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Date :
11.13.07
Message : privacy would be a
plenty good
reason to put in some hedge or screen plantings if one owned lakefront
and had neighbors building a deck within inches of your land.
Name : Arbor Vitae
Location :
Lake side
Date : 11-13-07
Message :
Is it true that the Hollands
want to plant those trees behind their two neighbors to the north to
block the lake view of those two houses? What possible reason except
spitefulness could there be for that?
Name : remember when
Location :
the guns fell silent
Date : 11.11.18
Message
: armistice: the end of the war
to end all wars
Name : A Soldier
Location :
Anywhere Required
Date : Current/Zulu
Message
: The adage Rule of Thumb,
should be applied to the Midas Touch! Today is our day VETERANS! Thank
You!
Name : Im sure this old addage
Location
: has been posted on here
Date :
already but it bears repeating...
Message :
Regarding the Golden Rule - he
(or she)who has the gold makes the rules.
Name : Jeez, Louise
Location :
Greenery is good, right?
Date :
11/10/07
Message : Heard a rumor that
Staley
slapped a stop work order on Hollands for trying to plant bushes! Is
that for real? Since when do plants require a permit? How many full
trees did PTR plant, move, destroy with no permits?
Name : What a joke
Location :
Aurora
Date : Star
Date who gives a
Message
: Security? What a joke. That is
like calling RENT A COP.
Name : On,On,On
Location :
Outskirts
Date : 11/5/07
Message :
Its hard to believe that all
the shenanigans that happen around the asphalt plain by the PO are
generated by Wells students & friends. Where are the cops? the
sheriff? McGruff, the Crime Dog?
Name : Former Main Streeter
Location
: Nearby
Date : Tuesday
Message
: If offenders are Wells
students or patrons of Wells-owned Fargo & since Wells
owns/controls half the town, people call Security. If you live in
college housing, call Security -- faster than the regular police.
Name : On,On,On
Location :
Outskirts
Date : 11/5/07
Message :
Why do we have those stupid
speed indicators at village lines when there is never a cop to enforce?
Garbage trucks keep truckin FAST with no fear of enforcement.
Name : L Holland
Location :
The Sept. VB minutes
Date : are in
error.
Message : I have NOT repeatedly gone
before the VB in regards to a *property dispute*. The issue here is
FAIR & UNIFORM enforcement of the law with special treatment for NO
ONE. There have been obvious violations which village govt refuses to
acknowledge.
Name : What?
Location :
village
Date : 11/2/07
Message :
Security - Why? They belong at
the Wells campus not downtown. That would be why there is the Sheriff
or NYS Police. Security is not a village wide police force.
Name : observer
Location :
here
Date : 11/1
Message :
security was called several
times due to kids running on cars and other acts of vandalsim last
night
Name : local
Date : 11/1
Message :
and whats with the AFLs book
drop being vandalized again last night. Sheriff was called.....
Name : Contrarian
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11/1/07
Message :
My point was that I refuse to
give Geo. F. CREDIT for this. Thats not myopia, thats simply
recognizing what hes really all about.
Name : Karin W
Location :
Aurora
Date : Thu 1 Nov 2007
Message
: Weight, size & speed
limits on roads thru small towns are often ignored by big trash
haulers. We dont mind trucks coming to our homes/businesses; we dont
like NYC trash going to huge dump in our backyard.
Name : And when
Location :
village
Date : 11/1/07
Message :
It comes right down to it I
think there are only two townies on the VB
One is a local and two are transplants.
Name : A lack of foresigtht
Location
: right here
Date : Halloween night
Message : I think we all were a bit of
myopic.
Or PTR would not have gotten so far.
Yes she put tons of cash into Aurora. But What has Aurora lost? It is
not the village I knew or loved. Can the PTR lovers say that? Oh wait
you must be a transplant. Not a local
Name : To Contrarian, etc.
Location :
Truck issue has nothing to do
w/ Aurora
Date : specifically. It just happens to
be on the route the trucks take.
Message : This
issue affects many other
towns and villages.Try not to be so myopic.
Name :
Phi·lan·thro·py
Location :
1. The effort or inclination
to increase the well-being of humankind.
Date : 2.
An activity or institution
intended to promote human welfare.
Message : DonŐt
insult Bisgrove,
comparing him to PTR. Hes a true philanthropist, helps the
disadvantaged, works w/ community. In Aurora PTR just filled her weird
personal needs, dictating a disastrous monument to her fat ego, mired
in manipulative vindictiveness.
Name : Contrarian
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10/30/07
Message :
I will not give ANY credit to
Geo F. It isnt WHAT a person does, its WHY they do it. The truck issue
is more of the gentrification of Aurora for Geo. F., and a way for him
to show off. Thats all.
Name : talking about
Location :
existing laws
Date : 10/30/07
Message
: How many existing laws did the
AVB overlook so PTR could do her deed with the blessing of the VB? Or
even with CJ.
Name : With eyes wide open
Location :
Aurora
Message :
I trust the people of Auburn
have a wide and broader perspective of development and will not curse
out Jerry B as Aurorans have PTR. I know they do not whine as much.
Name : Editorial compares true
philantropy
Location : to what PTR has done in
Aurora.
Date :
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/10/29/news/opinion/our_view/ourview01.txt
Message : For background information,
see:
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/10/28/news/latest_news/latestnews01.txt
Location :
www.syracuse.com/articles/cayuga/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1193389464122780.xml&coll=1
Date : 9.26.07
Message : i agree
- he is doing the
right thing re trucks but no reason to give credit cuz he will take it
every time whether he deserves it or not
Name : Even Moore
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10.26.07
Message :
Credit where credit is due.
Geo is doing the right thing with the trucks. PTR or not the
interstates are where they belong. We still live here.
Name : If you would have read an article
in the Citizen
Location : a couple of months ago
Date
: then you would know that...
Message :
Trucks of a certain lbs. and
size or carrying hazardous material cannot travel on smaller hwys. that
cut thru towns. They do it to save the toll Its an illegal practice,
and the existing laws are not being enforced.
Name : Semis and tractor trailers
Location
: are a danger to
Date : people
driving cars or walking
Message : in Aurora and the
Fingers
villages. I was nearly hit from behind because the semi was bearing
down on me in a 30 mph zone. He jacked-knife or I would have been
history.
Name : Nothing incongruous
Location :
about trucks
Date : we all need use
them
Message : including rowlands businesses.
this is aurora llc/farenthold attempt to get rid of trucks to make the
town more doll house perfect. a speeding car is dangrous to so are
idiots on cell phones
Name : Contrarian
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10/25/07
Message :
I dont like the trucks myself,
but I dont know that theres anything illegal about their practice of
shortcutting thru Aurora...
Name : I urge everyone to attend that
meeting. Even though
Location : I dont live in
Aurora, I
visited this summer
Date : and one of the things I
really
noticed...
Message : was the huge trucks rumbling
through the village. Really incongrous sight, and potentially
dangerous. Many small Finger Lake villages are having the same problem.
The trucks are actually illegally short-cutting through to avoid tolls.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
www.syracuse.com/articles/cayuga/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1193216359180400.xml&coll=1
Date : Public forum tomorrow
Message :
for residents concerned about
truck traffic to speak with state officals about the problem. Thurs,
10/25, 6pm - 8 pm at the (ugh) Aurora Inn. See article above for more
information.
Name : Contrarian
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10/24/07
Message :
Clearly, someone needs to get
a petition started to change these ridiculous practices at the Aurora
PO. Its one thing we might actually have a say in, in this village...
Name : local
Date : 11/24/07
Message :
or what about ability to get
to your box before 8 and after 5 for those of us who work out of town
and leave before its open and return after its closed. USprings opens
the door earlier and closes later...just dont have access to a person
Name : We do not need another or rather
Location
: a new PO until the
Date : hours
of operation
Message : are reflective of all Post
Offices in the country 8-5pm M-F and 8-12 S. Too much siesta!
Name : If you want to know about
Location
: the Cj.John/Wells
Date : property
transfer
Message : you can get all the
information you want by going to the Cayuga County office building.
Then share here.
Message : ptr wants that
building simply
to tear it down for parking
Date
: 10.22.07
Message : ptr wont buy
the old p.o., she
hates it. sell it to georgie so he can demolish it by hand himself and
destroy the evidence of his piss-poor stewardship of our public
property.
Name : to Taxpayer.....
Location :
about po
Date : 10/22/07
Message :
some good points, but sell PO?
Gee, who do you think would buy it? She would then own the entire
village, same issue as before.
Name : The college gives away 100K of
land for free?
Location : In the Citizen property
transfers of
Date : Sun., Oct 21, 2007, quote -
Message
: *Wells College, Aurora, to
Cynthia Koepp and John Place, 327 Main St. Aurora, property at 317 Main
St., 0-dollars. Assessment 94,800-dollars.* What? Where is 317? CJ/John
paid a fraction of assessed value for Lake House, and now this? Why?
Name : Even Moore
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10/22/07
Message :
Wait and see if the PO doesnt
go right where she planned. Isnt it odd nothing has changed at Heary
Building? SHE IS NOT GONE!
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Reading the latest article
about the P.O.
Date : 10/21/07
Message :
Instead of going beyond
repairs & doing cosmetic improvements for 230K maybe its time to
build new PO/VillageOffice on public land behind Fire Dept as 1st
proposed 30 years ago? Safer parking, more office space, storage for
historian etc; sell current PO?
Name : A Soldier
Location :
Anywhere Required
Date : Current/ZULU
Message
: Im really POd and Pitched off.
To witness the downward spiral, of a village once admired and called
home. Turned into a morass of ineptness is truly disheartening.
Name : po plans
Location :
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/10/19/news/local_news/news04.txt
Date : 10.19.07
Message : if
anyone would know what
lipstick on a pig looks like, he sure would.
Message : Has Randi been
Hoffmanized?
What else could explain that?
Name : House Fly
Location :
on a shitpile
Date : 10/18/07
Message
: Great white horse my ass! More
like a great white shark!! A single-minded eating machine with no soul.
Name : Main st. guy
Location :
Pleasant b4 Pleasant
Date : 10/17
Message
: Randi Zabriskie, ŇIt was like
this great white Arabian horse came walking through our village and
little houseflies jumped on it - sad, diminished people who didnt
understand that this place was going to dust and she saved it.Ó
Name :
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/10/14/news/local_news/news04.txt
Location : Citizen prints the whole
article in Sundays newspaper
Date : with lead photo
of protest car.
Message : And perhaps because of
business connections (Am Girl, Matel, Mac-Childs) its getting wider
distribution than a human interest feature and is showing up on
financial sites at CNN, Forbes, USA-Today, MSNBC, etc. as well as
hundreds of newspapers nationwide.
Name : Now I am confused..
Message :
because I thought the most
recent flap was about Wells not getting any kind of permit for the Big
Dig they did at Lyon House. They dont need permits? Wrong. Why was that
allowed?
Name : Former Main Streeter
Location
: Nearby
Date : Wed
Message :
Disagree all you like but
please dont let this forum degenerate into no-class name-calling like
Citizen Two Cents.
Name : Changing the Subject
Location
: Re Forum & Homepage
Date :
5.8.07
Message : Re forum: no I hadnt
heard
about Sue Edinger leaving LLC. Interesting! Re homepage: very
surprising info about Post Office plans. Doesnt look like PTR can make
USPS meet her 6/1/07 ultimatum. What next?
