” This Council has been totally responsible for the purchase of the Elks club, the library’s proposed “beautification” and the throwing away of massive amounts of money on the totally useless Schedler house reconstruction. And, if they had deigned to side with the citizens of the Village’s suit, they would have been able to put some reasonable halts to the over construction agreed on by the previous Council. They have happily been tossing money around as frequently as the prior Council while saying “they were doing the will of the people” which is just one of their many fabrications as to why things are being done that have clearly been opposed by the current residents of Ridgewood. “
Well they are not pleasing everybody all the time; that is for sure. I am totally against the parking garage. I am for the Schedler house but not the property being developed. I am for the renovation of the library. so there.
The Village suit it turned out had no legality. It was turned down by the courts. The current council had no power to change the density of the multi family housing. The suit was about limiting the density to 25 or 30 units. It was not about stopping the housing from going up. That was passed by the the Three Amigos with the high density of 50 units per acre instead of 25. Plus the current council limited the size the garage to fit the current lot; because a larger garage would have been too ugly. Although I wanted NO GARGARE; I appreciate the current size decision even if it costs more money. I don’t want any garage I repeat. Aesthetics are very important to me.
Not to mention the $9 million garagezilla THIS COUNCIL approved. The hypocrisy here is stunning!
That garage will cost $20mn once all of the change orders, delays and overruns are accounted for!
Library plan is an ego trip and entirely unnecessary, nor will the result be worthwhile. Closing the place for a year is unconscionable. UGH.
We went to a movie in town on Saturday Oct 5 at 7pm. The parking lot across the street was practically empty!
The parking fees have chased shoppers out of town so we don’t need a garage
Don’t forget about the frenzied mess they started with the BOE. In classic bully style their group ousted VL, changed the voting dates and put someone in who doesn’t… Well let’s just leave it at that. And they have left the CBD in a mess. It’s not a village anymore, it’s more like a mini DC
The current Council is the worst we’ve ever had. All self-serving narcissists apart from Mike Sedon who is just Knudsen’s lap dog…
you havent lived here very long
Aronsohn, Pucciarelli, Hauck. Remember them? That’s where the mess started. End of story.
Mess may have started there, but it didn’t end there. And this council oversold its ability to handle the mess.
Seems to be they are inept and should give serious thought to hiring someone who can manage the village.
effecting change and stopping unnecessary spending. isn’t that why they were elected??
Ask Mike Sedon how he feels about his efforts and accomplishments with Shade tree. How are those tree wells that he analyzed and agreed to put in for $4000 a piece as a pilot? What happen to the tree nursery? The tree budget? PLEASE ……..