Jeff McKinney

Budget Troubles And Interesting Solutions for Chatham

The Columbia Paper ran an interesting article yesterday looking at the budget concerns of Chatham Village. In the article titled, How low can we go?, Parry Teasdale (writer, Columbia Paper), looks at the looming $70,000 deficit that the village is facing, what caused the current financial situation and how some villagers think they might deal with this deficit. One of the more interesting solutions posed was to ask the tax-exempt property holders of the village, which occupy roughly 38% of the land, to help out by contributing to the village.

Chatham isn’t alone in facing these financial issues and many of our towns and villages are in the same boat. Teasdale’s article is an interesting read and definitely worth reading in full. You can read the article now by visiting ColumbiaPaper.com or pick up a copy of the paper.

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Williamsburg on the Hudson

Interesting article in the NY Times looking at the growing influx of hipsters in the Hudson Valley.

Here is an excerpt:

“FROM the venerable general store his grandparents opened in 1919, where you can get hunting knives, cigars, worms, khaki pants and copies of Vogue, Phil Terni has watched Dutchess County’s passing parade for most of his 68 years.

The store has seen celebrated customers — Babe Ruth, Ava Gardner, Artie Shaw, Ruth Bader Ginsburg — amble in and out. And Mr. Terni has seen Millerton prosper as an agricultural crossroads with three hotels served by three railroads, and then decline toward irrelevance as the milk processing plant shut down and the farms died. Still, none of that has prepared him for what he sees outside his door every day.”

You can read the entire article on NYTimes.com by clicking here.

Rhonda’s Reptiles at New Lebanon Library

Join reptile rescuer Rhonda Leavitt and meet her menagerie of crawly critters! You will touch and learn about snakes, tortoises, dragons, iguanas, and even a baby alligator!

WHEN: Tuesday, 8/2
TIME: 1:00 PM
WHERE: New Lebanon Library

This event is free and open to the public.

Information supplied by the New Lebanon Library. Visit NewLebanonLibrary.org for more.

The Real Face of the Gay Agenda

We have been hearing how gay marriage will destroy American society and now we have a picture of the harbingers of our demise.

Phyllis Siegel, 76, and Connie Kopelov, 84, were the first same-sex couple to get married in Manhattan over the weekend when marriage equality became legal in NY. Yes, these two little old ladies are what all the fuss from the radical religious has been over. Lock your doors folks because the one in the wheelchair is probably making a beeline to grab your kids while they sleep.