PAUL STEINBERG'S 7/9/15 GAZETTE LETTER ON GOUVEIA'S COSTS, UP UP & AWAY

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PAUL STEINBERG'S 7/9 GAZETTE LTR. ON GOUVEIA'S COSTS, UP UP & AWAY

To the editor:

Joel Gingold (Gazette June 1) says that the Village Board misled the residents of Croton, but this is simply not true.

I will concede that the initial costs have been far in excess of the public documents released by the Board prior to the acquisition. But it was well-known that the Board was not telling the truth in their public statements and hence there should be no reason for Mr. Gingold to be shocked.

The Board released over a hundred pages of Gouveia-related emails in response to a FOIL request. If Mr. Gingold had bothered to read those documents, he would have known not to trust the Board, and Mr. Wiegman & Ms. Gallelli in particular.

Throughout the Gouveia process, many people commented that the "endowment" would not be sufficient to maintain the property. The Journal-News even ran a story detailing all the properties "donated" to other Westchester municipalities which had become an albatross around the neck of the taxpayers. READ MORE HERE https://www.facebook.com/notes/croton-united/musings-from-cu-member-paul-steinberg/473298936160476