Go getum Mike. I am becoming a fan and look forward to meeting you.

The job was a payback for the independence line. Frank Spraco and Alex are best buddiies now. Jay is a wanabe Tony Soprano who live in Congers, but has a fake address in the Bronk. He is a Vinny Reda stoodge.

The Rockland GOP is full of such upstanding leadership. Back room deals are the norm.

HBO should start filming a new show about Rockland politics and the one party/family that rules, at the expense of the taxpayers.

This is a slap in the face to taxpayers that this job was outsourced to a blatent patronage job. Marsha Coopersmith was no longer needed as she does not control the Independence party.

You get what you vote for, and Clarkstown got more of the same.

Something is rotten in the State of Denmark!  Sorry, I mean Clarkstown!
Sparaco is reported to have received donations to his campaigns from the Colombo crime family. 
http://www.lefthudson.com/2011/12/rockland-independence-party-chair.html
Sparaco's mother-in-law, Debra Ortutay, deposed Coopersmith as chair of the Independence Party. Ortutay filed a complaint about Coopersmith alleging she had committed fraud, accepting checks from politicans.
http://www.rocklandcountytimes.com/index.php?p=261
In a lawsuit (SU-2011-2758 State of New York) Gromack is named as defendant. It states that “one Town Attorney receiving payment of $123,000 was the Chairperson of the Independence Party who provided Gromack that Party Line."  
Ortutay stands indicted for perjury and fraud.  She hired Bronx Republican Chairman Jay Savino as her attorney!
http://www.rocklandcountytimes.com/index.php?p=270
Alex Gromack got rid of Coopersmith claiming cost savings and then gave an $87,000 retainer fee to Ortutay's attorney, Jay Savino.
http://newcity.patch.com/articles/clarkstown-retains-law-firm-to-handle-tax-certiorari
Michael Hull says the Clarkstown taxpayers are geese.
http://newcity.patch.com/articles/clarkstown-s-tax-collector-calls-her-geese
The taxpayers are chickens and there are a bunch of foxes running loose in the chicken house!  
Call the farmer!  Sorry I mean the FBI!

Why does the town need 6 deputy town attorneys and what do they all do? Some have privater proctices in addition to the town "work" they are being paid for so why is so much moeny being sopent in this area and who supervises these lawyers?

It's not rotten. It's normal.

Mike Mike Mike.never list the questions you are going to ask before you ask them.I hope you at least have more questions.

Please request that the meeting be with Gromack only no lawyers like Amy Mele.This is not a legal matter He is either supervisor and can handle the questions or he isn't. If he needs legal representation to even talk he is un qualified to be supervisor.I don't care what the self imposed Clarkstown policy is.If these were his decisions he should be capable of answering how he arrived at them without a mouthpiece.

Wow Google has a lot of bad factual stuff on Jay Savino

http://yonkerstribune.typepad.com/yonkers_tribune/2012/01/consolidation-effort-ties-anthony-mangone-to-joseph-j-savinos-law-firm-by-hezi-aris.html

http://af11.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/colombo-mobster-frankie-blue-eyes-sparaco-lied-and-killed-while-fbi-mafia-rat/

"All that is necesary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing".

Now that you have the facts pass them along to your friends, your State Senator David Carlucci, the news media, the FBI. Everyone knows someone that has the power to help clean this up. You are living in slavery while your masters feast on your taxes. Remember you employ them yet you allow them to do this to you.

Are you men or mice?

http://yourfreepress.blogspot.com/2008/10/bronx-thugs-vs-mafia.html

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E3D81631F931A35750C0A9619C8B63

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/bronx_gop_boss_is_out_to_lunch_and_U4cVh1KmZ4KBGPpKM9gU7H

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-08-25/columns/anything-goes-at-nyc-s-bizarro-world-elections-board/

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/election_money_missing_GR2Sgd4vNpgFOypdDKJX8M

The GOP candidate trying to unseat Democratic state Sen. Jeff Klein in The Bronx couldn't pass a background check when he was nominated for a government post in 2004.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/gas_guzzler_hosp_racks_up_gal_bill_6J7Re57gsoxB1gokgQKbFJ

Sources said investigators wouldn't certify Jay Savino as a resident when his name came before the City Council for confirmation as a Board of Elections commissioner. "They couldn't determine where he really lived," one source said.

The full council never acted on the appointment. But he got the job when the council's three Republicans gave him their approval, as allowed by law.

Savino told The Post he had always lived in The Bronx but "my wife was going through a difficult pregnancy, and with our two young boys a handful, we decided it would be best for her to move in with her mother, who owns a house in Rockland County."

The unusual arrangement lasted about 18 months.

http://www.observer.com/2005/08/poker-face/

Daniel, please list all the cases that Jay Savino has done with Rockland County agencies. EOM

Daniel, please list all the cases that Jay Savino has done with Rockland County agencies. List the cases please

Daniel, what cases did Savino handle for Rockland County and how much did he get paid?

Does Savino live in Congers or the Bronx?

Savino lives in Congers and not the Bronx, it is an open secret that he lives in Congers

Well, in point of fact your legal residence is where you pay your Federal Income Taxes from.

Who needs soap operas or cable shows? Come out to a Town Board or County Legislative meeting and be entertained for free!

If Savino legal residence is Congers,, how come he can be Bronx County Republican Chairman?

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2006-10-25/local/18349255_1_34th-senate-district-senate-seat-debate

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120109/NEWS03/301090083/Clarkstown-s-new-tax-challenge-attorney-saves-town-money-lacks-municipal-experience

There was never any bid process, show paperwork please

Town Board member Stephanie Hausner was the lone vote against hiring Savino. She said she voted “no” because she would have preferred to have an attorney from Clarkstown or Rockland.
“I think there are other individuals who are qualified or more qualified to do this job. They may not come with so much baggage,” said Hausner. “I wasn’t comfortable voting yes on this appointment. I didn’t feel like abstaining either.”

