POESTENKILL CLARION, CHRONICLE & GAZETTE
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April 23d 2024 Supplemental Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - INTERMEZZO"
And while the suspense and anticipation build in tiny Poestenkill as the water district no. 2 public hearing in just two more drama-filled days looms large on our political horizon, let's drop back in time to 1989 and a Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation of endemic corruption in the Rensselaer County Health Department, and by extension Poestenkill, itself, where we have as follows from the files and records of the FBI as to why there is water contamination in Poestenkill today, to wit:
“We owe Paul Plante.”
“We owe him, as we owe Ward Stone, for trying to keep the public faith.”
As stated, those are the opening lines of an op-ed by Fred LeBrun in the Albany, New York Times Union newspaper in 1989 which is a part of a Federal Bureau of Investigation file entitled “ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN RENSSELAER COUNTY GOVERNMENT, RELATING TO LAND DEVELOPMENT, CORRUPTION OF STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS,” which investigation Poestenkill engineer Paul Plante was an integral part of, given that the FBI investigation into corruption in NYS and Rensselaer County and the Town of Poestenkill in Rensselaer County was based on an investigation Plante had conducted as a New York State associate public health engineer in NYS with Public Health Law enforcement authority.
That op-ed went on to state that Plante was now an ex-Rensselaer County employee, and the reason given in the TU op-ed in the FBI files states as follows:
“Everybody agrees that he’s a good engineer, but maybe too zealous, too rigid interpreting the rules.”
“He says he may be too aware of the public trust on his shoulders.”
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Now, seriously, people, how many Harvard Juris Doctor degrees do you have to possess to make heads or tails from those four sentences, especially the one that mentioned “trying to keep the public faith?”
How about this instead – not trying to accept bribes, as was expected and demanded of Plante, in exchange for rubber-stamping as approved residential subdivision plans that did not meet the codes, and not trying to commit honest services fraud, a federal offense, by turning his back on his responsibilities to the people of Rensselaer County as a NYS licensed engineer and associate public health engineer, which is what Plante told the FBI when they questioned him as part of that investigation, which they did several times in that matter.
That op-ed in the FBI files which was put there by the FBI itself to keep the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Albany, New York informed as to what was going on in the corruption investigation, which was turned off like a light bulb by the U.S. attorney for the northern district of New York after the name of a prominent and powerful Rensselaer County state senator came into the FBI investigation as a result of Plante's investigation into fraud and endemic corruption in the Rensselaer County Department of Health, continued as follows:
“So, I’m not deluding myself that the watchdog press will hold Rensselaer County accountable down the road to what happens now that Paul Plante is gone.”
“Regrettably, there are already signs that the much-assailed county Health Department is doing a belly-up, adopting the laissez-faire attitude of 10 years ago.”
“Which means more polluted wells and the stench of bad septic systems.”
“Not from the Victor Gushes or Steve Andersons developing the top of the line – they are too publicly visible – but from well-connected rip-off artists who mysteriously will get necessary permits and paperwork from the county the way they used to, with bogus inspections, or none at all, for who knows what considerations.”
“Going down with Plante, unfortunately, is a hard-nosed system of checks and balances on development in the county.”
“Who, if anyone, I wonder, will step in to save the county?
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The answer to that is nobody, which takes us back to that op-ed, and some true Poestenkill history, as follows:
“Back in 1983, he (Plante) heard that the neighboring Zweig farm, with a chicken barn on it, was going to be subdivided into apartments.”
“He (Plante) went to the zoning board meeting and was shown a letter from the county attesting to the existing septic system in the barn.”
“A chicken coop with toilets?”
“This was something new.”
“Plante persisted.”
“A red-faced county allowed as how maybe there wasn’t a septic system at all, and suddenly the developer had to adhere to the rules.”
“But Plante couldn’t stop wondering: How could the county screw up so badly?”
“Who was watching the store?”
“In 1986, because – ironically – of an innovative Industrial Development Agency proposal pitched to (Rensselaer County Executive John L. “Smiling Jack”) Buono, Plante was named to mind the store.”
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And that is how Plante came to be involved in a Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation in corrupt Rensselaer County in corrupt New York state, and labeled as a RETARD in Poestenkill for being stupid enough to think he could get away unscathed with blowing the whistle on corruption in Poestenkill and Rensselaer County which was making some people very rich as the expense of those they preyed on.
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POESTENKILL CLARION, CHRONICLE & GAZETTE
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April 24th 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - THE SCAM EXPOSED"
According to the public hearing notice for the May 11, 2023 public hearing on water district no. 2 in Poestenkill, we town residents were put on notice by the town that in August of 2022, without any comment, question or discussion by the Poestenkill town board, which is hot to get this water district in place, regardless of what they have to do to achieve their ends, they had accepted into the record as the basis for water district no. 2 a map, plan and report dated August 2022 and revised April 2023 which was custom prepared for them pursuant to a December 2021 contract with Laberge, which map, plan and report are on file in the Poestenkill Town Clerk’s Office and available for public inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office during regular business hours.
As to the alleged need being put forth by Poestenkill to its citizens for the town at town expense to provide municipal water not only to the Algonquin Middle School but to the surrounding area as well because of coliform bacteria in wells likely due to the shoddy construction Poestenkill is famous for, in the August 29, 2022 Laberge engineering report accepted into the record by Poestenkill in August of 2022, there is a list of properties in Poestenkill that are impacted by coliform bacteria on page 11 of the Laberge engineering report in section II. EXISTING FACILITIES, in sub-section 2) Proposed Water District No. 2, sub-section b) Water Quality, which list supposedly necessitates Poestenkill supplying those properties with municipal water by constructing at great expense water district no. 2 to meet their needs.
On that list is 13 Cathlie Drive, which is in water district no. 1.
515 NY Route 255 is also on that list provided to us by Poestenkill to justify construction of water district no. 2 where New York State Route 255 (NY 255) is a 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) state highway located in Livingston County, New York, not Rensselaer County, so why on earth is Poestenkill expecting us to construct an elaborate public water supply to supply municipal water to people in Livingston County?
564 Snyders Corner Road, which is on the list of affected properties, is located on Snyders Corners Road past Heckleman Lane towards Poestenkill and thus is not within water district no. 2.
9390 NY Route 66 on the list is on Rt. 66 west of Snyders Corners Road and is not in water district no. 2.
924 NY Route 351 on the list is north of Poestenkill and north of Hinkle Road on Rt. 351, and so is not in water district no. 2.
279 Blue Factory Road is again nowhere near water district no. 2 as is 20 JD Way.
And 71 Colehammer Road again is not in water district no. 2.
So a question for the Poestenkill town board at the hearing tomarrow night is why are they trying to sell us a bill of goods about the need for this water district based on those obvious falsehoods above, and the second pertinent question is if we can't trust that information in the map, plan and report accepted into the record without question or comment or discussion in August of 2022 by the Poestenkill town board as the basis for the need of water district no. 2, what information in there can we trust, other than the very excellent educational treatise on how soil surveys are made included as Appendix B of the Laberge engineering report?
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April 24th 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - THE SCAM EXPOSED"
According to the public hearing notice for the May 11, 2023 public hearing on water district no. 2 in Poestenkill, we town residents were put on notice by the town that in August of 2022, without any comment, question or discussion by the Poestenkill town board, which is hot to get this water district in place, regardless of what they have to do to achieve their ends, they had accepted into the record as the basis for water district no. 2 a map, plan and report dated August 2022 and revised April 2023 which was custom prepared for them pursuant to a December 2021 contract with Laberge, which map, plan and report are on file in the Poestenkill Town Clerk’s Office and available for public inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office during regular business hours.
As to the alleged need being put forth by Poestenkill to its citizens for the town at town expense to provide municipal water not only to the Algonquin Middle School but to the surrounding area as well because of coliform bacteria in wells likely due to the shoddy construction Poestenkill is famous for, in the August 29, 2022 Laberge engineering report accepted into the record by Poestenkill in August of 2022, there is a list of properties in Poestenkill that are impacted by coliform bacteria on page 11 of the Laberge engineering report in section II. EXISTING FACILITIES, in sub-section 2) Proposed Water District No. 2, sub-section b) Water Quality, which list supposedly necessitates Poestenkill supplying those properties with municipal water by constructing at great expense water district no. 2 to meet their needs.
On that list is 13 Cathlie Drive, which is in water district no. 1.
515 NY Route 255 is also on that list provided to us by Poestenkill to justify construction of water district no. 2 where New York State Route 255 (NY 255) is a 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) state highway located in Livingston County, New York, not Rensselaer County, so why on earth is Poestenkill expecting us to construct an elaborate public water supply to supply municipal water to people in Livingston County?
564 Snyders Corner Road, which is on the list of affected properties, is located on Snyders Corners Road past Heckleman Lane towards Poestenkill and thus is not within water district no. 2.
9390 NY Route 66 on the list is on Rt. 66 west of Snyders Corners Road and is not in water district no. 2.
924 NY Route 351 on the list is north of Poestenkill and north of Hinkle Road on Rt. 351, and so is not in water district no. 2.
279 Blue Factory Road is again nowhere near water district no. 2 as is 20 JD Way.
And 71 Colehammer Road again is not in water district no. 2.
So a question for the Poestenkill town board at the hearing tomarrow night is why are they trying to sell us a bill of goods about the need for this water district based on those obvious falsehoods above, and the second pertinent question is if we can't trust that information in the map, plan and report accepted into the record without question or comment or discussion in August of 2022 by the Poestenkill town board as the basis for the need of water district no. 2, what information in there can we trust, other than the very excellent educational treatise on how soil surveys are made included as Appendix B of the Laberge engineering report?
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April 26th 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - RUSSELL PROVES HIMSELF DISHONEST AND UNFIT TO SERVE"
For the record, on April 19, 2024, the town of Poestenkill sent out a one-page document titled Water District #2 Public Hearing which stated as follows:
Public Hearing continuation on proposed Water District #2 will be held during the Town Board Workshop meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024 @ 7:00 PM at the Poestenkill Fire House
Residents and property owners in the proposed Water District are strongly encouraged to attend and participate.
The Town Board and representatives from Laberge Group will be in attendance to answer questions.
