10/21/07 - Talkin' Trash: Reduce And Rejoice. It's About Time That We Started Doing Stories On The Port Chester Trash Problem.

I received an email about the trash problem in Port Chester.

The email read as follows......

hey. just wanted to say great job on the roundup.

just wondering if ever think of running a story on the terrible port chester trash. how every wednesday port chester has more trash then the towns and villages around.its because of the overcrowding in houses. no one in port chester ever does anything about it. all the high power "officials" worry about themselves.never have they down anything for this town but raise the damn taxes.

PS- its great reading the roundup online and not paying!! keep up the great work!!

This person is 100% Correct.

I know the current administration and village manager has taken steps to try and solve the problem, but in my opinion they have not done enough.

In fact, I think the current trash plans are too punitive to the single family homeowners.

I personally think the problem is mostly with the multi-family and commercial property owners.

The trash problem is easy to measure.

All one has to do is look at the monthly weight totals at the dump and compare it to the year before.

The Village Manager and the elected officials are either reducing the trash costs or they are not.

All one has to do is go through the commercial district and see the abuse that goes on.

On Mill Street you will see car parts and several bumpers put to the curb for free pickup.

On Westchester Avenue, you will see file cabinets, desks and other office equipment put on the curb for free pick up.

Plus you have illegal multi-family houses putting out trash for two, three and four families.

However, these illegal multi-family houses are paying taxes for one family unit.

The single family homeowners of Port Chester are subsidising the trash pick up of commercial and illegal multi-family units.

All this is doing is increasing the profit margins of commercial businesses and property owners.

Yet the Village Of Port Chester wants to get tough with single family homeowners.

This is just not fair.

This is just one mans opinion, and I could be wrong.

Personally, I would like to hear what other Port Chester residents and businesses think about the trash problem in Port Chester.

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08/21/07 - Port Chester Trustee Bob Sorensen Spent Way Too Much Time In The Sun While On Vacation

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CONSERVATIVE REVIEW


HEADLINE


Trustee Bob Sorensen Is Out Of His Mind?


STORY:


Port Chester Trustee Bob Sorensen went out of his way to once again commend the supposedly great job that Port Chester Building Inspector Lenny Cusamano is doing.


Hey Bob, just how many illegal apartments has Lenny Cusamano shut down while under Village Manager Bill Williams leadership.


I believe the number might be somewhere around

zero.

Someone needs to tell Trustee Bob Sorensen that only someone stoned out of his mind would look at all these illegal apartments in Port Chester and say that Port Chester Building Inspector Lenny Cusamano is doing a great job.

Instead of wasting more money on a three time legal loser like Rye City Republican Chairman Anthony Pisconere, lets hire a law firm to rid Port Chester of it's horrific building inspector.

Once we have a building inspector that will shut down illegal apartments, then Port Chester will finally be able to move forward.

If Port Chester Building Inspector Lenny Cusamano had spent the last five years shutting down illegal apartments then Port Chester probably not of had to suffer this embarassing Department Of Justice Voting Rights Case.

In my opinion, Lenny's failure to shut down illegal apartments has caused Port Chester tax payers to sheel out about $750,000 on this Justice Department mess.

The only way to get rid of all of these illegal apartments is to get rid of Lenny.

08/10/07 - Let's Really Get Serious About Fines. We Should Start Giving Huge Tickets To Cusamano, Didden and Gianfrancesco.

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TELL MAYOR THAT IT IS TIME TO START USING FINES TO COVER THE COSTS OF HAVING CUSAMANO, DIDDEN AND GIANFRANCESCO INVOLVED IN PORT CHESTER GOVERNMENT.

STORY:

Soon the residents of Port Chester will hopefully get the oportunity to speak at a public hearing about increasing and adding new fines in the village of Port Chester.

The village staff and the Mayor are correct when they say parking fines have not been updated often enough. It is an excelent idea to try and have the fines at least cover the cost of enforcement.

Most of the fines will go up about $5.00 a ticket.

There is also talk of a much more increasing downtown parking meters by 25 cents. This is a 50% increase over the current 50 price.

These minor changes are fiscally responsible and should help the village balance its budget.

But why should the Village stop at Parking meters.

Let's recoup all of our lost costs.

Maybe we could fine Port Chester Building Inspector Lenny Cusamano $250 for each week that he fails to shut down an illegal apartment in Port Chester.

Or, maybe we could fine Port Chester Planning Board Member Bart Didden $500 a day for everyday he occupies his Main Street offices without a certificate of occupancy.

Or better yet, maybe we could fine Port Chester Developement Consultant Gary Gianfranseco $5,000 everytime he files a change order on that bottemless money pit known as Horton School.

God Knows, Gary can easily afford it, because he has already stuffed over a million of your tax dollars in his pockets while being involved on this project.