Mayor Leo Wiegman, who is up for re-election in November 2015, announced at a recent board meeting that he has gone on the state exchanges and that the taxpayers will no longer be paying for his and his family's health insurance. (Bear in mind that you would have never known about his taxpayer funded health insurance without the freedom of information requests filed by both Virginia Calcutti and the members of Croton United.) Thank you to Croton United and ALL the members of the community who stepped up and attended meetings, work sessions, and wrote letters--and who continue to do so--on this and related issues of open government--with special acknowledgement to Bob Anderson, Bob Resnikoff, and Joel Gingold--as well as Brian Powers and Rick Turner.
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Yep and thanks.
ReplyDeleteAt last. Some justice, however small, for the Croton taxpayer.
ReplyDeleteI can't help wondering if the GOP Congressional plan to raise full time from 30 hours to 40 hours played a part in the Mayor's change of heart. It's hard to believe that he spends 30 hours a week on Croton business plus time spent on his own business. I suspect that one or the other must be getting short-changed. Let's not forget that he claimed time (5 hours for travel and attendance) for a meeting he never attended not only once but twice. Can be believe any of his ad hoc time records now.
ReplyDeleteThe 40 hour amendment will pass but not sufficient to override Obama veto; Josh Earnest already said O will veto.
DeleteMore than the money, it is disturbing that an elected official declared himself "full time"-- there is a complete abdication by the Board of their oversight responsibility.
The fact that Mayor Weigman flat-out lied (multiple times) on official documents is something which continues to bother me. What "Leo Weigman" does is his own business. What "Mayor Weigman" does reflects on the reputation of Croton.
We can disagree on the wisdom of actions taken by our elected officials. That is the nature of democratic politics.
What we should all agree on is that our elected officials need to have honesty and integrity in their elected office. I don't care what Leo Weigman does in his personal or business life, but I am dismayed at what has come out in the last year as to his ethical standards as Mayor.