Name : Even More
Location :
Aurora
Date : 5/8/07
Message :
How is it that you can get one
plan to share a drive with your neighbors approved, then when you donŐt
get along you quietly get something new done? Was there a public
hearing for that? It doesnŐt look like the stuff we sat through the
hearings for!
Name : If only you knew
Location :
Aurora
Date : 5/8/07
Message :
So do you still have your
hands in Pleasants pockets. I really thought you cared about things
that went on in the village ie. the Fargo. You were a plant. Right? Is
this where I say BITCH.. Did I really type that? oooops.
And by the way you never will
Name : Lurker
Message :
Great Picture! And Good
Advice! Bet the Hollands& Pleasant Rowland & cj & the
Village all wish they had heeded that advice!
Name : Fact Check
Location :
(these documents are on file)
Date :
Tues., May 10
Message : College signed
easement for
new drive in Oct, DOT approved curb cut in Nov, and PB Final Site Plan
Review didnt take place until November. So driveway could not have been
approved in September-- no matter where the drawings were or werent
then or later.
Name : CJK
Location :
whoops. one more
Date : comment
Message
: The driveway drawing was
discussed in public by village boards. And then criticized on this very
site months ago. I was smarter then and kept quiet
Name : not the first time
Message :
might be there now but wasnt a
few months ago, i looked too, only plans with old drive in file.
materials suposed to stay put, but things go missing, not just in this
project but in slipshod state of affairs with staley, boards, etc.
Name : CJK
Message :
Drawing is thereand exactly as
it was built--You missed it. Filed 9/12/07. I am fed up with these
fabrications and slanderous remarks. End of comment.
Name : I have driveway issues myself
Location
: so asked Village Office to
see
Date : proposed Lyon/Webb driveway
sketch in early 2007,
Message : curious about what
was
permitted in relation to property lines. No such sketch was on file.
Approvals yes, but no drawing. Reasonable conclusion: plans seem to
have been approved without full sketch for driveway. Other
explanations, anyone?
Name : CJK Fed up
Location :
look in the files
Message :
Application and drawing for
new driveway approved by Village boards 9/06 and by DOT 10/06 w/
permit. AC needs a new fact checker to avoid these potentially libelous
remarks.
Location :
Lyon House - CJs place
Date : 5/6/07
Message
: Maybe the VB should make a
stop work order on it then. Till it is made right. I hope someone is
taking notes for the next person that wants to do something W/O a
permit. The board will have to let them do it also. Thats all
Name : Lyon House Sold
Location :
to the Zwigards of NYC
Date : as
reported in 05/06/07 Citizen
Message : for 187.5K
(assessed at 185K).
Word is they plan to start fixing it up soon & move in before next
winter. We wish them the best!
Name : Local
Location :
Vicinity
Date : Sat.
Message :
The only person around here
known only as Dugan (no first name) is Bills brother, Brian (also known
as Dugie). You confuse me referring to Bill thus.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 5/4/07
Message :
Maybe the couple from PA
should read the latest semi-coherent ramble from Dugan in the Citizen -
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/04/30/news/lake_life/lakelife05.txt
Name : r
Location :
around
Date : may
Message :
Tell them nothing Let them
come to their own conclusions
Name : Former Main Streeter
Location
: Nearby
Date : Wed
Message :
Could sure use more folks like
the nice couple from Pennsylvania -- but what to tell them?
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : May Day
Message :
Many thanks to our local Girl
Scout Troop for leaving May Day posies at our doors this afternoon.
Nice, and heartwarmingly nostalgic...
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 5-1-07
Message :
i know cj had permission for
new stone so-called shared drive -- all on lyon land -- but did she
have permit to dig out half the lyon back yard and use it as fill for
webb? sure looks like thats what happened.
Name : next door
Location :
cjs place
Date : 4/30
Message :
Maybe she needs to put in a
stone drive as they did next door. One thing for sure is I would never
give up the drive she uses now.
Name : Up
Date
Location :
Our Town
Date : 4-30-07
Message :
From what we can tell...VB
decided it needed more info and postposed vote again on 2 new laws, but
renewed Staleys contract with village as well as Jackys (!), while
Laura H needs to return to ZBA with more info and then will get answers
(maybe).
Message : New Oxymoron =
*Courtesy of
Staley* -- ha!
Name : Laura Holland
Location :
Aurora, New York
Date : April 25, 2007
Message
: I cant go to the meeting.
After the rude & unprofessional & ignorant & biased
behavior my family & I have experienced courtesy of Staley, I
cannot bring myself to be present while he is re-anointed and his
powers expanded.
Name : VB Meeting Tomorrow.
Location
: Agenda in kiosk
Date : (tuesday
the 24th)
Message : looks interesting, includes
vote on those new laws (allowing village to demo any empty building
regardless of condition, giving Staley power to treat us like shit if
he feels like it, etc) and renewal of webmaster contract for Jackie.
Sounds like a fun!
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 4-24-07
Message :
its so great to see the
protest car back on duty!! cant believe its being attacked again
already. lets try to get a photo of the culprit in action.
Name : Jay OHearn
Message :
Please take a look at the post
I put up today on the Feedback Forum.
Name : Former Main Streeter
Location
: Nearby
Date : monday
Message :
How did Laura H make out at
the most recent meeting where she again tried to get a simple answer to
her simple informational questions?
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/04/21/news/local_news/in_brief/inbrief01.txt
Date : St. Georges Day
Message :
Look - Village has 37K+
surplus annual funds! But according to GF we couldnt afford new roof
for PO he wants demolished. So now we get to pay for clean up of roof
leak & ceiling collapse from storm last week. Idiotic fiscal
management!
Name : Does anyone here know
Location
: if Aurora is still lucky
Date :
enough to ....
Message : ....count
Katie Waller as a
resident? I have not seen her around of late.
Name : farmer
Message :
http://aurorany.org/WebbWorkContinues.html
looks like most of lyon house property is moving next door?
Date
: Thurs, Apr 19th
Message : Oh! But
link to Democaracy for
America in Aurora (NOT!) off Feedback Forum shows GF has a #2 ruler in
his imaginery playgroup -- even tho she is inactive. (Too busy moving
houses!)
Name : resident
Location :
village kiosk
Date : 4.18.07
Message
: Joesph K. (aka Laura Holland)
on posted agenda for tonite ZBA meeting to again ask her unanswered
questions. Who will answer? www.aurorany.org/Staley.html
Name : A sighting
Message :
George Farenthold in shorts
and a LOOK-AT-ME!! yellow t-shirt grandstanding on the roof of the post
office this morning. Everything he does is ultimately self-serving. Or
Pleasant serving.
Location :
feedback forum
Message :
so who named georgie as
spokesidiot for all democrats in aurora? what a joke - a club with one
member - yet he sells himself to arcuri as legit.
Name : Former Main Streeter
Location
: Nearby
Date : Monday
Message :
Welcome to the Castle, Ms.
Kafka.
Name : Q
Location :
here
Date : 4-15-07
Message :
OK so when does Staley
contract get renewed? Annual right? When?
http://www.aurorany.org/Staley.html
Name : Watchman
Location :
www.aurorany.org/Arcuri.html
Date :
April 15
Message : I see letter from
Crawford is
up here now, but I think it was the one from KAH that listed all the
lies from Georgie. Lots of em.
Name : K.A.Hindenlang
Location :
Main St.
Date : 13 April 07
Message
: Arcuri answered me also, bit
longer letter - repositioned himself, politely thanked & invited me
to share additional info. Included the key *as I now understand it*
paragraph.
Name : I saw the response to
Location
: Crawford posted in the kiosk
Message : too bad his letter itself
wasnt there..the one that detailed all the lies George F told to
Arcuri.
Name : Aside to SIA: please, oh pleeeeze
Location : get off your soapbox at the
Citizen site.
Date : Friday the 13th
Message :
You hurt rather than help the
cause with extended hyperbolic rants that neither convince *enemies*
nor assist *friends.*
Name : supporter
Location :
www.aurorany.org/Arcuri.html
Date :
4/12/07
Message : Looks like Arcuri
changed his
tune, maybe reacting to complaints from residents about his parroting
disinformation from Farenthold to Senk? Wonder if the Congressman
responded to anyone else?
Message : Alan Connors is still
probably
best bet to ask about Aurorafest, I think he has chaired or been on the
committee for many years. You could try Geo Peter, but...
Name : 3 years ago? Who was teh
Location
: AFest chair then?
Message
: I would like to find out why
the AFest committee ended that contest. Who to ask?
Name : REAL local
Location :
Aurora
Date : 4/10/07
Message :
AuroraFest has not given out
1st, 2nd or 3rd place trophies in the past 3 years. After all how would
it look if the Aurorafest judges agreed to pick a float picking on PTR?
Rl
Name : Watchman
Location :
still here
Date : April 9
Message :
Why ask AF people? Ask Alan
Connors, chair of *our* Aurorafest. Hey, whats the theme this year? The
Dolls House? Enemy of the People? Comedy of Errors? The Importance of
Being Pleasant?
Name : Is it true? No more
Location :
aurorafest float contest?
Date : If it
is, someone
Message : should ask the AF people
Why?.
Make someone explain it. I bet they wont. They are all running scared
of lil ole Tudy.
Name : main st. guy
Location :
aurora
Date : almost 4/8/07
Message
: Hop, Hop. Happy Easter all.
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 4-7-07
Message :
See GF promo of
Aurorafest in Village Newsletter: parade at 4PM - since when? Being
scheduled around an Inn wedding this year? And theyre moving it back up
to campus again - ha, gotta keep it away from the tourists.
Name : Pleasant for President
Location
: Aurora
Date : 4/7/07
Message :
I want to be the Mayor
so I can do as I wish. Oh wait I already have Gunderson and the VB in
my pocketbook.
Oh And Lisa, Gacci, even CJ. The list goes on. ;^P
Name : Me
Location :
My Village
Date : 4-6-07
Message :
Aurora was Pleasant
before!
Message : I love the renovations
in Aurora. Pleasant for President!
Name : Embrace change and moron?
Location
: No thanks!
Date : 4-6-07
Message
: And for more on change
as it is practiced in Aurora under Rowland, see the one April 5th entry
at -
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/04/01/news/local_news/news06.txt
Name : Time
Location :
to
Date : Embrace change
Message :
and more on
Name : Hey! FYI?
Message :
Put your response here.
You know they will read it.
Name :
Location :
looking at that village
newsletter
Date : thurs. april 5
Message :
Schuster is also
connected to Options for Independence, group GF diverted when residents
contacted them for help on PO, he instead ran around putting up
handicapped parking signs - and got an award!
Name : FYI
Location :
Aurora
Date : Thu
Message :
I have twice sent posts
to the Citizen w/ examples of Pleasants behavior (witnessed first hand)
which support the assertion that you cant reason with her - neither has
been posted. I will keep trying.
