Kathy Hochul and Mary Hosler have more in common than their last names starting with “H”. Both made pledges to run a more open government. Both are falling short.
Hochul did change “Three men in a room” to “Two men and a lady in a room”. However, that did not improve transparency during the budget process.
In Evans, Mary Hosler’s denial of documents requested under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) raises questions about how the taxpayer’s money is being spent. Denied documents include those showing how much COVID money the Town of Evans received and how that money was spent. Also denied were W2’s for elected officials and those town employees earning $50,000 a year or more.
If you want to view the FOILs [ Click Here ]. (TIP: Click On Expand All)
Click Here To Read My Letter To The Editor.
The Town of Evans was audited by the NYS OSC in 2002 and 2012. Maybe it is time for state to take a look at how Evans is spending the taxpayer’s money? [ Click Here To Download the past state audits ]
When to talk at Hamburg public meetings: Town supervisor capitulates: Click-Here
Censorship in North Korea – Wikipedia: Click-Here

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
Government hears only its own voice … It knows it hears only its own voice and yet it deceives itself that it hears the people’s voice.
Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.