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As it was to turn out on April 25, 2024, Democrat supervisor Tom Russell proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that that public notice was all just one more lie, one more falsehood, in a long string of lies on this matter of PFAS in Poestenkill since the March 18, 2021 Poestenkill town board meeting when we were told as follows by the Town of Poestenkill in its official minutes, as follows:
Supervisor's Report
Supervisor Hammond said that tonight's meeting was extensive, however, he wanted to briefly discuss the Algonquin Middle School's water situation which he and Robert Brunet, Water Manger have been involved in.
Supervisor Hammond said that the Algonquin School is very interested in connecting to the Poestenkill Municipal Water System and asked Mr. Brunet to briefly address the subject.
Mr. Brunet reviewed the progress and stated that he had posted on the Town website information provided by the NYSDOH which is designed to alleviate many of our residents' concerns because of the very low PFAS test results at the school.
Specifically, the statements which the NYSDOH provided.
I. The MCL is set well below levels knows or estimated to cause health effects.
2. Consuming drinking water with PFAS at or somewhat above the MCL does not pose a significant health risk.
3. Your water continues to be acceptable for all uses.
4. At the level of PFAS detected in your water, exposure from drinking water and food preparation is well below PFOA exposures associated with health effects.
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So, if on March 18, 2021, the town of Poestenkill, which as we all know is never wrong and always right, was telling us as the Voice of Authority in Poestenkill that consuming drinking water with PFAS at or somewhat above the MCL does not pose a significant health risk, and our water continues to be acceptable for all uses, and at the level of PFAS detected in our water, exposure from drinking water and food preparation is well below PFOA exposures associated with health effects, then why is the same town of Poestenkill telling us something different today and in the course of doing so, getting town residents like poor misguided Greg Pattenaude hysterical with fear while others believe they are now coming down with cancer?
Because scared people can't think straight and thus are easily misled, as we witnessed on April 25, 2024?
As to Democrat Supervisor Russell's dishonesty, and his unfitness to serve the people of Poestenkill as supervisor, if we go to the agenda for the April 25, 2024 Poestenkill Water District #2 alleged continuation of the May 11, 2023 public hearing, this is what we find:
II. Continuation of the Public Hearing for Water District #2 – Residents wishing to speak are asked to come to the Podium and address ALL comments to the front table only.
Each speaker will be allowed one question then the next person will come forward.
A second opportunity to speak may be granted after each person has spoken once.
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So, in just six (6) days, we went from the Town Board and representatives from Laberge Group will be in attendance to answer questions, to each speaker being allowed only one question, and when Democrat Russell opened the meeting we went from one question to no questions allowed, only comments.
And the reason for that change was that Democrat Russell had learned from a panicked councilman Burzesi that as New York State Professional Engineer #062600 I had prepared a series of questions for Ronald Laberge, PE #065464, which series of questions would lead Laberge to have to admit on the record that these so-called public hearings are really shams, that the Phase One map is exactly that, a phase of a larger project, that the real water district no. 2 extends from Rt. 351 to the Sand Lake town line, so that Ford Road is in fact in Water District No. 2, just a different construction phase is all, and that poor Marty Gibbons, who has been here almost as long as I have and who the town has run all around the barn with a torrent of lies, and falsehoods from the town of Poestenkill til he is just plain tuckered right out and at his wit's ends and can't think straight as a result, is really in water district no. 2, as is Valente Lumber, and yes, there are going to be fire hydrants all along Rt. 66 east of Rt. 351, including right in front of Valente Lumber.
And why did councilman Burzesi get all panicky so that he ran to Democrat Russell to get the format changed so Laberge could not be questioned by myself?
Because on April 24, 2024 at 1:02 PM, I sent this following e-mail to the councilman, to wit:
Frank, these are my questions for Laberge at the hearing on Thursday, and I expect to be afforded the opportunity to ask each and every one of them as written without a three-minute time limit being imposed on me, and without me being shouted down by Tom Russell or any other member of the town board.
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So Democrat Russell, who holds the whip hand here, and makes the rules up as he goes, given he has the power and we clearly do not, simply changed the hearing format and shut me right out, so the torrent of lies we have been barraged with in this town could continue unabated, so Democrat Russell can "get this done," as he was commanded to do by Laberge at the Poestenkill fire house on April 3, 2024.
So Kudos to Tom, people, and let's all give him a great big cheer for doing such a great job of keeping this all shoved under the rug because it stinks to high heaven and reeks of dishonesty, a hallmark of government in the town of Poestenkill, NY.
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April 26th 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - RUSSELL PROVES HIMSELF DISHONEST AND UNFIT TO SERVE"
For the record, on April 19, 2024, the town of Poestenkill sent out a one-page document titled Water District #2 Public Hearing which stated as follows:
Public Hearing continuation on proposed Water District #2 will be held during the Town Board Workshop meeting Thursday, April 25, 2024 @ 7:00 PM at the Poestenkill Fire House
Residents and property owners in the proposed Water District are strongly encouraged to attend and participate.
The Town Board and representatives from Laberge Group will be in attendance to answer questions.
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As it was to turn out on April 25, 2024, Democrat supervisor Tom Russell proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that that public notice was all just one more lie, one more falsehood, in a long string of lies on this matter of PFAS in Poestenkill since the March 18, 2021 Poestenkill town board meeting when we were told as follows by the Town of Poestenkill in its official minutes, as follows:
Supervisor's Report
Supervisor Hammond said that tonight's meeting was extensive, however, he wanted to briefly discuss the Algonquin Middle School's water situation which he and Robert Brunet, Water Manger have been involved in.
Supervisor Hammond said that the Algonquin School is very interested in connecting to the Poestenkill Municipal Water System and asked Mr. Brunet to briefly address the subject.
Mr. Brunet reviewed the progress and stated that he had posted on the Town website information provided by the NYSDOH which is designed to alleviate many of our residents' concerns because of the very low PFAS test results at the school.
Specifically, the statements which the NYSDOH provided.
I. The MCL is set well below levels knows or estimated to cause health effects.
2. Consuming drinking water with PFAS at or somewhat above the MCL does not pose a significant health risk.
3. Your water continues to be acceptable for all uses.
4. At the level of PFAS detected in your water, exposure from drinking water and food preparation is well below PFOA exposures associated with health effects.
end quotes
So, if on March 18, 2021, the town of Poestenkill, which as we all know is never wrong and always right, was telling us as the Voice of Authority in Poestenkill that consuming drinking water with PFAS at or somewhat above the MCL does not pose a significant health risk, and our water continues to be acceptable for all uses, and at the level of PFAS detected in our water, exposure from drinking water and food preparation is well below PFOA exposures associated with health effects, then why is the same town of Poestenkill telling us something different today and in the course of doing so, getting town residents like poor misguided Greg Pattenaude hysterical with fear while others believe they are now coming down with cancer?
Because scared people can't think straight and thus are easily misled, as we witnessed on April 25, 2024?
As to Democrat Supervisor Russell's dishonesty, and his unfitness to serve the people of Poestenkill as supervisor, if we go to the agenda for the April 25, 2024 Poestenkill Water District #2 alleged continuation of the May 11, 2023 public hearing, this is what we find:
II. Continuation of the Public Hearing for Water District #2 – Residents wishing to speak are asked to come to the Podium and address ALL comments to the front table only.
Each speaker will be allowed one question then the next person will come forward.
A second opportunity to speak may be granted after each person has spoken once.
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So, in just six (6) days, we went from the Town Board and representatives from Laberge Group will be in attendance to answer questions, to each speaker being allowed only one question, and when Democrat Russell opened the meeting we went from one question to no questions allowed, only comments.
And the reason for that change was that Democrat Russell had learned from a panicked councilman Burzesi that as New York State Professional Engineer #062600 I had prepared a series of questions for Ronald Laberge, PE #065464, which series of questions would lead Laberge to have to admit on the record that these so-called public hearings are really shams, that the Phase One map is exactly that, a phase of a larger project, that the real water district no. 2 extends from Rt. 351 to the Sand Lake town line, so that Ford Road is in fact in Water District No. 2, just a different construction phase is all, and that poor Marty Gibbons, who has been here almost as long as I have and who the town has run all around the barn with a torrent of lies, and falsehoods from the town of Poestenkill til he is just plain tuckered right out and at his wit's ends and can't think straight as a result, is really in water district no. 2, as is Valente Lumber, and yes, there are going to be fire hydrants all along Rt. 66 east of Rt. 351, including right in front of Valente Lumber.
And why did councilman Burzesi get all panicky so that he ran to Democrat Russell to get the format changed so Laberge could not be questioned by myself?
Because on April 24, 2024 at 1:02 PM, I sent this following e-mail to the councilman, to wit:
Frank, these are my questions for Laberge at the hearing on Thursday, and I expect to be afforded the opportunity to ask each and every one of them as written without a three-minute time limit being imposed on me, and without me being shouted down by Tom Russell or any other member of the town board.
end quote
So Democrat Russell, who holds the whip hand here, and makes the rules up as he goes, given he has the power and we clearly do not, simply changed the hearing format and shut me right out, so the torrent of lies we have been barraged with in this town could continue unabated, so Democrat Russell can "get this done," as he was commanded to do by Laberge at the Poestenkill fire house on April 3, 2024.
So Kudos to Tom, people, and let's all give him a great big cheer for doing such a great job of keeping this all shoved under the rug because it stinks to high heaven and reeks of dishonesty, a hallmark of government in the town of Poestenkill, NY.
