Welcome to Greece

We, as a Nation, better soon open our eyes and accept the reality that we’ve created for ourselves? We as a Nation, State, County and most of our Towns are bankrupt. We are broke and our politicians don’t have the guts to tell the people the whole truth about our economic situation. I’ve listened to elites from the federal level down to the local level talk about how to spend our stimulus money or how best to use the unspent bailout money. They talk about it as if this money is really ours. Strike that, they talk about it as if this money is really “real”. Everything being done to keep us solvent is being done by spending money we’ve borrowed from Japan, communist China, stolen from our children’s future or printed out of thin air by having our debts monetized by the Federal Reserve. This economic model does not work and we cannot expect these political elites to fix the very same problem that they themselves created.

They are our problem.

Every single level of government can no longer pay their bills with money they collect in taxes, fees, fines and surcharges. We must borrow and print money to stay solvent. This is the very definition of bankruptcy.

For decades both parties have been marketing the idea that government will give you everything you want and solve all of your problems, even if it meant they had to mortgage the financial security of future generations in order to accomplish it. Now that they realized they’ve gone to our well once too often, they’ve tapped into the well of our children and our children’s children. And that’s where we must draw the line in the sand and say enough is enough.

Like anyone who has ever worked to pay off personal debt, our Nation is going to have to drastically cut discretionary spending. There is just no other way out of this. There’ll be no way to afford any sort of safety net, safe and functioning infrastructure, education programs or security if we continue on with business as usual and foolishly spending ourselves into bankruptcy.

We’re broke and very soon we’re going to look like the nation of Greece, unless we cut our discretionary spending.

I've been lazy

I've been lazy with this for a few months now. I have an editorial that I'm sending to the D&C about the fiscal state of our Town, County and State that I unfortunately have to shorten due to word count restrictions. I'll post the full version of it here after I finish the shortened version and send it to the paper.

WHEATLAND NY 2009 ELECTION RESULTS

Although these results are unofficial and the ballots won't be counted until next week at the very least the Board of Elections and the D&C could report the write-in totals along with the candidates who were on the ballot. So here is the real results from Tuesday night

Member of Town Council

Henry Williams - 659 (38%)
Ed Shero - 631 (37%)
Write-in votes - 409 (24%)


To the 409 voters who got out to write-in my name I can't thank you enough. You made it all worth it. We really sent a message. Keep checking back as I will try to keep you informed as to what is happening at the Board Meetings

WHEATLAND TOWN ELECTION NOVEMBER 3rd

WHEATLAND THIS YEAR YOU HAVE A CHOICE. WE DESERVE A GOVERNMENT THAT PUTS OUR COMMUNITY FIRST, NOT PARTY OR POLITICAL AMBITIONS.

GOT TO THE BOTTOM SQUARE IN COLUMN #8

WRITE-IN TIMOTHY R. DAVIS FOR TOWN COUNCIL

CALL 5 OTHER PEOPLE TO GET OUT TO VOTE

Wheatland NY, Election of 2009

To the residents of Wheatland,

An incumbent Councilman was able to successfully keep there from being any competition on this years ballot. Presently there are 3 incumbents that will be running unapposed for re-election. Which has been the standard for the past 8 years or so.

Wheatland, you will still have a choice this year.

There will be at least one write-in candidate for Town Council and hopefully one more for Council as well as for Supervisor.

My independent petition lost in a challenge by one of the incumbents but as of 9/21/09 I have decided to run a Write-In Candidacy for Town Council.


WRITE-IN

TIMOTHY DAVIS

FOR

TOWN COUNCIL


Hopefully there will be more candidates to announce very soon.

We will have a choice this year and now more than ever Wheatland needs to get out to the polls and put an end to the one-party rule in this town.

For those who may need info on how to do a write-in email me at


davisforcouncil@yahoo.com


FOR THE PEOPLE

Oatka Creek Park - A gem within Monroe County

Where do I begin? I guess I'll begin by saying I don't know all the details regarding this project but what I do know is unsettling.

But first a description of Oatka Park for those who be unaware of it.

It's a quiet, tranquil place that the residents of Wheatland know and love and keep quiet about so as to not to let out the secret. Those of us who already live out in the sticks enjoy the peace and quiet that comes with it. That's why we know this park is a special place.

Each night and every weekend we are able to escape Rochester to our backyards and private lands. Others who don't have that, have Oatka park. A quiet, safe and peaceful place to take a walk, a jog, or to walk your dog in the woods. It also has some of the greatest fishing spots in Western NY. While enjoying the park the silence will only broken by birds, an occasional barking dog, deer breaking from a hedgerow, animals rustling in the brush or a fish breaking the surface of Oatka Creek. I'm lucky enough to be able to enjoy all of this at my own house just down the road but I still go to the park because it's an amazing place.

Monroe County wants to completely alter this character of Oatka by excavating a large area, large by any ones standards, and creating soccer fields. A truly shameful act. All of this so kids of Wheatland can play soccer even though there are already numerous parks with numerous playing fields within Wheatland where the fields are dedicated for athletic use. Not to mention the many other places that could have been slated for this type of alteration besides Oatka Park. Let's not forget the expense that this will cost Monroe County and Wheatland all the while governments at every level cry poor and take more of our money to make up for their uncontrolled spending habits

It's a County Park so the County can do as they wish, apparently, without concern as to the impacts of the local residents and this fine park. That's where our local Board should have stood up to oppose this and inform the residents of what was going on since the County wasn't willing to do so. What is really unsettling is the actions of the Wheatland Town Board to assist the County in this venture. Instead of first seeking the thoughts of the surrounding residents of Wheatland the Board has helped the County to move this along as quietly as possible.

Only until the sounds of the excavation started did a majority of residents find out about this project.

We want this park preserved because out here in the sticks we already enjoy all of this park's finer points right in our own backyards. We know how important the "feel" of this park is. We want it preserved for those who might not have the luxury of woods, streams and peace right out our front doors like so many of us have out here in the outer reaches of Monroe County.

Who knows how long we'll be able to enjoy the quiet small town life out here? If Oatka Park is left undisturbed the answer to that question will be forever.

Enough with this soccer field project and how our Board handled this.

Wheatland, this November you have a choice.

ELECT TIM DAVIS to TOWN COUNCIL

FOR THE PEOPLE

Pounding the pavement......

My posts about the many beers that have been brewed, one of which I just recently kegged,and wines I have waiting to be bottled will have to wait.

I've been busy making an attempt at getting on the ballot of the coming local election. I'm running as a third party which requires me to get 93 signatures in order to get on the ballot in November.

I've got 108 so far. I'll probably get about 20-30 more before I submit my petition on Tuesday.

I'll probably need to at least pull 350-450 votes to squeak out a win. So it's going to be a continuance of going door to door from now 'til November.

In the mean time spread the word,

Tim Davis for Wheatland Town Council.

For The People