Good for you Stephanie Hausner! Apparently there is one person of principle on the Town Council.

The rest of them appear to have NO principles but apparently they are prepared to die for them!

Or should I have said 'dive'? Don't go down with the ship Stephanie. ;-)

Where was Frank Borelli on all this? Why did he vote for this? I would like to hear his explanation for this disgraceful event.

A big X needs to be put on Frank Borellis picture on the Clarkstown Taxpayers list of recommended candidates.

There really should be an investigation on this whole Savino matter and not with local law enforcement, maybe the state attorney general. Was there a bid process? No. How come the remaining assistant district attorneys could not each assume a piece of the duties of the outgoing ADA. Remember do more with less. And plus what bothers me about Savino is that he does not live in the Bronx but he has voter registration there so that is how he can attain his Bronx County GOP leader status. Savino lives in Congers, NY. How can we have this lawyer who has a possible voter registration fraud and with alot of questionable baggage plus having no experience in municipality matters. I would really like to see proof of the bidding process, if there was ever one done. I can say that I honestly believe that Jay Savino is using his Bronx County GOP leadership status as a means of getting political patronage perks for his personal gain. I think the residents of Clarkstown deserve alot better. I think that there are many other Clarkstown and Rockland county lawyers that are more qualified and legitimate to handle the public's governmental duties.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120111/NEWS03/301090083/Municipal-cases-new-Clarkstown-tax-attorney-Joseph-J-Savino?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7C%7Cp

Until Monday afternoon, the website of Savino’s law firm, Faga Savino, listed its practice areas as civil litigation, personal injury, matrimonial law, criminal defense and real estate, among others. Later in the day, following a reporter’s inquiry, it added the category of tax certioraris.

Savino’s firm was chosen because its bid was the most competitive, and Mele said, “We found them to be eminently qualified for the job.”

Question: How can you be qualified for a job, when you do not have the experience for the job?

In the LoHud article it states that The resolution for the vote says Town Attorney Amy Mele “researched and interviewed law firms with experience in such matters and has requested rates and proposals from said firms.”

I really would like to see any evidence or documentation that shows proof that other law firms were researched and interviewed. This should be made accessible to the public. I will be doing a FOIL on this.

If you get turned down or the info you want is redacted for reasons of "confidentiality", you can always go to the FOILAppealsOfficer.............ALEX GROMACK.

Don't you just love it?

Wow, look at the hefty campaign donation that Jay Savino gave to Sparaco, see link

http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/reports/rwservlet?cmdkey=efs_sch_report+p_filer_id=C22765+p_e_year=2011+p_freport_id=K+p_transaction_code=F

From this article in the New York Post, it seems that Jay Savino like to eat out a lot in Rockland County with campaign finance money from Bronx County GOP. You would think that a political county leader would have dinners and meeting in the county he represents and to help with the Bronx local economy. His excuse is it was close to his White Plains law office. Now you mean to tell me that White Plains and Rockland County are close. Plus with the EZ Pass tolls. see links

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/bronx_gop_boss_is_out_to_lunch_and_U4cVh1KmZ4KBGPpKM9gU7H

http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/reports/rwservlet?cmdkey=efs_sch_report+p_filer_id=A23127+p_e_year=2011+p_freport_id=K+p_transaction_code=F

http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/reports/rwservlet?cmdkey=efs_sch_report+p_filer_id=C22768+p_e_year=2011+p_freport_id=J+p_transaction_code=Q

http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/reports/rwservlet?cmdkey=efs_sch_report+p_filer_id=C22768+p_e_year=2011+p_freport_id=K+p_transaction_code=Q

http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/reports/rwservlet?cmdkey=efs_sch_report+p_filer_id=C22765+p_e_year=2011+p_freport_id=K+p_transaction_code=F

http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/plsql_browser/getreports?filer_in=C22768&fyear_in=2011&rep_in=J

http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/plsql_browser/getfiler2?filerid_in=C22765

http://www.elections.ny.gov:8080/plsql_browser/getfiler2?filerid_in=A23127

IN HIS OWN WORDS: Sparaco's Lawyer gets No Show Job in Clarkstown

http://www.rocklandcountytimes.com/?p=889

Jay Savino does not live in the Bronx, will Mr. Savino have enough time this year to tend to Clarkstown governmental duties. He has a very busy year for him with elections. Plus running his own law firm? I have never heard of a Bronx County GOP Leader living in Rockland County. And I will be posting more in the coming days. Clarkstown government has just have to be plain nuts and insane for hiring Jay Savino. All these so called Bronx GOP dinners and meeting in Rockland County is all front. I really believe that Mr. Savino used campaign finance funds to expand his network of getting more personal gain through political patronage. These were not dinners or meeting with Bronx GOP committee, these were dinners and meetings with political party bigwigs in Rockland County to further enhance Mr. Savino own personal gain. What a shame we have such people giving politics a bad name. This is why people do not vote or participate in elections anymore. If we have any chance of making a better government in this country, let it start in Clarkstown, let’s clean up this town and get rid of all these corrupt elected officials, and corrupt political party leaders, members and lawyers. There are two ways to get rid of them, through elections and also bringing the corrupt to a court of justice. God Bless America

Reda, Gromack, Sparaco, Savino and many others are raping Rockland County and beyond.

http://riverdalepress.com/stories/POLITICAL-ARENA,49722