tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post1680845906338878191..comments2023-10-26T06:05:37.052-04:00Comments on Blaber's News and Commentary: Sottile Makes City Buy His BootsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-23382374890330342312008-01-16T17:05:00.000-05:002008-01-16T17:05:00.000-05:00most csea employees don't even take advantage of t...most csea employees don't even take advantage of the dental plan I mean come on let's get those Yuk Mouths Fixed If your not gonna use the plan then give the money back to the taxpayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-53576547657201360952008-01-16T16:52:00.000-05:002008-01-16T16:52:00.000-05:00When I first read it I thought you said that he wa...When I first read it I thought you said that he wanted us to pay for his booze? Someone should tell him that you don't need boots sitting at the Cozy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-59852753948057548612008-01-11T20:08:00.000-05:002008-01-11T20:08:00.000-05:00maybe he needed these boots to wade through the lo...maybe he needed these boots to wade through the load of crap he keeps handing us. i voted for cahillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-72310174172898499082008-01-09T19:50:00.000-05:002008-01-09T19:50:00.000-05:0042 comments on boots. At least it beats the runnin...42 comments on boots. At least it beats the running commentary on the other Journal political blogs. You can't illicit a response over there no matter how much you push their buttons. Deadsville.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-50679618056126537142008-01-09T18:55:00.000-05:002008-01-09T18:55:00.000-05:00Hey last poster - were you talking about the Mayor...Hey last poster - were you talking about the Mayor and/or President Bush Jr. in the 1st Paragraph?<BR/><BR/>As the feminists say, "The personal is political..."<BR/><BR/>And I'd say that the citizens of this City, County, State and nation are getting "stomped" on all over the place...<BR/><BR/>Move over Bill Gates...<BR/><BR/>Smart (but sadistic?) investors are probably BUYING bigger shares in the boot business by now...<BR/><BR/>Which will come in handy, also, for the 3rd world populous that appears to be our collective future...(Will YOU be a King, a queen, a multimillionaire CEO, a military man/woman; a priest, minister or prophet --- or one of many, many, many slaves?????????) <BR/><BR/>Oh, silly me, there is only room for one King and Queen, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-86451210297155207702008-01-08T22:49:00.000-05:002008-01-08T22:49:00.000-05:00Hey 10:11There is no accountability when it comes ...Hey 10:11<BR/><BR/>There is no accountability when it comes to the Mayor. The Mayor does what he wants and gets away with it. <BR/><BR/>Buying boots for himself and charging back the City for them is not the move of a fiscal conservative. Its a move by a liberal who now does not care about the taxpayers because it is not an election year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-76085517230110810492008-01-08T10:11:00.000-05:002008-01-08T10:11:00.000-05:00What I just do not understand is how the Mayor was...What I just do not understand is how the Mayor was reimbursed so quickly and rank-n-file members have not. <BR/><BR/>Who approves the Mayor's expenses? <BR/><BR/>Simply put, there needs to be executive oversight on expenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-32612065863847818352008-01-07T22:56:00.000-05:002008-01-07T22:56:00.000-05:00Jeremy, please reveal who on the Council will be v...Jeremy, please reveal who on the Council will be voting against the boots?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-60399603096070866852008-01-07T19:02:00.000-05:002008-01-07T19:02:00.000-05:00Yo 8:13pm.Your logic is sound if you were talking ...Yo 8:13pm.<BR/><BR/>Your logic is sound if you were talking about a business. But this is local City government where its everyone for themselves. <BR/><BR/>3% of $30k is only $900 for a yearly raise. Add on the boots for an even C note and now you are talking about a raise of $1k. <BR/><BR/>Hoe-dee-HoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-14171777810021102082008-01-07T08:55:00.000-05:002008-01-07T08:55:00.000-05:009:26 - you're very observant - if you only knew......9:26 - you're very observant - if you only knew....