It’s bad enough that Warren County failed to have adequate safeguards in place to protect it from fraud. What’s worse is that county executives seemed to have formed a circular firing squad in their efforts to address the problem. This does not give residents much confidence in county management.
You are correct. Ultimately the problem is bad management when as LaFarr says a “very basic act of fraud that was easily preventable” led to a $3.3 million loss.
First, the treasurer should not be an elected position, but it is bad management to try to pin this all on the treasurer.
There are 11 town supervisors on the county board. Likely all or nearly all of those towns received the warning letter from Peckham. I know Queensbury received 3. I have a FOIL in to Warrensburg to find out for certain if they got the letter, but I’m certain they did.
So far nobody in an oversight position has stepped forward to say that they had seen the warning which indicated to me that the management style in those individual governments does not reward interdepartmental sharing of critical information. We seem to have a system of petty fiefdoms that did not widely share a letter from a half billion dollar a year supplier - one of the largest businesses in the county.
Peckham does business with hundreds of municipal governments and as far as we’ve heard only Warren County fell prey to a simple fraud because any one of dozens of people could have passed critical information up the chain of supervision. Either they did not, or somebody is not taking responsibility.
It’s the old story of somebody, anybody, and nobody.
Despite the failure under his oversight the 19 supervisors who all should have known and prevented this fraud from happening got together and re-elected the chairman who presided during this fiasco.
I agree that a shared sense of responsibility seems to have been lacking among the various stakeholders when it comes to communication.
But there are other reasons as to why this fraud occurred. Either the country does not have adequate checks and balances in place to verify that the right vendor is being paid under a valid contract for services that were adequately received, or the county failed to follow the process that was in place.
And I would think, if there was not an adequate process in place, it was responsibility of the County Treasurer, County Administrator, and the Board Chairman to ensure such a basic process was in place.
An adequate payment process would not rely on being forwarded about fraud.
Correct. The point about forwarding the letter to management is that proper practices to prevent such a fraud were not only not in place, but after receiving a warning that literally spelled out the exact fraud that was perpetrated management did not review and correct their protocols.
Peckham sent the letter in late July and the fraud took place 5 months later. Not 5 days, not 5 weeks. 5 months.
It was a systemic failure that should precipitate a general cleansing of leadership but it’s just the latest of many such failures that the same supervisors keep presiding over.
It surprises me that someone would actually act on changing the bank ACH info based on a phone call. Did they not see the warning letter? Who has the authority to change the banking info? It's too bad. I think a few heads are going to roll here.
I heard that the bank alerted someone to a potential problem before the transfer but someone authorized it anyway. That is based on gossip so, who knows? But it will be hard to sweep under the rug.
The Treasurer tried to get them to go into executive session, the vote was not to do so.
She then stated that the email and snail mail from Peckham Industries back in July was NOT forwarded to her or her department, that would be a process issue. It is all on you tube. long meeting but important for clarity to understand what happened. Check into it.
Pure laziness, apathy, alleged excessive absences in the offices, poor training, boredom with the process, and so on are to blame. The elected officials are more concerned with their year-round campaigning for office, especially those nice six-figure salaried positions that should be filled with experienced, politically independent, educated, proven experts in their fields.
Be reminded county treasurer Christine Norton has already allegedly mishandled funds in the past -- and got caught. Published reports showed she and now-former county supervisor Brad Magowan (with whom she has a close personal/business relationship as revealed in the documents) misappropriated ARPA funds to the tune of about $49,000 in a boat service/repair incident. Records should show Magowan was censured by the county board over the matter. Investigators should also double-check whether Norton is an actual or currently registered/licensed CPA, as she included on her campaign material and office stationery. This latest incident barely scratches the surface of what has taken place in the Repuklican-dominated Warren County. Ditto for GOP-dominated Saratoga, Washington, Rensselaer counties where the archaic, politically perverted county Board of Representatives system is in place (rather than a county legislature).