Name : Very Good Question
Location :
13026
Date : 4-4-07
Message :
Maybe you -&
others?- should ask him? (All, but specially fellow liberals or at
least registered democrats?) Contact info on county web site: Daniel
Schuster, 123 East Genesee Street, Auburn NY 13021; Phone: 253-4842;
email - ccdistrict12@cayugacounty.us
Name : Dan Schuster is a newly
elected
Location : Cay Co legislator, and
a
Date : dyed-in-the-wool liberal
Message :
so I wonder how it is
that he gets along so well with a big business billionaires manservant.
Name : Confirmed by note at bottom
of
Location : 1st page of Village
Newsletter
Date : enclosed with April water
bill.
Message : Earlier post correct:
the guy with GF looking at Heary who will evaluate handicapped
accessibility options and ADA compliance of new PO is Dan Schuster --
the Cayuga County legislator who put Farentholds name forward to take
Fearons job.
Name : Laura Holland
Location :
Re: the library
fundraising
Message :
Hey! I have a good
idea...since George Peter was willing to mortgage his house to tear
something down (like our new home), why doesnt he mortgage his house to
build something up, like the library ?
Name : Politics as usual?
Location :
www.aurorany.org/Arcuri.html
Date :
April 3
Message : Maybe Arcuri gets a
donation from Wisc. if he pressures fed employee to give immediate
approval to PO move. But what about accessibility & preservation
requirements? Those laws exist for public protection. So, who does
Arcuri represent in this? Sigh...
Name : Former Main Streeter
Location
: Aurora
Date : Monday
Message :
Can youu document
Arcuris Auburn office asst received Wells award? Thats more then just
cozy. I searched Wells site & pdf of current Express & found
nothing.
Name : Whaaaat?
Location :
www.aurorany.org/Arcuri.html
Date :
Have you all read this
letter from our congressman?
Message : What the
hell is he up
to? Getting all his info from GF, guy with acknowledged conflict of
interest in the project? Oh wait, look: the assistant in Arcuri Auburn
Office just got picked by Wells Rulers for a big feature in alumnae
magazine. Cozy, indeed!
Name : That Million is not A
Grant. Its the money PTR
Location : is obligated to
spend
on HER parking lot
Date : in exchange for
destroying
OUR post office.
Message : And if she overspends
& exceeds the 1M (and you know she will) then she gets to renege on
promised features of the parking lot, like restoring access she ruined
to our old park. Its all a big scam; check out that MOU.
Name : hey Who Me
Location :
if you were in the
Fargo
Message : I hope
it was only to
use the bathroom.
Name : Who Me
Location :
The Heary Biulding
Date : last week
Message
: I was at the Fargo one
afternoon and saw GF in front of the PO with someone pointing and
raiseing his arm like this is where the ramp should go@the Heary Bldg.
He wants that mill.
Name : Clown Watcher
Location :
the circus tent
Date : 4-1-07
Message
: That big old April Fool
is at it again! Whats Georgie gone and done now? See
www.aurorany.org/Arcuri.html and dont let him get away with it.
Name : I cared
Message :
till I saw who was going
to rally the troops.
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/04/01/news/local_news/news06.txt
Name : main st. guy
Location :
aurora
Date : 3/27/07
Message :
Martha will get her way
just as Pleasant did
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,261624,00.html
Name : just as scary
Location :
if not more so
Date : 3.26.07
Message
: Andy Fusco may run for
District Attorney of Cayuga County.
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/03/16/news/opinion/guy_cosentino/gc01.txt
Name : did you see
Location :
the citizen
Date : back on 3/14
Message
: that farenthold may run
for county office?
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/03/14/news/opinion/guy_cosentino/gc01.txt
Name : Former Main Streeter
Location
: Nearby
Date : Sunday morning
Message
: There are some really
articulate posts on that blogspot -- its well worth the copy-n-paste to
go to the website and read them. Recommend it to your dubious friends
who think we are all just cranks here.
Name : Reader
Location :
More responses:
Message :
http://yorkstaters.blogspot.com/2007/02/town-and-gown-looking-closer-at.html
Name : up
Location :
http://blog.syracuse.com/news/2007/03/minor_setback_for_victoria_and.html
Date : wed eve
Message :
Victoria and Richard
MacKenzie-Childs have been dealt a minor setback in their trademark
infringement case with Pleasant Rowland....
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : St. Josephs Day
Message
: Minutes from Jan 17th
Public Hearing on those two laws suggest this should NOT be moving
forward yet. But, is it? Anyone know?
www.auroranewyork.us/Jan1707PublicHearing.html
Name : K.A.Hindenlang
Location :
Main Street
Date : 19 March 2007
Message
: Heard VB meeting on Wed
3/21 may vote to approve those horrible new laws proposed by code
officer. In January Trustees said laws needed major revision. Did that
happen? Isnt public hearing needed for the new versions? And what about
input from CPP & PB?
Name : A Soldier
Location :
Anywhere Required
Date : Current/ZULU
Message
: Dance diversity is
wonderous. From the Tango to fiddlin, Turkey in the Straw. But how
about returning to local rock bands/dances that the INN promoted
decades ago? ALAS! The good ole days! Lost forever...
Name : Oh my God
Location :
The Inn
Date : 3/16/07
Message :
Local Lifer.. I hear
that Jerry Springer is going to be there this coming Tuesday. I am not
sure if it is for a show or just dance.
Name : Local Lifer
Location :
Aurora
Date : Mar 16
Message :
Dancing is fine for the
occasional visitor (Im sure it is!) Nothing wrong with it per se, its
just so obviously out of tune with local life.
Name : Some really dumb people
Location
: involved in this.
Message
: whos screwball idea is
tango lessons??
Name : Last Tango
Location :
in Aurora
Message :
from the number of cars
parked down there that night, it looks like this Tango night fizzled
too. And they dont have the winter weather to blame this time.
Name : *FREE Tango TONIGHT!*
Location
: (sent to college staff)
Date :
today :) :-) :-0
Message : If you
missed Tango
lessons last week, nows your chance to try! We know weather kept many
away last week so our instructors are going to start from beginning
tonight. Join us at Aurora Inn tonight at 7:00 for FREE Tango lessons,
followed by open dance.
Name : Reader
Date : March 12, 2007
Message :
http://www.syracuse.com/articles/cayuga/index.ssf?/base/news-8/117377699734330.xml&coll=1
Name : A Soldier
Location :
Anywhere Required
Date : Current/ZULU
Message
: Your last two sentences
remind me of a carpetbagger from Arkansas, dangerous indeed!
Name : HQP may be baloney
Location :
but it is spreading far
and near
Date : March 11
Message :
Foolish insecure victims
= pathetic, but HQP often weeds them out. Narcissistic blame-gamers
entering program can emerge totally self-indulgent amoral megalomaniacs
confirmed in their psychoses = sick. Add cash&power to act out
their madness = dangerous.
Name : phooy
Location :
aurora
Date : march
Message :
weird? sick and
dangerous? nah, more like pathetic, pathetic, and pathetic. Those
people must have no self-confidence, and no intelligence at all, to
need that Quadrinity baloney.
Name : Watchman
Location :
still here
Date : March 10
Message :
Reportedly last night of
HQP participants encouraged to more than Tango w/ strangers. Remember:
spouses cant take HQP together. Of course *forbidden* behavior which
participants may later regret ties them closer to controllers who know
their *secret*...
Name : Q
Date : 3-9-07
Message : what
weird HQP sexual
stuff???
Name : Former Main Streeter
Location
: Nearby
Date : Still Friday
Message
: Re: Hoffmann Institute
in Forum: Weird is hardly the right adjective -- sick and dangerous
come much closer.
Name : Ten Gallon
Message :
Dont think the tango
night was a big hit, I drove by the inn that night and saw 4 cars
parked out front, and plenty of empty curb space around them.
Name : Watchman
Location :
Aurora
Date : March 9, 2007
Message
: Not sure why dance info
posted here, but Im still amused by what LLC idiots think will appeal
to local customers: laughed when I read this. (Also curious about
strange slightly salacious tone in dance promo which may echo some
wierd HQP sexual stuff...)
Name : main st guy
Location :
aurora
Date : 3/8/07
Message :
Why in the HELL would I
want to dance at the Inn. Wait why would I want to know anything about
the last post about the dance thing at the Inn?!?.
Tell me poster.
Name : Even More Name :
FREE Argentine Tango
Location : Aurora
Inn WebSite ;-)
Date : Tuesdays in March
Message
: *Unlock the mysteries of
Tango! Not to be confused w/ Ballroom Tango...Argentine Tango is
characterized by a close embrace...made unique thru improvisation.
Singles & couples welcome, although you may feel most comfortable
with a partner that you know.*
Location : Aurora
Date :
2.25.07
Message : It would be the last
foundation renovation project scheduled for a while, Hutchinson said.
Maybe Pleasant lies?
Name : Even Stranger
Location :
Wed Nite Meeting
Date : 2-24-07
Message
: DHutchinson quoted in
article, but she wasnt at PO meeting. No official reps of AF LLC
attended: no KWaller, WMarsh, LRyerson, etc. Wonder why?
Name : SIA, again
Location :
Aurora, again
Date : 2/23/07
Message
: AND... trust Whacky
Jacci to say something totally idiotic... Aurora already HAS a PO in
the center of town, you nitwit!
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 2-23-07
Message :
Handicapped entrance at
the front of Heary P.O.? Whoops - there goes Pleasants balls! She wont
like that much. Ha, bet she still finds a way to force elderly gimps to
use the back door in her picture perfect village.
Message :
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/02/22/news/local_news/news02.txt
Name : Very Strange
Location :
last nights meeting
Date : 2-22-07
Message
: Senk of USPS had no site
plans to present & nothing to announce (!?), but said sponsor (PTR)
faces design challenge making Heary Bldg comply w/ USPS accessibility
standards (front handicapped entrance preferred), and SHPO still has to
approve project.
Name : For : Down the road
Location :
the village
Date : 2/21/07
Message :
Get a life? Come on. We
keep you here. So now think about that!
Name : coalition supporter
Location :
aurora
Date : 2/21/06
Message :
Oh, the GETTALIFE guy is
back! Dont you just love that he has nothing better to do than read our
exchanges so he can get hot about it? Now THERE is a guy who needs to
get a life. Or maybe just a new assignment from his keepers...
Name : As far as I can tell...
Location
: 13026
Date : 1.21.07
Message :
yes, I agree, it does
bear watching. And I remember that before she got hold of Aurora, PTR
had a sort-of trial run in Mt Kisko. Who knows what MS might head for
eventually? (Lets just hope it stays down-state!)
Name : Down the road
Location :
and thinking
Date : that you cant win
Message
: The VB meeting isnt
takiing place on Ash Wednesday just to bug you, nor did we get 24
inches of snow on VD to thwart you. Get a life, people!
Name : watcher
Location :
CNY
Date : 2/21
Message :
Well I think I will
watch and see how it a plays out. After all there are dishs named after
buildings in Aurora.
And I know PTR did not own the place then. But still something 2 watch
Name : Well, I really can tell a
quite a bit...
Location : because I have facts on
which to base my comparison...
Date : 2.21.07
Message
: since I have family
living by 1 of the several MS estates, and have observed 1st hand that
tho annoying & intrusive shes far better neighbor than PTR. Stewart
hasnt yet tried to take-over & entirely re-make Katonah, East
Hampton, Westport or Seal Harbor.