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-14318126863488823182008-01-06T21:26:00.000-05:002008-01-06T21:26:00.000-05:00Dibella kisses the mayor's ass whenever he want's ...Dibella kisses the mayor's ass whenever he want's something. there has got to be something going on with the two of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-49378717081775544982008-01-06T20:13:00.000-05:002008-01-06T20:13:00.000-05:00I tend to agree with 1:53pm about the type of boot...I tend to agree with 1:53pm about the type of boots that the City Hall "clerks" bought. <BR/><BR/>I would bet that many of them bought trendy boots. <BR/><BR/>More importantly, *if* the City offered vision exams twice a year to employees, I have to wonder how many take advantage of it especially if they feel their eyes are not any worse off. My point here, folks, is that most employees do NOT take FULL advantage of every benefit offered. Common sense prevails with most employees. <BR/><BR/>What we have witnessed is pettiness that extends from the top down. What a complete waste of taxpayer dollars. <BR/><BR/>Just another black eye on Kingston.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-91457086777716280272008-01-06T19:15:00.000-05:002008-01-06T19:15:00.000-05:00to 9:49 - if Jeremy's displeasure with Cruella DiB...to 9:49 - if Jeremy's displeasure with Cruella DiBella was limited to her support of Bradley, I might agree with you. But, it isn't just Jeremy who is displeased; I've spoken with many who have no use for her. She's simply not a nice person and can't be trusted - it's more than her support for Bradley - it's what she did to Dave Donaldson and what she tried to do to Bill Reynolds. She has proven, repeatedly, that it's all about herself and her lust for power. She does not have her community's best interests at heart - she's a snob and a backstabber. It's too bad the city Republicans are in such disarray - if they could put up someone other than Jean Jacobs, Cruella would be sent packing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-72042616623666651142008-01-06T17:26:00.000-05:002008-01-06T17:26:00.000-05:00No, the ladies were free to buy nice sneakers. Did...No, the ladies were free to buy nice sneakers. Did the check come from the sewer fund? Nice of Jimbo to spend the money in Saugerties. Buy local? Practice what you preach.More hidden money secrets to follow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-16882360425355981242008-01-06T16:25:00.000-05:002008-01-06T16:25:00.000-05:00Obviously, the saga of the "City Boots" conspiracy...Obviously, the saga of the "City Boots" conspiracy continues with the publication of the news article in Today's Sunday Freeman.<BR/><BR/>First off, the only "entitlement" to any type of an annual uniform allowance specified in a collective bargaining agreement between a union and a municipality should ONLY be granted to UNIFORMED EMPLOYEES such as police, fire, and DPW. This is common sense which I see a lack of in this instance perpetuated by several parties.<BR/><BR/>In so far as greed and self-serving interests: this seems to run rampant in Both major political parties amongst office holders-- not just merely confined to one jurisdiction alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-10315148170914860182008-01-06T13:53:00.000-05:002008-01-06T13:53:00.000-05:00The DPW workers get steel toed boots for the work ...The DPW workers get steel toed boots for the work that they do for safety reasons- my guess is that the boots purchased by the office workers were expensive trendy hiking boots that Montanos sells- I do not think any of the ladies named in the paper bought steel toe workboots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-24993615437435951742008-01-06T13:14:00.000-05:002008-01-06T13:14:00.000-05:00Those of you who voted for Sottile, are you sorry ...Those of you who voted for Sottile, are you sorry yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-30663193658887555232008-01-06T12:52:00.000-05:002008-01-06T12:52:00.000-05:00he could have gone to payless shoes and gotten thr...he could have gone to payless shoes and gotten three pairs for one hundred bucks. the arrogent hot head thinks he is president pf the universe. pride goesbefore the fall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-20762012786020049642008-01-06T12:08:00.000-05:002008-01-06T12:08:00.000-05:00The mayor knows he controls the Council- now more ...The mayor knows he controls the Council- now more than ever. He can and will do as he damn well pleases. And Jeremy, you helped him get here with almost every line you wrote. <BR/>Boots, car, gas, at our expense and more. Now a raise? Didn't he get himself a $15,000/year raise a couple of years ago? Cost of living? Or is Sottile offsetting his tax increase? I want a cost of living tax rebate for every propery owner in the City- residential and commercial. Will that happen? We all know the answer to that.<BR/>If you think boots and car and gas is bad, just wait. This term has just begun.<BR/>Over my lifetime, I have come to realize that when politicians are so obviously self-serving in situations like "free" boots (they are not free, you and I pay for them) there is more under the radar that is harder to find. I'd like to see the State Attorney General's office come here and do a forsenic audit. But that won't happen either.