FC emails: financials

From: sally rhoads [mailto:sallymrhoads@gmail.com] 

Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 2:53 PM
To: Susan E. Zimet
Cc: yalescribe@att.net
Subject: financials

Hi Susan,

Ross and I still have not received the 2011 annual financial report from you. We are planning on meeting tomorrow to work on a real merged budget for public consideration. This really is, in our opinion, the priority item for selling consolidation along with a very focused and well thought out education program.

As I said in the car trip to Albany, and I will say again, the whole middle school issue is a red herring and it is putting the cart before the horse. There have already been two very negative votes regarding the idea of expending more money on building renovation and land purchase. Please don't think people don't remember or because the Town Board is not the school board you are more credible. I am afraid the prematurity of a government center at the middle school could defeat any vote on merging and is already allying the anti merger people with the fiscally conservative. 

I am not saying the idea is a bad one, but it is clearly out of any logical order in getting consolidation accomplished. We need to stay focused.

When KT and Mike Sweigart are aligned it is time to rethink.

Sally