Name : watcher
Location :
13026 or
Date : today
Message :
As far as I can tell:
Does that make any it different. It all starts somewhere. But then it
is in someother village right! Come on.
Name : And
Location :
13026
Message :
Martha actually LIVES in
Katonah.
Name : As far as I can tell...
Location
: 13026
Date : 2.20.07
Message :
MS just wants Katonah
name for a furniture line. Hasnt gutted historic buildings or pushed
out all local businesses; only bought 1 mansion there. Even if she
tries to run over neighbors with car once in a while, still a big
improvement over PTR.
Name : watcher
Location :
close
Date : 2/19/07
Message :
Katonah, NY and Martha
Stewart. Sounds like Aurora, NY and Pleasant.
Hope it works out better for them.
Name : cant tell
Location :
Aurora
Date : 2/19/07
Message :
Did anyone hear on NPR
today about a company that will deliver WiFi. And they named Aurora,
Penn Yan etc. I was snoozing and missed it. Did anyone hear if it is
true? I hope they play it over.
Name : Q
Location :
here
Date : 2-19-06
Message :
Hey, wont this kill GFs
plan to bring village supported (and pleasant controlled) wireless
internet to Aurora? Yipee!
www.syracuse.com/articles/cayuga/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1171879321140680.xml&coll=1
Name : SIA
Location :
Aurora
Date : 2/19/07
Message :
TO PROUD AMERICAN: GET
IT STRAIGHT before opening your mouth. Wells refused to sell these
properties. THATS why they went to pot.
Name : Hi, there!
Location :
Do you still
Date : believe in WMDs,
too?
Message : Inn was never boarded
up, shut down due to mismanagement - period. Good offers were made, but
college refused to sell it or market. (The delusional fabrications and
lame appeal to *patriotism* are pathetic beyond words.)
Name : The Citizen
Location :
misses the point again.
Date : 2/18/07
Message
:
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/02/17/news/local_news/news04.txt
Name : Proud American
Location :
your home town
Date : present
Message
: Bicker bicker bicker,
all up in arms over katty rumors, take a moment from your venting and
realize that if you loved your town so much why didnt you get together
and buy these properties yourselves, the Inn was boarded up, the
historic market was a dark,
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 12-16-07
Message :
Just got yellow card to
13026 customers from Aurora Postmaster about this Wed meeting, same
wording as Senk but not in his name. Less than a week notice! And its
going to be on Ash Wednesday & during school break. How very
thoughtful.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Snow
Date : St. Valentines Day
Message
: No PB meeting tonite
beacuse of weather. (Too bad storm didnt wait until next Wed and keep
USPS official Senk in CT.)
Name : Yes the sign is large
Message :
but I guess would count
as temporary so maybe they have 30 days, like political signs, but
whoops, no, those Ban The Coalition signs stayed up for months &
months, and all the complaints to VB ZBA Mayor & Staley could not
get them down. So good luck.
Name : drive by
Location :
tune
Date : 2/13
Message :
catchy tune you have
there Some where over the Fargo
Way up high
Name : Why doesnt someone
Location :
rent that space
Date :
Message :
and put a real Aurora
bar in there?
Somewhere Over the Fargo.
Name : drive by
Location :
The Fargo
Date : 2/12
Message :
Has anyone seen the sign
in the window above the Fargo? I am thinking it is a bit large for
signage size in Aurora? Any thoughts anyone.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora P.O.
Date : 2/11/07
Message :
Senk responded to
several of us asking about nature of meeting with same paragraph; its
up on forum now. Suggest those concerned review background & new
outline of whole PO business on coalition website - very useful
(thanks).
Name : coalition supporter
Location :
aurora
Date : 2/9/07
Message :
reall think we helped
make her sick life hell? hope so after what shes done to this place.
think: post office not down yet. we delayed it 4 years. keep working
keep trying. dont let her do this. she cant own whole village center.
thats wrong.
Name : home for sale
Location :
Leffingwell place
Date : 2/9
Message
: The Leffingwell place.
Do you really think she would go through a local broker if she were to
sell. And well keep it hush, hush till the PO is torn down . Then BLOW
out of town with I will fix them for making my life hell. Just one more
slap she can give
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 2-9-07
Message :
i heard a while back
that old leffingwell place was shown to real estate agent. but no
listing yet. so maybe just a rumor?
Name : main st. guy
Location :
main st.
Date : today 2/8
Message :
Watchman - What I heard
while I was getting a newspaper. That there was talk about PTR selling
the homes. All I am saying is or has anyone else heard this? I am NOT
saying this is in fact true or not. Just reporting a tid bit of info.
Name : Watchman
Location :
still here
Date : Feb 8
Message :
Last year village
officials stupidly approved P.O. plans not okayed by USPS, so theyll
have to go thru it all again. To Main Street Guy: you mean you
over-heard that Leffingwell House & Abbott House are up for sale?
Name : main st. guy
Location :
main st.
Date : 2/8/07
Message :
I over heard two people
talking about some land that may be up for sale on main st.. I do not
know the address for sale. But they are Pleasants two homes in the
village. Has anyone heard of this?
Name : Syracuse Newspaper
Location :
www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/cayuga/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1170929058281140.xml&coll=1
Date : 02/08/07
Message : As
usual with this USPS
thing, Toxic Tobin somehow has advance notice and gets out a story
kissing pleasant butt and ignoring the real & serious concerns of
this community.
Name : Notice from Senk does not
say what its about!
Location : see feedback forum
Date
: 2-7-07
Message : But he must
addres major
unresolved issues: inadequate handicapped access & Section 106
Review required for any fed agency wanting to alter bldg in a Natl
Historic District. (Fact that the work was already done before any
review is a Big Problem.)
Name : Senks new public meeting
Location
: why? what about?
Date :
Message
: Anyone know? I thought
this was all decided last year, when the wimpy village officials sold
out to Pleasant once more.
Name : villager
Location :
aurora
Date : tues, feb 6
Message :
The USPS has asked the
Village to set up a public meeting with Paul Senk for Wednesday,
February 21, 2007 at 6:30 PM in the Meeting Room of the Firehouse.
Message : yea, and how about
bribing the united states postal service to let her have her way
regardless of what is best for the community?
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 2/5/07
Message :
Also: since Aurora
Foundation LLC is wholly owned subsidiary of a private charitable
foundation, isnt it prohibted by law from making cash contributions to
political candi
Dates (like Gary Finch)?
Name : Watchman
Location :
still here
Date : Feb 4
Message :
She already got big tax
write-off setting up her *philanthropic* foundation, now she must give
away X amt each yr or pay Big IRS Fine, but tries obsessively to keep
Total Control of how her Big Gift to Aurora is spent; may end up at
odds with IRS Code.
Name : curious
Location :
my home
Message :
why would a person of
her means have to worry about playing tax games like that? Shes not
young, and she likely has more money than time.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 2/4/07
Message :
So, Aurora Found LLC is
wholly owned subsidiary of Rowlands own private org! She gets tax break
to give cash away but gets to spend it herself? Bet IRS had some Qs on
that -- then maybe she had to *turn over* operations to Wells. One scam
after another?
Name : Interesting
Location :
http://www.aurorany.org/IRS.html
Date :
2.3.07
Message : What exactly is the
Aurora Foundation LLC, and who owns it? Why does the LLC still exist
almost a year after everything was said to have been transferred to the
college?
Name : Cmon, somebody
Location :
must know and
Date : can share here
Message
: any details on the sale,
if any, of Lyon house.
Name : Webdog
Location :
online
Date : today and everyday
Message
: Hey! Only about 48 hours
left to vote for your favorite(s) in our January caption contest, see
www.aurorany.org/Poll.html
Name : Sympathetic
Location :
Far away
Date : 1/28
Message :
Guest House opened May ?
2005
Reunion alumnae were given one of the first official opening tours.
Think the Zabriskie guests had been only people to use it at that time.
Message : Anyone
remember when
French House reopened as the EB Morgan House Lakeside Retreat? Thanks.
Name : resident
Location :
thanks
Date : 1-27-07
Message :
sorry for guy driving
wells truck but glad to know damage wasnt on purpose, have been worried
about some of the nonlocal not-so-nice types coming into village to
work for Pleasant and their bad behavior maybe continuing.
Name : What
Location :
Regarding Dories
Date : 1/26/07
Message
: Dont make it out to be
that bad
It was done by a Wells College truck.
The guy the gets the garbage did it.
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 1-26-07
Message :
what happened to north
wall of dories last night? looks like maybe more vandalism or another
break-in attempt, cant think what else could have caused that damage...
Name : well
Location :
Lyon house
Date : 1/25/07
Message :
I am sure at I was not
the highest bidder. But then I am sure they still will want the first
buy back op.
Name : Curious?
Location :
Date : Jan24 2007
Message :
Who had the highest bid
for the Lyon house?
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 1/24/07
Message :
Newsletter sent to
postal patrons, probably entire 13026 zip. Earlier expensive design
blue discount promo sent to names on a local mailing list. Lots of
money spent trying to get our business for Jan-March.
Message : OH, but the ballroom
dance lessons are FREE for us hicks. Aint that grand?
Name : main st guy
Location :
Date : 1/23/07
Message :
Must be some
list/newsletter. I did not get one. Nor do I know about discounts at
the Inn. Fill me in.
Name : To Disgusted
Location :
in Aurora
Date : Tuesday
Message :
You mean you only just
noticed??? Pleasant and her lackeys have been hard at work to turn all
of Aurora into a destination for snobby tourists with money for some
time now; natives dont fit her image at all.
Name : Disgusted at
Location :
what they have turned
Date :
Message
: the Fargo into. Those
awful people are trying to purge Aurora of any non conforming character
or what they deem to be inappropriate behavior. And too many of the
locals go along with them. Sad.
Name : Are they watching
Location :
this guestbook?
Date : 1.22.07
Message
: FAQ in LLCs recent
newsletter answers Q raised here about inn discounts. Maybe we should
ask more Qs: who thinks Fargo should become family diner? how about
affordable menu at inn? maybe jobs instead of dance lessons? good
service instead of newsletters?
Name : resident
Location :
aurora
Date : 1-21-07
Message :
tomorrow is deadline
villagers given to bid on lyon house. any takers, i wonder? havent seen
any ads for house. how serious they are about selling?
Name : Thanks for the report!
Location
: Aurora
Date : 5:30 Friday
Message
: Mayor more receptive to
going slowly (for once) in face of absurd new proposals since he owns
building whichd be fair game for destruction (old railroad station).
Helps when his interests fall in line w/ others.
Name : admin
Date : 1/19/07
Message :
There is an account of
the Jan. 17 Public Hearing up on the feedback forum.
Name : Wasnt there
Location :
Not at the meeting
Date : Yesterday
Message
: Who was able to attend?
How did the meeting go last night?
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 1/17/06
Message :
According to newspaper,
the hearing on the law -- when the public gets to speak -- is at 7:00
tonite. And dont forget proposed Local Law #1 of 2007, also
problematic. Wonder if written comment will be accepted from residents
who cant be present?
Name : look here
Location :
Date : Jan 17 07
Message :
VB meeting tonight at
7:30pm
Local Law #2 of 2007 Đ Unsafe Buildings Local Law.
Name : Former Main Streeter
Location
: Nearby
Date : Tues eve
Message
: If I remember correctly,
when Tom V moved out of that house it had termites (or some such) &
they couldnt sell it. Anyone know more on that?
