tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post6376898499640820368..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: No Victory in 'V'Larry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-80574695390820376372008-01-13T00:09:00.000-05:002008-01-13T00:09:00.000-05:00Budget group's motive questionedAmherst Bulletin B...<A HREF="" REL="nofollow">Budget group's motive questioned</A><BR/>Amherst Bulletin <I>By Scott Merzbach</I><BR/>January 11, 2008<BR/><BR/>Weiss: <I>"the minutes do not accurately reflect the tone of the discussions."<BR/><BR/>"I've been at the meetings, and I'm not hearing a preponderance of override talk,"<BR/><BR/>"It's not like we're sitting around and thinking, How can we get an override?"</I><BR/><BR/>Board member Anne Awad said she was also troubled by the dominance of override discussion and preparation, and she said the budget group should not be developing this sort of plan ...talk about developing "bulletproof" plan, convincing "swing voters," and the $80,000 to $100,000 cost estimates for hiring consultants to do a telephone survey.<BR/><BR/>Weiss said these are just ideas that were talked about at meetings.<BR/><BR/>File this one under: Budget Committee charts its own course on pursuit of Budget Overrride, Ignores Popular Vote, intends to committ taxpayers' dollars to accomplish the override.<BR/><BR/>Q: How do you know when Weiss is lying? <BR/>A: His lips are moving.O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298161341394034059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-60987093049767061932008-01-11T15:06:00.000-05:002008-01-11T15:06:00.000-05:00Revealing insight to DHG's practice of tabloid jou...Revealing insight to DHG's practice of tabloid journalism.Larry O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15746052952995510011noreply@blogger.com