tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post4206525912816584872..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Meetings of Interest in the Week AheadCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-10922928300527671702018-12-04T21:58:04.337-05:002018-12-04T21:58:04.337-05:00I'm wondering how those under the radar lobbyi...I'm wondering how those under the radar lobbying sessions that Ken Dow is conducting out of the Mayor's office against proposed Local Law Number Five are going? SusanUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904744235071178921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-70772162610220552602018-12-04T20:13:36.632-05:002018-12-04T20:13:36.632-05:00At tonight's CAC meeting it was confirmed that...At tonight's CAC meeting it was confirmed that tomorrow is the last chance for the public to comment on a 13,000-word "Narrative" which is not yet publicly available. You read it right!<br /><br />During the meeting the CAC members discussed the odious policy recommendations they still intend to add to the Narrative's conclusion. The members were seemingly bereft of a sense of conscience or obligation to the public for whom comments on the recommendations are now impossible.<br /><br />Hudson's bad old days are back in force, but now in sheep's clothing. How about it reader, did you stop caring the minute you saw something passable as a sheep? unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-10560476519849797982018-12-04T14:38:03.744-05:002018-12-04T14:38:03.744-05:00How 'bout this for stupid - stupid because the...How 'bout this for stupid - stupid because the answer is glaringly obvious:<br /><br />Why is the draft "NRI Narrative," a text document of the Conservation Advisory Council which was produced with public money, only available for public comment for less than four days? I haven't even looked at it yet!<br /><br />The document was cleared to go public on Sunday; the comment deadline is tomorrow; suck it up peasants.<br /><br />So why "glaringly obvious"? At this point, how can it surprise anyone that the document isn't even available unless you know somebody. It's only being shared privately!<br /><br />The successful grant application for the project promised a "public participation framework for the presentation and evaluation of the inventory ..." (the narrative is part of the inventory).<br /><br />If you have a problem with any of this then take great care you're not portrayed as an insolent person! After all, who are you to question your betters?<br />unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-25789271927943902872018-12-04T07:25:16.815-05:002018-12-04T07:25:16.815-05:00"One of the first jobs of a journalist is to ..."One of the first jobs of a journalist is to ask stupid questions." --peter meyerPeter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077048678660809331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-45824721624288955112018-12-03T20:17:01.971-05:002018-12-03T20:17:01.971-05:00Sorry, Peter, but I have to start this reply with ...Sorry, Peter, but I have to start this reply with "Duh?" <br /><br />Every law that the Common Council votes to enact must be signed (or vetoed) by the mayor. This has always been the case. And before the mayor takes action, there is a public hearing. This, too, has always been the case. Mayors can veto--or suggest changes to--any law passed by the Common Council, and a hundred years ago (I know this from reading Council minutes), the mayor at the time vetoed just about everything. In his day, Bill Hallenbeck vetoed a couple of things passed by the Common Council--the chicken law and the parking permit law for the neighborhood around the hospital. In both instances, if memory serves, the Council chose not to try to override the veto because they didn't think they had the votes. (A two-thirds majority is required to override a veto.) There's nothing new here, Peter. Nothing sinister. Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-64588945818315853262018-12-03T18:17:59.973-05:002018-12-03T18:17:59.973-05:00Carole, could you elaborate on the reasons for the...Carole, could you elaborate on the reasons for the Mayor's public hearing on a law passed by the City Council after its public hearing? Is this the set-up so that the Mayor may veto the bill? Do you know what the veto rules are? Is the Mayor obliged to "sign or veto" a law passed by the CC? Is there a time period? Etc. ThanksPeter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077048678660809331noreply@blogger.com