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Sam Davis' Candidacy Announcement Makes Unfair Claims
Dear Editor:
The PV Democratic Committee's endorsement of Sam Davis could be due to his Confidential Aide, Dawn Powell, also being Co-chair of this committee. Both this and Dawn's electioneering on town time using taxpayer resources appear be a conflict of interest.
Sam Davis' 1-1/2 yrs. of selfserving behavior indicates he could care less for the residents. He sued the Town Hall employees and the Ethics Board for censuring him after it determined Sam's hiring of his girlfriend Dawn as his Confidential Aide gave the "appearance of impropriety". The judge dismissed the case, yet Sam refuses to give the $5,000 in legal fees back to the faultless townsfolk he sued. Sam still remains censured.
If Sam was really protecting our water, why, as member of the Hollowbrook, has he allowed George's Auto Body to remain in operation by the stream that supplies drinking water for the Peekskill residents, when antifreeze, oil, etc. have been seeping into the ground for decades?
If Sam was controlling our taxes, how did he arrive at a 21% tax increase? Despite formerly declaring bankruptcy, he pocketed $7,000 to do the budget himself. This seems to reflect out-of-control spending. There was ~$1.8 million in the General Fund when Sam took office - ~$700,000 of it was taken out by the Board to lower our tax increase to 12.75%. Instead of $800,000 in the General Fund for emergencies, there's only ~$300,000.
He claims he is working on solutions to stop overdevelopment yet wasn't able to stop 4 members of the PV Town Bd. from voting in favor of the Emerald Ridge development project.
Sam can't take credit for community stability when his actions actually bring about community instability.
If he regularly goes to Albany to lobby for statewide change of school funding, he can't do his job for the town at the same time! If there's an emergency, how can he take charge? He doesn't even let his staff know where he's going.
Despite the $32,500 in grants he says he obtained to work on the Comprehensive Plan, and $7,500 to upgrade the Town Zoning Code, they have not yet been completed.
After several hearings, Sam was forced to withdraw his building moratorium proposal. He talks about code violations but doesn't enforce our laws. Sam claims "A lot has been accomplished". Certainly not by Sam himself.
Estimated cost to the Town:
Sam Davis: $154,000 over two years +benefits (still owes $5000.00 dollars, as a result of suing the board over inquiry, findings, censure, and new Ethics Law).
Dawn Powell: $82,000 over two years + benefits
Dave Gordon: $80,000 over two years (not including billing for hours of time spent on lawsuits)
Members of the Democratic Committee, Kathy-Cornu- Quinn and Ann Marie Sacramone also a member had code violations that ran the town legal fees over $100,000 dollars.
TOTAL: $416,000+
Can Putnam Valley residents really afford 2 more years of Sam Davis?
Joni Mercado
Putnam Valley
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