What unfortunately and likely NOT happening is putting the safeguards in place
how many townships and villages are seeing this and having an audit of their systems (checks and balances) so it doesn't happen in Essex, Franklin, Clinton, etc counties
The county elected officials/administrators are shooting duds in that circular firing squad (there's another term involving a circle but I'm trying to keep it clean). It's CYA (cover your ass) time for most of them, then business as usual. The bigwigs will eventually find one or two scapegoats -- also known as low-level employees -- to trot out and blame. That is something the bosses are expert at, but handling millions of taxpayer dollars? Not so much.
Not exactly sure how to define this.. but when I serve on a committee I ask a question.. also there have been times when I went to the people who the committee or board represented and interviewed them to see what they thought..
also, in this: I would ask questions about the structure.. The new thing is "I don't know." basically ignoring their job, but cya.
I love it when republicans in congress will respond to Jan6, 2021 --- who were there - - - I don't know I didn't watch the video..
Growing up there was a saying (I think it came from 'Dragnet') ignorance of the law is no excuse...
The County elected officials/administrations (and so many other politicians now aday) take the three monkey's approach: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.. i.e. play dumb defense..
I read "Enough," By Cassidy Hutchinson she goes into details how the republicans were telling her before testifying.. to NOT look at her note, NOT to ask any questions to jog her memory
A N D
to say: "I don't know," or "I don't remember" because no one can prove you don't know or remember.. probably why they don't use Polygraphs in court rooms.. to protect the guilty.
True. But Warren County Democrats are largely to blame as the overwhelming majority of Republicans in the county run unopposed and thus win by default. Other than Dave Strainer, were any Democrats on the ballot for any local election last year in the county outside GF?
Bingo! Very few Dems/independents will run because the brainwashed Warren County electorate will vote only for Repuklicans/CONServatives, as they've done for generations. I'd also theorize Dems/Indies don't want to have their reputations and lives smeared by GOP/CONS in their horrid, lying, disgusting campaign materials and speeches. Just check out the disgusting accusations vomited up by Mike Dixon and his GOP cohorts in last year's race against John Strough in Queensbury. Win at any cost is the motto for even local Repuklicans/CONS.
Also, the turnout in local elections can be abysmal. Some of this is because there is less and less local coverage from local news outlets. When that happens, corruptions happens, voting turnout declines.
That's a cop out, IMO. You can't complain about lack of choice and then offer apologias for those who find excuses to not to offer choice. How is the needle ever going to be moved if no one is ever even trying to nudge it? As Ken points out below, local races have low turnout which means a candidate actually can meet a large chunk of voters face to face.
John Strough keeps getting re-elected in Queensbury despite a large GOP enrollment advantage. That shows it can be done. Ditto Jesse Fish's crushing of long-time incumbent Kusnierz. Under the right circumstances, it can be done... but only by someone who actually runs.
Just to be technically correct, Jesse Fish -- who ran for Moreau supervisor -- and Patrick Killian, who ran for town board member in 2023, are registered Republicans who instead were endorsed by the town Democratic Committee and the then-new grassroots party Moreau United. I was involved in their campaign and actually suggested they run a Republican primary that I'm confident would have gotten rid of Kusnierz and one of his board member acolytes even sooner than waiting for the general election. Incidentally, I refer to the Moreau town Repuklican Committee as the Kusnierz Family Committee as many members of the family dominate and control the panel. No one gets the GOP endorsement without kissing the ring (and their asses) while they also control who represents the various districts.
Despite the large GOP enrollment advantage, Democrats controlled the Queensbury town board shortly before the pandemic. Not that long ago. Last year, they didn't run a single candidate other than Strough.
Dems win at times. Andrea Hogan (?) was elected supervisor of Johnsburg. Rich Larkin was on the W'burg town board. Craig Leggett was elected Chestertown supervisor as an independent.
of course, you or I, if we lived in Warren County could run as republicans.. or Lib Republicans... .. it is exactly the thing republicans do, but Democrats can't seem to grasp this
John Strough of Queensbury is a Dem, he beat Mike Dixon in November. John has to decide whether to run again this November as the state mandate for local elections being held in even years takes effect. I've heard Brad Magowan, a former county supervisor who has a close personal/business relationship with treasurer Christine Norton, plans to be the GOP candidate for Qbury town supervisor, which would return him to the county board (ugh!). Check out previous published reports about the alleged misuse of about $49,000 in ARPA funds between Norton/Magowan.