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April 27th 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - TRYPTIC"
No more graphic display of the comic opera, amateur-hour, bush-league nature of this water district no. 2 scam that Democrat Tom Russell is trying to pull on the unsuspecting people of Poestenkill can be put forth than the video of the April 25, 2024 Poestenkill town board workshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8r1X3GYZE8 where two separate public hearings were held in a row by Democrat Russell, the first being what was called "Continuation of the Shuhart P.P.D. SEQRA review," while the second was called "Continuation of the Public Hearing for Water District #2," and the TRYPTIC in question is the picture of Democrat Supervisor Russell sitting there at the high table in all of his imperial glory, which is plenty, him being well endowed with it, which is why he is supervisor, afterall, while in the foreground, at his feet, is a very well-drawn and highly detailed, and very professionally-executed plot plan of the proposed Shuhart project, which is made incandescently clear by what is called the TITLE BLOCK in the lower right hand corner, which is the level of detail Democrat Russell demanded of the applicant in that matter, while in the background, above supervisor Russell's head, which is only fitting, given it is the Democrat's pet project he has to shepherd through to please his masters the Laberge Group, is something totally unidentified, as it has no identifying characteristics whatsoever, starting with no TITLE BLOCK, unlike what Shuhart had to provide in the earlier hearing, and for all we know, it could well be a map of that 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) strip of New York State Route 255 in Livingston County, New York, where 515 NY Route 255 and its coliform contaminated well are located, and who is to say its not, given there is no way to identify what it is, unlike the well-detailed and clearly labeled Shuhart submittal, which project, some senior citizens housing, when I walked in was being subjected to the most stringent SEQRA review ever done in all of Poestenkill's history, with it being declared a TYPE I ACTION with major impacts on life in Poestenkill and the character of the community, while Democrat Russell's pet project, water district no. 2, which is going to greatly impact the community character of Poestenkill on both sides of Rt. 66 from Snyder's Corners Road eastward to the Sand Lake line past Vosburgh Pond Road, by opening up some 400 acres of residentially-zoned land, including a goodly chunk of swamp across from the Jehovah's Witnesses, to cluster development, apartment houses and strip malls, was deemed an UNLISTED ACTION and was given a NEGATIVE DECLARATION by the Poestenkill town board on September 8, 2022 which is the level of contempt supervisor Russell, who before he became supervisor, was the Poestenkill planning board chairman, the town officer responsible for administering DUE PROCESS OF LAW and the town code as well as being the town's chief SEQRA compliance officer, holds for the due process rights of those people like myself residing in water district no. 2 outside of Algonquin Estates, to wit:
The Town, as required to submit for certain grant funds, has completed the required SEQRA review and has made a Determination of Significance under SEQRA (6 NYCRR Part 617).
The Town Board issued a Negative Declaration on September 8th, 2022, a copy of which is included in Appendix F.
- The Laberge Group Report at p.5 in the section titled PROJECT BACKGROUND AND HISTORY, under i) NYS Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)
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April 27th 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - TRYPTIC"
No more graphic display of the comic opera, amateur-hour, bush-league nature of this water district no. 2 scam that Democrat Tom Russell is trying to pull on the unsuspecting people of Poestenkill can be put forth than the video of the April 25, 2024 Poestenkill town board workshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8r1X3GYZE8 where two separate public hearings were held in a row by Democrat Russell, the first being what was called "Continuation of the Shuhart P.P.D. SEQRA review," while the second was called "Continuation of the Public Hearing for Water District #2," and the TRYPTIC in question is the picture of Democrat Supervisor Russell sitting there at the high table in all of his imperial glory, which is plenty, him being well endowed with it, which is why he is supervisor, afterall, while in the foreground, at his feet, is a very well-drawn and highly detailed, and very professionally-executed plot plan of the proposed Shuhart project, which is made incandescently clear by what is called the TITLE BLOCK in the lower right hand corner, which is the level of detail Democrat Russell demanded of the applicant in that matter, while in the background, above supervisor Russell's head, which is only fitting, given it is the Democrat's pet project he has to shepherd through to please his masters the Laberge Group, is something totally unidentified, as it has no identifying characteristics whatsoever, starting with no TITLE BLOCK, unlike what Shuhart had to provide in the earlier hearing, and for all we know, it could well be a map of that 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) strip of New York State Route 255 in Livingston County, New York, where 515 NY Route 255 and its coliform contaminated well are located, and who is to say its not, given there is no way to identify what it is, unlike the well-detailed and clearly labeled Shuhart submittal, which project, some senior citizens housing, when I walked in was being subjected to the most stringent SEQRA review ever done in all of Poestenkill's history, with it being declared a TYPE I ACTION with major impacts on life in Poestenkill and the character of the community, while Democrat Russell's pet project, water district no. 2, which is going to greatly impact the community character of Poestenkill on both sides of Rt. 66 from Snyder's Corners Road eastward to the Sand Lake line past Vosburgh Pond Road, by opening up some 400 acres of residentially-zoned land, including a goodly chunk of swamp across from the Jehovah's Witnesses, to cluster development, apartment houses and strip malls, was deemed an UNLISTED ACTION and was given a NEGATIVE DECLARATION by the Poestenkill town board on September 8, 2022 which is the level of contempt supervisor Russell, who before he became supervisor, was the Poestenkill planning board chairman, the town officer responsible for administering DUE PROCESS OF LAW and the town code as well as being the town's chief SEQRA compliance officer, holds for the due process rights of those people like myself residing in water district no. 2 outside of Algonquin Estates, to wit:
The Town, as required to submit for certain grant funds, has completed the required SEQRA review and has made a Determination of Significance under SEQRA (6 NYCRR Part 617).
The Town Board issued a Negative Declaration on September 8th, 2022, a copy of which is included in Appendix F.
- The Laberge Group Report at p.5 in the section titled PROJECT BACKGROUND AND HISTORY, under i) NYS Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)
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April 27th 2024 Supplemental Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - INTERMEZZO; SHOULD GREG PATTENAUDE'S HYSTERICAL FEELINGS COUNT AS FACTS IN POESTENKILL"
And while we who are not hysterical and out of our minds with fear calmly and dispassionately consider and ponder the deceit and dishonesty of councilman Burzesi on April 25, 2024, said deceit and dishonesty robbing a land owner in Poestenkill of an opportunity to be properly heard at a hearing that was supposed to be based on evidence, a subject for a different edition, at the April 25, 2024 public hearing, Algonquin Estates resident and chief propagandist for Judy Enck's CCCDW Greg Pattenaude took to the podium, and gave a hysterical rant about children at Algonquin Middle School from all over the Averill Park school district drinking poison well water every day, because all groundwater in New York state and Poestenkill is polluted with all sorts of chemicals and can't be trusted, which necessitates the residents of the town of Poestenkill bending over backwards and going into debt in order to furnish these same children with Tomhannock Reservoir water instead, because in the mind of Mr. Pattenaude, Tomhannock water is clean because it is surface water, not contaminated groundwater, and in the mind of Mr. Pattenaude, the quality of the water from the Tomhannock Reservoir is good to excellent, apparently because of the prodigious amount of goose droppings that go into it each year that give it a distinct sort of gamey tang, and some bouquet, as well, at least to the educated nostrils of a connoisseur like our Mr. Pattenaude, which Mr. Pattenaude thinks would be good for those children, and his impassioned arguments in favor of that scheme are almost overwhelming and very persuasive, that it would be for the good of those children for the taxpayers of the Averill Park School District, of whom I am one, to toss on the scrap heap a brand-new activated charcoal filter at the Middle School paid for in part by OUR tax dollars coming back to us in the form of a $90,000 WIIA grant to install granular activated carbon vessels for PFAS treatment at the Algonquin Middle School, which was awarded by Governor Hochul less than a year ago on May 11, 2023, at which time Governor Hochul said "New York is committed to providing communities with the resources needed to upgrade water systems and improve water quality," and "We are continuing our nation-leading clean water investments with $500 million for clean water infrastructure in this year's budget helping to protect the health and safety of our residents, preserve our environment, and improve quality of life for all with access to safe, reliable and clean water," which is why she gave that money to the Algonquin School, and now, a year later, here we have Greg Pattenaude in his fear-induced hysteria saying no, the governor is wrong, that system is no good, governor Hochul doesn't know what she is doing, and we should take Greg Pattenaude's word for it, based on his feelings and emotions, which could well be caused by stomach gas related to excessive anxiety and angst, that Tomhannock water would better protect the health and safety of those children while preserving our environment, and improving quality of life for all with access to safe, reliable and clean water, because with a charcoal filter, the school has to change the filter, as if the City of Troy, which treats its water with the same kind of charcoal filter for taste and odor control, doesn't have to do the same exact thing.
Which raises the important question as we face the countdown to what Poestenkill is calling a mandatory referendum on what is being called the PATTENAUDE PLAN, that being to scrap the charcoal filter at the Algonquin School and instead at great expense, provide it with water that comes from a carbon filter in the city of Troy, is should we sane and rational people in Poestenkill who aren't hysterical like Mr. Pattenaude base our future on Mr. Pattenaude's hysterical ramblings, or should we trust in Governor Hochul's judgement, instead, which provided the carbon filter Mr. Pattenaude wants to put in the scrap heap because it offends his feelings.
The choice is yours, people, make it well.
Dedicated to the protection and preservation of intellectual liberty in Poestenkill
April 27th 2024 Supplemental Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - INTERMEZZO; SHOULD GREG PATTENAUDE'S HYSTERICAL FEELINGS COUNT AS FACTS IN POESTENKILL"
And while we who are not hysterical and out of our minds with fear calmly and dispassionately consider and ponder the deceit and dishonesty of councilman Burzesi on April 25, 2024, said deceit and dishonesty robbing a land owner in Poestenkill of an opportunity to be properly heard at a hearing that was supposed to be based on evidence, a subject for a different edition, at the April 25, 2024 public hearing, Algonquin Estates resident and chief propagandist for Judy Enck's CCCDW Greg Pattenaude took to the podium, and gave a hysterical rant about children at Algonquin Middle School from all over the Averill Park school district drinking poison well water every day, because all groundwater in New York state and Poestenkill is polluted with all sorts of chemicals and can't be trusted, which necessitates the residents of the town of Poestenkill bending over backwards and going into debt in order to furnish these same children with Tomhannock Reservoir water instead, because in the mind of Mr. Pattenaude, Tomhannock water is clean because it is surface water, not contaminated groundwater, and in the mind of Mr. Pattenaude, the quality of the water from the Tomhannock Reservoir is good to excellent, apparently because of the prodigious amount of goose droppings that go into it each year that give it a distinct sort of gamey tang, and some bouquet, as well, at least to the educated nostrils of a connoisseur like our Mr. Pattenaude, which Mr. Pattenaude thinks would be good for those children, and his impassioned arguments in favor of that scheme are almost overwhelming and very persuasive, that it would be for the good of those children for the taxpayers of the Averill Park School District, of whom I am one, to toss on the scrap heap a brand-new activated charcoal filter at the Middle School paid for in part by OUR tax dollars coming back to us in the form of a $90,000 WIIA grant to install granular activated carbon vessels for PFAS treatment at the Algonquin Middle School, which was awarded by Governor Hochul less than a year ago on May 11, 2023, at which time Governor Hochul said "New York is committed to providing communities with the resources needed to upgrade water systems and improve water quality," and "We are continuing our nation-leading clean water investments with $500 million for clean water infrastructure in this year's budget helping to protect the health and safety of our residents, preserve our environment, and improve quality of life for all with access to safe, reliable and clean water," which is why she gave that money to the Algonquin School, and now, a year later, here we have Greg Pattenaude in his fear-induced hysteria saying no, the governor is wrong, that system is no good, governor Hochul doesn't know what she is doing, and we should take Greg Pattenaude's word for it, based on his feelings and emotions, which could well be caused by stomach gas related to excessive anxiety and angst, that Tomhannock water would better protect the health and safety of those children while preserving our environment, and improving quality of life for all with access to safe, reliable and clean water, because with a charcoal filter, the school has to change the filter, as if the City of Troy, which treats its water with the same kind of charcoal filter for taste and odor control, doesn't have to do the same exact thing.
