Dear Readers:
There will be no "perp-walk" today. No trials and no running the Highway Superintendent out on a rail. Forget the tar and feathers while you are at it. The final N.Y.S. Comptroller's Audit of Yorktown has been released. You can read it at:
http://ncnlocal.com/ncnlocal_news/article_6ad899b0-c520-11e0-9d95-001cc4c03286.html
It was just as I wrote when the draft was released to the press:
http://ltpbazzo.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/in-my-opinionyorktown-not-run-by-crooks-unedited/
Yorktown is not run by crooks. The Highway Superintendent is not a crook. Yes, The Highway Superintendent did have pornography on his computer, but not the illegal, criminal kind. It was more likely the kind of dirty jokes my friends send me. The report suspects it was Eric DiBartolo's, but as anyone did have access to his computer, they could not say with absolute certainty.
The reports says Eric made suspicious purchases and conducted private and political business on his computer, however it did not come to the level of criminal and lays most of the blame on past Town Boards for lax controls and lack of rules. As I wrote, Eric in trying to get from point "A" to point "B" did what he thought best for the town, sometimes rules or lack of be damned. He did not do it to enrich himself, and at the end of the day, that's all that matters.
This audit and all the hoopla surrounding it comes down to as I wrote complacency, sloppy bookkeeping and a mentality of "this is the way we have done things in the past". This present board has set and proposed new rules to prevent this from reoccurring. Hooray for them.
However these proposals and new rues were set forth before the report and draft was released. Meaning the tax dollars and time spent on this was more or less a waste. This time and money was spent in my opinion, on a vendetta with the hopes of a "per-walk". Maybe if this present board survives this election they will not let personal animosity rule the day. Make no mistake this was driven by personal animosity.
Yes, Yorktown government will be better run in the future and that is a good thing. However we did not need the New York State Comptroller to tell us how. This is my opinion, you may beg to differ.
Anthony J. Bazzo
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SITES TO LINK TO:
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http://ellabellahairclippies.blogspot.com
ROB ASTORINO: www.robastorino.com
JOHN G. TESTA: www.johngtesta.com
ON TOPIC W/ JOHN TESTA: www.ontopicwithjt.com
CARS & US: www.doverracing.com
THE WINERY AT ST. GEORGE: http://www.TheWineryAtStGeorge.com
PLAN PUTNAM: planputnam@googlegroups.com/
BRUCE APAR'S NCN BLOG: http://theblogcabin.com/homebase/bapar
NORTH COUNTY NEWS:"http://northcountynews.com/
THE JOURNAL NEWS:http://thejournalnews.com/
PEEKSKILL DAILY: peekskilldaily.com
YORKTOWN WATCHDOG: www.yorktownopengov.org
PADAVANO FINE ARTS: Padovanofineart.com
ASSEMBLYMAN GREG BALL: http://www.ball4ny.com/
PEEKSKILL BID: www.peekskillbid.com or
www.downtownpeekskill.com
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
All articles re-printed in this blog from the North County News are with the permission of Bruce Apar Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
08/18/11
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