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.”
You may not have known that there were a few radio advertisements made for the last Huletts Hotel during the 1950’s. We have unearthed one original radio spot which is currently being converted into digital format. We will release this historical ad; here on Christmas Day, December 25th, for you to listen to. We’ll give you a tease that it’s both historical and humerous, but it is certainly worth returning for. 
Dresden recently released it’s 2009 budget which shows the amount to be raised by taxes will be $1,500 less than 2008. This translates into a 0.50 percent reduction in taxes from 2008 to 2009. While the budget grows a little over 9 % from the 2008 amount, this growth is offset by new revenues. Congratulations to our Dresden Town Board for lowering taxes 2 years in a row. This is a perfect example of keeping government spending and taxes in check, a lesson that the Whitehall School District hasn’t learned yet.