Name :
Location :
looks like staley
himself proposed it
Date : 1.16.07
Message :
and house hidden behind
attillios, is it still empty? a college house? or did lisa buy it after
all? whatever - if its empty take it down. unless the law gets enforced
differently for different people. think thats a possibility, huh?
Name : XXX
Location :
YYY
Date : ZZZ
Message :
staley has had nasty
run-ins with numerous people in Aurora, and also in other towns - shown
rudeness and inclined to use personal bias. Why give him that much
power? Or anyone else? WHO has proposed this???
Name : main st. guy
Location :
you know where
Date : 11407
Message
: Then lets not forget the
railroad depot. Oh wait who owns that one.
Name : admin
Message :
Cant get this up as
plain text, here it is converted to jpg if thats any help -
http://aurorany.org/ProposedUnsafeBuildingLaw.html
Name : resident
Location :
aurora
Date : 1-14-07
Message :
And Leffingwell House?
Unoccupied for 50 yrs- tear it down! Anyone in old Miller house, Jim
Averys, Otis House, little house on Cherry Ave south side? Demolish em!
Code officer pushing such a law anywhere let alone an historic
disctrict should be sacked.
Name : Where does it leave
Location :
Lyon House Wallcourt
and
Date : Patrick Tavern???
Message :
....TEAR EM ALL
DOWN!!!!! Pleasant needs parking.
Name : main st guy
Location :
Date : 11307
Message :
Go figure. got Web house
moved in time before they try to past this into law. So where will it
leave Lyon house, Wallcourt, Patricks tavern, etc.
Name : Computer woes
Location :
in the sticks
Date : Sunday morning
Message
: Any chance the texts of
the laws and proposed laws could be loaded in plain text? My computer
is again refusing to load pdfs (recurring tech difficulty)
Name : Webdog
Location :
Online
Date : Today
Message :
Okay, texts of proposed
laws now on website. Severe doesnt begin to describe what may happen if
these are aproved as submitted. Property owners - note new unrestricted
powers to demolish your buildings. (Is eminent dominion next?)
Name : K.A.Hindenlang
Location :
Main Street
Date : 13 Jan 07
Message
: Has anyone else looked
at the villages 2 new proposed laws? Property owners may find some of
the new provisions rather, um, severe. Wish there was an informational
meeting. But a public hearing (to receive your unput) is already
announced for 1/17 at 7PM.
Name : Curious
Location :
Aurora
Date : January 12
Message :
How much back or side
yard does Lyon House have left at all? Itll be like the church by
Mandell House -- no yard to speak of but a lovely house.
Name : How
Message :
much does it devalue the
Lyon House property that Wells gave the new owners next door legal
license to use the Lyon House backyard?
Name : About Staley
Location :
throughout the area
Date : 1-10-07
Message
: Talk to folks who know
his conduct in Cayuga, Spafford, Union Springs, who knows where else
not just Preble. Theres a pattern. Do you want to see it established
& repeating here? (check homepage upcoming meetings if you dont
know whats up)
Name : Observer
Location :
Nearby
Date : Wed AM
Message :
Sounds like this Staley
would be a perfect companion for the likes of Rowland, Ryerson,
Farenthold, Gunderson - write the rules the way it suits your purposes,
legal or not....
Name :
Location :
Date
: Re:Staley
Message :
http://www.prebleny.com/PreblePostGazette/Town/TheStaleyConspiracy121602
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 1/8/07
Message :
Fairly big turn out at
Lyon Open House. Interior looks better than expected. But what is going
on with relationship to Webb property re garages, driveway, yard,
landscaping etc? (PS -shouldnt that GF&JF photo have its own
caption contest?)
Name : main st guy
Location :
Aurora
Date : 1/7/07
Message :
Anyone going to go put a
bid in today for lyon house?
Name : George & Jackie:
Location
: such a cute couple.
Date : Does
Lisa know about this?
Message : I CANNOT STOP
LAUGHING!!! www.aurora-inn.com/dining.html
Name : resident
Location :
lyon house
Date : 1-6-07
Message :
why is it that cj is
allowed to tear up lyon front lawn and dump excavated dirt in lyon back
yard as though its her property? certainly presents a mess -- in more
ways than one -- to any interested buyers.
Name : Webdogs
Location :
Poll
Date : ongoing
Message :
If you want to vote for
several different captions, fine, but please dont submit multiple votes
for the same caption. The system doesnt reject duplicates but they are
identified so we have the not-fun job of weeding them out; thanks!
Name : Silver Lining Poster
Location
: Citizen Reading Area
Date :
Friday evening
Message : I trusted in
the link
from here -- forgot the issue of how the Citizen has totally different
pages for the breaking news version of an article and the actual
article next day - very annoying policy.
Name : L Holland
Message :
MillerBernals husband
told me that Lyon House was already sold to architects from NYC w/3
kids? Someone should warn them, as Hutchinson taunted me, dont count on
it!
Name : Diverted the attention of
Location
: Options for
Independence
Date : quite handily, didnt he?
Message
: Tickled to see people
(need to) use handicap spots: sicko. Marking spaces more clearly doesnt
shorten distance they have to go once out of their vehicles.
Sleight-of-hands magicians (tricksters) call that redirection.
Name : Administrators
Location :
Cyberspace
Date : 1/5/07
Message :
Our mistake,
sorry. Both anti-Farenthold statements are still online, but found in
two different comment pages about Fearon articles at The Citizen.
Correction will be made on our Feedback Forum.
Name : Anti-GF Poster
Location :
Auburn Citizen
Reading Area
Date : Friday morning
Message :
HEY! That was MY
post! Thanks for heads-up. Nothing libelous, just a note saying
thankful GF wasnt elected, short & clear. Citizen has terrible bias
& obviously has been bought & paid.
Message : did soldier really
go off to ramadi?
Name : ghostly lurker
Location :
elsewhere
Date : 1/4/07
Message :
To paraphrase the
popular song: They paved Lyon House, put up a parking lot. Would make a
nice spot for a church parking lot, though.
Name : Webdog
Location :
www.aurorany.org/Poll.html
Date :
always today in
cyberspace
Message : Too many good
captions came in for the editors pick a winner; vote for your favorite!
(Wish we could add one more: Oh, waiter, theres a beetle in my salad.
Darn, now everybody will want one!)
Name : L Holland
Location :
Dear A Customer
Date : Past Couple of
Years
Message : After spending
thousands of dollars at the Inn we were banned based on 4 pages of lies
from Mgr. Edinger. Beetles in salad, bad service, and then banned. I
know all I need to know about those people.
Name : NY GUY
Location :
UPSTATE
Date : 1.3.07
Message :
Well since Jackie
works or at least PT works at MAC CHI why wouldnt she have all thier
pics on the webpage, look at her driveway its MAC CHI scraps.
Name : Watchman
Location :
still here
Date : January 2
Message
: Golden egg for
Jacky. No village website should have its home page redone every 4
weeks, monthly interviews, or ever-changing history page. Its make-work
so she can get 50 bucks an hour from our taxes to do it! And our VB
allows this scam.
Name : main st guy
Location :
aurora
Date : 1/1/07
Message :
The webmaster gets
a big goose egg for this one.
http://www.auroranewyork.us/LocallySpeakingJan.html
Name : resident
Location :
www.auroranewyork.us/NorthSide.html
Date :
1-1-07
Message : Yes, a full page
of photos devoted to PTRs Mac-Childs hosted on our tax-supported
village site! In fairness, same coverage should be given businesses
south of town: Pumpkim Hill Bistro, Aurora Shoes, and of course Richard
& Victoria Mac-Childs Home Again.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Village at
www.auroranewyork.us/News%26Notes.html
Date : Happy
New Year
Message : After full month
CJs blog now gone. So if VB minutes for Oct&Nov didnt repeat Sept,
PB&CPP min up
Dated & govt info went up instead of commercial
promo of JFs pix & PTRs LLC, we might get a valid muni site. Earth
to Jacci: MacK-Childs isnt even in Aurora!
Name : main st. guy
Location :
aurora
Date : 1/1/07
Message :
So did Jacci win
the caption contest
http://www.aurorany.org/Contest.html
Name : Former Customer
Location :
Aurora
Date : Dec. 31, 2006
Message
: Hey, I tried. Had
to entertain at Inn several times for business. Horrified by service,
embarrassed by food, witnessed staff rude to others. Put up friends
there once. Distant unsmiling black-dressed semi-hostile staff very
creepy. Never again!
Name : unpleasant
Location :
in town
Date : dec 31
Message :
well then youd
better hustle on down there with some buddies right quick cuz those
businesses thought they could screw locals over and survive on tourists
& hoffman nuts but they are dying pathetic big time
Name : A customer
Location :
nearby
Date : 12/31/2006
Message :
Funny that all of
you folks who never ever ever do business with the new businesses know
so much about them and have so many (negative) opinions about the
manner in which they are operated. I have enjoyed every meal, drink,
and the hospitality of the staf
Name : Local
Location :
Aurora
Date : Sunday
Message :
To GDE in Forum:
Dont wait for the college to call you, they wont. Call them, often,
persistently. Would love to have a nearby vet in such a lovely HISTORIC
old home. To let it rot as the college is doing is a CRIME.
Name : unpleasant
Location :
in town
Date : dec 31
Message :
fargo bar closes
at 11:00 every nite now so why should new years be any different. who
works there now any locals at all? since jim got shafted i havent set
foot in there.
Name : Not a Customer
Location :
13026
Date : 12-30-06
Message :
Offer not clear
but bkfst inc, so probably per head. Also says: stop by & let them
know how theyre doing. Should we tell them? (Or let them guess when no
new customers show up for their special deals?)
Name : Too Funny
Location :
www.aurora-inn.com/events_calendar.html
Date :
Almost New Years Eve
Message : Dining
ends at
10PM & the band -- if you can call an anonymous jazz trio a band --
stops at 11. So much for ringing in 07 at that pleasant paragon of
posh, the Aurora Inn. Oh, if you are staying over night, then you get a
toast at midnight. Big Whoop.
Name : About the Inns offer?
Location
: I threw out my
card
Message : Was that
per room
or per person?
Name : Yes, things look
Location :
very quiet in
Aurora
Date : 12/29/06
Message :
also, is there any
kind of New years Eve party at the Inn this year? Maybe Pleasant should
not have alienated so many local people. I would starve before I would
buy from them.
Name : Not a Customer
Location :
13026
Date : 12-29-06
Message :
Did you all get
the blue postcard offering us locals big savings at Inn&Fargo in
dead of winter? Were not good enough for them year round, but now that
theyre dying they decide need us. Too Bad!
Name : Former Neighbor
Location :
of Laura Holland
Date : Tuesday
Message
: Hopefully it is
understood that I meant only the close proximity of buildings all
crammed in together would annoy anyone esp after having been lied to
about it - no condemnation of individuals as neighbors....
Name : A Soldier
Location :
Anywhere Required
Date : Current/Zulu
Message
: Ho Ho Ho, off to
Ramadi we go! Ski Iraq !
Name : You might also add
Location :
re Jacci.....
Message :
....an - impartial
- professional
Jacci, do your job, or move on to something you can handle.
