Shelby resident says 2 board members hold up progress, drive up costs

Editor:

Mr. Hemingway, I do not know you personally nor do you know me. I am having a very difficult time trusting you and your intentions.

1. I question your loyalty; you were a Democrat for many years and then you bailed on them to become Republican. The question is why ?

2. You praised two board members for the job they are doing. However, are you aware that they are under investigation for code of ethics violations by the town and the state comptroller’s office? Are you aware of a current board member who tried to split the town of Shelby, I’m sure you did. You mentioned Linda Limina has a four-year degree in accounting. She has a B.B.A. (Bachelor’s in Business Administration), not an accounting degree. Google her bio and find out as I did.

Why is it at every meeting she has to grandstand and question the budget when she was a part of its conception? She has questions at every meeting because in her own words, “I do not understand.” Maybe if she did her job that she is being paid for by Shelby taxpayers and quit worrying about what Medina is doing, she would understand.

Are you aware of the thousands of dollars of taxpayers’ money that she wasted for an investigation against her for jeopardizing worker safety – maybe you should. They continuously vote no on anything that would benefit the taxpayers. They tried their damnedest to stop water coming from Royalton at a lower rate because Medina would lose out on the revenue.

It is apparent that their loyalties are not with the town of Shelby, and I assume they have their own personal agenda which is really not that hard to figure out.

As far as the financial record keeping for the town, when you inherit an issue that former supervisors and board members caused, you first have to find the problem and then come up with a solution to fix it. I believe the current supervisor and board tried to address the issue with the Williamson program without costing the taxpayers more money. Unfortunately the Williamson program that the past supervisor and board members purchased was not compatible and they were unable to fix the issues.

As a taxpayer I applaud his efforts to save our tax dollars before they spent more money to get an outside accounting firm. Unfortunately, it did take a long time to resolve the issue. The truth is there is no money missing. So quit crying about past issues that have been resolved and start looking forward.

I also read the preliminary budget for 2025 which had a tax decrease until the two board members that you praise so well got involved and we wound up with a tax increase. These are just some of the reasons I question your loyalty and your intentions. I personally cannot trust you and you will not get my vote.

Steve Mazur

Shelby