tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post2630672752880846059..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: News from the Common Council Meeting: Part 2Carole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-49123213615890016232021-02-10T21:55:01.135-05:002021-02-10T21:55:01.135-05:00I remember not too long ago when a common council ...I remember not too long ago when a common council president allowed me to ask as many questions as I had of Rob Perry at a DPW meeting, much to Rob's and committee members' chagrin. She was so casual about her job. Now the position seems to have too much significance and that power has gone to Tom's head. He, like our highest paid civil servant, Mr Perry, are both uncivil bossypants. They both remind me of Trump. Power and money will do that.BILLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165652134301551300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-90183861447991904652021-02-10T09:51:01.525-05:002021-02-10T09:51:01.525-05:00Is it at all possible for Tom DiPietro to be a rea...Is it at all possible for Tom DiPietro to be a reasoned and responsible leader? Or does his need to be snide consistently trump whatever better angels he may harbor? The fund balance may or may not be fetishized by some (though our Treasurer's concern doesn't strike me as fetishization so much as merely doing her job -- granted an unusual occurrence in the Council Chamber and one its president might not recognize at first blush). But if it is, it is likely because it actually is our municipal insurance policy against catastrophe and being forced to financially reckon with the Council's stunning disinterest in the City's financial well-being. The fund balance is, in short, Hudson's citizens' treasure. And the Council spends it like irresponsible children. The lack of leadership is abysmal.John K. Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658184081506566069noreply@blogger.com