The Monroe Gazette

The Monroe Gazette

Town Board Meeting: Where Questions Go to Die and Smells Persist!

Dorey Houle and Tony Cardone are failing to address critical water district issues, leaving residents to bear the burden of rising taxes and deteriorating infrastructure.

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B.J. Mendelson
Sep 03, 2025
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We’re back. I hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend. It’s worth remembering the role of labor and our unions in bettering our lives, given that we’re currently living through a Second Gilded Age.

This situation became possible due to anti-union and anti-labor policies and positions taken by both Democrats and Republicans since the days Ronald Reagan roamed the White House. You can draw a straight line connecting Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and their anti-labor policies that have put us in the position we’re all in right now.

Speaking of which, this Saturday, September 6, Hands Off Hudson Valley is holding another event at the corner of Lake Street and 17M at 1 p.m. If you’re upset about what’s going on with the Trump administration or Robert F. Kennedy putting all of our lives in danger through his actions at HHS, you should be there.

You might be wondering what that position is — it’s autocracy — which brings us back to the Town of Monroe and the issues in…

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