Visit “What I’ve Said.” It’s found on the drop-down list of the Main Menu. You’ll find past essays, formerly posted on this website’s Home Page.
“What I’ve Said” captures the moment of the times; items of interest, Enfield legislative actions, and points of controversy beginning with the 2019 Town Board election campaign and continuing to the controversies of today.
Here’s a recent list and past highlights:
Five Voices, Five Reasons: Enfield Town Board members share their reasons for putting fire protection services under an independent Commission; posted July 5, 2023.
Opportunity Lost; Planners, Town Board could have bridled the Breezy Meadows subdivision, but didn’t; posted June 5, 2023.
Water, Land, and a Dirt Road; Breezy Meadows’ Impacts Perplex Planners, Pols, and Public; posted April 20, 2023.
The “Death” of a Good Judge; (Hector) LaSalle, the Democratic Party, and Me; posted February 20, 2023.
Confirm Judge LaSalle; My commentary supporting LaSalle’s appointment as New York’s Chief Judge; posted February 6, 2023.
Freshman Fervor: (Legislator) Randy Brown makes his mark defending hometown interests; posted Jan. 4, 2023.
We Might Eat Leftovers: Second Wind’s Fate Could Impact Enfield’s Funding Future; posted Dec. 23, 2022.
End of an Era; Judge Poole Retires; Board ponders options posted Dec. 15, 2022.
And Earlier:
Strained Separation: County-City cut cord with police-critical Reimagining group; posted June 26, 2022
A Tool for the Toolbox: “Wracking our Brains” to Find a Firefighter; posted May 15, 2022
Tompkins Does It One Way; Enfield Another: Public Transparency and the ARPA Awards Process; posted May 13, 2022
A Working Group for Whom? Working with Whom? posted April 22, 2022
Gerry’s Lakeside Puzzle; New York Redistricting; posted Feb. 14, 2022
Some Good Will Come of This: Transparency and the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency; posted Jan. 18, 2022
Meet in the Middle: On the Enfield Town Board’s first-of-the-year meeting; posted Jan. 12, 2022
“Our Poisonous Tree” Behind the Courthouse: the Center of Government project; posted Nov. 18, 2021
Be Kind, Be Humble: Post-Election 2021; posted Nov. 6, 2021
(and more posted in the archives…)