FROM THAT CROTON NEWS SITE---'IT'S NOT IMPARTIAL': HOW A ROOKIE TRUSTEE SANK A $36,500 COURT STUDY

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Stacey Nachtaler had been on the Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees for exactly three months when she did something unusual: she read the proposal.

Not the summary. Not the memo from the village manager. The actual 17-page proposal from the Center for Governmental Research, the Rochester-based nonprofit that was being asked to study the future of Croton's village justice court for $36,500.

"The first sentence on page one," Nachtaler told her colleagues at the February 11 work session, "is a request for a proposal to study the feasibility of dissolving the village justice court and shifting it to Cortland."

She paused to let that sink in.

"Then when you continue on, it says they're gonna provide an impartial, impartial analysis."

Nachtaler, who brought 20 years of professional consulting experience to the board, didn't think those two things were compatible...more at 'It's Not Impartial': How a Rookie Trustee Sank a $36,500 Court Study — Croton-on-Hudson, NY