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Monthly Archives: October 2015

My Journey Into Denialville

Since last spring every member of the Council has been telling us, repeatedly and with great certainty, that the cost to the taxpayers of the planned boardwalk pavilions would be zero. Thanks to Judge Gummer’s ruling on Friday many of us have learned that it is not zero, that it was never going to be […]

Last Week

Pringle Summarizes Gummer’s Decision

Click on the image:(An earlier version of this post had some formatting issues with Google Drive and was difficult to read. The problem has been rectified.)

The Numbers At A Glance

Here are my calculations of the real numbers for how the pavilions would be financed: Cost of 5th Ave Pavilion:               $4,100,000 100% FEMA money for 5th:          -$437,000 40% FEMA money from 13th:      -$306,000 4.3% of cost of 5th for beach use: -$176,000 […]

Plan Was To Break The News Next Year….

Taxpayers dodge a bullet…. Judge Gummer: THE VOTERS MUST KNOW NOW, BEFORE THE ELECTION AND BEFORE THE PAVILION IS BUILT THAT…….   The $727,000 from Buy-a-Board belongs to beach! * The $484,000 in insurance belongs to beach! * Approx. $2.2 Million of the FEMA $$ belongs to beach! * Only the $437,000 that FEMA will […]

Deja Vu And More

Couple of things that came across my desk – actually my kitchen table – yesterday that I didn’t get a chance to look at until now. First up is this piece that came in the mail.  In honor of the late, great Yogi Berra I’m going to name it “Deja Vu all over again”. Looks […]

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In Today’s Star:

Bean Endorses Schneck!  * Pringle (Theresa) Endorses Schneck! * Schneck Endorses Schneck! Letters reprinted with the permission of the Coast Star

Hey Mets Fans

Remember this guy?…….

(More) Unreported Campaign Activity

I believe the use of these facilities, and in the case of La Dolce Vida the provision of hors d’oeuvres, needed to be reported as either in-kind contributions or, if they were paid for by the campaign, as expenditures. * * * Both are absent from Nicolay’s 29-day report, either as in-kind contributions or campaign […]