I'd be more interested in knowing what the Warren County "officials" are doing to get back the "guaranteed" $3M that was lent to the failed Winter Dreams debacle. Those guarantors are still dancing around like its someone else's problem. Talk about scams.
Dear Washington National Opera: Please consider performing in welcoming Glens Falls and/or in other North Country venues, especially if it helps solve your revenue losses from doing the right thing at the Kennedy Center. You sure would brighten an otherwise dreary winter here. Our biggest venue is the Harding-Mazzotti Arena (at least we got rid of the "CIA" moniker), so plan on holding several performances. Don't worry about getting permission to use the arena; it was actually rented for blatant political usage by sociopath Anthony Constantino, who wants to be the 21st Congressional District representative to replace the invisible, fellow sociopath StefaniQ. He had an MMA (minus any real mixed martial arts) exhibition there and even brought in the filthy, convicted felon Roger Stone. Not to worry, the place has been fumigated, the "rats" exterminated and actual sporting events -- ECHL hockey -- are taking place there. As a backup, the larger MVP Arena in Albany would be great, too, as it's smack in the middle of the state capital that is run by Democrats -- not even a hint or smell of the Diaper Donny. Thank you for joining us in standing up to the insane clown posse. See you soon!!!
If I remember correctly the CPB is ok for the moment. A judge stopped them.
And it's bad enough Warren County has shoddy checks and balances, where do they go to shore this up? I'm getting really disgusted with the "keystone cops" approach to all of Warren County's programs...
Please read Lucien Truskcott's latest Substack post: "We are now all "domestic terrorists." Trump has issued an executive order stating basically that anyone who opposes him by demonstrating, etc., is a "domestic terrorist" (like Renee Nicole Good). His AG, Pam Bondi, has sent down enabling instructions to DOJ employees to enforce these new orders. Don't be afraid. See you in the streets!
"After a visit to New York City, this writer did not see the danger" - But that's exactly the point. The fearmongering panders to people who've never been to NYC or the other big cities that politicians want their sheep to hate.
Had my first encounter with National Guard troops in New Orleans with three solders with their rifles out patrolling the totally empty Convention Center concourse. Nobody there but Sophie and me. With Sophie squatting to go in the bushes, for a second I had the fear they might think I was sneaking up on me. Stranger things have happened of late. Only time I have felt uneasy in New Orleans.
The most noteworthy part is not that Warren County got scammed but that it got scammed on two separate occasions. As far as accountability, shortly after the public disclosure of the incidents, Mr. Geraghty was re-elected for yet another term as board chair. The culture of the board for years has been good ol boy slackness. I realize the treasurer's office is a separate and independent department but the legislative body is supposed to provide oversight. I don't think anyone would accuse the BOS of being particularly rigorous in that regard.
Diaper Donny's credit card BS is part of his 24-hour cycle of vomiting whatever filth and dictatorial prowess that comes into his feeble, feckless mind. It's exhausting, but our good government groups, ACLU and so many other guardians of democracy must file lawsuits for every illegal, anarchic move he and his criminal cabal attempt. I'm no legal eagle, but why aren't our Democratic and independent federal representatives joining in the lawsuits, using their knowledge and documentation, to stop the cabal in their tracks? Every single tyrannical, buffoonish attempt should be immediately opposed in court -- especially the blatantly preposterous moves to negate actions that the Repuklican-majority Congress in tandem with Democrats/independents have already approved. Another failed attempt to govern, so get rid of them in a deluge of lawsuits.
I will withhold opinion and let the Comptroller's Office, sheriff and the FBI, if they're still involved, do their jobs. It's already been said that this was not some sophisticated global phishing scheme.
Better to be a democrat running for election in Glens Falls than a democrat in Queensbury. Opposite is true for the republican candidates in Queensbury rather than the democratic candidates in Queensbury. For that matter, up County, if you're a republican, you're pretty much guaranteed a win.
