The Post Star gave a bravo today to our Town Supervisor.
“Bravos to the Washington County supervisors who gave up their mileage reimbursement to help trim the county budget. Many supervisors have to travel quite far to attend county meetings in Fort Edward And on Friday, they were ready to approve a $25,650 package. But on Friday afternoon, when supervisors were polled individually as to how much they could accept as mileage, 14 of the 17 responded, “zero.” Wow. Those three supervisors who did accept reimbursement — JoAnn Trinkle, Vernon Scribner, and Bob Banks — live in the farthest reaches of the county, and even they accepted substantially less than what they might have been eligible for. In the end, supervisors cut more than $20,000 from their reimbursement, leaving only a $5,000 bill for taxpayers.”