Which raises the important question as we face the countdown to what Poestenkill is calling a mandatory referendum on what is being called the PATTENAUDE PLAN, that being to scrap the charcoal filter at the Algonquin School and instead at great expense, provide it with water that comes from a carbon filter in the city of Troy, is should we sane and rational people in Poestenkill who aren't hysterical like Mr. Pattenaude base our future on Mr. Pattenaude's hysterical ramblings, or should we trust in Governor Hochul's judgement, instead, which provided the carbon filter Mr. Pattenaude wants to put in the scrap heap because it offends his feelings.
The choice is yours, people, make it well.
Re: THE PAUL PLANTE STORY
POESTENKILL CLARION, CHRONICLE & GAZETTE
Dedicated to the protection and preservation of intellectual liberty in Poestenkill
April 29th 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - AN INCREDIBLE WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND HOW 'SLIPPERY TOM' SAVED LABERGE'S BACON"
So, as we concerned taxpayers can clearly see here, what Poestenkill and Laberge are pushing for with their bush-league, amateur hour scam on the taxpayers in order to put some huge coin in Laberge's pockets at taxpayer expense is an incredible, irresponsible and deliberate waste of taxpayer dollars, because there already has been one $90,000 WIIA grant made in May of 2023 to install granular activated carbon vessels for PFAS treatment at the Algonquin Middle School, and what Laberge and Poestenkill are trying to get with this water district no. 2 FLIM-FLAM of theirs is a second $2,314,299 WIIA grant for Poestenkill to take the brand-new carbon filters paid for by the first WIIA grant and toss them in the garbage, scrap them, and instead replace them with Troy water paid for by the second WIIA grant and the people of Poestenkill.
As to the very skillful map scam Democrat Poestenkill supervisor Tom Russell is pulling on us here with his water district no. 2 FLIM-FLAM, as the Democrat plays every dirty, slippery, oily, slimy political trick in his extensive arsenal developed, honed and polished during his time as Keith Hammond's Poestenkill planning board chairman in his bid to be a hero in the eyes of his masters the Laberge Group, from whom the Democrat takes his marching orders, as was made incandescently clear to all on April 3, 2024 at the so-called "water district no. 2 information hearing" at the Poestenkill fire house, where no record of the proceeding was made, there is a good shot of the bogus map with no title block being called water district no. 2 by Laberge and the Poestenkill town board at 26:37 in the Youtube video of the April 25, 2024 water district no. 2 comic opera farce, which farce one would expect to encounter in the pages of National Lampoon, not in real life, said farce conducted by "Slippery Tom" Russell, an honorific (a title expressing high status and respect) awarded to the Democrat by those in Poestenkill qualified to render such judgments, and that is high praise indeed awarded there for Mr. Russel's stellar performance of both knowledge of and proficiency at the venerable art and science of SLIMEBALL and GUTTER politics as a Laberge shill that evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8r1X3GYZE8 , begins at 27.30.
As to that bogus "map" and what caused Poestenkill councilman Burzesi, like myself and Ronald Laberge a licensed professional engineer in New York subject to Section 29 of the Rules of the NY Board of Regents which make it clear as glass to each of us that unprofessional conduct in the practice of professional engineering shall include conduct in the practice of the profession which evidences moral unfitness to practice the profession, and/or being associated in a professional capacity with any project or practice known to the licensee to be fraudulent or dishonest in character, rules I am accused of taking far too seriously in Poestenkill, where "fast and loose" are the order of the day, unless you are the Shuhart's, to run squealing to the supervisor about the need to stifle and thwart me at the April 25, 2024 FARCE the Democrat called a "public hearing" by not allowing me to question Laberge, which should have happened in a legitimate public hearing, on Tue, April 23, 2024 @ 1:58 PM, I sent the following e-mail to councilman Burzesi, to wit:
I don't know about you, Frank, because each of us has to set their own moral compass here in a town where feeding off the taxpayers isn't a crime and dishonesty is not a federal offence, but I have called out this Laberge for being dishonest (at the May 11, 2023 public hearing), and I intend to do so again Thursday night, and I am going to question him about the specific meaning of the language in his engineering certification of 29 August 2022, what exactly was it that he was certifying, did his certification include the map he had taken pains to put in his report?
And I am going to ask the town board to clarify exactly what it was they were listing as an unlisted action in September of 2022 and then gave a neg. dec. to.
And Frank, seriously, and I am speaking as a town resident, both you and Tom Russell have absolutely no claim whatsoever to ignorance here as to what is going on with this MAP SCAM.
Tom Russell was planning board chairman responsible for administering DUE PROCESS and the town code, plus he was the town's chief SEQRA compliance officer, so he can't say he has no idea what is going on here.
You were zoning board chairman responsible for INTERPRETING the town code, and you also administered SEQRA.
So how come you think you can slide by me this tall tale or outright lie that the map referred in the hearing notice for the May 11, 2023 hearing as having been accepted by the Poestenkill town board in AUGUST of 2022 is that map of a segment presented at the May 11, 2023 hearing, and again by the town at the April 3, 2024 hearing?
Do you honestly think I am that stupid so as to actually believe that falsehood?
Would be silly on your part, Frank, if you were foolish enough to make that mistake because Keith Hammond told you I was a RETARD and you believed him.
Dedicated to the protection and preservation of intellectual liberty in Poestenkill
April 29th 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - AN INCREDIBLE WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND HOW 'SLIPPERY TOM' SAVED LABERGE'S BACON"
So, as we concerned taxpayers can clearly see here, what Poestenkill and Laberge are pushing for with their bush-league, amateur hour scam on the taxpayers in order to put some huge coin in Laberge's pockets at taxpayer expense is an incredible, irresponsible and deliberate waste of taxpayer dollars, because there already has been one $90,000 WIIA grant made in May of 2023 to install granular activated carbon vessels for PFAS treatment at the Algonquin Middle School, and what Laberge and Poestenkill are trying to get with this water district no. 2 FLIM-FLAM of theirs is a second $2,314,299 WIIA grant for Poestenkill to take the brand-new carbon filters paid for by the first WIIA grant and toss them in the garbage, scrap them, and instead replace them with Troy water paid for by the second WIIA grant and the people of Poestenkill.
As to the very skillful map scam Democrat Poestenkill supervisor Tom Russell is pulling on us here with his water district no. 2 FLIM-FLAM, as the Democrat plays every dirty, slippery, oily, slimy political trick in his extensive arsenal developed, honed and polished during his time as Keith Hammond's Poestenkill planning board chairman in his bid to be a hero in the eyes of his masters the Laberge Group, from whom the Democrat takes his marching orders, as was made incandescently clear to all on April 3, 2024 at the so-called "water district no. 2 information hearing" at the Poestenkill fire house, where no record of the proceeding was made, there is a good shot of the bogus map with no title block being called water district no. 2 by Laberge and the Poestenkill town board at 26:37 in the Youtube video of the April 25, 2024 water district no. 2 comic opera farce, which farce one would expect to encounter in the pages of National Lampoon, not in real life, said farce conducted by "Slippery Tom" Russell, an honorific (a title expressing high status and respect) awarded to the Democrat by those in Poestenkill qualified to render such judgments, and that is high praise indeed awarded there for Mr. Russel's stellar performance of both knowledge of and proficiency at the venerable art and science of SLIMEBALL and GUTTER politics as a Laberge shill that evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8r1X3GYZE8 , begins at 27.30.
As to that bogus "map" and what caused Poestenkill councilman Burzesi, like myself and Ronald Laberge a licensed professional engineer in New York subject to Section 29 of the Rules of the NY Board of Regents which make it clear as glass to each of us that unprofessional conduct in the practice of professional engineering shall include conduct in the practice of the profession which evidences moral unfitness to practice the profession, and/or being associated in a professional capacity with any project or practice known to the licensee to be fraudulent or dishonest in character, rules I am accused of taking far too seriously in Poestenkill, where "fast and loose" are the order of the day, unless you are the Shuhart's, to run squealing to the supervisor about the need to stifle and thwart me at the April 25, 2024 FARCE the Democrat called a "public hearing" by not allowing me to question Laberge, which should have happened in a legitimate public hearing, on Tue, April 23, 2024 @ 1:58 PM, I sent the following e-mail to councilman Burzesi, to wit:
I don't know about you, Frank, because each of us has to set their own moral compass here in a town where feeding off the taxpayers isn't a crime and dishonesty is not a federal offence, but I have called out this Laberge for being dishonest (at the May 11, 2023 public hearing), and I intend to do so again Thursday night, and I am going to question him about the specific meaning of the language in his engineering certification of 29 August 2022, what exactly was it that he was certifying, did his certification include the map he had taken pains to put in his report?
And I am going to ask the town board to clarify exactly what it was they were listing as an unlisted action in September of 2022 and then gave a neg. dec. to.
And Frank, seriously, and I am speaking as a town resident, both you and Tom Russell have absolutely no claim whatsoever to ignorance here as to what is going on with this MAP SCAM.