Re: NYC. Despite the fears of many Republicans in Congress about the terrifying conditions in New York City, my husband and I (two senior citizens) have always had great fun taking the subway from Queens to Manhattan (most recently this past December). Our 3-year-old grandson often takes mass transport with his parents or his grandparents and is in charge of "pushing the buttons". I often wonder if those who express concern about big cities have ever really left the cradle of their safe, gated communities or taken any ground transportation besides limos. They seem awfully ignorant of the real world in which those they're supposed to work for live. (The corollary is that they seem much more at home in the more luxurious world of big money lobbyists.)
I remember when Elizabeth Warren helped create the CFPB which protected and saved consumers billions of dollars. Also the Federal Reserve investigation, empowered to investigate those that cheated on their taxes, saved the Federal government billions of collars. Trump pardoned those engaged not just in insurrection but also narco terrorism and, mainly, fraud. Clearly fraud and corruption are totally supported by the Trump government and whistleblowers and truth tellers are indicted, charged with the "crime" of not bowing to Trump's power. The world turned upside down.
On another note, I have much respect for sheriff LaFarr, his honesty and integrity and work for our community.
It’s bad enough that Warren County failed to have adequate safeguards in place to protect it from fraud. What’s worse is that county executives seemed to have formed a circular firing squad in their efforts to address the problem. This does not give residents much confidence in county management.
You are correct. Ultimately the problem is bad management when as LaFarr says a “very basic act of fraud that was easily preventable” led to a $3.3 million loss.
First, the treasurer should not be an elected position, but it is bad management to try to pin this all on the treasurer.
There are 11 town supervisors on the county board. Likely all or nearly all of those towns received the warning letter from Peckham. I know Queensbury received 3. I have a FOIL in to Warrensburg to find out for certain if they got the letter, but I’m certain they did.
So far nobody in an oversight position has stepped forward to say that they had seen the warning which indicated to me that the management style in those individual governments does not reward interdepartmental sharing of critical information. We seem to have a system of petty fiefdoms that did not widely share a letter from a half billion dollar a year supplier - one of the largest businesses in the county.
Peckham does business with hundreds of municipal governments and as far as we’ve heard only Warren County fell prey to a simple fraud because any one of dozens of people could have passed critical information up the chain of supervision. Either they did not, or somebody is not taking responsibility.
It’s the old story of somebody, anybody, and nobody.
Despite the failure under his oversight the 19 supervisors who all should have known and prevented this fraud from happening got together and re-elected the chairman who presided during this fiasco.
I agree that a shared sense of responsibility seems to have been lacking among the various stakeholders when it comes to communication.
But there are other reasons as to why this fraud occurred. Either the country does not have adequate checks and balances in place to verify that the right vendor is being paid under a valid contract for services that were adequately received, or the county failed to follow the process that was in place.
And I would think, if there was not an adequate process in place, it was responsibility of the County Treasurer, County Administrator, and the Board Chairman to ensure such a basic process was in place.
An adequate payment process would not rely on being forwarded about fraud.
Correct. The point about forwarding the letter to management is that proper practices to prevent such a fraud were not only not in place, but after receiving a warning that literally spelled out the exact fraud that was perpetrated management did not review and correct their protocols.
Peckham sent the letter in late July and the fraud took place 5 months later. Not 5 days, not 5 weeks. 5 months.
It was a systemic failure that should precipitate a general cleansing of leadership but it’s just the latest of many such failures that the same supervisors keep presiding over.
There is a lack of accountability.
It surprises me that someone would actually act on changing the bank ACH info based on a phone call. Did they not see the warning letter? Who has the authority to change the banking info? It's too bad. I think a few heads are going to roll here.
I heard that the bank alerted someone to a potential problem before the transfer but someone authorized it anyway. That is based on gossip so, who knows? But it will be hard to sweep under the rug.
The Treasurer tried to get them to go into executive session, the vote was not to do so.
