Mike Hein has released his task force report for Economic Development.
It seems to be a plan to make more plans, mostly likely with more task forces.
1) Create a PLAN to take advantage of federal funds.
Wasn't that the whole idea of the last task force... to write the damn plan? Not to recommend to write another plan? I wonder if we'll need a plan to appoint a new task force to write this plan.
2) Create a Council of Economic Advisors to help restructure economic development? Really? What kind of BS is this? Doesn't Mike have enough "advisors" already? Really.... what are all of these Deputy Executives, Assistant Deputy Executives and March Gallagher doing? Now we need another task force for this? More advisors to surround Mike to deflect any blame for anything not done.
3) Analyze the Operations of the IDA? Really? What could possibly be wrong with the IDA? Newly appointed 6th floor Planning Goddess and former IDA Chairman March Gallager, most certainly left that Agency in top shape when she left. Why else would she get such a plum job in Planning on the 6th floor (that's an oxymoron isn't it? the planning dept on the 6th floor?) reporting to Mike Hein? There couldn't possibly be anything wrong there.
4) Direct the planning department to make a guide for municipalities. Really? Now that's a disaster in the making. Our anti-development planning department is going to make a guide for our anti-development town planning boards. Now that's a winner Mike. I'd move that one up to #1 on your list and put March "I got no applications at the IDA when I was chair" Gallagher in charge of that plan. That will be a winner. Put the lady (and I use that term lightly) who failed miserably at attracting any jobs to our county when she was the IDA Chair in charge of telling our towns how to fail miserably at attracting business. Here's a clue. The Town Planning Boards do a great job all by themselves of discouraging any businesses of relocating to Ulster County. Ask anyone who has been in front of a Planning Board. They don't need any help from the County. If you want to attract business to this county - throw out the UCDC, IDA, Planning Department and Town Planning Boards and then contract out all planning and economic development work to Greene County.
5) And the best one of all.... focus on redeveloping Tech City. Really. All of those really smart people in one room, and that's the plan? Really? No one had thought of that one before? Develop Tech City? Really Mike, that's your plan? Boy, I'm really glad we elected you. NOT
Read the article from the Times Herald Record Here
It seems to be a plan to make more plans, mostly likely with more task forces.
1) Create a PLAN to take advantage of federal funds.
Wasn't that the whole idea of the last task force... to write the damn plan? Not to recommend to write another plan? I wonder if we'll need a plan to appoint a new task force to write this plan.
2) Create a Council of Economic Advisors to help restructure economic development? Really? What kind of BS is this? Doesn't Mike have enough "advisors" already? Really.... what are all of these Deputy Executives, Assistant Deputy Executives and March Gallagher doing? Now we need another task force for this? More advisors to surround Mike to deflect any blame for anything not done.
3) Analyze the Operations of the IDA? Really? What could possibly be wrong with the IDA? Newly appointed 6th floor Planning Goddess and former IDA Chairman March Gallager, most certainly left that Agency in top shape when she left. Why else would she get such a plum job in Planning on the 6th floor (that's an oxymoron isn't it? the planning dept on the 6th floor?) reporting to Mike Hein? There couldn't possibly be anything wrong there.
4) Direct the planning department to make a guide for municipalities. Really? Now that's a disaster in the making. Our anti-development planning department is going to make a guide for our anti-development town planning boards. Now that's a winner Mike. I'd move that one up to #1 on your list and put March "I got no applications at the IDA when I was chair" Gallagher in charge of that plan. That will be a winner. Put the lady (and I use that term lightly) who failed miserably at attracting any jobs to our county when she was the IDA Chair in charge of telling our towns how to fail miserably at attracting business. Here's a clue. The Town Planning Boards do a great job all by themselves of discouraging any businesses of relocating to Ulster County. Ask anyone who has been in front of a Planning Board. They don't need any help from the County. If you want to attract business to this county - throw out the UCDC, IDA, Planning Department and Town Planning Boards and then contract out all planning and economic development work to Greene County.
5) And the best one of all.... focus on redeveloping Tech City. Really. All of those really smart people in one room, and that's the plan? Really? No one had thought of that one before? Develop Tech City? Really Mike, that's your plan? Boy, I'm really glad we elected you. NOT
Read the article from the Times Herald Record Here
13 comments:
It looks like Mike Hein is mastering the scam of looking like you are doing something even if you are doing nothing. This is one of the strategies that comes out of the axiom "perception is reality" that guides the Clintons.
