SHANDAKEN SHAKEUP REPORT MARCH 29, 2013

WIOXRADIO.ORG    WIOX 91.3 ROXBURY NY

SHANDAKEN SHAKEUP SEGMENT 7:15AM-7:45AM

RUSTY MAE MOORE

WITZ END

PHYLLIS HOROWITZ

3/29/13

1.

TOM DINAPOLI (STATE CONTROLLER) AUDITS ORDA

ORDA BUDGET AND ORDA AUDIT

Olympic Regional Development Authority

Whiteface Mountain, Gore, Lake Placid Olympic Facilities

Steady Losses at Adirondacks Mountains DATA

            3 TIMES IN BLACK 2003 TO 2012

            LOSSES EVERY YEAR SINCE 2009

            operating loss $13million to 18million 2006-2012 ORDA

            OPERATING LOSS 16.9 MILL IN 2012

            TOTAL REVENUE $51 MILLION PEAK IN 2007 TO 40,000,000 IN 2012

FINANCIAL SOURCES are OPER REV, STATE GOV, LOCAL GOV, ESDC

            (80% OF TOT= Empire State Development Corporation in 2007)

            ESDC BORROWING SUPPORTS ORDA

HOW CAN PRIVATE COMPETITORS SURVIVE WITHUT SUBSIDY?

Belleayre now in the mix too

Bad numbers for Belleayre too DATA

            +++ALSO+++

$1,000,000 in ORDA??? budget earmarked for Belleayre

by  politico Assemblyman KEVIN CAHILL, Democrat Ulster & Dutchess Counties

[ORDA ONLY GOT 4.7 million from state 2012 down from 8 million yrs ago]

Skating Rink, Lodges

2.

RAIL TRAILS CONTROVERSY IN SHANDAKEN

CE Mike Hein, Democrat sell rails for scrap, build Rail Trail connect

“Walkway Over The Hudson” Connect to Shokan Reservoir, $2mil in Cuomo’s budget

SHANDAKEN DEMOCRATS SUGGEST A RAIL AND TRAIL SOLUTION

TOM RINALDI  runs music program in Phoenicia RR Depot

Many people don’t want to see the RR destroyed

On SHANDAKEN DEMOCRATS Facebook page

WANT RAIL AND TRAIL

EAST VS WEST CONFLICT IN ULSTER CO

CMRR Chairman Harry Jameson

3. SHANDAKEN PLANNING BOARD HOLDS UP PHOENICIA LIBRARY

ALREADY PASSED ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

MORE INFO NEEDED ON FIRE AND FLOOD SAFETY

ERIC HOFMEISTER supt highway SON MARIETTA HOFMEISTER [MORNE IMP]

            Suggests wrong to cut down space between buildings

Traditional Flood relief channel vs flaps under building on new design

4.

FEMA deadline to April 13 (4^th time monthly extension)

SANDY VICTIMS STILL ELIGIBLE

INDIVIDUAL AID

SBA Loans

HURRY

5.

SUICIDE IN SHOKAN MAR 26 RTE 28

Suicidal man burns himself in truck and barn

Electricity out for 126 homes in area

Cut power for safety of firemen and other first responders

“Shots” were exploding ammo

6.

NEXT TB MEETING MON APRIL 1

            No Agenda Yet Public

PENULTIMATE

OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES

2013 CATSKILLS OUTDOOR GUIDE

WATERSHED POST

NEEDS $15,000 TO PUBLISH, HAS $5400 COMMITTED

Reach 10,000 people est 2013; 7000 last year

Must have $9600 more before April 5

Published before May 30

Editor Julia Reischel at wp.com

ULTIMATE

GREASE AUDITIONS  April 2 TUESDAY

SHANDAKEN THEATRICAL SOCIETY

PHOENICIA THEATER

7PM tues       [OFF MAIN ACROSS FROM MAMA’S BOY]

STS FACEBOOK PAGE

DIRECTOR Laurie Sepe-Marder  35 musicals at Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center

Sing-dance-act at auditons

Michael Koegel, Director