Archive for July 1st, 2009

Public Meeting on July 6th about What The People Want To Stay In The Budget

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

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Yes, Amherst has a problem.  We have a major deficit in this year’s budget.  The problem is that the Town needs two million dollars to balance this year’s budget at this point in time.  There isn’t any mystery about how this huge hole appeared in our  budget.

Blame must be placed at the feet of our Town Supervisor whose reckless use of the town’s money, without any regard to the economic climate, has brought us to this point.  Mohan depended on a belief that the money would just come from somewhere.  He had no idea where or when the money would come from but he was always assured our  Town Comptroller would get the money he needed for his plans.

This  blunder by the Supervisor can in part be shared by his 2 closest advisors, Shelly Schratz and Colleen Bogdan, all three  knew  full well the Town’s revenues didn’t meet the money the Supervisor  needed  for the many projects  of his wishful thinking but they continue to feed him the line he could do anything he wanted.

The Supervisor and his advisors put our Town in jeopardy and now he is crying for everyone to take a cut in services.  Some of the  services he’s thinking about cutting will affect many needed programs especially summer programs.  Mohan wants to cut all part time workers and seasonal summer workers.  Perhaps he believes he can be a lifeguard at a town pool, even though he couldn’t guard the people’s money.

At the special Board meeting which was held Monday June 29, I suggested to the Town Board that THE PUBLIC SHOULD EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON WHAT SERVICES THEY  WANT TO KEEP at the next Town Board meeting on 6th.

At the July 6th meeting Supervisor Mohan will tell the people of Amherst what services he is planning to cut.  The people must not let him lead them further down the  path of fiscal instability with his lies.

If residents accept his ‘BS’, explaining how our Town got into such a financial mess they deserve him as their leader.  He is  a man who knows very little about how to run a town but a lot about taking care of  his own self interest.

Supervisor Mohan will go down in Amherst’s history as someone who knew little or nothing about running a town and couldn’t admit he messed up.

It will take many years before Amherst will no longer be considered a joke.

Fundraiser To Support Lynn M. Dearmyer For Erie County Legislature

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

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Amherst Republicans complain…

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009