Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The High Spending RINO
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Lance M. Gundersen, Sr.
The High Spending RINO
(Another Al Lebo Fairy Tale)
Since I've begun addressing the fairy tales of Al Lebo (kind of like Aesops Fables, only more like the fractured fairy tales of Bullwinkle and Rockie the squirrel) I thought I'd take the time to push back a bit on the insanity of his linking me to high spending, and then, through a long and winding chain of spin, to mayoral candidate Dayton King.
Let's make this simple enough even for Al. In January 2004, Gloversville had a $1,600,000 general fund deficit. On December 31, 2007, Gloversville had a fund balance of $1,600,000.
While those figures are approximate, they are illustrative of the roughly $3,200,000 swing to the black that occured during the four years I was a councilman.
What did Bruce VanGenderen indicate was the biggest reason for this swing?
The Hornell Plan
Who brought the Hornell Plan to the attention of the city?
Well, originally it was former Fire Chief Steve Santa Maria (at the time he was a Battalion Chief). He was ignored for around 10 years.
Who finally researched the subject, wrote the resolution and guided it through the Gloversville Common Council and presented it to the Fulton County Board of Supervisors?
Second Ward Councilman Lance M. Gundersen, Sr.
(AKA - Big Spending RINO Boy)
In the four years of the 2004-2007 Common Council only two council members, myself and First Ward Councilwoman Cynthia Morey, crafted legislation that was instrumental in saving this city hundreds of thousands of dollars.
So for Dear Leader Al to run around calling me a RINO and a big spender is to call day night and night day.
At the start of this post I did indicate I'd dish on how I'm connected to candidate Dayton King.
Since campaign season began, I did research for and had conversations with Judy Marcoux. I had one or two phone conversations with Dirk Myers. I had face to face conversations with Tim Hughes, and I have had face to face and phone conversations with Dayton King.
Basically, I've provided help where asked, if possible, to any and all and THAT is the extent of my connection to King.
Al accuses me of running King's campaign. As he is so fond of pointing out, I was obliterated in my campaign. I sure as heck wouldn't hire me.
It is possible Al has been playing his political games so long that he doesn't realize there are actually people out there (me, for example) that do not look upon politics as a game.
No, in fact, there really are a few of us out there who think of it as a soberingly serious business that has the capacity to dramatically affect the lives of thousands.
I only wish he felt the same.
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- Lance M. Gundersen, Sr.
- A lot of authors and bloggers have written about living intentionally. Each define it differently, but the basic gist of the idea is to have a plan and do everything in one's power to make it a reality. My plan was to live debt-free, and then spend my time doing the things I want to do - like finishing at least a Master's in an area I can put to use in my community. I started this process with a Masters in Work and Labor Policy with an Advanced Certificate in City Administration, but then switched to a Master's in Urban Planning focusing on Bike and Pedestrian Infrastructure (and learning a fair bit about environmental planning, Brownfield redevelopment, community planning and more). I have also begun accomplishing a whole basket of cycling, sailing, hiking and personal enrichment goals which are each in various states of accomplishment. Feel free to stop by and read my musings. Comment if you like. Please be respectful, and I apologize that it's even necessary to have to say that at this stage of our existence.
2 comments:
This is hillarious. As one of the two councilpeople who created L'Affaire Margiotta which cost the city of Gloversville over $125000 in judgement and who knows how much in legal costs, YOU have the audacity to suggest that I don't realize that real people are involved in government?
Gary Margiotta IS a real person, Laptop.
The other three councilpeople that you and your minions decided to ignore with that vote and thus disenfranchise half of the city are people. As are the half of the city that you and yours decided to bypass because they were in the way of your plans. Not to mention the people who have to pay for your poor decisions.
It's not your feelings that you should be concerned with.
It's your actions.
This particular article had nothing to do with the topic of "real" people, such as Gary, and everything to do with your assertions of my RINO-hood.
I have noted that you carefully crafted your response to hit me from a direction that has nothing to do with your assertions of my financial record while in office.
- Lance
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