THE TRUE BLUE
CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
HEADLINE:
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.
