MsKreed

Yeah...at least one union (the one that represents nurses who would be subject to the full mandate -- without any testing or masking options) was not consulted and just heard about this on Wednesday during his press conference.

When CAN-USA entered into the $125/month lease and agreed to pay to maintain and repair building systems, structure and premises....I don't think they were prohibited from having an inspection done to determine what type of costs that could entail. They should have been kicked out sooner for defaulting on the agreement. LEASE AGREEMENT (found here) :

A quick review of the minutes from July 2019 seems to look like they only reimbursed for the properly documented expenses: http://chemungcountyida.com/meeting-minutes/ Later meetings referred to Nichols spending $140,000 of "his own money"....and discussed CCIDA's responsibility to replace the boiler that appears to have been approved for $66,000 in November 2019.

It does occur to me that I could hunker down in the RV anytime also. As long as it has gas and I'm starting/running it often enough to not have a dead battery after it's sat ignored for several months.

Basically the same. I think mine is only 300lbs, but may as well be 3,000 since I'm not a power lifter.

I guess anyone can make requests, if they know the correct place to send requests for various information....and have the time/patience to try again when things are rejected for lack of specific detail or not addressed to the exact office/entity. Before filing that, I imagine taking time to comb through what is available on http://chemungcountyida.com/ could be helpful. I suppose just because we didn’t see a press release on f/or how much they paid CAN-USA, doesn’t necessarily mean it isn’t published someplace there. I might scour that site over the weekend.

I can't recall ever hearing the final outcome of the money he was asking CCIDA to reimburse him for (all or most of which appeared to be quite clearly maintenance and upkeep for which he, as a "tenant" paying obscenely low rent, had agreed to pay for in the contract). I sure wish there was a news reporter willing to dig up and/or FOIA that information.

Well...I sure didn't get a chance to email my thoughts - let alone attend in person last night to talk about it.

So...the take away I'm getting is that facility (as it sits) is not good for concerts, which in all likelihood would have more demand. But, as a sports venue, there is not enough demand. So...whether the answer is renovations that would improve sound quality, or razing the place to build whatever is in demand ......those changes should be made by (and expenses incurred by) whatever private entity decides to take on whatever private enterprise that may be successful in that space. Government (local or otherwise) should not exist to prop up private enterprise.

If there is a demand for whatever events are offered, consumers will show up and pay enough to cover operations/utilities, staffing, improvements, maintenance and [get this].....property taxes. It is abundantly clear that public demand is lacking for hockey, supplemented by electronics road shows and such. I'd think Tag's is living proof that people will show up and shell out $$ for stuff they actually want.

Not sure...I would assume possibly not planned to be scheduled on the agenda until after the Committee concludes and recommends and the standing committee does what they do. However, it seems like in the past, some committees have been disbanded early if/when the body discusses it further. Even when something isn't on the agenda, it seems like some groups/individuals have made an impact by reiterating their concerns at full meetings. I don't think it's a bad idea either way to bring topics up and get public opinion on the record at any and all meetings like others have done for topics they feel strongly about.

Public comment for the meetings of the Full Legislature may be submitted via email at: PublicComment@chemungcountyny.gov or by mail addressed to Chemung County Legislature John H. Hazlett Building, 203 Lake Street P.O. Box 588 Elmira, NY 14902-0588. All public comment received prior to the meeting will be read into the record.

The Charter and New York's Municipal laws indicate that any changes to the elected positions are subject to a public referendum. Either the actual legislative redistricting that is the duty of the body to address after each census (including eliminating or adding any legislative seats)....as well as this unrelated suggestion of eliminating county-wide elected position(s) that are completely separate from the Legislative task at hand. Not only is there a requirement for a public vote, the track record for coming up with what the voters want (without voter input) is poor. Very poor. The voters of this county have historically opposed plans that the legislative body has attempted to thrust on them without public input and participation....carrying over to as many as three different election years before an acceptable plan has been put on the ballot. It's extremely short-sighted (and arrogant) for some the legislators to keep insisting on excluding members of the public from the drafting process. Because that approach has failed so miserably for the past half a century....but this legislature has it all figured out and they know that they know what's best for their 'subjects'.