Tom Russell was planning board chairman responsible for administering DUE PROCESS and the town code, plus he was the town's chief SEQRA compliance officer, so he can't say he has no idea what is going on here.
You were zoning board chairman responsible for INTERPRETING the town code, and you also administered SEQRA.
So how come you think you can slide by me this tall tale or outright lie that the map referred in the hearing notice for the May 11, 2023 hearing as having been accepted by the Poestenkill town board in AUGUST of 2022 is that map of a segment presented at the May 11, 2023 hearing, and again by the town at the April 3, 2024 hearing?
Do you honestly think I am that stupid so as to actually believe that falsehood?
Would be silly on your part, Frank, if you were foolish enough to make that mistake because Keith Hammond told you I was a RETARD and you believed him.
Re: THE PAUL PLANTE STORY
29 APRIL 2024
The Honorable Kathy Hochul
Governor of New York State
NYS State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224
RE: Questionable WIIA Grants in Town of Poestenkill, Rensselaer County; Condemnation by Poestenkill Town Board of Algonquin Middle School carbon filtration system paid for in part by WIIA Grant as inadequate to protect children's health; An incredible waste of taxpayer dollars
Dear Governor Hochul:
I am writing to you as a concerned taxpayer of the Averill Park Central School District, which district serves the needs of elementary, secondary, and special education students residing in the towns of Berlin, Brunswick, East Greenbush, Nassau, North Greenbush, Poestenkill, Sand Lake, Schodack and Stephentown concerning a $90,000 Water Infrastructure Improvement (WIIA) and Intermunicipal Grant awarded by your office in its wisdom on May 11, 2023 to the Averill Park Central School District and its Board of Education through the State Environmental Facilities Corporation for the effective treatment of drinking water at Algonquin Middle School in Poestenkill (T), Rensselaer County by installing granular activated carbon vessels for PFAS treatment at the Algonquin Middle School.
At the time your office awarded this WIIA Grant to the Averill Park School District less than a year ago on May 11, 2023, you were quoted as saying "New York is committed to providing communities with the resources needed to upgrade water systems and improve water quality," and "We are continuing our nation-leading clean water investments with $500 million for clean water infrastructure in this year's budget helping to protect the health and safety of our residents, preserve our environment, and improve quality of life for all with access to safe, reliable and clean water," which is why your office awarded that WIIA grant, which act by your office we thought was fully supported by the following language from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in a February 2022 Community Update to the people of Poestenkill, to wit:
Beginning in December 2021, the school installed a granular activated carbon (GAC) system to provide effective long-term treatment of the contaminants to ensure clean water for the school community.
end quote
What happened subsequent thereto is that the Town Board of Poestenkill, acting in its capacity as the Board of Health of the town of Poestenkill where the Algonquin Middle School is physically located, in conjunction with its Public Health Coordinator, a professional position in Poestenkill involving responsibility for supervision of the environmental health program of the Poestenkill Department of Health, and whose work involves the enforcement of state Public Health Laws relating to public water supplies in Poestenkill, appointed a Blue Ribbon Select Commission of Investigation headed up by Poestenkill councilman Eric Wohlleber and comprised of the best scientific and legal minds in Poestenkill including former Obama EPA administrator Judith Enck, which Blue Ribbon Investigatory Commission was charged by the Poestenkill town board in its capacity as Poestenkill board of health with conducting an independent investigation of the charcoal filters paid for in part by the WIIA Grant awarded by your office to the Averill Park School District on May 11, 2023.
As a result of that investigation, the findings of which were released at a public information meeting in Poestenkill on April 25, 2024, it was determined by the Poestenkill town board acting in its capacity as the Town of Poestenkill Board of Health that the carbon filtration system at the Algonquin School paid for in part by the $90,000 WIIA Grant awarded by your office on May 11, 2023 should be condemned and withdrawn from service as it is in essence a piece of junk that fails to protect the health and well-being of the students, faculty and staff of the Algonquin School, that the system is no good, that when your office awarded the Grant, it didn't know what it was doing, and that in the learned opinion of the Poestenkill town board, its public health coordinator, and its Blue Ribbon Select Commission of Investigation, Tomhannock Reservoir water would better protect the health and safety of the children who are students at the Algonquin Middle School, along with faculty and staff, while preserving the environment in Poestenkill, and improving quality of life for all in the Algonquin Middle School in Poestenkill with access to safe, reliable and clean water from the City of Troy piped through the Town of Brunswick, and then through the Town of Poestenkill, for which purpose the town of Poestenkill is about to obtain another WIIA Grant of $2,314,200 to run a special water main to the school and to dismantle and scrap the carbon filtration system the May 11, 2023 WIIA Grant awarded by your office in part paid for.
Which raises the important question of how on earth this fiscal fiasco could have happened in the first place, where the State Environmental Facilities Corporation approved a $90,000 grant to the Averill Park Central School District for something worthless, and is now forced to have to award a $2,314,200 WIIA Grant to the town board of Poestenkill to undo and correct the harm done by the $90,000 WIIA Grant on May 11, 2023 to the Board of Education of the Averill Park Central School District that paid in part for a system the town board of Poestenkill acting as board of health of Poestenkill has determined is an unsafe piece of junk by dismantling and scrapping the charcoal filters and ordering the Averill Park School Board to hook up to Poestenkill's municipal water supply, instead.
Thanking you in advance for a prompt response to this taxpayer inquiry, I remain
Respectfully,
Paul R. Plante
The Honorable Kathy Hochul
Governor of New York State
NYS State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224
RE: Questionable WIIA Grants in Town of Poestenkill, Rensselaer County; Condemnation by Poestenkill Town Board of Algonquin Middle School carbon filtration system paid for in part by WIIA Grant as inadequate to protect children's health; An incredible waste of taxpayer dollars
Dear Governor Hochul:
I am writing to you as a concerned taxpayer of the Averill Park Central School District, which district serves the needs of elementary, secondary, and special education students residing in the towns of Berlin, Brunswick, East Greenbush, Nassau, North Greenbush, Poestenkill, Sand Lake, Schodack and Stephentown concerning a $90,000 Water Infrastructure Improvement (WIIA) and Intermunicipal Grant awarded by your office in its wisdom on May 11, 2023 to the Averill Park Central School District and its Board of Education through the State Environmental Facilities Corporation for the effective treatment of drinking water at Algonquin Middle School in Poestenkill (T), Rensselaer County by installing granular activated carbon vessels for PFAS treatment at the Algonquin Middle School.
At the time your office awarded this WIIA Grant to the Averill Park School District less than a year ago on May 11, 2023, you were quoted as saying "New York is committed to providing communities with the resources needed to upgrade water systems and improve water quality," and "We are continuing our nation-leading clean water investments with $500 million for clean water infrastructure in this year's budget helping to protect the health and safety of our residents, preserve our environment, and improve quality of life for all with access to safe, reliable and clean water," which is why your office awarded that WIIA grant, which act by your office we thought was fully supported by the following language from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in a February 2022 Community Update to the people of Poestenkill, to wit:
Beginning in December 2021, the school installed a granular activated carbon (GAC) system to provide effective long-term treatment of the contaminants to ensure clean water for the school community.
end quote
What happened subsequent thereto is that the Town Board of Poestenkill, acting in its capacity as the Board of Health of the town of Poestenkill where the Algonquin Middle School is physically located, in conjunction with its Public Health Coordinator, a professional position in Poestenkill involving responsibility for supervision of the environmental health program of the Poestenkill Department of Health, and whose work involves the enforcement of state Public Health Laws relating to public water supplies in Poestenkill, appointed a Blue Ribbon Select Commission of Investigation headed up by Poestenkill councilman Eric Wohlleber and comprised of the best scientific and legal minds in Poestenkill including former Obama EPA administrator Judith Enck, which Blue Ribbon Investigatory Commission was charged by the Poestenkill town board in its capacity as Poestenkill board of health with conducting an independent investigation of the charcoal filters paid for in part by the WIIA Grant awarded by your office to the Averill Park School District on May 11, 2023.
As a result of that investigation, the findings of which were released at a public information meeting in Poestenkill on April 25, 2024, it was determined by the Poestenkill town board acting in its capacity as the Town of Poestenkill Board of Health that the carbon filtration system at the Algonquin School paid for in part by the $90,000 WIIA Grant awarded by your office on May 11, 2023 should be condemned and withdrawn from service as it is in essence a piece of junk that fails to protect the health and well-being of the students, faculty and staff of the Algonquin School, that the system is no good, that when your office awarded the Grant, it didn't know what it was doing, and that in the learned opinion of the Poestenkill town board, its public health coordinator, and its Blue Ribbon Select Commission of Investigation, Tomhannock Reservoir water would better protect the health and safety of the children who are students at the Algonquin Middle School, along with faculty and staff, while preserving the environment in Poestenkill, and improving quality of life for all in the Algonquin Middle School in Poestenkill with access to safe, reliable and clean water from the City of Troy piped through the Town of Brunswick, and then through the Town of Poestenkill, for which purpose the town of Poestenkill is about to obtain another WIIA Grant of $2,314,200 to run a special water main to the school and to dismantle and scrap the carbon filtration system the May 11, 2023 WIIA Grant awarded by your office in part paid for.
Which raises the important question of how on earth this fiscal fiasco could have happened in the first place, where the State Environmental Facilities Corporation approved a $90,000 grant to the Averill Park Central School District for something worthless, and is now forced to have to award a $2,314,200 WIIA Grant to the town board of Poestenkill to undo and correct the harm done by the $90,000 WIIA Grant on May 11, 2023 to the Board of Education of the Averill Park Central School District that paid in part for a system the town board of Poestenkill acting as board of health of Poestenkill has determined is an unsafe piece of junk by dismantling and scrapping the charcoal filters and ordering the Averill Park School Board to hook up to Poestenkill's municipal water supply, instead.
