As many of you know, the mayor, as well as other officials have made claims about how much money the Toughman competition brings to your local business community. That myth has been now been thoroughly debunked thanks to an engaged citizenry and Mr. Dick Nagle. You can read more about that here http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/09/dick-nagles-92-statement-b4-board-on.html
Now as to the charitable contributions brought to our village...see the following letter from the Croton Caring Committee below.
An Open Letter to Toughman organizer
Dr. Richard Izzo:
In our local newspaper, The Gazette, Week of August 28 through September 3, referring to your
application for an extended agreement with the
Village of Croton to host the triathlons for
the next five years, we read, “Almost $1
million has been raised to benefit more than 70
not-for-profit causes, with local recipients
ranging from the Girl Scouts to the Croton
Caring Committee, which aids the elderly
and handicapped.”
Our records indicate that we received a contribution of $200 in
2009, and having raised $130,000 in 2010, we received a check for $100. We have no record of any contributions for the years 2011,
2012, or 2013 which raised $291,000.
We would expect that as the host village, the Croton Caring
Committee, which is a not-for-profit
organization, working within the village, would be
a recipient every year.
May we hear from you please.
Sincerely,
Anne V. Kennedy, Executive Director,
Croton Caring Committee
WOW
ReplyDeleteJust another example of why this board and their relentless pursuit of fantasies needs to go once for and all.
ReplyDeleteBoy this says a lot about how much our "Self Appointed Full Time" Mayor looks out for the best interests of the village. he should spend some of his FULL TIME HOURS actually working as a Mayor. He shoots off his mouth as if he knows that our community benefits financially, like this is a fact backed by numbers. But thanks to the efforts of some, he has been bagged, called out and made to look like a fool and liar. Thanks to all that had a part.
ReplyDeleteWow too. Thank you Croton caring Committee.
ReplyDeleteGina
Thank you so much for doing this C.C.C.
ReplyDeleteIt's 2018 and I heard that the village board just wrote off five thousand that the Toughman owed Croton as "uncollectable" in the last village board meeting. Is this true?
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