Yes, that was the speculation when this topic was last touched upon, when the committee was first appointed. Reviewing the links in my previous post, it is no longer speculation. It was overtly stated (after 15 minutes of secret discussion in Executive Session) that the agenda is to pursue ideas for an alternative form of government (i.e.: no elected Executive) instead of any work whatsoever toward the (legally mandated) task of reviewing legislative districts in relation to population. I sincerely hope this is brought to public light and weighed in by the public commentary at the next full meeting. I've begun to draft some thoughts to submit myself, but my personal obligations may not allow me to complete anything by the next meeting (which I know for sure I will be unable to attend).

Can we please talk about this some more? As noted above......Some citizens (particularly OUTSIDE the city) have expressed concerns that the City represents the MAJORITY of the 5-member “Legislative Redistricting and Efficiency of County Government Operations Advisory Committee”. There was further concern that the objective of the Committee should be focused on LEGISLATIVE redistricting as outlined in the Charter (and mandated by SCOTUS in Reynolds v. Sims) rather than the vague (and somewhat dubious) question of “efficiency” to be derived from hiring a consulting firm to research the entire structure of government that the Charter defines. After listening the audio and reviewing the minutes from the first two meetings of this committee, those concerns have deepened. During the most recently published meeting on April 30th (HERE: Minutes dated May 3 ), it seems clear that the Committee has abandoned the legally MANDATED task of legislative redistricting and has instead dedicated itself to a self-serving mission to find ways to eliminate elected positions outside the Legislature (namely the County Executive and Treasurer). The over half the meeting (HERE: 15 of 27 minutes ) was un-recorded "executive session" while they talked with their lawyer. The remaining 12 minutes included complaining that their CGR Consultant withdrew, ostensibly due to Moss's "push back" and then devising ways to claim "cost savings" of eliminating positions of duly elected officials' outside the body whose representation is ACTUALLY mandated to be reviewed.

This makes a huge difference to me! I don't remember seeing a book section on the occasion I shopped there. As packed as it was, I'm guessing we missed that aisle.

I hate to knock it because it does at least make one less empty business... But yes. When we browsed through the one in Ithaca, the quality of merchandise didn't impress us. Seemed like there was probably good reason why the stuff hadn't sold at regular retailers. Of course, Kmart had become a dilapidated building that offered mostly junk.....so not like this is really a step down.

Aren't classrooms (as well as cafeterias, buses and offices) still "reconfigured" to the social distancing capacities?

The rise on that graph does not seem to correlate with legalization. The jump started in 2016 (2 years after medical was legalized) and ends before recreational became legal. Weird....it's almost like it might correspond with NYS criminal reform laws that released a huge numbers of inmates in 2016 and again in early 2020. I'm sure that's just a coincidence though.

It is indeed human nature for people to respond to that reward stimulus. And I agree it's totally BS to exploit that human nature for something like this. I'm also not sure that the trend toward participation trophies hasn't warped a lot of people's concept of requiring some sort of tangible reward for activities that have inherent (although not immediately tangible) benefits for just engaging in them.

Ohio's was announced a week ago. Their "Vax-a-million" offers the weekly $ million prize only to vaccinated participants. Thus guarantees that five people will win the 'prize' for actually being vaccinated. This is what I first assumed Cuomo was doing when I saw this. Instead he's just handing out scratch-off ticket for an existing game (in which anyone with $20 can participate as often as they like).

My cynical side (that sees too many people looking for drama and stuff to whine about)......suspects that a number of people (those who eagerly ran out to brag about getting vaccinated first, and were enjoying their sense of superiority) will be bitter about "slackers" being rewarded. I predict they will now demand a bigger "reward" than those who waited for this incentive.