Thanking you in advance for a prompt response to this taxpayer inquiry, I remain
Respectfully,
Paul R. Plante
Re: THE PAUL PLANTE STORY
POESTENKILL CLARION, CHRONICLE & GAZETTE
Dedicated to the protection and preservation of intellectual liberty in Poestenkill
May 1st 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION OF WHO DETERMINED THE BOUNDARIES OF WATER DISTRICT NO 2"
At 2:00:17 into the Youtube video of the ridiculous April 25, 2024 farce conducted by Laberge and the Poestenkill town board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8r1X3GYZE8 at the Poestenkill fire house, which disgusting spectacle was jokingly called by the town board a water district no 2 evidentiary hearing pursuant to the provisions of New York State Town Law § 209-E, Poestenkill councilman David Hass can clearly be heard stating that he had a question concerning the boundaries of water district no. 2, which district extends east past Rt. 351 to the Sand Lake border, stating that he could not recall the whole town board deciding on the boundaries of the district, and that he didn't recall who actually established the boundaries, or at what meetings they were established.
To answer the good councilman's questions, which are very important, given the flim-flam aspects of this whole deal, all we need do is first go back to the agenda of the August 11, 2022 Poestenkill Town Board meeting where we find in IX. Action Items, item h. the wrods "Part I- Full Environmental Assessment Form and Resolution 17-2022," which EAF and resolution are for water district no. 2 as shown on the map included in the Laberge Engineering Report accepted by the Poestenkill town board in August of 2022 as Appendix A.
From there, we go to the minutes of the August 11, 2022 Poestenkill Town Board meeting, where we had the roll call, as follows: Councilwoman Butler Present; Councilman Hass Absent; Councilman Van Slyke Present; Councilman Wohlleber Absent; and Supervisor Hammond Present.
Then going to the public comment period for that meeting, where we see councilman Hass not in attendance, which is why he can't recall anything from that meeting, we find as follows:
Ron Laberge, P.E., Executive VP- Laberge Group stated that they were working on obtaining NYS funding. He supplied the resolution establishing the Town of Poestenkill as the “Lead Agency” for this project.
end quotes
Focus on the words, "he (Laberge) supplied the resolution establishing the Town of Poestenkill as the 'Lead Agency' for this project," which is a case of the consultant, not the people of Poestenkill, governing the actions of the compliant Poestenkill town board, which was there to simply rubberstamp, without question, comment or discussion, the Laberge resolution.
So to answer councilman Hass's question as to who established the boundaries of water district no. 2, since it was Laberge who provided the resolution for Poestenkill to rubber stamp, which they did, it is patently obvious that it was Laberge who established the boundaries, which were then rubber stamped by the Poestenkill town board, which takes us to the minutes of the September 9, 2022 Poestenkill town board meeting, where under the heading "action items," we have as follows:
RESOLUTION #19-2022 – RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERVISOR TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE NYS ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION (NYWIIA) GRANT PROGRAM, INCLUDING A GENERAL PROJECT BUDGET AND PLAN OF FINANCE.
Resolved, the Town Board acknowledges that the current budget and estimated cost to complete this selected project involving the Establishment of a Water District No. 2 is five million five hundred and fifty thousand ($5,550,000); and the Town Board acknowledges that in order to secure WIIA funds, Water District formation is required.
end quotes
Now, focus on the words "the Town Board acknowledges that in order to secure WIIA funds, Water District formation is required ..."
In other words, at the time it voted on that resolution supplied to it by Laberge to rubber-stamp, that being September 9, 2022, the Poestenkill Town Board acknowledged that in order for it to secure WIIA funds for this water district no. 2, it, the town board, had to set water district boundaries, which boundaries are on the map included in the Laberge engineering report accepted by the town board a month earlier in August of 2022, which map in that report is Appendix A.
As to who voted to approve that map and the boundaries set upon it, the official record of the proceedings indicates as follows:
MOTION BY: Councilman Wohlleber
SECONDED BY: Councilwoman Butler
VOTED ON AS FOLLOWS:
Councilwoman Butler YES
Councilman Hass YES
Councilman Wohlleber YES
Councilman Van Slyke ABSENT
Supervisor Hammond YES
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So who established the boundaries?
Why, it would be councilman Hass himself right above here, along with Councilwoman Butler, Councilman Wohlleber, and Supervisor Hammond, and the reason councilman Hass doesn't remember any discussion is because there wasn't any, just the sound of four rubber-stamps falling!
And to seal the deal and set those boundaries in concrete, the town board that same evening voted on this resolution also supplied to them by Laberge for rubber-stamping:
RESOLUTION #20-2022 – RESOLUTION TO DECLARE INTENT FOR LEAD AGENCY & NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
Resolved, that the Town Board determines the Action to result in a Negative Declaration and adopts a Notice of Determination of Non-Significance.
MOVED BY: Councilman Hass
SECONDED BY: Councilwoman Butler
VOTED ON AS FOLLOWS:
Councilwoman Butler YES
Councilman Hass YES
Councilman Wohlleber YES
Councilman Van Slyke ABSENT
Supervisor Hammond YES
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That negative declaration was given to the water system depicted on the map as Appendix A of the Laberge report accepted by the town board in August of 2022, and again, since there was no discussion, just four rubber-stamps all falling in unison, that is why councilman Hass cannot remember any.
And that puts that matter firmly to rest for all those people in Poestenkill at the fire house on April 25, 2024 who were wondering exactly who it was that set those boundaries, as if it could possibly have been somebody else somewhere else and not the Poestenkill town board.
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May 1st 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION OF WHO DETERMINED THE BOUNDARIES OF WATER DISTRICT NO 2"
At 2:00:17 into the Youtube video of the ridiculous April 25, 2024 farce conducted by Laberge and the Poestenkill town board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8r1X3GYZE8 at the Poestenkill fire house, which disgusting spectacle was jokingly called by the town board a water district no 2 evidentiary hearing pursuant to the provisions of New York State Town Law § 209-E, Poestenkill councilman David Hass can clearly be heard stating that he had a question concerning the boundaries of water district no. 2, which district extends east past Rt. 351 to the Sand Lake border, stating that he could not recall the whole town board deciding on the boundaries of the district, and that he didn't recall who actually established the boundaries, or at what meetings they were established.
To answer the good councilman's questions, which are very important, given the flim-flam aspects of this whole deal, all we need do is first go back to the agenda of the August 11, 2022 Poestenkill Town Board meeting where we find in IX. Action Items, item h. the wrods "Part I- Full Environmental Assessment Form and Resolution 17-2022," which EAF and resolution are for water district no. 2 as shown on the map included in the Laberge Engineering Report accepted by the Poestenkill town board in August of 2022 as Appendix A.
From there, we go to the minutes of the August 11, 2022 Poestenkill Town Board meeting, where we had the roll call, as follows: Councilwoman Butler Present; Councilman Hass Absent; Councilman Van Slyke Present; Councilman Wohlleber Absent; and Supervisor Hammond Present.
Then going to the public comment period for that meeting, where we see councilman Hass not in attendance, which is why he can't recall anything from that meeting, we find as follows:
Ron Laberge, P.E., Executive VP- Laberge Group stated that they were working on obtaining NYS funding. He supplied the resolution establishing the Town of Poestenkill as the “Lead Agency” for this project.
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Focus on the words, "he (Laberge) supplied the resolution establishing the Town of Poestenkill as the 'Lead Agency' for this project," which is a case of the consultant, not the people of Poestenkill, governing the actions of the compliant Poestenkill town board, which was there to simply rubberstamp, without question, comment or discussion, the Laberge resolution.
So to answer councilman Hass's question as to who established the boundaries of water district no. 2, since it was Laberge who provided the resolution for Poestenkill to rubber stamp, which they did, it is patently obvious that it was Laberge who established the boundaries, which were then rubber stamped by the Poestenkill town board, which takes us to the minutes of the September 9, 2022 Poestenkill town board meeting, where under the heading "action items," we have as follows:
RESOLUTION #19-2022 – RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERVISOR TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE NYS ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION (NYWIIA) GRANT PROGRAM, INCLUDING A GENERAL PROJECT BUDGET AND PLAN OF FINANCE.
Resolved, the Town Board acknowledges that the current budget and estimated cost to complete this selected project involving the Establishment of a Water District No. 2 is five million five hundred and fifty thousand ($5,550,000); and the Town Board acknowledges that in order to secure WIIA funds, Water District formation is required.
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Now, focus on the words "the Town Board acknowledges that in order to secure WIIA funds, Water District formation is required ..."
In other words, at the time it voted on that resolution supplied to it by Laberge to rubber-stamp, that being September 9, 2022, the Poestenkill Town Board acknowledged that in order for it to secure WIIA funds for this water district no. 2, it, the town board, had to set water district boundaries, which boundaries are on the map included in the Laberge engineering report accepted by the town board a month earlier in August of 2022, which map in that report is Appendix A.
As to who voted to approve that map and the boundaries set upon it, the official record of the proceedings indicates as follows:
MOTION BY: Councilman Wohlleber
SECONDED BY: Councilwoman Butler
VOTED ON AS FOLLOWS:
Councilwoman Butler YES
Councilman Hass YES
Councilman Wohlleber YES
Councilman Van Slyke ABSENT
Supervisor Hammond YES
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So who established the boundaries?
Why, it would be councilman Hass himself right above here, along with Councilwoman Butler, Councilman Wohlleber, and Supervisor Hammond, and the reason councilman Hass doesn't remember any discussion is because there wasn't any, just the sound of four rubber-stamps falling!
And to seal the deal and set those boundaries in concrete, the town board that same evening voted on this resolution also supplied to them by Laberge for rubber-stamping:
RESOLUTION #20-2022 – RESOLUTION TO DECLARE INTENT FOR LEAD AGENCY & NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
Resolved, that the Town Board determines the Action to result in a Negative Declaration and adopts a Notice of Determination of Non-Significance.
MOVED BY: Councilman Hass
SECONDED BY: Councilwoman Butler
VOTED ON AS FOLLOWS:
Councilwoman Butler YES
Councilman Hass YES
Councilman Wohlleber YES
Councilman Van Slyke ABSENT
Supervisor Hammond YES
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That negative declaration was given to the water system depicted on the map as Appendix A of the Laberge report accepted by the town board in August of 2022, and again, since there was no discussion, just four rubber-stamps all falling in unison, that is why councilman Hass cannot remember any.
And that puts that matter firmly to rest for all those people in Poestenkill at the fire house on April 25, 2024 who were wondering exactly who it was that set those boundaries, as if it could possibly have been somebody else somewhere else and not the Poestenkill town board.
