Saturday, October 16, 2010
FREDDY,FAWN and KEVIN, What say you?
08/31/2010-KINGSTON – The Ulster County Legislature is supposed to closely monitor the spending and operations of the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, but it hasn’t, costing county taxpayers almost $32 million over the last decade, County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach said Monday.
10/14/2010-KINGSTON – The board of the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency has fired director Michael Bemis amid allegations of sexual harassment and falsifying business records.
Bemis’ termination comes weeks after County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach’s report that said the county legislature had not provided sufficient oversight over the agency.
What does Chairman Wadnola , Legislator Roberts and Fawn Tantillo have to say now?
OUR ASTUTE LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN:
In response to the Comptroller, I believe the Legislature has exercised oversight of the RRA
This superficial piece of election year drivel offers no solution at all.
HERE YOU GO KEVIN:
Legislator Kevin Roberts, R-Wallkill, who is chairman of the county Government Operations and Efficiency Committee, called the report election year “posturing” and a waste of Auerbach’s annual salary.
Roberts described the Resource Recovery Agency as one of the “best-run departments in the county” and disputed contentions that it is supposed to be self-sufficient.
AND NOW YOU FAWN (You did chair the Jail Oversight Committee):
Tantillo, a former member of the Legislature, said the report “could have been useful, but not when you hit the legislators over the head with it.” “I probably would have taken it to the Oversight Committee and presented it there, but you don’t get headlines if you do that,” she said.
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