Name : Remember the original
load times
Location : on those pages?
Date :
She is clueless.
Message : Jackie: go
to your
file list, manager or utility & delete the file. Or open the file
and delete all code. Or ask someone for help. Better still - resign in
favor of a responsible, courteous, competent professional.
Name : Do you honestly think
Location
: they care what we
think?
Date : Friday before
Christmas
Message : Blog away partisan
politics on an official United States government website -- there is no
practical way for residents to challenge it and win so just go ahead
and rub it in our faces -- jerks.
Name : This is absurd
Location :
Koepps note still
online
Date : This is either....
Message :
...insubordination
or incompetence on the part of Jacci Farlow. If she will not or cannot
take that page down, she is not fit for the job. VB - FIRE HER
Name : resident
Location :
state of
disbelief
Date : 12-22-06
Message :
Peronal blog STILL
hosted on our village website, and now Jacci has corrected CJs
spelling; jeez - what service! (Original *par excellance* now fixed to
*par excellence.*) See http://www.auroranewyork.us/News%26Notes.html
Name : L Holland
Date : December 21, 2006
Message :
Dear Casual
Observer, a compound has more than one building. And.... more! See
Forum. Thanks.
Name : Former neightbor
Location :
of Laura, a
couple doors down
Date : Thursday
Message :
Id be concerned
too if I had neighbors jammed up as tight against each other in a small
space as Laura will now have, and some of them (more or less) on the
other end of a lawsuit. Quality of life in the Village proper continues
to decline....
Name : Casual Observer
Location :
Down the road
Date : Wonders why
Message
: L. Hollands posts
look rather panicky. Afraid two new neighbors will destroy your little
compound? Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood!
Name : Great
Location :
lyon house
Date : 12/20/06
Message :
Bet they will want
the first buy back also for the house.
Name : coalition supporter
Location :
aurora 12/20/06
Message :
Sale offer
announced in email to college community; no price stated. Wonder if
they expect to get back the 185K they paid in 03? After all, Rowland
charged 70K for Webb to get her storage expense back on a house that
only cost her 10 bucks.
Name : L Holland
Message :
MillerBernals
husband told me that Lyon House was already sold to architects from NYC
w/3 kids? Someone should warn them, as Hutchinson taunted me, dont
count on it!
Name : L Holland
Message :
Lyon House for
sale? How do you know? Where is it being advertised?
Name : Qs
Message :
are they following
past practice: college housing for sale offered 1st to faculty, then to
staff, then to public? no set price? is there a minumum bid?
Name : resident
Location :
aurora
Date : 12-19-06
Message :
Wells Faculty will
now be given chance to buy Lyon House. Can tour building on Sun Jan 7,
10AM-2PM. Bids accepted thru January 22, sent to attention of Diane
Hutchinson.
Name : Diverted the
attention of
Location : Options for
Independence
Date : quite handily, didnt
he?
Message : Tickled to see
people (need to) use handicap spots: sicko. Marking spaces more clearly
doesnt shorten distance they have to go once out of their vehicles.
Sleight-of-hands magicians (tricksters) call that redirection.
Name : SIA
Location :
Aurora
Date : 12/12/06
Message :
AND... just what
has George F. done to stop the trucks from going through Aurora? (as
claimed in the article) He couldnt do anything about if he WANTED to.
Name : SIA
Location :
Aurora
Date : 12/12/06
Message :
In his own words,
George F. gets tickled when he sees people using the handicapped spots
in Aurora. My god what a phony. What normal person talks like that?
Name : Watchman
Location :
still here
Date : December 10
Message
: GF is an honest
politician: once he is bought, he stays bought. I do hope those who
contacted Options in the first place get back to them and ask questions
and, yes, complain. This is outrageous.
Name : George is
Location :
a consummate
politician
Date : Saturday
Message :
He has turned our
allies into his and against us with his slick presentation of skewed
half-truths and bs. If we complain, we now will look bad. God, he makes
me sick.
Location :
Feedback Forum
Date : 12-8-06
Message
: And see George is
still trumpeting Wi-Fi access in Aurora
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2006/12/05/news/lake_life/lakelife03.txt
Name : watcher
Location :
aurora page
Message :
I will have to
agree with you. I sent it to a friend that does not read either page.
So they have no temp cache files of it. They were able to read it and
see the picture.
Message : Thought of that
watcher & so cleared cache on my browser and CJ Blog still comes up
for me. Sure looks like page is still on village server.
Name : watcher
Location :
webb house
Date : 12/7/06
Message :
Only 2 be fair on
this. I say the only reason you can still see it is because it is still
saved in ur temp cache files.
Name : Typical
Location :
Aurora
Date : December 7
Message :
This is what we
get when we have someone who knows zip about website management running
one. Or maybe they think we are stupid and cant figure out its still
there.
Message : Url still works -
just link removed the from directory - so our taxes still pay for it
being up on server so CJ can share as xmas card?
http://www.auroranewyork.us/News%26Notes.html
Name : Mad Chill
Location :
Aurora
Date : 12/5/06
Message :
CJ appears to be
moving her driveway (to further antagonize her neighbors). Doesnt there
have to be a public meeting for that sort of thing?
Name : P
Location :
although the link
is off
Date : the Aurora website,
Message :
Koepps phony thank
you letter is still online, see it thru the link on the AC Forum in LHs
letter. They should take that nyah nyah garbage off completly. Do your
job, Jackie. We all are paying you.
Name : watcher
Location :
aurora homepg
Date : 12/5/06
Message
: LAURA thanks I saw
post in fourm about the post below of mine. Anyway you know that the
webmaster will slip what they want through on Aurora homepage.
Name : watcher
Location :
Aurora homepage
Date : 12/4/ 06
Message
: I still think
Laura has 12 hours for her say on the Aurora home page. CJ / Jacci/
Geo. etc. got the point they wanted across. Give L.H her fair due on
the Village homepage also!!!
NO BALLS to do so!! Come on I am paying for it.
Give her some time al
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 12/4/06
Message :
Good job, LH and
online thorns in their side. The offending page has disappeared (see
forum). Well, well.
Name : Ha!
Message :
The French History
professor had her French spelling error corrected. Now correct the
whole page by removing it immediately!
Name : resident
Location :
aurora
Date : 12-3-06
Message :
Isnt VB supposed
to approve what goes on Village website? Did VB approve that personal
blog at our expense? If so, when? At what public meeting recorded in
which minutes? They cannot set policy in secret, and must not allow
Farlow to dictate web content.
Name : Karin W
Location :
Aurora
Date : Sun 3 Dec 2006
Message
: You go, Laura --
and good luck (truly). Like Tom et all ever worried themselves about
whats appropriate on an official government website, even when called
on it at a public meeting.
Name : resident
Location :
aurora
Date : 12-3-06
Message :
Ha, and she is a
professor *par excellance* with a specialization in 18th C. French
history.
Name : Picky
Message :
Regarding the new
News and Notes, it is nteresting how that academic spells par
excellence.
Accuracy and details dont seem to matter to her.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 12/3/06
Message :
Village Website,
paid for w/our tax dollars, now becomes personal blog for new Webb
House owners CJ & John -
http://www.auroranewyork.us/AuroraNewYork.Us/News%26Notes.html
Name : Christmas in
Location :
Aurora
Date : coming up on 11/30/06
Message
: Its back on Thurs
nite again like many years ago, but only 4 hrs(!), pretty skimpy, looks
like PTRs MacK-Childs not even a participant; whats going on? Where did
her big economic village revival disappear to?
Name : Message from Paul
Senk, USPS
Location : Re ad for new
post office
Date : sent to some
villagers on 11/22/06
Message : Quote: The only
offer received was for the Heary Bldg
Location. I will be sending the
VB the required notification & information regarding the next step.
(Said in Aug: I plan to have another public meeting...obtaining
comments on the offered
Locations.)
Name : See for yourself
Location :
on this website:
Date : 11-22-06
Message
: a new photo
gallery includes current and historic pictures of Webb, Lyon, and Lake
Houses. (The revived proposal for a B&B at Abbott House is stalled
again - for now.)
Name : SIA
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11/22/06
Message :
How in the HELL
can CJ Koepp pretend she can be a good neighbor after all this? What
phony crap that woman spouts.
Name : Webb House
Location :
todays paper
Date : 11/21/06
Message
: Dave Tobin strikes
again -
www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/cayuga/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1164103379168890.xml&coll=1
Name : Photos please
Location :
far away
Date : 11/20/06
Message :
Read the Forem
roasting sheep comments and please VB, respond. Whats your say??
Name : Acaedmic Observer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11-20-06
Message :
Only know of one
(Karen Green) who got out on her own terms. The rest had forced
resignations or were plain fired. Wells now even more miserable place
to work & cant blame anyone for bailing out if they can.
Name :
watcher
Location : lake house
Date :
11/18/06
Message : I think the work
goes on because they know they could be stopped at anytime.
So get as much done as you can before it is. That way it comes closer
and harder to stop.
Name : Hate to tell yall,
Location :
Date : (day after the flood)
Message
: but its business
as usual today. They aint gonna let no lil bitty flood stop em. Sooner
or later, the water finds the lake, too bad if it ruins somin elses
land. That there house is gonna be moved and sit in a damn mudpit, cuz
thats what the bitch wants.
Name : Divine Justice?
Location :
nearby
Date : November 17
Message :
Tom has given
goahead to dig on Wells campus w/o knowing what was benath many times;
now gives goahead w/o all permits & gets bit in the butt - about
time! He needs to be learned a lesson -- Laura et al?
Name : Moi
Location :
Aurora
Date : Friday
Message :
Sounds like they
have hoisted on their own petards -- there must be some juicy lawsuits
in this one. VB allows things to go ahead w/o all permits & damages
lots of property belonging to others. Get a good lawyer & give them
the hell they deserve.
Name : Mad Chill
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11/17/06
Message :
Im sorry Hollands
property was flooded by the Webb House project.
They were always so nice about letting people tresspass through their
yard to enjoy the path.
Name : Mad Chill
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11/17/06
Message :
Lets face
it...what P. wants, P gets. Local gov = her bitches. College = her
playground. Uppity Locals = thorns in her side. Pricks unite!
Message : LHs pictures are
now on the Aurora Coalition website.
Name : ghostly observer
Location :
elsewhere
Date : November 17, 2006
Message
: Its only ruined if
all give up hope. Aurora will survive this catastrophe, and (God
willing) will be wiser for the experience. Too many cooks.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
prediction
Date : 11/17
Message :
Next they will
break the sewer line that serves the entire south end of town. Notice
how back-pressure from hydrant hose run across road in demolition blew
water lines to Morgan & Mandel apt bldgs? Guess who pays for those
repeairs? Our taxes!
Name : SIA
Date : 11/17/06
Message :
Mortal Observer:
All this BEGAN with Rowland shouldering her way into Aurora. It began
with the Inn, not the Fargo.
Location :
pictures
Date : 11.17.06
Message :
OMG!!!!! What a
freakin mess! This has got to stop! It is Absolutely Totally Insane to
try putting a 3-story house on top of an old gully culvert. These folks
are certifiable. And now they are destroying private & public
property. STOP!
Name : Even More
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11.16.06
Message :
It didnt self
destruct! It was pushed every step of the way! CJs pipe destructed
tonight!
