THE GAZETTE: GOUVEIA ACCESS WORK OKAYED

The latest edition of the Gazette has a cover story on the grossly underestimated expenses of the Gouveia property accepted by the Wiegman administration, in particular the cost of the access work to the site, etc. It's a lengthy article and worth reading in it's entirety; here's a relevant excerpt:

It was the administration of Democrat Leo Wiegman, which was hot to accept their property and cash and named the grounds in Mrs. Gouveia's honor. Political opponents, among them the Croton United candidates who defeated Mayor Wiegman and trustees Slippen and Levitt last November--have consistently opposed accepting the property. Trustee Gallelli said at Monday's meeting "I'm very happy this is moving forward". That spurred criticism of the acquisition from Mayor Schmidt who said that in the less than a year and a half the village has spent down almost $100,000 of the 1 million dollar trust--from which the new access contract of $218,600 will also be deducted. 

As well, many village laborers' hours have been diverted to issues relating to the property instead of the village's other parks "That we can barely maintain" he said. 

It then goes into Joel Gingold's statement that cost and revenue projections for the property may have been intended to mislead....PLEASE read the article in its entirety. The Gazette is on sale just about everywhere. You can also read more about Joel Gingold's statement here http://www.crotonunited.org/…/the-grossly-erroneous-gouveia…

UPDATED 3/6/18  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2018/03/highlights-only-3118-gouveia-gazette.html