d better be a CB/Dan approved Democrat at that . 2010,  is beginning to look like the same old, same old.  How sad.

The Top 20 One-liners of 2009

20. I think Ms. Ashworth should consider a Susan Boyle “make over”

19. Liar Liar Pants on Fire !!     If Charlie doesn’t put a lid on the lies, he’s going to run out of pants! 

18. Anybody who thinks Charlie is credible, please contact us, we have some swampland in Florida we’re trying to unload

17. Your so called robo calls about Desso backfired right up your ass

16. Holy crap !!! DANA is listed as charity !!!!   

15.  Today’s Septic Tank is another slimey, skanky CB steaming pile of ….. 

14. If you are the Blogger from the other site than I would be surprised that you could even type the word CLASS

13. CB’s wife had him at SIT/STAY in the produce aisle. Now if she could just teach him not to pee on our legs, we might have something

12. Desso, Fiacco, Danaher and Cristo are all gonna be guilty of one thing in November: Kicking some Democrat ass!

11. What’s the matter CB can’t find the words with your mouth full of crow?

10.  Let’s not get into “points” with CHUCKHOLE, because the only point he gets is the one on top of his head

9.  CHUCKHOLE your like toilet paper, when you have a pile of $hit that needs to be cleaned up, you’re both somewhat useful, other than that, there’s little use for either of you

                                                                                                                                                                                                     8. 8. Hey Charlie Smith…did you wee wee your pants with excitment when you got your stupid report? You sick jackass

 7.  SORRY CHUCKHOLE, once again your “sewer line” is all wet.

6. Give me Liberty or give me death.  Response :  I’ll take death !!    ( I sure hope this person made it bacause Jann sure didnt )

5. Get your facts straight or shut the hell up. Why don’t you just leave the area and go somewhere else like hell where you belong you jackass !!

4. Who really cares what line “Katie the Queen” is on

3. Are you nuts Charlie Smith ? Oh yeah , I forgot….  You are !!!

2. I mean come on, where is CHUCKHOLE getting his information, from his bush?                                                                                                         

And the number one qoute of 2009 which makes me laugh everytime I read it is:

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1.   Constant Babble sees a conspiracy behind every green bush. Especially when his aluminum foil hat is duct taped on too tight.                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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2010 Has Arrived

Here’s  wishng  all our contributors and readers a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.  Personally, I’ve never been so glad to see a year come to an end.  It has not been a particularly kind one to our family and I’m looking  forward to better days in 2010.   As we say goodbye to 2009, lets do it with a prayer that 2010 will be filled with good things for our families and our country.  See you next year!

Twisted!!!!

Hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday.  Ours was great, busy, noisy and great!  It seems Charlie spent his holiday with his undies in a twist about Al Spain and matters political.  Of course he did, the man is consumed by it.  He expends so much energy blowing his jets about a situation he has indirectly created.  Instead of pushing Josephine out of the nest and letting her fly on her own, Charlie is standing over her like a vulture getting information from her and advising her on every move.  Don’t bother denying Charlie, we all know you too well.

One advantage to the Supervisor’s offce being open part-time is people would be inclined to speak to employees who would actually be able to answer their questions and do something for them.  Now there’s a unique concept!  If Mrs. Ashworth’s TV interview was any indication, the less she’s around to answer questions, the better.

I also don’t understand Charlie’s reasoning about Desso.  I understand he hates Desso and wishes nothing good for him, but if Lou had to step down, who do you think would replace him?  Do you  really think Josephine (you) would have a say?  Not bloody likely!  So what’s your beef?  Is it because you can’t get one lousy job and Lou’s gotten elected to two in spite of everything you did to sabotage him?  I have a feeling we’ve hit the bullseye.  You want to spend the rest of your life bitter and without credibility, go ahead, knock yourself out!  The Town will continue to move forward in spite of you and perhaps Josephine will learn to trust the people who actually have the answers and the best interests of the Town at heart.