Thursday, May 21, 2026

Is Council Restless ?

     Councilman Ben Shoen says the Council is starting to develop some resolve, call it backbone, on issues like residency for city managers....

      Incident after incident, from trash service to people killed on speed bumps, or piles of debris left sitting to serious crime with no one speaking to the public have apparently started to gnaw on at least some lawmakers who increasingly see the value of being a part of the community you oversee,

     Last weeks executive session sans CM is said to be part of Council coming out.   Next Wednesday Councilman Garrabrant is coming on the HOTLINE to discuss his proposals for better marketing trash service, a rebuke to staff who by most accounts have done a poor job on that count.

37 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's laughable. It's a do nothing council, and nothing will change.

Anonymous said...

Saw a story on newzjunky about Lowville doubling their parking fnes due to multiple violators. Just as the city ere gets ready to dissolve their parking enforcement.

Anonymous said...

The city is closing playgrounds & comminishing an alternate pool day schedule. Yet CM dropped $10,000 on a glass door.

Anonymous said...

First question will be "So why does the mayor not like me" 😭

Anonymous said...

Let's face it, this experiment of having a city manager not living in the city has been a dumpster fire 🔥

Anonymous said...

That doesn’t sound like resolve it sounds like stupidity. Kind of like flag pole policies, or how much to charge for ice arena rental. Just another case of wasting time on stupid stuff that doesn’t matter.
Do we need to list the city managers who have been fired who lived in the city? Or the ones who left under bad feelings? Or the bigger list of squabbles between city managers and individual law makers?
The speed bumps likely were the result of the previous strong planner form of government.
Aren’t you the one who started charging for trash bags, and then stickers? Yup that was you… you were the first one to ruin the city trash service.

Regardless of all the stupidity, the fact remains that every municipality who can, subs out trash service to professional companies that know what they’re doing. Companies who deliver such service on a large scale over and over and over again. It’s just not possible to do the same service using the insight of Frank Burns the surgeon and Frank Burns, the military officer.

Anonymous said...

You asked if you were nice in your Smullen interview. Feedback. You were nice, but for Christ sakes thank the man for his long military service. You preach flags, but you have a military veteran on and say nothing. Yes normal people realize the orange trump cult hate the military, following the orange cult leaders orders ( John McCain, and called military losers and stupid people ). You can still not follow that lead and thank the man. And thank Dan, another long time military man, bitch at and hang up on, but love like a brother. Stop listening to loser Gary and doof, they would shit their pants if ever in combat, both pussies.

Anonymous said...

Your blog covers the trash department with the intensity most outlets reserve for coups and serial killers.

Anonymous said...

Here's how the corruption works:

Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump

Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it

Friday: FDA changes the policy

Tweet from Today

Anonymous said...

Reporter: Are you attending your son’s wedding?

Trump: He’d like me to go. I’m going to try. I said, this is not good timing for me. I have a thing called Iran and other things. He’s a person I’ve known for a long time.

Even longer than his mother at this point.

Anonymous said...

TARGET LAWSUIT TO FOLLOW

Anonymous said...

I asked cliffGPT if it makes sense for small communities in the 10k to 100k population to sub out trash service. It answered yes of course it does there are many proven examples.

Anonymous said...

The President of the United States is now a warlord

Anonymous said...

Trump has gone golfing 14 times since the Iran War started. He has spent countless hours obsessing over every Republican who ever crossed him, over his ballroom, his arch, his reflecting pool renovation. But his oldest son gets married and it's "I have a thing called Iran"
Exactly what you would expect from a guy who was fucking a retired porn actress while his wife was home with a newborn.

Anonymous said...

The intelligent voters will choose Smullen. The faux patriot MAGAs will pick Tony.

Anonymous said...

100% agree

Anonymous said...

So true, the guy has always been scum. But, low intelligence easily lead brainwashed fools like the doof, Gary, and cracker follow him no matter what. Did you hear doof the other day, still thinks the election was rigged! 80 courts said no, with republican judges, and Supreme Court, but his cult obsession is incredible.

Anonymous said...

Sara has been restless for months.

I'm sorry! It's my fault everyone!

Anonymous said...

@7:26,

"Exactly what you would expect from a guy who was fucking a retired porn actress while his wife was home with a newborn."

That is the least of it. His good friend, pedophile extraordinaire Jeffrey Epstein once said, “He [Donald Trump] has no scruples.”

Imagine that. If you can.

Anonymous said...

Wrong thread, libtard.

Anonymous said...

Wrong thread, libtard.

Anonymous said...

Wrong thread, libtard.

Anonymous said...

Wrong thread, libtard.

Anonymous said...

If the city manager lived in the city, he would have known about the trash pickup issues firsthand

Anonymous said...

Council Sucks

Anonymous said...

He seems to be trying to make up for the time he sat on his hands and did nothing when he was in on those council meetings for real. That or he’s just bored stiff. I’d get rid of the “old lady” lanyard connected to his eyeglasses, buy some nice shirts, pants and sneakers, and find a nice 50 year old chick that can be there for him when he falls. Because it’s going to happen again.

Anonymous said...

Youngest orange will be easy pickings if they get get to the big rotten orange.

Anonymous said...

Jeff, why are you such a coward when it comes to censoring? Here is a topic about local city budget that deserves pertinent comments if any topic ever did. Yet I click on it this morning to see what people are thinking about the budget only to see you have approved a bunch of off topic TDS bull shit. What gives???

Anonymous said...

A backbone? How about a budget that gives the perception we are doing something, but really, they are doing nothing. Cut three jobs? Ok, Bruh now that is three less people that will have money to spend in the economy, pay bills, etc. Good call, not. Give management a raise while cutting jobs and raising taxes...awesome, not! WTH is wrong with people supporting these members. Also, bring back the sidewalk program no extra cost to the city residents unless the sidewalks are tied to a business. Fix the roads! Enough is enough.

Anonymous said...

Cry harder, MAGA-Tard. 🤣

Anonymous said...

Cry harder, MAGA-Tard. 🤣

Anonymous said...

For the same reason Jeff approves insults from pansyasses towards veterans and just about anyone else that isn't a stupid right-winger, 6:36.

Anonymous said...

🎯 no respect for veterans seems to be popular here.

Anonymous said...

9:19, its no secret virtually everyone can do what you do and better too. So since YOU imagined it, WE can imagine it.

Anonymous said...

Bullet proof glass door

Anonymous said...

9:08 named his right hand Sara

Anonymous said...

Cry harder, MAGA-Tard. 🤣