Name : mortal observer
Location :
Date : 11/16/06
Message :
self destruct is
right. Ruined village now. I think it all began with the Fargo take
over. They should have known better.
Name : ghostly observer
Location :
elsewhere
Date : November 16
Message
: So, Im thinking
that Christmas in Aurora isnt going to be very festive this year? Who
knew all this prosperity (ahem) would make the village self-destruct?
Sad ...
Name : watcher
Location :
Sky High
Date : 11/15
Message :
Height and Area
Variance may have been granted. So now that there is living space on
the 3rd floor does the Webb House need a variance for that also?
Name : Height Variance and
Location :
Area Variance
Date : both already
granted.
Message : You can thank your
Zoning Board, specifically Bob Kalweit who voted to break the tie. Yes,
Webb House will stand much taller in its new
Location and set a
terrible precedent for lot size. Enjoy the view, Aurora!
Name : Village rule or law
Location :
enforcement is
Date : a double standard
Message : depending on your
connection to Wells. Watch out, Aurora, this practice could cost you
plenty later on. You dont enforce your laws fairly.Bad move.Stupid
move.
Name : watcher
Location :
Date : 11/14
Message :
If CJ makes the
basement on the ground level will that make the house a 3 story
building now? And if so does she need more paper work because of that?
I would think so. And if there is no basement will that meet code for
heat, etc, etc oil tanks, elec, wa
Name : Answer to
Location :
Taxpayer
Date : Tuesday November 14
Message
: Noblesse oblige --
and you and I are not part of noblesse so we dont get to ignore the
rules the way they do.
Name : Even More
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11.14.06
Message :
Dugans letter was
right about precedents set! They stop work on the guy down the street
making a new entrance-way to his front door, that was easy! I would
have told them as long as that thing sets there, they can go #@!&
them selves!
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11/14/06
Message :
WHY is it that the
rest of us have to get proper permits for any work, but this mess
proceeds with NO building permit in sight! (And was an easement
documented, the drainage approved by DEC & DOT - all in this past
week?)
Name : watcher
Location :
Lake House / Web
House
Date : 11/14/06
Message :
It has started!
Name : yesterdays newspaper
Location
: the citizen
Date : 11/13/06
Message
: Demise of the Lake
House apartments
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2006/11/13/news/lake_life/lakelife02.txt
Name : watcher
Location :
Lake House
Date : 11/14/06
Message :
Dave R. was moving
soil yesterday for the move. Was there a permit in place for that
Name : A Friend
Location :
Ithaca
Date : November 14
Message :
As of last
weekend, there was no foundation ready on which to place Webb House. If
move starts without permits in place either - call village lawyer,
sheriff, newspapers, Lifesafety, DEC/DOT and take photos with a
Date
stamp.
Name : Passing Through
Location :
Date : Novermber 13,2006
Message :
Proof that
Pleasant Rowland is behind the Webb House/Koeepp/Plaice Mess? The house
mover is the same one who PR hired in the first place.
Equipment in place, dam the permits and conditions, full speed
ahead......sounds like Pleasant Rowland too.
Name : seen this scenario
before
Location : right here
Date :
11-13-06
Message : wells leaves lyon
til its in such bad shape they convince vb to tear it down just like
they mismanaged wells until it was in such bad shape they convinced
many it HAD (or was it? just like lyon) to go coed worked once why not
again? ptr always gets her wa
Name :
Congratulations,
Location : and thank
you!
Date : 11-14-06
Message :
Aurora
Coalition, Inc. website - now over 30,000 hits on the main page. Keep
up the good work, appreciated by many who value this source of
information and discussion.
Name : From Auroran 1
Location :
To Auroran
2
Date : an aside
Message :
(Uh... Under
name Auroran I regularly emailed news to coalition long before
guestbook existed and I continue to do so in various forums; other
people now adopting that name are confusing us as to who is saying
what...)
Name : Auroran
Location :
Date : 11/13/06
Message :
funny, I
still see Wallers mean-kindergarten-teacher face around town quite a
bit.
Name : upto
Location :
village
center
Date : Nov 13 06
Message :
Aurora Found
LLC office in Heary Bldg a long time, not above Fargo. Story is that
Waller already gone -- maybe for good? (Where does that leave the PO
plan? Dead lets hope!)
Name : Good sign?
Message :
that fargo
upstairs is being leased out? Does that mean LLC office shutting down?
Bye bye to that repulsive Waller? Aurora can hope.
Message : Fargo Bar
not up for lease..upstairs to be leased out only..hopefully as a
brothel but more likely a museum dedicated to PR cutting ribbons and
putting spades in the soon to be torn up earth
Name : Even More
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11.12.06
Message :
People
walking around, looking and pointing on Lyon House property yesterday,
you bet somethings up! Staley (Sargent Schultz) I see nothing! This is
getting good!
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 11-12-06
Message :
DEC and DOT
permits must be on file before Staley issues & Chase signs Building
Permit; if not - call the sheriff & state hotlines. PS: what
parking mess do you mean? PSS: sad to see that new forum post...
Name : about Lake
House battle
Location : saw the
parking mess
Date :
Message :
I dont have
a dog in that fight, but you have to wonder why would anyone create an
ugly situation like that, then deliberately put themself to LIVE in the
middle of it? Those people cant be that stupid-could it be there is
more to the Webb/Lake house matt
Name : Even More
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11.11.06
Message :
Permits? We
donŐt need no stinkin permits! You cant check to see how it was stated
to the boards!Our clerk keeps no records or at least cant find any!
Name : Auroran
Location :
here
Date : 11/11/06
Message :
sorry folks,
but the DOT and DEC are rolling over for PR/CJ just like the village.
Dont count on them blocking the plan.
Name : LAKE HOUSE
Location :
Date : 11/10/06
Message :
Has anyone
looked to see how CJ is parking at the old lake house parking lot Or
car park If not you should look. This is going to be a long battle.
Anyway How will CJ get a right to dig in a new drain line on Holland
land? meaning the rr bed all the way t
Date
: November
11-2006
Message : Dont mess
with the DOT and DEC!
Tough guys. Not like the Village Boreds.
Name : coalition
supporter
Location : aurora
Date :
11/10/06
Message : Webb move
approved *with conditions* -- important ones like DOT/DEC approvals
needed! -- but thats the game here, conditions are later ignored &
work is done, like the case of the *conditional* Lake House demolition
permit.
Name : Webb House
Location :
on the move
Date : meeting on
11/8/06
Message : Final plans
never presented to the public via a (required) public hearing, but
approved anyway by Aurora PB -
www.auburnpub.com/articles/2006/11/09/news/latest_news/latestnews03.txt
Name : Unpleasant
Lawsuit
Location : NBC - TV
Syracuse
Date : Nov 9, 2006
Message :
The more
people that know about it, the better.
www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=5639100&nav=2aKD
Name : Lyon House
Message :
Would be a
great buy now. No land and no lake front = lower taxes.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11/8/06
Message :
Lyon House
doomed unless CPP & PB act to protect it. When will they stand up
and do the right thing! And the paper in Rowlands Wisconsin home town
still follows her *controversies* in upstate NY -
www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=106575&ntpid=7
Name : SIA
Location :
reports of
damage
Date : to Lyon House
Message :
are HIGHLY
exaggerated. It could easily be fixed up, and not terribly expensively.
Dont listen to liars and fools who say otherwise.
Name : X
Location :
ny
Message :
If Lyon
house is doomed, why not move Webb house over there instead of cramming
everything together? Maybe Pleasant wants to build a new B and B where
Lyon house is now and thats why they are letting it rot.
Name : Lyon House
Message :
will be
framed by pavement if the driveway goes in on the other side.
That house is doomed?
Name : Now the Right
Of Way
Location : next to
Lyon House is paved.
Date : Remember how
JFs website
Message : advertised
lake access to tourists? Well, this is it. Locals use unmarked ROWs for
years & dont leave trash behind. Pleasants toursists do, wherevere
they go. Sooner or later we few taxpayers will have to pay for staff to
clean up their mess. Great!
Name : The Associated
Press
Location : wire
service
Date : Nov 6
Message :
has picked
up the un-pleasant story about lawsuit against richard & victoria
mackenzie-childs, go to this site and search on rowland:
www.newsday.com
Name : to Walter S.
Location :
Whoa
there...
Date : about
Mac&Childs
Message : PR is not
necessarily in the right. R&V did NOT sign the agreement that PR
demanded they sign, relinquishing the right to their names...
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11/5/06
Message :
Rumor heard
from 2 sources that Wells plans to lease Fargo in January. If true (and
if new proprietor not selected already), may be a last chance for a
local to submit business plan to college, take over operation and
restore neighborhood bar. Go for it!
Name : Coca Cola
Location :
sued
Date : Walter S
Message :
And
VMC&RMC incorporated their names. They took the risk and Rowland is
in the right here.But to say that MCs cant have barnsales now? THAT
shows PRs nastiness.
Name : Name game
Location :
Aurora
Date : Sat
Message :
Just like
when Seagrams/7UP forced Walter S Taylor of Bully Hill to remove his
name not only from bottles of Bully Hill wine, but from his paintings
as well. Pleasant shows her true colors as nasty greedy & utterly
corporate - not small-town nice like her
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 11/4/04
Message :
*He who
filches from me my good name... makes me poor indeed.* The Rowland vs.
MacKenzie-Childs battle continues.
www.syracuse.com/poststandard/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-7/116263461010570.xml&coll=1
Name : please
Location :
read the
prologue to
Date : The Tender Bar
Message :
it is a
memoir. The prologue reminds us of what the Fargo used to be and never
can be again until someone local runs it. Get fired up!
Name : Unfortunately,
Location :
In this
state the only way to
Date : challenge
illegal acts by local government
Message : is by
lawsuit. But local judges not obligated to uphold law, they can
*interpret* it. Big money backs PTRs lawyers = so they get away w/
murder in county court. For now. Keep drawing community attention to
these gross violations & promote public outrage.
Name : Seen it before
Location :
here
Date : and so have you
Message
: Until
someone does something about it, they will go on doing illegal things;
thats business as usual in this small town. Who can do what about it, I
dont know, so they get away w/it.
Name : coalition
supporter
Location : aurora
Date :
11/3/06
Message : and that
sublime arist and lover of all things beautiful, JFarlow was there
taking celebratory photos of the work of the destructive pigs.
Name : Hydrangea Lover
Location :
Wheres Gary
Gamlen when needed
Date : to save the
flowers?
Message : My heart is
broken over loss of beautiful huge lush hydrangea in front of Lake
House; the generations it took to grow! Also lovely large rose bushes.
The destructive pigs!
Name : Disgusted
Location :
Demolition
Site
Date : 11-02-06
Message :
Stupid &
Illegal: lawyer our taxes pay as village counsel told PB in public
meeting that Lake House demo permit COULD NOT be issued until Webb
House projects final site plan was submitted and reviewed -- this still
has not taken place!
Name : Auroran
Location :
here
Date : 11/2/06
Message :
I believe
Lake House is being demolished even as I write this... what a silly,
stupid waste.
Date : Wednesday
Message :
Heard that
Lake House is being knocked down tomorrow.
Pleasant gets what she wants again.
Name : What? Me Worry?