She then stated that the email and snail mail from Peckham Industries back in July was NOT forwarded to her or her department, that would be a process issue. It is all on you tube. long meeting but important for clarity to understand what happened. Check into it.
Pure laziness, apathy, alleged excessive absences in the offices, poor training, boredom with the process, and so on are to blame. The elected officials are more concerned with their year-round campaigning for office, especially those nice six-figure salaried positions that should be filled with experienced, politically independent, educated, proven experts in their fields.
Be reminded county treasurer Christine Norton has already allegedly mishandled funds in the past -- and got caught. Published reports showed she and now-former county supervisor Brad Magowan (with whom she has a close personal/business relationship as revealed in the documents) misappropriated ARPA funds to the tune of about $49,000 in a boat service/repair incident. Records should show Magowan was censured by the county board over the matter. Investigators should also double-check whether Norton is an actual or currently registered/licensed CPA, as she included on her campaign material and office stationery. This latest incident barely scratches the surface of what has taken place in the Repuklican-dominated Warren County. Ditto for GOP-dominated Saratoga, Washington, Rensselaer counties where the archaic, politically perverted county Board of Representatives system is in place (rather than a county legislature).
I had forgotten about that! Good information!
I agree with you and @mikeparwana
What unfortunately and likely NOT happening is putting the safeguards in place
how many townships and villages are seeing this and having an audit of their systems (checks and balances) so it doesn't happen in Essex, Franklin, Clinton, etc counties
The county elected officials/administrators are shooting duds in that circular firing squad (there's another term involving a circle but I'm trying to keep it clean). It's CYA (cover your ass) time for most of them, then business as usual. The bigwigs will eventually find one or two scapegoats -- also known as low-level employees -- to trot out and blame. That is something the bosses are expert at, but handling millions of taxpayer dollars? Not so much.
Not exactly sure how to define this.. but when I serve on a committee I ask a question.. also there have been times when I went to the people who the committee or board represented and interviewed them to see what they thought..
also, in this: I would ask questions about the structure.. The new thing is "I don't know." basically ignoring their job, but cya.
I love it when republicans in congress will respond to Jan6, 2021 --- who were there - - - I don't know I didn't watch the video..
Growing up there was a saying (I think it came from 'Dragnet') ignorance of the law is no excuse...
The County elected officials/administrations (and so many other politicians now aday) take the three monkey's approach: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.. i.e. play dumb defense..
I read "Enough," By Cassidy Hutchinson she goes into details how the republicans were telling her before testifying.. to NOT look at her note, NOT to ask any questions to jog her memory
A N D
to say: "I don't know," or "I don't remember" because no one can prove you don't know or remember.. probably why they don't use Polygraphs in court rooms.. to protect the guilty.
“We are our choices.” - Jean-Paul Sartre
We keep choosing (electing) poorly.
True. But Warren County Democrats are largely to blame as the overwhelming majority of Republicans in the county run unopposed and thus win by default. Other than Dave Strainer, were any Democrats on the ballot for any local election last year in the county outside GF?
Which reinforces the point of the quote. If we choose not to field candidates, we have made a poor choice.
Sadly, other than Strainer Dems almost always lose, so it must be tough getting candidates.
Bingo! Very few Dems/independents will run because the brainwashed Warren County electorate will vote only for Repuklicans/CONServatives, as they've done for generations. I'd also theorize Dems/Indies don't want to have their reputations and lives smeared by GOP/CONS in their horrid, lying, disgusting campaign materials and speeches. Just check out the disgusting accusations vomited up by Mike Dixon and his GOP cohorts in last year's race against John Strough in Queensbury. Win at any cost is the motto for even local Repuklicans/CONS.
Also, the turnout in local elections can be abysmal. Some of this is because there is less and less local coverage from local news outlets. When that happens, corruptions happens, voting turnout declines.
That's a cop out, IMO. You can't complain about lack of choice and then offer apologias for those who find excuses to not to offer choice. How is the needle ever going to be moved if no one is ever even trying to nudge it? As Ken points out below, local races have low turnout which means a candidate actually can meet a large chunk of voters face to face.