<BR/>The voters of Kingston voted him back in. And now you got no choice but to live with it and pay for him. And watch as more and more working class and middle class residents leave this City. Taxes keep going up, services keep declining - and the Mayor and the Council keep asking for more for themselves, their family members and their friends. <BR/>Those of us who stood up before the election were ridiculed, demeaned and insulted on this blog and by this blogger. I'm glad to see a change here, however it is too late. Public drunkness, political favors, a $15,000 pay raise, the projects that never got off the ground and those that still aren't finished weren't enough indication that Jim Sottile is not a real leader, nor does he have the integrity, forsight and vision to take this City forward. Now we all will continue to pay dearly for this Mayor who believes he has a right to all he can get his hands on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-17694283448671903482008-01-06T11:54:00.000-05:002008-01-06T11:54:00.000-05:00Fire Departments for many years have conducted "bo...Fire Departments for many years have conducted "boot drops" for the purpose of raising money. Cars driving down a highway, road, or street would come upon an area where the Fire Department is set up in the middle of the road asking for donations. Drivers would throw loose change [quarters, dimes, nickels and pennys] into the fire fighter's fire boots. <BR/><BR/>The City of Kingston has had a long running policy of NOT allowing boot drops. The reason behind the policy is varied. Some have suggested that one reason for the policy is that the Kingston Volunteer Fire Fighters would be in the public eye - the "career" fire fighters would not like that. <BR/><BR/>Suffice it to say, it would seem that Jimmy Sottile is backing a boot [drive] policy of his own now, solely to his benefit. <BR/><BR/>Does anyone know what day the <I>boot drop</I> will take place in front of 420 Broadway? I just do not see any reason for city taxpayers to <B>foot</B> the bill for Jimmy's boots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-23069647754155285192008-01-06T11:40:00.000-05:002008-01-06T11:40:00.000-05:00What is extremely upsetting to me is that Al Teets...What is extremely upsetting to me is that Al Teetsel, the GOP minority leader, is okay with Sottile getting boots. <BR/><BR/>I thought Al was a fiscal conservative? Al must know about some sort of slush fund since he has been involved for the last two years during budget meetings. <BR/><BR/>Jeremy, contact Al and ask him point-blank where the boot money is coming from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-51525637004362842532008-01-06T11:37:00.000-05:002008-01-06T11:37:00.000-05:00Sottile does not need to be in sewer-laiden mud du...Sottile does not need to be in sewer-laiden mud during the middle of a sewer break. If he wants to know what is going on he can look from afar OR just stay in contact with his Department Heads. <BR/><BR/>What next? Does Sottile want a full set of fire clothing, potentially costing the taxpayers over $1,000? Or his own bullet-proof vent costing taxpayers over $4,000? <BR/><BR/>Enough is Enough!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-87226142347864767152008-01-06T11:08:00.000-05:002008-01-06T11:08:00.000-05:00- "What does this have to do with Dibella?...it ...- "What does this have to do with Dibella?...it would seem that the man of your dreams Bill Reynolds (who is majority leader) ok'd this as well...."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Actually, nobody "ok'd" this yet, but DiBella did say that Sottile deserves the perk...she's an a$$ kisser, as well as a poor steward of taxpayer money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-83306881815012779582008-01-06T09:49:00.000-05:002008-01-06T09:49:00.000-05:00I agree with 9:27. Enough slander regarding DiBell...I agree with 9:27. Enough slander regarding DiBella. Your grudge against her for supporting Bradley is getting boring. Move on, this is a new year, try to be a bit more respectful in your future comments. I appreciate the news and how quickly you report it but really Jeremy please find a new cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-69245129832749767702008-01-05T21:27:00.001-05:002008-01-05T21:27:00.001-05:00What does this have to do with Dibella?...it would...What does this have to do with Dibella?...it would seem that the man of your dreams Bill Reynolds (who is majority leader) ok'd this as well....You are being critical of her when you should be critical of the mayor and the entire council, not one alderwoman. Regardless of what Dibella did to you in the past..let it go you sound like a child. This is not about her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com