More Bluff

At the Monday night Town Board meeting Madame Buff was off again on her silly tirade about the appointment of Morris Associates. Not being satisfied with distributing of her written propaganda which was ignored by the Town Board, she decided to pursue it verbally with a bunch of asinine questions. After she got through, Former Town Board Candidate Mr. Siegel decided it was his turn to try and embarrass the Board by reading a paper he had probably written for a high school project and could never find anyone to listen to it.
When will these people along with Councilperson May learn it would be more beneficial to the citizens of Milan if they supported the New Board and helped them dig out of the mess created by the previous administration? Councilperson May kept up with her constant string of amendments in an attempt to embarrass the new members on the board by displaying her lack of consideration for the other members and the people of Milan. It appeared she was hoping her performance to be thought of as a display of genius. Councilperson May, that is one thing you will never be accused of as “being a genius”.
At the reorganization meeting on January 1st, Councilperson May voted to deny Penny Johnson, Tax collector a $50.00 raise and Debby Frankel a $1.65 raise, saying the town could not afford it after it was approved by the previous board. She had no problem approving $100,000.00 in legal fees last year and still the town wound up with having to deal with four lawsuits caused by her and her associates .
Rudy Vavra was the man of the moment at Monday’s meeting. In order to pay for the massive legal bills facing the town due to the lawsuits he proposed going door to door and taking up a collection. We might even have a bake sale, but then the previous administration put a law on the books that would prevent the sale of cakes or anything else in Milan.
Congratulations to Richard Barrett on his handling of the meeting. By the time it was over we were all exhausted, it was a long night

Buff's Bluff

At the January 1st Reorganization Meeting at the Town Hall, the evening started with a despicable display of ignorance by Sheila Buff. Prior to the swearing in of the new board Madam Buff was distributing a flyer condemning the board for something they had not even proposed.
Her flyer was composed of so many lies and innuendos that it appeared she studied under the previous administration. She questions the competence of Morris Associates as town planners claiming they have no experience in that field. It is obvious the Madam Buff did not do her home work, or maybe she just enjoys blatant lies.
Buff accused Morris Associates of donating $11,000 to the Milan Republicans. The Milan Republican Party Treasurer challenged her on that, as the Milan Republican Party was so strapped for cash during the election, the $11,000 would have been very welcome. Maybe Madame Buff will write an apology to the Milan Republicans and Morris Associates for her accusations. While she is at it, she should include Sam Lore as she maligned him also in her epistle.
Rather than congratulate the new board and wish them well for the benefit of Milan, Madam Buff feels it more becoming to have them start their first term with as many obstacles she can place in their path. She was one of the last year’s members of the CAC whose job is to protect and conserve Milan’s natural resources, and her septic is bordering on the wet-lands.
Be careful Madam Buff, remember when you point a finger, you have three of your own fingers pointing back at you.

Talmage's Farewell Bombshells

At The Milan Town Board meeting on Monday December 10, Supervisor Talmage gave a farewell gesture to the people of Milan on the form of two more lawsuits. That means the outgoing administration so far has incurred 4 pending lawsuits on the town; not to mention the one they lost with Red Wing.
These lawsuits are the result of the “great work” by the Ross Williams , Talmage and rest of the gang of four, Squeaky May and the Elusive Pauline Clark.. Apart from the lawsuit travesty, this bunch have removed from the Highway Department, another $22,500, $70, 000 for road improvement, $30,000 for bridge repair. There are four bridges in the town that are in dire need of repair and they have put the money into the General Fund.
The good news is we have come to an end of that era. Had they remained in power another two years it is unknown what damage they would have done.
The Elusive Councilperson Clark has not been seen at a meeting for some months now, there is nothing wrong with that. We just hope she is packing her bags for her exit from Milan. We hope we have seen the last of her. The lamentable thing is with the slump in the real-estate market there may not be many buyers for her property, so we will have to tolerate her in our midst a while longer. But there is always hope.
The Milan Fire Department is still waiting for the contribution she promised them three years ago.