John Strough keeps getting re-elected in Queensbury despite a large GOP enrollment advantage. That shows it can be done. Ditto Jesse Fish's crushing of long-time incumbent Kusnierz. Under the right circumstances, it can be done... but only by someone who actually runs.
Just to be technically correct, Jesse Fish -- who ran for Moreau supervisor -- and Patrick Killian, who ran for town board member in 2023, are registered Republicans who instead were endorsed by the town Democratic Committee and the then-new grassroots party Moreau United. I was involved in their campaign and actually suggested they run a Republican primary that I'm confident would have gotten rid of Kusnierz and one of his board member acolytes even sooner than waiting for the general election. Incidentally, I refer to the Moreau town Repuklican Committee as the Kusnierz Family Committee as many members of the family dominate and control the panel. No one gets the GOP endorsement without kissing the ring (and their asses) while they also control who represents the various districts.
Despite the large GOP enrollment advantage, Democrats controlled the Queensbury town board shortly before the pandemic. Not that long ago. Last year, they didn't run a single candidate other than Strough.
Dems win at times. Andrea Hogan (?) was elected supervisor of Johnsburg. Rich Larkin was on the W'burg town board. Craig Leggett was elected Chestertown supervisor as an independent.
of course, you or I, if we lived in Warren County could run as republicans.. or Lib Republicans... .. it is exactly the thing republicans do, but Democrats can't seem to grasp this
John Strough of Queensbury is a Dem, he beat Mike Dixon in November. John has to decide whether to run again this November as the state mandate for local elections being held in even years takes effect. I've heard Brad Magowan, a former county supervisor who has a close personal/business relationship with treasurer Christine Norton, plans to be the GOP candidate for Qbury town supervisor, which would return him to the county board (ugh!). Check out previous published reports about the alleged misuse of about $49,000 in ARPA funds between Norton/Magowan.
I'd be more interested in knowing what the Warren County "officials" are doing to get back the "guaranteed" $3M that was lent to the failed Winter Dreams debacle. Those guarantors are still dancing around like its someone else's problem. Talk about scams.
Dear Washington National Opera: Please consider performing in welcoming Glens Falls and/or in other North Country venues, especially if it helps solve your revenue losses from doing the right thing at the Kennedy Center. You sure would brighten an otherwise dreary winter here. Our biggest venue is the Harding-Mazzotti Arena (at least we got rid of the "CIA" moniker), so plan on holding several performances. Don't worry about getting permission to use the arena; it was actually rented for blatant political usage by sociopath Anthony Constantino, who wants to be the 21st Congressional District representative to replace the invisible, fellow sociopath StefaniQ. He had an MMA (minus any real mixed martial arts) exhibition there and even brought in the filthy, convicted felon Roger Stone. Not to worry, the place has been fumigated, the "rats" exterminated and actual sporting events -- ECHL hockey -- are taking place there. As a backup, the larger MVP Arena in Albany would be great, too, as it's smack in the middle of the state capital that is run by Democrats -- not even a hint or smell of the Diaper Donny. Thank you for joining us in standing up to the insane clown posse. See you soon!!!
If I remember correctly the CPB is ok for the moment. A judge stopped them.
And it's bad enough Warren County has shoddy checks and balances, where do they go to shore this up? I'm getting really disgusted with the "keystone cops" approach to all of Warren County's programs...
That is correct, but I believe the order is temporary for now.
Please read Lucien Truskcott's latest Substack post: "We are now all "domestic terrorists." Trump has issued an executive order stating basically that anyone who opposes him by demonstrating, etc., is a "domestic terrorist" (like Renee Nicole Good). His AG, Pam Bondi, has sent down enabling instructions to DOJ employees to enforce these new orders. Don't be afraid. See you in the streets!
"After a visit to New York City, this writer did not see the danger" - But that's exactly the point. The fearmongering panders to people who've never been to NYC or the other big cities that politicians want their sheep to hate.
