On Friday Donald Trump will be sworn in as President of the United States and we couldn't be more excited. The family goes a long way back w Donald Trump from our construction days... we controlled the unions, not a single concrete slab was laid down without going through us and Trump's companies were no different. We had a great system if the contractors would not use our concrete companies we wouldn't break their legs or fit them for concrete shoes, we would just send in our union delegate to check every car and piece of machinery that went onto that particular job site each morning to make sure it was up to union codes. From the materials to the tire pressure of the machines...We shut their business down to a halt with this one foreman checking every little detail all day, no work would get started and the contractor would lose hundreds of thousands a day. By day two or three, they would come around and see that our number did work for them. We made a lot money in construction in those days. Back to the point, Trump will be our President, hes smart and shrewd and we are confident he will Make America Great Again.
Mayor Noble gave his State of the City address and if one thing is clear its that this guy lacks leadership. Noble spoke in generalities about making Kingston green and sustainable and focused heavily on promoting an alt left agenda that included making Kingston a Sanctuary city and composting. The usual lets work together..blah blah. No mention of economic development, no mention of his campaign promise to bring free wifi to Midtown Kingston through a public private partnership. No mention about anything of substance really. Mayor Noble did mention again that he was working with the county to merge city bus, which would save Kingston money. That bus system runs at a huge deficit and the county could provide the same services and get that off Kingston's back.
Mayor Noble did get his crowd of snow flakes to fill city hall in favor of his resolution to make Kingston a sanctuary city with public comments from both sides going until about 1030pm. To us we could care less who lives here and what their legal status is..if they are here and happy and love are city we say salute, God bless. The issue is the financial impact such a move could have on our city, if Trump pulls federal funding to Kingston, we stand to lose over 1.8 million in federal aid and the potential federal grants we could lose we will never know the $ lost there. Money that will go to other Cities that are less qualified and less worthy. And for what? So Mayor Noble can pat himself on the back that he got passed a meaningless resolution and put every single resident of Kingston at risk in the process. This isn't about principal, Governor Cuomo has already made NY a sanctuary state and while Albany may forget sometimes, Kingston is a part of the state of New York.
Tuesday's display showed how out of touch our Mayor is, he had a crowd of paid activists and out of towners from Citizen's Action cheer him on like this is what Kingstonians want. Maybe a majority do but I will bet any amount of money that's not their main focus. How about a memorializing resolution to bring a big distributor to Kingston, or a tenant in the Kingston Business Park. Noble is an elitist that went home to Roosevelt Park after that resolution passed thinking he did something good but I ask you all: What good has he done for the average Kingstonian?! His priorities are ass backwards and he fails to take a stand on the important issues facing this community.
In other city news we here rumors that Alderwoman Maryanne Mills (D-w7) will not seek reelection to a third term this November. The ward leans Democratic but could be in contention for Republicans in an open seat. Unless of course former Democratic Alderman Bill Reynolds decides to make a run for his old seat.
On a County level we had to laugh that County Executive Mike Hein promoted his rail trail as something that would boost the local economy and make Ulster a destination community, a project that is untested and we have no idea what will happen...ok so thats his opinion on the results, gotcha. The funny part is that his comments come a week after the Catskill Mountain Railroad, that got fucked over to build that stupid trail and has a solid track record, reported that it did over a million in sales this year. Not to mention what the railroad has done for Uptown Kingston business owners during the holiday season.
I believe if Alderman Mills runs it would be her 4th term?? not third as was mentioned. Let's hope she runs... We need her!! One of the few sane ones on the council.
ReplyDeleteYes it would be her fourth term...my bad. She currently is serving her third term..she was elected same year as Gallo. I hope she runs too, she's a great Alderman.
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Not so good to have a "sanctuary" designation. Where will all those activists go for the gravy train? The Wall, heightened security, scrutinizing illegal aliens and stopping the flow of federal funding to cities and states puts an end to that.
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