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Post by tanouryjr on Jan 14, 2010 14:05:19 GMT -5
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Post by Clipper on Jan 14, 2010 14:20:43 GMT -5
Hahaha. I had forgotten all about the Prince of Peccorino, the monarch of mozzarella.
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Post by tanouryjr on Jan 15, 2010 6:36:58 GMT -5
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Post by lovinglife on Jan 15, 2010 9:35:52 GMT -5
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Post by lioneljoe on Jan 15, 2010 10:03:11 GMT -5
Larry, read your comments on your blog. Very good and right on target.
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Post by Clipper on Jan 15, 2010 13:15:34 GMT -5
It is all just another chapter in the saga. Oneida County and the City of Utica have become a swirling cesspool of disgusting dishonest and underhanded politics. It was evidenced several times in the last couple of years. Labella has been embroiled from the beginning on both city and county fronts. He was involved in the railroading job that put Ole Petterson in prison on questionable charges, and promoted the county's Insight House agenda by eliminating Ole's addiction recovery business as competition. It's time to grab a tissue and wipe the butt of area politics by wiping some of the slime from the roster of players.
Labella was most likely promised the chief's job before Roefaro even took the oath of office. Qualification being that he was friends for many years to the Roefaro "family".
Maybe when the state gets done, Picente can take care of Labella and give him a job as a security officer at MVCC, or recommend him for a bouncers job at the Bogie.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2010 5:58:29 GMT -5
A few days ago Gov. Paterson gave his state of the state speech, pretty much ignoring Oneida County. Well, can you blame him? Ya think Paterson is an idiot & doesn't know what's going on around here? Paterson wants ethics reform in Albany. Well, maybe he should tell Roefaro & others to also clean up their act, before they go howling to Albany. Maybe then, this area will no longer be ignored in Albany when it comes to economic development. Picente has a lot of balls after signing a multi year $1 lease for the well connected, then crying to state officials because the county is broke. It's a joke.
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Post by lucy on Jan 20, 2010 10:44:31 GMT -5
Maybe Roefaro is going to have his own Jersey Shore Reality show. That is pretty much what is going on here. It is disgusting and funny how he won't be able to save his friends LaBella's job. Too much fist pumping going on in that office.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2010 13:52:47 GMT -5
Me thinks there is too much pumping of something else besides their fists going on in that office. Heh, heh, heh.  |
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Post by bobbbiez on Jan 20, 2010 14:12:47 GMT -5
 Ok, I may not personally like Mayor Roefaro or Police Chief LaBella but will give my opinion on the performance of LaBella as Chief of Police. Since Plyman has left and LaBella took over the moral of the UPD has been at it's highest. LaBella has concentrated on the crimes in Utica which I have seen it's affects in my neighborhood. Proof in the pudding, the crime rate has dropped in Utica. Chief LaBella does work well with the citizens who bring their problems to him and does address the issues without hesitation which did not take place before. That's what I am going by. His performance as Chief of Police and I who live in a target area give him my applause. I will let those in the know make the decision whether LaBella stays or goes, but I will give him the rightful compliments he deserves now. Gotta add, the members of the UPD must feel the same way going by the Letter to the Editor in today's OD by Tom Brady, President of the Utica Police Benevolent Association. If LaBella was not doing his job and doing it well there would be no way the P.B.A. would stand by his side and do so publicly. Haven't seen that in my life time. I sit here with a smirk on my face knowing people have condemned Mayor Roefaro for having his buddies or relatives in certain positions knowing damn well sure no matter who is elected mayor or any other politician from the President down would do the same damn thing. They are always going to appoint people they know who they can trust who will be loyal to their causes. What's new? 
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Post by Swimmy on Jan 20, 2010 14:50:19 GMT -5
I won't dispute his accomplishments, though I'm not totally convinced it was all because he became police chief. He was the public safety commissioner for a time before that. Anyway, I don't think the condemnations are to the fact that roefaro appointed a buddy. We all know that is something politicians do, and probably always will. The condemnations come from the fact that roefaro and labella ignored the civil service law. Two better qualified members were ignored for someone who cannot even qualify under the law. There might not be as much of a gripe over it if labella at least qualified to sit for the proper exam and could pass it. At least then, we could all chalk up to politics as usual, not corruption at its best.
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Post by bobbbiez on Jan 20, 2010 15:02:08 GMT -5
I won't dispute his accomplishments, though I'm not totally convinced it was all because he became police chief. He was the public safety commissioner for a time before that. Anyway, I don't think the condemnations are to the fact that roefaro appointed a buddy. We all know that is something politicians do, and probably always will. The condemnations come from the fact that roefaro and labella ignored the civil service law. Two better qualified members were ignored for someone who cannot even qualify under the law. There might not be as much of a gripe over it if labella at least qualified to sit for the proper exam and could pass it. At least then, we could all chalk up to politics as usual, not corruption at its best. Well Swimmy, he was appointed off of a civil service list and the matter was considered closed. If it isn't a "political move," then since it was a public matter at the time, why have questions been raised now? Something wrong with that picture in my eyes. |
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Post by Swimmy on Jan 20, 2010 15:13:55 GMT -5
I do recall William Newall's attempt to petition the city council to recall roefaro after the appointment was announced. I recall several people, myself included, addressing the many questions behind the appointment, e.g. the fact that as late as a month before the appointment, labella was not seeking the position; that he was sick the day of the civil service exam for the utica police chief (never disclosing his doctor's note); taking the NYM police chief civil service exam with a non-sanctioned proctor in the room; and the never explained disqualification of one candidate and the other candidate's sudden withdrawal for the position making labella the only other available choice.
If memory serves me correctly, the above inconsistencies in the appointment lead to the failed recall effort. It also lead to a huge public outcry, including your own, I think. And I even offered to provide legal representation to whomever lived in Utica and was willing to file an article 78. Thankfully, those two government workers came forward to the state civil service commission.
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Post by bobbbiez on Jan 20, 2010 15:47:58 GMT -5
Funny, I didn't hear anything about this "public out cry" then and I live right here in the city and am involved in public affairs. All I heard was some being disappointed that either Mike Bailey or Mark Williams didn't get the position. Depending on who you talked to. Both are very well liked and both are very capable of handling the job. But in the mean time, LaBella has proven he is also very capable of handling the position. 
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Post by lucy on Jan 20, 2010 16:03:39 GMT -5
There are rules put in place and he didn't follow the rules therefore technically he shouldn't have been police chief. I compare this incident to Days of Our Lives, and Jersey Shore.
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Ok, I may not personally like Mayor Roefaro or Police Chief LaBella but will give my opinion on the performance of LaBella as Chief of Police. 