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May 2nd 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF WHATEVER DID HAPPEN TO THE TOWN LAWSUIT AGAINST APCSD"
In response to serious questions from concerned Poestenkill residents raised at 1:35:28 and 1:57:55 into the Youtube video of the farcical April 25, 2024 public hearing on water district no. 2 conducted by Laberge and the Poestenkill town board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8r1X3GYZE8 at the Poestenkill fire house about what ever did happen to the supposed lawsuit against the Averill Park School District, which supposed lawsuit was announced to the public in Poestenkill by Poestenkill councilman Eric Wohlleber at the July 13, 2023 Poestenkill Town Board Meeting
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDM4oJxMWEI ), at which meeting councilman Eric Wohlleber, beginning at 46:25 of that video, made it incandescently clear to all concerned that there was a crying need for litigation against the Averill Park School District who councilman Wohlleber named as the guilty parties with respect to contaminating Poestenkill's groundwater supply with a copious amount of PFAS in a reckless criminal manner in order to finally get some justice for the inhabitants of Poestenkill and the children of Algonquin Middle School who councilman Wohlleber made patently clear are the victims of dereliction of duty by the Averill Park School District, which dereliction of duty cannot go unpunished as councilman Wohlleber made crystal clear in his impassioned speech that evening, with the rhetoric of councilman Wohlleber making clear to one and all the sheer magnitude of what is truly at stake here, which is the future of Poestenkill itself, as well as law and order in Poestenkill, where the guilty will not go unpunished for their foul deeds, as too often has been the case in the past in Poestenkill, after which impassioned speech was over, each councilperson and then-supervisor Hammond all voted in the affirmative to proceed with the litigation they made people believe was going to make the school district and its tax payers pay for the irreparable harm they have done to Poestenkill and its citizen body.
So what ever did happen to that lawsuit then?
For that answer, see the following:
FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE APRIL 11, 2024 POESTENKILL TOWN BOARD MEETING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc0BOo3NIa4 @ 15:48:
PAUL PLANTE, P.E.: So what's going to happen with the lawsuit?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: If I understand correctly, because there was insufficient grounds found to blame Averill Park by DEC, I believe the status is that we are not going to pursue ...
ANDY GILCHRIST: So, ultimately it's a town board decision and you're correct, there was a notice of claim that was filed approximately a year ago and what that is is simply a notice that there may be litigation commenced.
It placed the school district on notice and the basis for that again was the DEC report which identified the highest area of contamination right within the area of the school septic and leach field area.
PLANTE: uh, Algonquin Estates I believe Algonquin Estates I think's got higher readings.
Also, Algonquin Estates when I was young was a swamp, now, Marty, he's been out here ...
RUSSELL: Excuse me, Paul, would you please let Mr. Gilchrist finish.
GILCHRIST: Just very briefly so there was no, to my knowledge nor to the board's knowledge, additional technical data accumulated by the department since then and so the board has looked at this and has determined that based on the evidence currently, there is no evidence, that the town may not pursue at this point formal litigation against the school district.
The notice was there to preserve the town's rights to do that in the event additional ...
PLANTE: Mr. Gilchrist, I'm aware of what the notice of the claims does.
Now the thing is that if it was just a notice of claim and that was put in, but we had speeches here.
I mean it's on the video, we had speeches from council people about you know going on and on and on like you would think that this was open and shut, all the time if you go back to all my writings I've been saying "it's a scam, people, they have no evidence and the evidence they do have is more likely that Algonquin Estates, which is upgrade from the school and has real high readings that can't be explained is the source."
Now, maybe fracking or who knows, they got, they got substandard septic in there, it was a swamp ...
RUSSELL: Okay, Paul, excuse me, okay, can you please continue this on the public hearing, that's what I'm asking.
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So long story short, there is NO lawsuit against the Averill Park Central School District, nor was there ever going to be one, because Poestenkill town attorney Andy Gilchrist, a rare and true gentleman in the otherwise thuggish and murky world of politics in Rensselaer County and Poestenkill, simply wasn't stupid enough to make an ass out of himself in court by filing a lawsuit for damages against the school district based on nothing more than that farrago of moonbeams, pixie dust and cobwebs such was that DEC report CCCDW chief propagandist Greg Pattenaude was hanging his hat on at the April 25, 2024 farce where Pattenaude was arguing vociferously that the carbon filter at the Algonquin school was no good and had to be replaced with Troy city water which Poestenkill supervisor "Slippery Tom" Russell said in his expert opinion as the chief health officer of Poestenkill is "satisfactory and clean," notwithstanding that according to Troy's own lab analysis reports, that water has the following organic chemicals in it: 2,4,5-TP (Silvex), Aldicarb Sulfoxide, Heptachlor, Pentachlorophenol, 2,4-D, Atrazine, Heptachlor Epoxide, PFOC’s (PFOA/PFAS), Alachlor, Carbofuran, Lindane, Toxaphene, Aldicarb, Chlordane, Methoxychlor, Vinyl Chloride, Aldicarb Sulfone, Endrin, PCB's and 1,4 Dioxane.
And it was indeed quite interesting to watch the members of the town board sitting there stone-faced when those questions about the lawsuit were asked on 25 April 2024, as if they all couldn't possibly be expected to know the answer, and especially "Slippery Tom," who is proving himself to be the lowest form of thug politician whose word about anything is worthless, who just two weeks earlier, on April 11, 2024 was forced to have to admit to someone he considers a RETARD that there was insufficient grounds found to blame Averill Park by DEC.
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May 2nd 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM - IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF WHATEVER DID HAPPEN TO THE TOWN LAWSUIT AGAINST APCSD"
In response to serious questions from concerned Poestenkill residents raised at 1:35:28 and 1:57:55 into the Youtube video of the farcical April 25, 2024 public hearing on water district no. 2 conducted by Laberge and the Poestenkill town board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8r1X3GYZE8 at the Poestenkill fire house about what ever did happen to the supposed lawsuit against the Averill Park School District, which supposed lawsuit was announced to the public in Poestenkill by Poestenkill councilman Eric Wohlleber at the July 13, 2023 Poestenkill Town Board Meeting
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDM4oJxMWEI ), at which meeting councilman Eric Wohlleber, beginning at 46:25 of that video, made it incandescently clear to all concerned that there was a crying need for litigation against the Averill Park School District who councilman Wohlleber named as the guilty parties with respect to contaminating Poestenkill's groundwater supply with a copious amount of PFAS in a reckless criminal manner in order to finally get some justice for the inhabitants of Poestenkill and the children of Algonquin Middle School who councilman Wohlleber made patently clear are the victims of dereliction of duty by the Averill Park School District, which dereliction of duty cannot go unpunished as councilman Wohlleber made crystal clear in his impassioned speech that evening, with the rhetoric of councilman Wohlleber making clear to one and all the sheer magnitude of what is truly at stake here, which is the future of Poestenkill itself, as well as law and order in Poestenkill, where the guilty will not go unpunished for their foul deeds, as too often has been the case in the past in Poestenkill, after which impassioned speech was over, each councilperson and then-supervisor Hammond all voted in the affirmative to proceed with the litigation they made people believe was going to make the school district and its tax payers pay for the irreparable harm they have done to Poestenkill and its citizen body.
So what ever did happen to that lawsuit then?
For that answer, see the following:
FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE APRIL 11, 2024 POESTENKILL TOWN BOARD MEETING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc0BOo3NIa4 @ 15:48:
PAUL PLANTE, P.E.: So what's going to happen with the lawsuit?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: If I understand correctly, because there was insufficient grounds found to blame Averill Park by DEC, I believe the status is that we are not going to pursue ...
ANDY GILCHRIST: So, ultimately it's a town board decision and you're correct, there was a notice of claim that was filed approximately a year ago and what that is is simply a notice that there may be litigation commenced.
It placed the school district on notice and the basis for that again was the DEC report which identified the highest area of contamination right within the area of the school septic and leach field area.
PLANTE: uh, Algonquin Estates I believe Algonquin Estates I think's got higher readings.
Also, Algonquin Estates when I was young was a swamp, now, Marty, he's been out here ...
RUSSELL: Excuse me, Paul, would you please let Mr. Gilchrist finish.
GILCHRIST: Just very briefly so there was no, to my knowledge nor to the board's knowledge, additional technical data accumulated by the department since then and so the board has looked at this and has determined that based on the evidence currently, there is no evidence, that the town may not pursue at this point formal litigation against the school district.
The notice was there to preserve the town's rights to do that in the event additional ...
PLANTE: Mr. Gilchrist, I'm aware of what the notice of the claims does.
Now the thing is that if it was just a notice of claim and that was put in, but we had speeches here.
I mean it's on the video, we had speeches from council people about you know going on and on and on like you would think that this was open and shut, all the time if you go back to all my writings I've been saying "it's a scam, people, they have no evidence and the evidence they do have is more likely that Algonquin Estates, which is upgrade from the school and has real high readings that can't be explained is the source."
Now, maybe fracking or who knows, they got, they got substandard septic in there, it was a swamp ...
RUSSELL: Okay, Paul, excuse me, okay, can you please continue this on the public hearing, that's what I'm asking.
end quotes
So long story short, there is NO lawsuit against the Averill Park Central School District, nor was there ever going to be one, because Poestenkill town attorney Andy Gilchrist, a rare and true gentleman in the otherwise thuggish and murky world of politics in Rensselaer County and Poestenkill, simply wasn't stupid enough to make an ass out of himself in court by filing a lawsuit for damages against the school district based on nothing more than that farrago of moonbeams, pixie dust and cobwebs such was that DEC report CCCDW chief propagandist Greg Pattenaude was hanging his hat on at the April 25, 2024 farce where Pattenaude was arguing vociferously that the carbon filter at the Algonquin school was no good and had to be replaced with Troy city water which Poestenkill supervisor "Slippery Tom" Russell said in his expert opinion as the chief health officer of Poestenkill is "satisfactory and clean," notwithstanding that according to Troy's own lab analysis reports, that water has the following organic chemicals in it: 2,4,5-TP (Silvex), Aldicarb Sulfoxide, Heptachlor, Pentachlorophenol, 2,4-D, Atrazine, Heptachlor Epoxide, PFOC’s (PFOA/PFAS), Alachlor, Carbofuran, Lindane, Toxaphene, Aldicarb, Chlordane, Methoxychlor, Vinyl Chloride, Aldicarb Sulfone, Endrin, PCB's and 1,4 Dioxane.
