Something Incredibly Stupid Has Happened In South Blooming Grove
Due to gross incompetence, the Village of South Blooming Grove — technically speaking — does not have a mayor, rendering all decisions since March null and void.
Well … I WAS in the middle of a local news round-up. You can read the first part here. That was published on Thursday. On Friday, when I sat down to finish the round-up, I made the mistake of watching the December 20th, 2024, South Blooming Grove Village Planning Board meeting live. Usually, I’ll wait a couple of days to view these things so that I don’t spend the next 24-48 hours rage-screaming at the cats.
This was the first of the now regularly scheduled 10 am Friday morning Village Planning Board meetings that I was telling you about. (And, for the record, yes. While it may not be morally or ethically right to do so, legally, a municipal body in New York can hold a meeting whenever they want. If you have a problem with this, and I hope you do, you should go down to the offices of Assemblyman Brian Maher, Assemblyman Chris Eachus, Assemblyman Brabrenec, and State Senator Skoufis and refuse to leave until they introduce legislation to update the Open Meetings Law to prevent this sche…