Had my first encounter with National Guard troops in New Orleans with three solders with their rifles out patrolling the totally empty Convention Center concourse. Nobody there but Sophie and me. With Sophie squatting to go in the bushes, for a second I had the fear they might think I was sneaking up on me. Stranger things have happened of late. Only time I have felt uneasy in New Orleans.
All amounts of crazy (When it comes to ICE and tne National Guard) are now on the table...
and concourses and alleys
The most noteworthy part is not that Warren County got scammed but that it got scammed on two separate occasions. As far as accountability, shortly after the public disclosure of the incidents, Mr. Geraghty was re-elected for yet another term as board chair. The culture of the board for years has been good ol boy slackness. I realize the treasurer's office is a separate and independent department but the legislative body is supposed to provide oversight. I don't think anyone would accuse the BOS of being particularly rigorous in that regard.
I thought a Judge ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Board to fund them.
As I said above, I believe that is temporary while it works its way through court. They are till trying to shut them down.
It is a given that this administration is not friendly to it's citizens. It's Trump and his cronies running roughshod over our nation.
Without a doubt.. not just the criminals know about the fraud
they perhaps are the bigger problem...
That is.. of course the criminals (unless they are hmpy trmPEDOPHile) aren't going to admit to their criminal behavior
BUT
like the murder of Renee Nicole Good
like the killing of innocent fishermen off the coast of Venezuela
like the insider trading of all of congress
you know the criminals did it
you also know there 'supposed' good: cops, soldiers, congressmen/women.. but they are the problem.. THEY ARE SILENT
The people who have documentation of the Warren County crime..... and maybe they have turned in information.. and it will come out in court.
But unfortunately the cult doesn't talk
Diaper Donny's credit card BS is part of his 24-hour cycle of vomiting whatever filth and dictatorial prowess that comes into his feeble, feckless mind. It's exhausting, but our good government groups, ACLU and so many other guardians of democracy must file lawsuits for every illegal, anarchic move he and his criminal cabal attempt. I'm no legal eagle, but why aren't our Democratic and independent federal representatives joining in the lawsuits, using their knowledge and documentation, to stop the cabal in their tracks? Every single tyrannical, buffoonish attempt should be immediately opposed in court -- especially the blatantly preposterous moves to negate actions that the Repuklican-majority Congress in tandem with Democrats/independents have already approved. Another failed attempt to govern, so get rid of them in a deluge of lawsuits.
I will withhold opinion and let the Comptroller's Office, sheriff and the FBI, if they're still involved, do their jobs. It's already been said that this was not some sophisticated global phishing scheme.
Better to be a democrat running for election in Glens Falls than a democrat in Queensbury. Opposite is true for the republican candidates in Queensbury rather than the democratic candidates in Queensbury. For that matter, up County, if you're a republican, you're pretty much guaranteed a win.
Re: NYC. Despite the fears of many Republicans in Congress about the terrifying conditions in New York City, my husband and I (two senior citizens) have always had great fun taking the subway from Queens to Manhattan (most recently this past December). Our 3-year-old grandson often takes mass transport with his parents or his grandparents and is in charge of "pushing the buttons". I often wonder if those who express concern about big cities have ever really left the cradle of their safe, gated communities or taken any ground transportation besides limos. They seem awfully ignorant of the real world in which those they're supposed to work for live. (The corollary is that they seem much more at home in the more luxurious world of big money lobbyists.)
Half the fun of any trip to the city is taking the subway - or in New Orleans - the streetcars.
Lynn was a wonderful person an good friends gonna behard to fill her shoes she always found something. Good too s Say about a person or situation
I remember when Elizabeth Warren helped create the CFPB which protected and saved consumers billions of dollars. Also the Federal Reserve investigation, empowered to investigate those that cheated on their taxes, saved the Federal government billions of collars. Trump pardoned those engaged not just in insurrection but also narco terrorism and, mainly, fraud. Clearly fraud and corruption are totally supported by the Trump government and whistleblowers and truth tellers are indicted, charged with the "crime" of not bowing to Trump's power. The world turned upside down.
On another note, I have much respect for sheriff LaFarr, his honesty and integrity and work for our community.