The September village meetings for Wurtsboro & Bloomingburg both lasted about 7 minutes. Bloomingburg then spent about an hour planning for the upcoming mid-October Fall festival, featuring a parade and “haunted house. Wurtsboro’s public comment went on for an extra 20 minutes with former mayor Bob Whitehead discussing problems at the Horizons senior citizens home on Sullivan St. A disproportionate number of “Section 8” welfare recipients are taking spots originally intended for local seniors, and causing trouble on the premises, Whitehead alleged. Politicians from Monticello are mixing up the priorities, he said.
A hilarious exchange took place the previous month in Bloomingburg, on August 13th. Village mayor Mark Berentsen described how he fixed a broken traffic signal at the municipality’s’ main intersection. The procedure took less than a minute and cost under $1.75. A similar repair done under the previous administration cost the village $1300.
Listen to Berentsen’s story here: http://midhudson.info/special/R090813_berentsen.mp3
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