The media loves all of this. Take for example how much praise Gov. Arnold got for handing out bottled water during the fires in California. Actual value in putting out the fires: ZERO. Perceived value: Priceless.
I love #5 the best. I am glad after all these years that someone has finally thought we should develop tech city.
And I thought that leaving it a vacant wreck all these years added to the character of our area. I am glad that this county government came along and set me straight.
Does this mean the County is going to BUY Tech City and take it off the Town of Ulster Tax Rolls?
We will get screwed again!
Have any proof the county planning board is obstructionist?
Please provide specific examples where it denies development. I'd be sooo curious to see if you could actually find it.
Please actually back up what you say rather than throw hearsay to the wind.
7:33... where's your proof that they have done anything? You can be obstructionist by simply doing nothing.
There has been ZERO economic development in this county for years?
Did you read Ulster Mojo? The whole post is about the lack of economic development in this county.
If things were going so great, why did Hein empanel a special economic development task force. The answer is because he doesn't know what to do to bring companies to our county - and neither does his planning department.
I think the biggest problem of the Ulster Planning Department is not necessarily acts of commission, but rather acts of omission.
I don't see anyone from the Hein camp working to help AVR or Canopy in Rosendale. They are just sitting back and letting them flounder. They aren't necessarily being obstructionist - they just aren't helping, and we need help in this county.
Also how can the head of the Planning Department also serve on the Board of Directors of organizations whose sole purpose is not to develop land? That would seem rather obstructionist. Being too cozy with the environmental crazies is not a good place for a County Planner to be.
I agree with the author of this blog. Fire them all and contract the work to Greene County. Greene County kicks a$$ in economic development and attracting companies to their county. Just ask anyone who works for Colony - or Mayor Sottile who went up there to congratulate them on stealing Colony from us.
How about the county planning blocking the Hilton on the traffic circle, or asking for the hampton Inn in New Paltz to go back to the county, or AVR Canopy , Bellayre Enough already STOP fuire them all bring in people who really want development and economic growth and be sure they take March with them
IDA solution, simple: stop kissing labor's get out the vote ass and toss the prevailing wage.
The task force was window dressing for the masses. Mike keeps this up, who knows, he could end up in an Albany Mansion.
Say what you want, Mike knows how to run the show. In the end, that's all government is, a big circus.
Our problem is that we apply business sense to government and get nuts over stupid decisions. We need to breath in the paid air of government and exhale a relaxed who cares job.
Politically, Mike's a star, he will soar through UC now that he has his own podium. He was smart enough to know that he could succeed only in government. Look at his 1st day, all proud that he was in to work early, 8:15am. WOW. Hell, show up at 8:15 a few times in my building and your marked for termination. 12 hour days are standard in the corporate world and my guess is that business owners start a couple hours before 8:15am. Wow.
10:01 Why is it that anyone who cares about the environment is a crazy?
It is possible to be pro business AND pro environment at the same time.....really...yeah it is.
Nothing wrong with asking business to be environmentally aware.
This was the funniest thing you have ever written. Obviously with a huge assist from the know nothing squad Hein put together....Funny but sad.
Awesome post! Just goes to show truth is stranger than fiction! Thanks for the laugh and tear jerker at the same time. Boy, are we all screwed with Hein in office.
I was disappointed in Hein's press release and the report in the Times Hearld Record. But the Hein is in hard place the majority of the problem lies with NY State and not with Ulster County. The county government should be focus on what are the barriers that creates for job creation and location in Ulster not a Council of Economic Advisors, or taking Federal Funds, or a guide for municipalities. Meet with the business people of Ulster county. Each town's chamber of commerce. Find common problem that county goverment creates and eliminate them. Rinse Repeat.
I would highly recommend to everyone as opposed to complaining about the county planning board, that you perhaps visit and find out what they do and/or attend one of their meetings.
You'll get a far better appreciation of the process and what the dept actually does that way.
Since 8:15 sounds like dennis Doyle I hope he got permission to talk from his Heinous
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