And it was indeed quite interesting to watch the members of the town board sitting there stone-faced when those questions about the lawsuit were asked on 25 April 2024, as if they all couldn't possibly be expected to know the answer, and especially "Slippery Tom," who is proving himself to be the lowest form of thug politician whose word about anything is worthless, who just two weeks earlier, on April 11, 2024 was forced to have to admit to someone he considers a RETARD that there was insufficient grounds found to blame Averill Park by DEC.
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POESTENKILL CLARION, CHRONICLE & GAZETTE
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May 3rd 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM – THE ENGINEER’S REPORT AND THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS THEREIN"
According to the official Laberge Report on the town’s website, on August 29, 2022, Ronald Laberge, NYSPE #065464, the engineer for the Poestenkill town board regarding water district no. 2, affixed his engineering stamp to a single-page document included as Appendix M to the August 29, 2022 engineering report submitted to the town of Poestenkill by Laberge Group wherein Laberge stated under seal that during the preparation of the engineering report titled TOWN OF POESTENKILL RENSSELAER COUNTY, NEW YORK PROPOSED WATER DISTRICT NO. 2 AUGUST 2022 that he was certifying under seal on August 29, 2022, he personally had studied and evaluated the cost and effectiveness of the processes, materials, techniques and technologies for carrying out the proposed project or activity for which assistance was being sought from the New York State Clean Water State Revolving Fund and that in his professional opinion he had recommended for selection to the maximum extent practicable a project or activity that maximized the potential for efficient water use, reuse, recapture and conservation, and energy conservation taking into consideration the cost of constructing the project or activity, the cost of operating and maintaining the project or activity over the life of the project or activity and the cost of replacing the project or activity.
According to the National Society of Professional Engineers, the significance of that stamp to members of the public means that the professional engineer who stamped the document in question, in this case the 2022 Laberge Report on water district no. 2 accepted by the Poestenkill town board without question, discussion or comment in August of 2022, actually supervised the preparation of the plans, specifications, drawings, reports, and the document submitted to Poestenkill in August of 2022, and that the professional engineer actually had reviewed the work product, including final plans, specifications, site-specific details, drawings, reports, and understood and supported the sources of data, given the societal responsibility of the licensed engineer for public health, safety, and welfare for the scope of work product, overriding even that of company/corporation.
Specifically, in New York state, pursuant to Section 29.1 of the Rules of the New York State Board of Regents governing professional practice in New York, unprofessional conduct in the practice of professional engineering shall include exercising undue influence on the client, in this case, the people of Poestenkill, including the promotion of the sale of services and goods in such manner as to exploit the client for the financial gain of the practitioner or of a third party such as the Laberge Group,
As was made patently clear on April 25, 2024 at the so-called water district no. 2 public hearing, Ronald Laberge, NYSPE #065464 was totally clueless as to even how many pages there were in the report he stamped, let alone the contents.
With regard to the contents he was unaware of, at the time he certified the report as a professional engineer on August 29, 2022, the report he stamped stated in section I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, on page one that the Town of Poestenkill had encountered coliform in multiple wells, the presence of which contaminant demonstrated the priority of providing municipal water not only to the Algonquin Middle School but to the surrounding area.
As to the alleged need for Poestenkill to provide municipal water not only to the Algonquin Middle School but to the surrounding area as well because of coliform bacteria in wells likely due to the shoddy construction Poestenkill is famous for, at page 11 of the Laberge engineering report in II. EXISTING FACILITIES, in sub-section 2) Proposed Water District No. 2, sub-section b) Water Quality, there was included a list of properties in Poestenkill impacted by coliform bacteria which list supposedly contained the wells in the area of water district no. 2 that tested positive for coliform and thus necessitated Poestenkill supplying those properties with municipal water.
That list certified under stamp and seal by the Poestenkill town board’s engineer Ronald Laberge, NYSPE #065464 included 13 Cathlie Drive, which is not in water district no. 2.
The list also included 515 NY Route 255, which is a 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) state highway located in Livingston County, New York, not Rensselaer County.
IF 515 NY Route 255 was really supposed to be 515 NY Route 355, it would still be a gross error because that address is on 355 past where Weatherwax ends towards Wynantskill and is nowhere near water district no. 2.
564 Snyders Corner Road on that list is located on Snyders Corners Road past Heckleman Lane towards Poestenkill and thus is not within water district no. 2.
9390 NY Route 66 is on Rt. 66 west of Snyders Corners Road and is not in water district no. 2.
924 NY Route 351 is north of Poestenkill and north of Hinkle Road on Rt. 351, and so is not in water district no. 2.
279 Blue Factory Road is again nowhere near water district no. 2 as is 20 JD Way.
And 71 Colehammer Road again is not in water district no. 2.
So given that we, the people of Poestenkill being affected here cannot trust any of that information from the Laberge engineering report Ronald Laberge affixed his stamp and seal to as New York Professional Engineer #065464 on August 29, 2022, which report was accepted into the record by the Poestenkill town board as the basis for this water district no. 2, what information can we trust in there?
And why has the Poestenkill town board accepted such a seriously flawed document, which it would know was seriously flawed IF any board member had actually ever bothered to crack the covers of the 2022 Laberge Report and read the document, into the public record in Poestenkill as the basis for this water district no. 1?
Dedicated to the protection and preservation of intellectual liberty in Poestenkill
May 3rd 2024 Edition
"THE WATER DISTRICT NO 2 FLIM-FLAM – THE ENGINEER’S REPORT AND THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS THEREIN"
According to the official Laberge Report on the town’s website, on August 29, 2022, Ronald Laberge, NYSPE #065464, the engineer for the Poestenkill town board regarding water district no. 2, affixed his engineering stamp to a single-page document included as Appendix M to the August 29, 2022 engineering report submitted to the town of Poestenkill by Laberge Group wherein Laberge stated under seal that during the preparation of the engineering report titled TOWN OF POESTENKILL RENSSELAER COUNTY, NEW YORK PROPOSED WATER DISTRICT NO. 2 AUGUST 2022 that he was certifying under seal on August 29, 2022, he personally had studied and evaluated the cost and effectiveness of the processes, materials, techniques and technologies for carrying out the proposed project or activity for which assistance was being sought from the New York State Clean Water State Revolving Fund and that in his professional opinion he had recommended for selection to the maximum extent practicable a project or activity that maximized the potential for efficient water use, reuse, recapture and conservation, and energy conservation taking into consideration the cost of constructing the project or activity, the cost of operating and maintaining the project or activity over the life of the project or activity and the cost of replacing the project or activity.
According to the National Society of Professional Engineers, the significance of that stamp to members of the public means that the professional engineer who stamped the document in question, in this case the 2022 Laberge Report on water district no. 2 accepted by the Poestenkill town board without question, discussion or comment in August of 2022, actually supervised the preparation of the plans, specifications, drawings, reports, and the document submitted to Poestenkill in August of 2022, and that the professional engineer actually had reviewed the work product, including final plans, specifications, site-specific details, drawings, reports, and understood and supported the sources of data, given the societal responsibility of the licensed engineer for public health, safety, and welfare for the scope of work product, overriding even that of company/corporation.
Specifically, in New York state, pursuant to Section 29.1 of the Rules of the New York State Board of Regents governing professional practice in New York, unprofessional conduct in the practice of professional engineering shall include exercising undue influence on the client, in this case, the people of Poestenkill, including the promotion of the sale of services and goods in such manner as to exploit the client for the financial gain of the practitioner or of a third party such as the Laberge Group,
As was made patently clear on April 25, 2024 at the so-called water district no. 2 public hearing, Ronald Laberge, NYSPE #065464 was totally clueless as to even how many pages there were in the report he stamped, let alone the contents.
With regard to the contents he was unaware of, at the time he certified the report as a professional engineer on August 29, 2022, the report he stamped stated in section I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, on page one that the Town of Poestenkill had encountered coliform in multiple wells, the presence of which contaminant demonstrated the priority of providing municipal water not only to the Algonquin Middle School but to the surrounding area.
As to the alleged need for Poestenkill to provide municipal water not only to the Algonquin Middle School but to the surrounding area as well because of coliform bacteria in wells likely due to the shoddy construction Poestenkill is famous for, at page 11 of the Laberge engineering report in II. EXISTING FACILITIES, in sub-section 2) Proposed Water District No. 2, sub-section b) Water Quality, there was included a list of properties in Poestenkill impacted by coliform bacteria which list supposedly contained the wells in the area of water district no. 2 that tested positive for coliform and thus necessitated Poestenkill supplying those properties with municipal water.
That list certified under stamp and seal by the Poestenkill town board’s engineer Ronald Laberge, NYSPE #065464 included 13 Cathlie Drive, which is not in water district no. 2.
The list also included 515 NY Route 255, which is a 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) state highway located in Livingston County, New York, not Rensselaer County.
IF 515 NY Route 255 was really supposed to be 515 NY Route 355, it would still be a gross error because that address is on 355 past where Weatherwax ends towards Wynantskill and is nowhere near water district no. 2.
564 Snyders Corner Road on that list is located on Snyders Corners Road past Heckleman Lane towards Poestenkill and thus is not within water district no. 2.
9390 NY Route 66 is on Rt. 66 west of Snyders Corners Road and is not in water district no. 2.
924 NY Route 351 is north of Poestenkill and north of Hinkle Road on Rt. 351, and so is not in water district no. 2.
279 Blue Factory Road is again nowhere near water district no. 2 as is 20 JD Way.
And 71 Colehammer Road again is not in water district no. 2.
So given that we, the people of Poestenkill being affected here cannot trust any of that information from the Laberge engineering report Ronald Laberge affixed his stamp and seal to as New York Professional Engineer #065464 on August 29, 2022, which report was accepted into the record by the Poestenkill town board as the basis for this water district no. 2, what information can we trust in there?
And why has the Poestenkill town board accepted such a seriously flawed document, which it would know was seriously flawed IF any board member had actually ever bothered to crack the covers of the 2022 Laberge Report and read the document, into the public record in Poestenkill as the basis for this water district no. 1?