Greene County Legislators stop wasting taxpayer dollars

To the editor:

In the Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 Catskill Daily Mail front page article ($1.3M jail garage a reality).

Once again the legislators are wasting our taxpayer money by building a much un-needed $1.3 million garage that will be built near the much un-needed new Greene County Jail.

I would like to thank Legislator Bulich by stating the five facts, “the $250,000 Sheriff boat is not needed, because there are other police agencies on the river on a daily basis and the SWAT team never gets used, so why do we need one by the Greene County Sheriff Office, due to the fact that the New York State Police has a huge SWAT team and the K-9 dogs get washed currently by their sheriff handles.”

So we don’t need a $1.3 million garage for all those items, and as Mr. Davis stated, “DNA and other temperature sensitive evidence,” why can’t those items be kept in the sheriff’s office at the new jail?

With all that said, I do believe the Greene County Legislators just want to spend more of our taxpayer money when there’s ways we can siave by not spending that $2.3 million.

When it’s time to vote for Greene County legislators, I do believe it is time to replace these current legislators that just want to spend money, when there are actual ways to save money.

In closing, I personally know several people that have boats, ATVs, snowmobile and they keep them on their lawns and driveways, they don’t spend thousands or millions on a garage, and regarding the dogs they stay inside their homes.

Elton D. Vandermark Jr.

Catskill