tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post5741187876523581877..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: Send Jesse Hamilton A NoteClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-30926802398567986952016-01-30T12:14:01.881-05:002016-01-30T12:14:01.881-05:00I don't know enough about the law to know whet...I don't know enough about the law to know whether I'm allowed to name him. I know he's been deposed and knows everyone involved in the suit very, very well. As in for decades. That should be enough to identify deep throat, no?<br /><br />I was told I'd be asked for a statement at some point but not yet. The things I would attest to:<br /><br />1. Pearl kept an immaculate office with terrific records.<br />2. Pearl was respected by her fellow DMs.<br />3. Pearl could be a very grumpy and unpleasant face of the Board office. That was certainly her downfall.<br />4. Pearl probably had good reason to be annoyed by some of the people in the neighborhood who were constantly out to "get" her. She was defensive, let's put it that way. Excessively so, perhaps.<br />5. Pearl always responded immediately to my concerns and questions<br />6. Pearl possesses a terrific intellect, and when you crossed her she could cut you down to size. <br />7. Most elected officials hated her and had it "in for her," even saying so publicly. Letitia James once railed on her, so did Jessie Hamilton, plus Eric Adams' longtime aide Ingrid Gordon.<br />8. I'm fairly certain the accusation is true that an elected said publicly, at an open meeting, that she was too old and it was time for her to go.<br />9. Her pay rate, dictated by seniority, was knocked by a lot of people as excessive.<br /><br />What else? It was my perspective, and I voiced it, that there was not enough concrete reason to fire her and that she should have been given a stern warning on behavior first anyway. I voted to keep her, one of maybe 8 out of 35 folks, can't recall exactly. From my perspective, she was nearing retirement age anyway. I know everyone was feeling urgency, but look what it's accomplished? We're still sitting on everything anyway.<br /><br />By the way she did write the first resolution for a Planning Study and it was absolutely terrific, and more specific than Planning was used to. That's why were put at the top of the list (plus we had Empire to develop, or so we thought). She sent it around for comment and I told her it was great. Whether other Board members were listening or paying attention or going to the Community Outreach meetings? That's on them. The vote was legal, it was nearly unanimous in favor. That's why we should be nearly done by now, with a forward-looking plan for development. Oops.<br /><br />We will look back on this as one of the great missed opportunities in our lifetime (for the nabe anyway). That's my prediction and I'm sticking to it. Cabia Doily and her group will be long dead and we'll still be feeling the effects. (We meaning the community. I don't expect to outlive the mighty Doily. I believe she has some sort of force field around her, possibly not of this earth.)Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-69317531690052881482016-01-29T23:18:14.999-05:002016-01-29T23:18:14.999-05:00Nothing coming up under Pearl's name on any of...Nothing coming up under Pearl's name on any of the court websites. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary, where are you getting the intel about her case "progressing?" Not trying to be an ass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-25189480225501805342016-01-27T22:11:39.196-05:002016-01-27T22:11:39.196-05:00Q,
I sent my email to Senator Hamilton, letting hi...Q,<br />I sent my email to Senator Hamilton, letting him know that I have a voice and also votes.<br /><br />Let see what his response will be! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-88094850489599024182016-01-27T15:28:05.192-05:002016-01-27T15:28:05.192-05:00Whoa tiger! The meters were only for M-F to begin ...Whoa tiger! The meters were only for M-F to begin with. They wanted to prepay for a few hours on Friday. That's all. I made the joke that we should make them active on Sunday then. No one seemed to think it was funny - neither the Orthodox nor the rest of the car owning public.<br /><br />btw pretty much all the businesses are owned by religious jews too.<br /><br />i doubt very much that your parking rights will be impacted in the slightest.Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-813880937441513232016-01-27T15:02:15.150-05:002016-01-27T15:02:15.150-05:00I don't live in the PLG' CB district, so y...I don't live in the PLG' CB district, so you can tell me it's none of my beeswax, but I have to ask: You sent a letter asking DOT to give Chabad people the right to take up a metered space for more than 24 hours?!?!?!?!? Are you kidding? It's up to them to move their cars BEFORE Shabbos starts. They don't get to take metered parking for longer than anyone else can. Come on! The very reason we have alternate-side-of-the-street parking rules suspended for an increasing number of days (and I am grateful for every single last one of them that doesn't fall on a Wednesday or weekend) began with Orthodox Jews' inability to move their cars on a holiday. Now they want metered spaces too? No way, Jose! And for the record, I'm Jewish too, but this is nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com