Zelazny says “No” far too often without offering solutions in Shelby

Editor:

After reading Ed Zelazny’s letter from Feb. 13 I am still left thinking, “Well Ed in the last 4 years what have you done for us residents?”

You bring up minute generic kicks the can down the road points, time and time again that you did nothing to help the town. Why should we sign your petitions or vote to renew your seat?

You constantly bring up and vote no to raising the budget – how can you run a business knowing the price of goods are going up but have no way to pay for them?

You vote no on paying monthly bills.

You vote no to save us money on water rates.

You voted no to a proposed flat tax rate for all residents resulting in the board accepting a higher budget proposal.

We watch the meetings month after month and not a damn thing gets resolved. The amount of bickering we see helps not one tax-paying resident. This behavior is why local residents want nothing to do with local government.

It’s embarrassing the way some of you board members behave. You continually bring up the same “issues” monthly, but never offer a solution. You wanted a code of ethics, then when the board needed to vote on it…. wait for it… you voted no on accepting a code.

The only light I see shown on “wild wild west” spending is you voting yes to give a pay raise for the Town Clerk three times, you voting yes to spending 6x more money than needed with an engineering firm for Royalton water flow, voting yes to keep purchasing 100% of our water needs from Medina that is double what Royalton is willing to sell at.

You are killing our community by not voting to purchase needed equipment at discounted rates when department heads bring deals to the table. Maybe we should have Elon come audit and see where this mystery money is disappearing to.

If you know what these backdoor deals are that we must be so blind to, why are you not informing us, the taxpayers after you have been in Town Hall serving your 4-year term?

Your term might have started with a signature, but it will end with your favorite vote, “No.”

William Luckman

Medina