Last week at this time, we were wondering if the temperatures would ever struggle out of the 60s, and today, for most of the day, it was 90 degrees. Tomorrow is expected to be a tad warmer, and Tuesday warmer still. In the meantime, here is what's happening.
- On Monday, May 18, the Common Council holds its informal meeting at 6:00 p.m. There is a lot of interest on the agenda for the meeting, including a resolution authorizing the sale of the Dunn warehouse to Hudson Brewing Co. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.
- Also on Monday, May 18, Mayor Joe Ferris holds a town hall meeting with residents of the Fourth Ward in the Community Room at the Hudson Area Library, 51 North Fifth Street. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and is expected to continue until 8:00 p.m.
- On Tuesday, May 19, the Hudson City School District holds its annual budget vote and board member election. The budget voters are being asked to approve involves a 5.8 percent increase in the tax levy. There will also be an exit poll to gauge community support or opposition to adding pickleball striping to the historic tennis courts at M. C. Smith. The polls are open from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The polling place for residents of the City of Hudson is the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street.
- On Wednesday, May 20, the Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meets at 6:00 p.m. At the meeting, it will no doubt be announced that the Planning Board will hold a special meeting on Thursday, May 28, to review the design for HHA's proposed redevelopment. The meeting of the HHA board is a hybrid, taking place in person in the Community Room at Bliss Towers and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.
Update: The HHA meeting, which actually was to take place at The Spark of Hudson, has been postponed.
- Also on Wednesday, May 20, at 6:00 p.m., the Zoning Board of Appeals holds its regular monthly meeting. On the agenda for the meeting is a public hearing on the area variances required to build the new structures proposed for 309-311 Union Street--a two-family house facing Union Street and a garage with an apartment above facing Partition Street. The meeting takes place in person only at City Hall.
- On Friday, May 22, the Historic Preservation Commission meets at 10:00 a.m. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.
- On Saturday, May 23, Memorial Day Weekend begins. The weekend ends with the parade and ceremony on Monday, May 25. The event begins, as it always does, around 9:oo a.m. at Seventh Street Park. The parade down Warren Street to the Columbia County courthouse steps off at 10:00 a.m. The ceremony takes place immediately after the parade arrives at the courthouse.
re: School Election.
ReplyDeleteProponents of a "Yes" vote have still not challenged the $45k per year per kid (HCSD + Hudson spend). $42k per student at HCSD, which 2x the nation and ~1.5x New York state.
And the usual story-first Substacks write 2500 word pieces on a BUDGET vote without using a single "$" sign or mention of money.
That is like a weather report that omits the weather. Or a Phd doing statistics without a p-value.
This is why we can't have nice things. We don't have low standards. there are no standards.
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And not only is this an off cycle election, that HCSD has to lose "twice", 4 weeks apart, to actually not approve the budget, but they also administer their own elections.
https://www.hudsoncommonsense.com/riggedschoolvote
That is like having a mayoral election where the incumbent chooses the date, has to lose twice, and City Hall is in charge of counting the ballots.
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One day national think and research groups will discover Hudson and write books about the Municipal Capture and Hudson Hypocrisy.
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And just today the FP had this story:
A new report out today accuses both the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) of spending tens of millions of dollars on electing Democratic political candidates, and prioritizing politicking over the needs and interests of their union members.
The report, conducted by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), Gevura Fund, and Rutgers University, among others, found that of the NEA’s $450 million annual disbursement budget from fiscal year 2025, less than $46 million, or 10 percent, was spent on activities directly representing the union’s constituents.
“You read a stat like that,” said Tova Plaut, a New York City teacher and a member of both the NEA and AFT, “and you start to wonder, Where is all that money going?”
https://www.thefp.com/p/how-teachers-unions-became-political