Milan In the Courts

Its old news now, Milan lost again in the courts, this time the opposition had a hat-trick, and they cleaned up on all three court cases. Supreme Court Justice James Brands again threw out the Comprehensive Plan saying it was “null and void”. Local law No.6 which was to Eliminate the Light Industrial Zone and local law no. 7 the Town’s Wetlands Law were also declared “null and void”.
This was the second time these same laws appeared before Justice Brands and this was the second time Justice Brands declared them “null and void”. On the previous occasion after the laws were declared illegal, Council persons Williams, Squeaky May and Pauline Clark along with Supervisor Van Talmage, said that Justice Brands’ objections to the laws were a mere technicality and “just hard luck”, so they passed the same laws again. So much for Williams and rest of the Gang of Four’s wisdom.
The Gang of Four had been warned numerous times that their Comprehensive Plan would not withstand a court challenge, but believing in Williams’ infallibility they passed it anyway.
After getting the Town of Milan trounced for the second time, Williams and Squeaky want to appeal the same laws again with no question of where the money is coming from.
The Gang of Four was responsible for spending over $155,000 on the failed Comprehensive plan and we are still getting in legal bills due to that travesty. That does not bother Williams and May; they were responsible for the financial mess the town is in at present so it means nothing to them if the Citizens of Milan has to shoulder their financial mess with higher taxes.

Where's the Money?

Where’s the Money? Hey Mr. Williams and Mr. Kingman where’s the money? What happened to the Durst $80,000? When you guys were Boss Williams and Lord Kingman, with backing of defacto supervisor Talmage and councilpersons May and Clark you extracted $80,000 from Durst Corporation and now it’s gone with nothing to show for it.
After squandering the Durst money you assumed that Durst was a bottomless financial pit and would gladly cough up more cash to keep you clowns happy. But it’s not so. You tried to tap them for another $70,000. When Durst asked what happened to the original $80,000 you refused to tell them because you did not know how you had squandered it. When they refused you the $70,000, Talmage tried to settle for $50,000, which they refused. They offered $30,000 with a cap on it, and the then Boss Williams refused it saying it is not enough. How much is enough Williams?

At the March 18 Town Board Meeting, when questioned on what happened to the Durst funds,
Williams said he and Kingman did not understand why Durst did not intend to give them any more money after they blew what they got on scoping Durst DEIS. This is only one example of Williams and the previous administration mismanaging money.

The reason that Milan has five lawsuits on its plate is due to the games Williams, Kingman and Talmage were playing with other people’s money.
Last year they spent $74, 614 on legal fees for which nothing was settled except we lost one lawsuit. They budgeted $63,000 legal fees for 2008 of one third is already gone due to the lawsuits three of which we have lost thanks to Williams &Co.

To cover up the holes in the 2008 budget they cut the Highway Department by $79, 571.
And you ain’t seen nothing yet.