For "Sarah" ( Or Whom It May Concern)

There is a person in the comment section of the WDT article about Aubertine and questionable campaign donations who calls themselves Sarah Doe. She I think has also commented on my blog as well.

Here is a comment that was left on my blog…if it is not Sarah it follows the same theme.

“Very interesting Mr. Pundt.

But frankly, we have all that information and you do not seem to be addressing an existing problem right under your nose that you could have an impact on
that would help the issue and the community.

And, it fits right into your theme.

At a public hearing May 1 held to fix fees for Water District 2 and 3, Paul Aubertine
initiated a discussion opposing a resolution to fix a fee schedule. He then took
it one step further by voting against the fee schedule that set rates for his
mother and fathers monthly bill. Those rate only impacted three families in legal agreement
with the town. So, it can't really be said that he voted on an issue that was for the general
welfare of all citizens. It was 33% directly favorable to his family.

You can see that video on Steve Weed productions who cover CV meetings.

As you recommended to times readers, I read what you have to say. Yes, your history does
shed light on the character but as others have already pointed out you seem to have missed
what might be very timely and present conflict of interest with Paul Aubertine's discussion and vote".

“She” indicates that I have missed the point and real issue in regards to Paul Aubertine and the  CV water system issues…as I remember she believes Paul Aubertine of the CV Town Board has acted unethically since he would have a conflict of interest in the CV H2O Dist. 2 fiasco, since his family (particularly his father the former NYS senator) is at the center of the issue.

OK fair enough…so lets examine this issue for "Sarah"…keeping in mind Sarah, I am on your side on any verified conflict issue, not just now but,  going back to 2006!  But there are certain realities you must face.

The main reality is (and you won’t like this) but it doesn’t matter!!!  Stick with me and I will show you why.

First of all, the political reality is that the rest of the Hirschey board has a super majority and can simply  out vote Paul Aubertine.  Essentially under these circumstances, at least  in the lingering political battle left over from the wind issue, he is basically irrelevant.   I mean no disrespect to young Aubertine, but that is reality…why do you think he was among a group who wanted to sue over seasonal votes?

Unless of course you think he, or daddy through him is having some inordinate influence over the rest of the board pushing them a certain direction. 

Then your problem is not Aubertine, but the current town board if they defer to Aubertine or appease him or his family.  If that is the case then you should put direct pressure on your Hirschey  board.

After all this board ran on ethics, and if they are sitting there tolerating Aubertine, if he has a conflict, with no discussion or objection then what’s up with them?  If it is an issue... then they should make it an issue

As far as I can tell the Hirschey part of the board seems to be publicly  tolerating  and enabling Aubertine’s discussions and votes on the water issue.  Please correct me if I am wrong.  The operative word is “publicly”…not what they are saying secretly or anonymously…that don’t count!!!

The other reality about any potential Aubertine conflict of interest is, who is going to give a damn?  I mean give a damn enough to actually do anything  about it. 

Perhaps the NYAG’s office or their public integrity unit, or the Jefferson County DA?   That would be a laugh…we have already been down that road on a much bigger and more serious and insidious issue…WIND…and in the end despite even an AG investigation of former CV officials...they didn’t do a damn thing. 

 Keep in mind who Aubertine’s father is and who he is connected to.  He probably even has Hirschey scared. And I doubt the Dept. of Health cares one way or the other if Paul Aubertine has a conflict.

Now if you can light a fire under the butts of those agencies, I would sure like to hear about it.  Please let me know.  And even if they vacated Aubertine’s vote, it still doesn’t matter, he is only one vote

So what might be a potential conflict of interest on a very contentious issue, in reality it isn’t going to matter one damn in the end.

You say I could have an impact on the potential Aubertine conflict issue.  So tell me…what impact are you expecting from making an issue of Aubertine conflict???? And I could scream loud an put this all over my blog but the reality is, that Paul really isn’t the problem, and is basically irrelevant, and no one is going to do a damn thing about it anyhow.  

So if Aubertine does actually have a conflict, it appears he has free license to violate the ethics codes and laws.  Maybe( in my opinion) like his father did when he wrote the letter in the post above.

There are no civil law cops to pull young Aubetine over and give him a ticket and send him to jail. He would have to be carrying out a blatant fraud or embezzling big funds or something like that before anyone would pay attention (and be clear I am not suggesting he is doing that. )

The system you learned in school that is supposed to represent and protect you…well in reality it is mostly a fair tale.

I am really sorry “Sarah” but that is the sad fact.

I think the real issue is when is the rest of the Hirschey board going to bring the hammer down on this nonsense????  AND you getting over being anonymous…that doesn’t solve anything.  If you believe people listen to me and I can have an impact (I doubt it)  that is because they at least know who they are listening too and what I stand for, even if they disagree or hate me. 

Unfortunately,I have said many times…BP walked away and left a trashed community behind for us to try and clean up.  Not likely to happen for long long time.  This latest controversy is nothing more than a smoldering social / political  spot fire left over from the wind developers dropping a nuke on our community!