Town Hall Again
It's getting a little tedious spending evenings sitting in the auditorium at Brookhaven Town Hall listening to the same people reiterating their same pieces of misinformation and downright lies, but it's the way things seem to get done - or not done - around here.
However, our attorneys advise me that last night's meeting went well and we fully expect the Town Board to do what they need to do and vote next week to overhaul the unconstitutional and illegal new code they introduced in September to try to stop us building.
While the Town Supervisor suggested we had not done two things we had been asked to do at the last meeting, when dozens of local clergy forced this issue into the open, that criticism is unjust.
Our attorneys had indeed not prepared the brief for the town attorney, but that was because we were asked by a member of the Board not to do this as it could affect him politically. Unfortunately when we were taken to task last night, he did not have the intestinal fortitude to admit his role in things and we were too polite to implement him.
On the matter of not having met with the Civic Association, as I stated last night, I have been asking for a meeting with them since June when I met with their executive. They are the people that have been delinquent here. It seems they like to shout loud in public but don't really care enough about the issue to have meaningful dialogue with us outside of Town Hall. They have now been forced into a corner by the Town Board and will have to meet with us.
Then again, if this is not all about Grace Church (and is there anyone on the planet who believes that any more?) why is a meeting with the Civic Association being demanded before a vote?
The issue is clear. This is not about anything other than the Town Board trying to stop us building a church. Our attorneys have caught them in an illegal act and they should be moving quickly to clean up their mess. Sadly they are still procrastinating, but we do expect the matter to be resolved once and for all at the December 13th Board meeting.
It's an interesting sideshow, but not the main event!
However, our attorneys advise me that last night's meeting went well and we fully expect the Town Board to do what they need to do and vote next week to overhaul the unconstitutional and illegal new code they introduced in September to try to stop us building.
While the Town Supervisor suggested we had not done two things we had been asked to do at the last meeting, when dozens of local clergy forced this issue into the open, that criticism is unjust.
Our attorneys had indeed not prepared the brief for the town attorney, but that was because we were asked by a member of the Board not to do this as it could affect him politically. Unfortunately when we were taken to task last night, he did not have the intestinal fortitude to admit his role in things and we were too polite to implement him.
On the matter of not having met with the Civic Association, as I stated last night, I have been asking for a meeting with them since June when I met with their executive. They are the people that have been delinquent here. It seems they like to shout loud in public but don't really care enough about the issue to have meaningful dialogue with us outside of Town Hall. They have now been forced into a corner by the Town Board and will have to meet with us.
Then again, if this is not all about Grace Church (and is there anyone on the planet who believes that any more?) why is a meeting with the Civic Association being demanded before a vote?
The issue is clear. This is not about anything other than the Town Board trying to stop us building a church. Our attorneys have caught them in an illegal act and they should be moving quickly to clean up their mess. Sadly they are still procrastinating, but we do expect the matter to be resolved once and for all at the December 13th Board meeting.
It's an interesting sideshow, but not the main event!
posted by Roger Blackmore | 9:45 AM
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