Location :
Aurora
Date : Today
Message :
When has Tom
ever worried about right or legal? As he said once when called on
whether or not what he was doing was legal -- Its done now. What are
you going to do about it?
Name : Wait a
minute...
Location : you mean...
Date :
10-30-06
Message : no
resolution was passed by the VB, but Mayor Tommy presented one to
Rowland anyway? From who? His own slimy spineless disgusting deceitful
self?
Name : Roads
Location :
in Aurora.
Message :
It seems
taxpayers roads shouldve been the priority b4 any paving of right of
ways. Truly indicative of how VB feels.
Name : Resolution of
Thanks
Location : Zabriskie
house
Date : last week
Message :
Was read by
Mayor Gunderson for PTR at the party last week. Do they really think
there are not moles. And they hand picked the guests. And life goes on
in Aurora the way they want it.
Name : Driving By
Location :
Route 90
Date : Oct. 29
Message :
Saw cops
cars at Dories early last MOnday. Dont thik they were there for the
coffee. Silly place for break in. Whats to steal- jellybeans?
Name : coalition
supporter
Location : in the
village
Date : 10/25/06
Message :
report on
campus says there were break-ins & unspecified vandalism last
weekend in un-named local businesses. anyone know whats going on? (and
its not even halloween yet.)
Name : Old Money?
Message :
Isnt
Pleasant - by her behavior, demeanor, and tastes - a classic example of
nouveau riche? Maybe some of the Masons just align with money, old or
new. So have others in Aurora.
Name : Real Person
Location :
Real World
Date : Today
Message :
Masons have
always aligned with Old Money in Aurora; no surprise they love
Pleasant. Their award is meaningless to the Real People who live in the
Real World. We know which end is up.
Name : Masonic award
Location :
should come
as no surprise
Date :
Message :
masonic
lodge = zabriskie, peter, farlow. all supreme suck-ups and sell-outs
Message : the stupid
masonic lodge already gave pleasant an award, one is enough, glad our
village board didnt add further insult to our injury, thanks to whoever
sidetracked george, not easy.
Name : regarding
Farentholds
Location : Resolution
-
Message : could it be
that the tide is turning against the occupier? Hope so.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10/22/06
Message :
The USPS
solicitation for a new P.O.
Location finally appeared in newspaper
(citizen today). Reply
Date moved back to Nov 17; see -
www.aurorany.org/USPSmove.html
Name : Georgie
Farenthold tried to get a *Resolution of Thanks*
Location :
from the
People of Aurora passed at the
Date : Village Board
meeting Wednesday
Message : to be given
to Rowland at Zabriskies party next night. Surprise: some VB members
objected! So Mayor Tom proposed one just from VB, not *entire* village.
More objections; resolution was not signed. No Prize for Pleasant:
Boo-hoo, Poor Georgie.
Name : resident
Location :
aurora
Date : oct. 22
Message :
leffingwell
house is finished, according to workers. will she move in soon and live
among us? bring out the welcome wagon!
Name : Karin W
Location :
Aurora
Date : Sat eve
Message :
Having dealt
w/the Law around here B4, I dont think theyd bother w/such small petty
crime. Ive sent info 2 Off. Nedza & Drama teacher. Bad example 4
all good drama kids. Thanks 4 kind words.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10/21/06
Message :
KW: I am so
sorry, sad, & sick to hear about your car (see forum). Did you
check other cars, so you are certain your vehicle was singled out? If
so, that makes me think a parent rather than a child is guilty. Hope
you called the Sheriff.
Name : Seen her
Location :
in action
Message :
Just her
ring? She usually expects people to kiss her something else.
Name : that party
musta been
Location : pretty tame
and lame.... just the way Pleasant
Date : wants
Aurora to
be
Message : I drove by
just before 6 to see people arriving, and cars lining the road. I went
by just before 8 and saw people leaving and over 1/2 the cars gone. It
couldnt have been more than drinks and snacks. Maybe a chance to kiss
Pleasants ring.
Name : the patry
Message :
it is over..
Name : what
Location :
is
Date : the word
Message :
on the
Pleasant/Katie party?
Name : Auroran
Location :
Here
Date : 10/20/06
Message :
My guess
would be that PR is here in part to oversee the Koepp fiasco. How much
you wanna bet we start seeing activity now?
Message : Hmm, rumor
had it M-C employees were told a year ago they had to turn a profit in
one year or shed sell. Not sure if true but it would be about 1 yr ago.
Name : coalition
supporter
Location : aurora
Date :
10/20/06
Message : Did she come
for a ten day visit just because of last nights party in a monsoon?
Doubtful. Something major may be in the works once again. But what?
Should we expect an annoucement soon? (And how are things at Mac-Childs
these days?)
Name : yes
Message :
residents
should pay close attention to which village officials attend that
party.... then remember when seeing how these same people conduct
village business.
Name : Auroran
Location :
here
Date : 10/19/06
Message :
anyone
realize that while theyre having parties for PR, the library hasnt been
able to raise money for repairs? Nice priorities in this town.
Message : What a snub
to Janet. The only Village Board meeting I can recall attending, she
actually seemed sensible. Figures Pleasant wouldnt like her -- maybe
she isnt all bought and sold.
Name : wondering
Location :
if
Date : Janet
Message :
is the only
trustee NOT invited to Randi and Steves big party to celebrate Pleasant
Rowland
Name : Village
Newsletter
Location : not that
Wells will do anything
Date :
Message :
permits
required for const. alterations, removal or demolition etc. including
fences,accessory bldg. as well as elec. wiring; for EXCAVATION &
earth filling; & conversions of bldg. code officer available by
appt. Thur. mornings only. set appt. With office
Name : Patry party
party
Location :
Date : Wed.
night
Message : Is at
S.& R.Zabriskie tomorrow night
boo hoo I cant go.
Name : cuz long ago
they gave
Location : away all
the plans to contractors
Date : who never gave
them back
Message : they have no
clue where things are; to work on B&G you have to like to cut
things down & dig big holes (then take forever to refill) Its the
chopper mentality just a feature of life out here
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10/17/06
Message :
All
excavation here requires a permit, see last Village Newsletter. And
trustees of nonprofits obligated by law to exercise fiduciary care to
benefit institution, not give away assets to benefit (or placate?) an
individual.
Name : I kind of doubt
it
Location : campus walk
Message : Ok so that
is what it was. But there was a lot of earth moved (on that steamline).
Maybe you had better reconsider you answer. As for the leaves I see the
village has started to pick them up. So I will wait till the first rain
and the roads flood again.
Name : Does one
Location :
need
Date : a permit
Message :
to fix an
existing steamline? I kind of doubt it! Want to complain about the
leaves littering the streets now?
Name : talk about
Location :
wells
Message :
doing as
they want. I went for a walk on campus today and I did not see a permit
for that hole that is next to the bookstore area.
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 10-16-06
Message :
oh, i dont
know, the 70 grand isnt necessary, just give me a similar chance to buy
college property i want at 26% of its tax assessment value. i bid on
morgan house and wavebank apartments right now.
Name : Get a grip
Location :
You are
talking about
Date : Wells College
Message :
Wells
College makes things up as they go along, do whatever they want and
only worry about the law when there is a chance they could get caught.
Why should they care about whats fair? Get a grip.
Name : Miffed
Location :
Aurora
Date : Sunday, October
15th
Message : When we
bought our house from Wells, we had to pay full market assessment
value! Just to be fair now the trustees should give 70 thousand dollars
to every other college employee.
Name : What a Deal!
Location :
todays
paper
Date : 10-15-06
Message :
See property
transfers: 327 Main St (Lake House) assessed at 94,800 but sold by
college for 25,000. Amazing fiduciary irresponsiblity by Wells Board of
Trustees: they just gave away at least 70K in real estate.
Name : Oh Great
Message :
Her
plumpness is going to show up in town today. From what I understand
staying till Oct 24
Name : Auroran
Location :
here
Date : 10/14/2006
Message :
Cant
concretely confirm, but 99.9% sure its true, that CJ only put 1 grand
down. Should be no surprise that PR is really behind it.
Name : Can anyone
verify...
Location :
Date :
Friday the 13th
Message : that CJK
just bought Lake House for only one thousand dollars down on a sale
price of 25K? If so, it sure looks like Wells or Rowland is holding the
mortage. (BTW, dont need a party witness; we could post the guest list
right now!)
Name : Watchman
Location :
still here
Date : Oct. 12th
Message
: Well, she
certainly is planning another major visit. Notice her serfs running
around fixing the tree lawn etc again? And no way is Wells paying for
all that. She still calls the shots. Too bad its not a Farwell Party.
Name : Patry party
party
Message
: I heard it
is at the E.B.Morgan House.
NOT at Zabriskie
Next week sometime from Monday - Thursday. But then Who the F*%k cares
Name : Yes,
Date : It would be
nice to get ...
Message : an
eyewitness account of who all was there.
Name : look at this
way
Date : 06 Oct
11
Message : All the
brown nosers will be in one place at one time. Sure will know who has
been kissing butt.
Message : Cruiser:
plan to dispatch the floatilla with largest boom-boxes available; rap,
heavy metal or teeny-booper at your discretion.
Name : Auroran
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10/11/06
Message :
Thats just
sickening. (That theyre having such a party... not that wed bomb it
with skunks).
Name : A Soldier
Location :
Anywhere
Required
Date : ZULU
Message :
I recommend
an IDD, NOT to be confused with an IED. IDD, an improvised disgust
device for the gala event.
Name : party
Location :
Date : this weekend
Message :
All the
skunks will be at the party
Message : Soldier:
stand ready to deploy the trained attack skunks.
Name : another on it
Location :
S and R
Zabriskie Home
Message :
next weekend
Name : resident
Location :
here
Date : 10-8-06
Message :
you want us
to guess the party
Date? so, is this just another little disinformation
joke?
Name : Party
Message :
Place: Steve
and Randis Why: Thank you for ALL you have done
Date: Guess, But its
soon.
Name : About the party
Message :
My
invitation must be lost in the mail. Is there really a party coming up?
Share the details if you have them. Where, when, and especially WHY
Location :
upcoming
party
Message : Did
anyone
else get the invite for the party for Pleasant Rowland and Catherine
Waller?
Message : Too Late?
Have heard that Lake House sold this month. (Lawsuit denied?) So,
demolition starts soon? Watch for & report: debris in lake, failure
to contain aesbestos (probably should be a HazMat crew on site),
drainage problems, etc.
Name : More on
Location :
Webb House
Date : What I cant
figure out
Message : is why CJ
and Place would spend so much effort+ expense into moving somewhere
where thier neighbors resent them being there.Sounds like a miserable
way to live
Name : coalition
supporter
Location : aurora
Date :
10/6/06
Message : Re forum,
mike also heavily pushed *ban the coalition* signs on anyone entering
his shop, wanted to prohibit free speech, assembly & association of
legally incorporated community org in state of ny, and target /
demonize any who wouldnt put up signs. Sick
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Aurora
Date : 10/01/06
Message :
The USPS
30-day solicitation for a new Post Office
Location expired yesterday.
So - now what? See -
www.aurorany.org/USPSmove.html
Message : okay, ive
heard its mike the antique lighting guy whos been taping up js car
makes sense hes been on pleasant payrole all along