REMEMBERING JACK TAYLOR - 1918-2006

John S. "Jack" Taylor, long time representative of District 4 on the Republican Committee has passed away. Jack died in White Plains on Monday.

Jack was very involved in Woodbury politics for many years. In the late 1950's he was elected one of the three Assessors of the Town of Woodbury. In the Mid-1970's when the three elected posts were abolished, Jack was designated by the Woodbury Town Board to be Woodbury's Sole Appointed Assessor. He served as the appointed Assessor for many more years.

When District 4 was carved out and created in the late 1960's, Jack was designated to serve as one of the two Republican Committeemembers from the new district, alongside Eleanor E. S. Paas. He continued to serve faithfully as the District 4 representative for many more years until recently. I now serve in the seat he held.

I previously served District 4 in the late 1990's and had the privilege to serve alongside Jack as the District reps. Although Jack and I were on opposing slates in the 2001 committee election. I lost handily to Jack, showing he had the commanding respect of the enrolled Republican voters of this district, something I can only hope to one day achieve at the level he did.

Jack was a good man who served our town faithfully and proudly for many years. My condolences go out to his entire family.

VILLAGE OF WOODBURY---DAY ONE

OK kids...Were gonna do day one....

We'll the village has passed. Now what? First see if your job allows any overtime, you may need the extra money :-)

But, all joking aside, you all voted, and you all said you want to be a village. I, as a proud member of the Sons of the American Revolution and descendant of a patriot that fought in the Revolution to give us the freedoms we enjoy respects your choice.

So where do we go from here...

Notice will soon be sent to the N. Y. S. Secretary of State informing them of our decision. Once the Report of Incorporation is filed with the Secretary of State, then the village is officially incorporated.

Then our wonderful Town Clerk who graciously hosted the people of this town for nearly 12 hours of voting, vote counting and vote challenging yesterday appoints a Village Clerk.

60 days after the appointment of the Village Clerk, we will have an election for Mayor and Village Board. Terms will be altered (some shorter some longer) so that a rotating system will go in to effect....similar to how the town board is elected.

As soon as possible following the election of Mayor and a Village Board, the board will formally meet for the first time to appoint a permanent Village Clerk and a Village Treasurer. Other positions that this new village plans to create may also be appointed at such time.

And then we are on our way...

There is much much more that goes in to this process. If you like dry legal reading, consult the Village Laws of the great State of N. Y.

They can be found here...
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi

Go down the page to "V" for Village.

AT 11:02 P.M. - A NEW VILLAGE IS BORN...

Sorry for the long delay...however, anyone on line at 9:00 P. M. was allowed to vote and that took about another hour to complete. Then each of the four machines had to be broken down which is as follows:

MACHINE ONE

YES-575
NO-147

MACHINE TWO

YES-569
NO 167

MACHINE THREE

YES-594
NO-182

MACHINE FOUR

YES-354
NO-87

Which leaves us with a GRAND TOTAL of:

YES 2092

NO: 583

The final results were read at 11:02 P. M.-Thursday, August 10, 2006.

Therefore the Village of Woodbury is now officially born, and the process of
creating a Village Government commences. The Town Clerk, Desiree Potvin will soon
appoint a Village Clerk who will commence the process of village elections.

I will post more about this process tomorrow.

Come Back Tonight for Results

I will post the outcome of today's Village Vote as soon as i can AFTER 9 PM.

So come back tonight...probably AFTER 9:30.

VOTE NO TODAY!!! 12-9PM at Town Hall

We'll Today is the big day...the day we decide if we want to form a village which would absorb most of the territory of the present Town of Woodbury

I just went and voted at exactly noon, and i thought i was going to be the first person on line, turns out I waited outside on line almost to the old firehouse.

Regardless, it is good to see the people of this town are taking today’s vote very seriously and are participating in the democratic process.

This without a doubt is probably the most important decision facing this community since it was broken off from Monroe and formed in 1889.

While most in this community know Ralph Caruso (Chief Village Proponent)and I don’t see eye to eye on a great deal, today’s vote should not be a referendum on him, anyone on the yes side, or anyone on the no side.

Today’s vote is about our town and the direction we chose to go in to protect it and it's territory from encroachment by any neighboring town or village.

However, today’s vote should also not be just about KJ. Do not let fears of annexation or formation of little KJ's cloud your judgment.

I voted NO today, not because Ralph Caruso is on the yes side, or because of KJ. I voted NO, because I believe that Mr. Caruso and his committee failed miserably in any attempt to properly educate we the people of this community about today’s vote or the REAL impacts this village will have on our way of life and our cherished services.

I want more information. I don’t want smoke in mirrors rhetoric. I want real budget figures, taking ALL potential situations in to account. I want to know who will be in control of what, the town or the village.

We need a real serious discussion with some real experts on this matter. Voting NO today allows us more time to do that and to reconsider where we should go.

Decisions of this magnitude should not be made in the way we are being forced to do so, based on fear, emotion, prejudice, and misinformation.

Vote NO today...we still have time to make a properly informed decision at a later date