Post expects the $600 she almost lost in salary will be restored.
As for Myers, docking the dog catcher in her hospital bed, reportedly without consulting other town-board members, was not one of the aggressive but perhaps impulsive supervisor’s better moves. I think I smell a rematch.
A three-person Kingston Common Council committee on reapportionment has been appointed by Alderman-at-Large Jim Noble. Breaking with the tradition that dictates council committees are given a free hand, Noble advised the triumvirate to keep the number of aldermen at nine.
Why? Burghers elected six new aldermen last year, though only one incumbent — Third Ward veteran Democrat Charlie Landi — was defeated. And it’s not like the rancorous Gang of Nine has exactly distinguished itself in recent years. Keeping in the spirit of government downsizing, the committee should at least consider reducing the number of aldermen to seven, or less.
Another “nationwide” search has wound up at the county office building. This time, it’s the county executive’s recommendation of longtime Department of Social Services attorney Mike Iapoce to head the department, the county government’s largest. Sitting at the right hand of his boss, former commissioner Roberto Rodriguez, Iapoce had a bird’s-eye view of the operation. Whether a lawyer with competent staff but limited administrative experience can run the $120 million department well remains to be seen.
And finally, condolences to the Cahill family on the passing of patriarch Richard “Dick” Cahill Sr., 80, last week. A life-long Republican, Cahill Sr. ran for alderman and county legislator several times. His son, Richard Jr., is a former alderman and two-time candidate for mayor.
