jspeer - I do not work at nor have a relative at Mt. View.  The action of the County Legislature to try to sell it is too abrupt, thoughtless and it will cost the taxpayers much more in the end.  

First of all, back in the days when Mt. View was profitable, the County Legislature used the revenue to balance the budget (and we got a 0% tax increase).  So the County did not invest in new equipment and buildings/grounds to keep Mt. View facility up to date. 

Then came the Governor Pataki State mandates on the County for medicare payments (among other things),  which cost more to operate Mt. View, and cost the taxpayer more. 

Mt. View provides a service to people that most private facilities would not even do because it is so costly. 

The only company that bid on Mt. View OWES back payments to a pharmacutical company to the point that THEY ARE SUBJECT TO LEGAL ACTION!!!

In the end, the elderly will not get the service the Mt. View provides, and/or it will end up costing us more as taxpayers when this new private company defaults!!

Jim Sacco

Pendleton 

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Originally posted by: alwayswatching
"Maziarz has no authority to direct the county legislature to do anything. If they acted on his order, then this issue just got a lot bigger. Senator George (SG) has a long history of the you scratch my back game. I agree whole heartedly, but it's in the politicians' nature to be deceptive and spin the truth. One might as well expect fish to play piano.

As for the casino money, Niagara Falls should benifit from this money. Some sort of sliding scale should be created for the rest of the county. It can't be done on an as needed basis because that would allow those who are connected to get more money. The 'City' of Niagara Falls is hemmoraging as we speak. Casino money is the tourniquet. As nice as it would be to share, I think it all ought to stay there, where it's needed. Otherwise, the other townships would all be entitled to a piece, then the county, then all the other counties, where would it stop? Losing Niagara Falls would be a terrible blow to Niagara County. It's our only real tourist attraction, and a major one at that. We should be building it up. Just my 2 cents...

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Originally posted by: Dovey
"      His head was bent in sarrow,green scales fell like rain,Puff no longer went to play along cherry lane.......................hummm kinda fitting"

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Mindcrime - Maziarz put up people to challenge Democrat incumbents and had his own PAC committees put up the big $$$ to get them elected.  That is why there is a majority caucus in the legislature that caters to Maziarz' wants.  He owns them, and is dictating what they should bring up, and how they should vote. 

The Maziarz majority caucus that want to sell Mt. View are blind to what service MT. View actually offers.  They are ignorant of the fact that the type of care that Mt. View provides to the many who do not have the financial backing cannot be duplicated anywhere else.  In the end, it will cost the taxpayer more to care for these people if we sell Mt. View, than if the County keeps it and attempts to rectify their past ignorance to the situation. 

It is scary when you look at the one company that wants to buy Mt. View.  They are being sued by a pharmacutical company that they owe $$$ to!!!  If the County does sell Mt. View, they may end up taking it over again sometime in the future, and the people who use this service will suffer dearly in the process.

As far as where the casino money should go, there is a contract between NYS and the City of Niagara Falls.  That does not include the hospital, or Niagara County.  If some of the casino dollars were to go to the Hospital, or Niagara County, that part should come out of the NYS casino revenue, and NOT the revenue to be dedicated to the people of Niagara Falls.

Whay does Senator Maziarz want casino revenue to go to NFMMC, a failing hospital they tried to close years ago??  He does so because their union employees, the SEIU, gave $5000 to the Senator Maziarz election campaign on January 7, 2005. Look at the the NYS board of elections financial report at http://www.elections.state.ny.us/reports/rwservlet?report=efs_sch+userid=rept_browser/rept_browser@prod+destype=cache+desformat=pdf+p_filer_id=A05179+p_e_year=2005+p_freport_id=J+p_transaction_code=C if you don't believe me. 

Maziarz did the same thing with passing the smoking ban.  Back then, he got a financial contribution fron the NYS Restaurant Association PAC, which is a group of chain (francise) restaurants that want to put the small time local mom and pop resaturants, bars, and donut shops out of business.

Why do we pay attention to the new media focusing on Tom DeLay and the payoffs he receives for the things he does in the House of Representatives when we have State Senator George Maziarz?? 

Once you read between the lines that our esteemed Senator Maziarz says, you will find that what seems to be his good intentions is only lip service, and you will find the real reason he caters to certain groups by liiking at the contributions to his political campaign.

Jim Sacco

Pendleton, NY