Readers says Valley’s Board of Trustees needs to be accountable for this adversarial action.
The Valley Board of Trustees/Directors has not only allowed but financially rewarded the mismanagement of this now disgraced entity for it wrongful and failed attempts to bully the entire region.
The names of Valley directors should be made public so they can directly hear the wide annoyance at the poor decisions of its management team including the latest slap in the face to our village who has hosted and subsidized their tax free entity which is a farce to be discussed in detail another day.
First there was the Pascack Valley fiasco where Valley tried to sue to close that hospital agaisnt the wishes of that region instead of capitalizing on a golden opportunity to cheaply purchase a properly situated location that would have expanded their regional scope and market share while appeasing two communities. Valley’s lack of vision and their unethical legal maneuvering failed causing much lost of respect and goodwill and likely much business from that area , now Valley and its Board are repeating the same error that will further tarnish their standings in our community and the legacies of their predecessors.
The management and Board of Hackensack Hospital showed itself to be more attuned to the marketplace and prepared and likely will be again when other opportunities arise. Valley’s embarrassing doubletalk and repeated attempt to blatantly overdevelop a limited site despite knowing past rulings and objections reveals arrogance, incompetence and their over reliance on past back room brokering instead of sound management . To try to force something so sizeable and detrimental upon this town against its wishes was a Valley blunder and PR disaster and this high handed suit just tops off their list of errors.
There needs to be accountability for this adversarial action. Again, who are the Board of Trustees/ Directors? Time for them to be identified and properly addressed in good form for wearing blinders and showing disregard. I fully support and stand with the rightful decisions of our planning board and council and will gladly pay more taxes if that is what is required to fend off an hypocritical entity that argues positions without merit solely out of self interests and employs distasteful tactics to boot.
Our town reps were recognized by our residents for their thoroughness and integrity in this wasteful fiasco and my hope is that they wont feel pressure to succumb to the pressure tactics of a bully. Valley and its loud lawyers can scream like petulant children who don’t get their way to an absurd request . They can rant and threaten all they want but the resolve of this community to stand up for itself and its future generations will remain . High time for the Valley’s Board of Trustees to step up and stop the nonsense once and for all or face the music from the community
During the Planning Board process Valley demanded a list of all members of the CRR to, among other things, establish their legitimacy as an organization and to limit the individuals’ ability to comment publicly. The CRR complied.
Now it’s time to out Valley’s Ridgewood-based supporters starting with Councilwoman Hauck. She was elected by Ridgewood tax payers who are now clearly the target of the organization she supports. She should renounce her support of Valley to fight the lawsuit or resign the Council. Now.
It’s also time to publish the list of attendees at the various Valley fundraisers. Let’s call these people out when you see them in town. Ask anyone still sporting an “I support the Valley Renewal” bumper sticker how they feel about Valley now. Valley is using the money you contributed to raise our taxes. Is this what you guys had in mind?
Valley has become an embarrassment to this community, it is really that simple. When you intentionally go from being a plus in a community to being a minus out of nothing more than stupidity, greed, and arrogance, then it’s time to take your act on the road and leave.
I am surprised that the board of directors does not recognize their failure and lack of vision.
Not one has stepped down to make room for fresh ideas.
Mass resignation from the board is called for. Take a stand, wimps with too much money and too little sense.
The wimps on the Board do what their told buy The Queen
The real story is that the Valley BOD are all people asked to be members of the board by a small inner circle of people around Audrey Myers – “the tail wags the dog”. With one loud mouthed exception, they are mostly meek followers and do not want to be in the public eye.
Really?
You want to publish a list of names for valley supporters and you can’t even attach your name to your post? Well guess what?
We’re calling you out…..
I loved the advertisement for the Valley Ball. As Valley sues the Village threatening to raise our taxes and destroy the community, it advertises for the Valley Ball in the middle of the Ridgewood News real estate section. Didn’t have my reading glasses on, but I think it said: “Party like you are on the Titanic. Throw on a dinner jacket and come donate so Valley can devote its dollars to paying lawyers to bring a lawsuit that devalues your property.”
Valley’s gall is only surpassed by the gullibility of those who continue to support Valley.
I would love to see the list of corporate sponsors for the Ball so I know what stores and restaurants to avoid. What self-respecting Villager (who isn’t on Valley’s social or monetary payroll) is going to attend?
Says the also “anonymous” poster.
Everyone can continue to attend galas and gatherings. The poster did not ask about supporters but was rightfully asking about the Board of Directors who have oversight responsibilties and inherent accountability for corporate actions. Valley’s wasteful and rather hostile decison to sue this town and its tax paying citizenship was a not a one person decision but a decision voted and approved by directors of a business entity. All residents which also include supporters have the right to voice their opinion in proper fashion about management and its decisions. It’s called democracy.
Disagree with #10 — see no need to attend galas and gatherings that either put money in Valley’s pocket or encourage Valley to think everything is ok.
Agree with #11…What is the point of ” donating” ANYTHING to a business that is going out of it’s way to screw an entire town ? As a matter of principle, I shelved the idea of becoming a volunteer. Let them hire someone, since the people who do a highly questionable job of running the place can push some of that money down to those who are really doing the work.
I am a supporter of some sort of modernization, without doubling size.
A reasonable discussion should have led to a compromise size.
Suing the Village because the legal process didn’t work in your favor is a bunch of bullshit. (and if my taxes go up Valley won’t get my donation$)
All of my doctors are at Valley, and I intend to voice my opinions on the lawsuit.
I do not like the idea of a ‘tax exempt status’ when the CEO is reportedly paid $3m dollars (as I read here-please correct if inaccurate) AND having Doctors that do not ‘participate’with any insurance (= anesthesiolgists) . Or billing patients for what insurance doesn’t cover… THEN paying the big salaries reported.
2.1 million. But what’s a million here or there ?
My name is on the CRR list. The CRR, however is a very moderate organization that limits the scope of its activity to only that which has to do with land use law. My posts here suggest tactics that the CRR would never endorse. Good for them – their actions remain consistent with their mission. Unlike Valley.
So who are you “Mr. Anonymous”. Valley Ball attendee?