When is a compromise, not a compromise?

Dear Nieces and Nephews

What did your Auntie say the other day?

In many situations, it seems like the Orange County method of dealing with constituents is “Our way or the highway”. Either you accept the “compromise”, which is the one they wanted all along or accept the original offense. But the compromise is easier to swallow than the major offense, so "reasonable" people accept the compromise.

Basically, it is this: take the 30-year pilot or 20-year pilot for Legoland; take the 507 or 164 annexation in regard to KJ. (which is more than 164, with the formation of North Monroe.) The county will say: “They have most of that area, so you should give it to them anyway”* That will bring the total to over 300 acres of land from the Town of Monroe. But don’t worry Monroe, it is still less than 507 acres and Woodbury is next to share your pain! And, those dolts in Woodbury do not see it coming! (also note that the 507 petition has not yet been withdrawn).

Smaller and more palatable, for now.

Not accepting either proposal? It is not presented as an option because you don’t want to appear as if you are unwilling to compromise. But not accepting either should be an option! In the case of KJ, the customs and practices of having large families and exponential population growth-( religious or not) is their choice. Since their practices cause the unsustainable living conditions, it is up to the Village of Kiryas Joel leaders to come up with a solution and to "compromise", not the other way around!

We know that County funding for the lawsuit is going by the wayside: the lawmakers will decide to withdraw from the suit because they do not want to spend taxpayer’s money on an issue where not one has compromised yet! See how it’s done? (check out THR Friday page 3.)

If a robber approaches you and asks for all your money but settles for half, which you give to the robber, does that mean that it wasn’t a robbery?

If you told Steve Brescia that no one in Monroe, Blooming Grove, Woodbury Cornwall, Tuxedo and the numerous villages contained therein, would ever vote for him if he decides to de-fund the lawsuit, he would not care, because those municipalities are not in his district, ha! Hence the rationale for TERM LIMITS! Also, this is the rationale to limit an elected official to holding only one elected position at a time. Steve Brescia is a Mayor and a County Legislator, as well as the Chair of the Legislature. What power! (More on him later.) Seems like he and Stevie Neuhaus went to the same school of politics. You know, the one that teaches an elected official to make it LOOK like they are doing something when they are not, the David Copperfield School of Politics and Focused Grandstanding. Magic!

Since they have already committed to the area and are earmarked to receive over $10 million in state grants, Merlin Entertainments does not need another incentive to be “lured to the area” as stated by the cheerleader, Maureen Hallahan of OC Partnership. (That woman gets paid over $200 K a year to express such gems as the above and  “Other counties are jealous of us” when it comes to Legoland.) How professional!

Many on Auntie’s team are jealous of the amount of money she makes for doing so little work, so they have come up with a list of exclamations for the Pro-Legoland sect to utilize. Send the check for 200,000 dollars to Auntie Alibi and she will divide it properly.

“This will transcend all of your experiences so far!!!” And make money for our schools!”

“Legoland will be a blessing to the economy and we will be able to pray in their temple.”

“Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!!!” (OK, we stole that from Steve)
 

 And quotes from the Lego bible (KSV)**, such as Phil 3:16 :

 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, Phil, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life and business opportunities with legos”

  

 We are also jealous of the salaries enjoyed by the Village of Kiryas Joel’s Elected Officials:

For reference, here are the Top 10 municipal/village salaries in KJ:

    Gedalye Szegedin – $194,874

    Aron Felberman – $137,584

    Jacob Gluck – $134,732

    Yitzchok Goldberger – $134,032

    Aron Schreiber – $130,728

    Joel Mertz – $119,136

    Zeev Farkas – $117,751

    Zalmen Stern – $106,382

    Joshua Blumenthal – $99,230

    Moses Witrol – $96,408

http://www.suburbanites.com/news/eight-kiryas-joel-officials-earn-over-100k/

Wouldn’t be nice if the people from Orange County who actually did some work, made this kind of money?

We live in an age of corruption and it is not only a statewide endemic, but a WORLDWIDE phenomenon!

Wake up people! Decide your own fate!!! Get active!!! It’s YOUR money and YOUR quality of life that is being compromised (get it?) here.

 

http://www.vosizneias.com/24275/2008/12/15/kiryas-joel-ny-government-grant-to-kj-woman-center-criticized-over-mikvah/

or when is a jacuzzi really a mikvah?

* rewarding bad behavior, Why?

**King Steve version