First of all, that was one of the longest meetings I have been to in Whitehall. There were two different presentations, one from the Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company and one from HRP Associates concerning the Troy Shirt property.

One person did ask some questions about the state Comptroller's report, and the board did answer most of them. They didn't answer the question "do you believe she should be prosecuted," stating that they were not able to answer that question because there is a chance they could be called in a possible trial situation.

I got out and got some pictures during the storm earlier today - they look the same as pictures that could have been taken any other day over the past month - it has been nothing but rain this summer, it seems. Broadway flooded for a little while when it was really coming down, and Skene Valley looks like they added about 1000 new water hazards.

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Manchester Newspapers received the audit report on the Town of Whitehall town clerks office at about noon. I have yet to fully go over it, but here is what the quoted summary of the report details:

"The Board did not provide effective oversight over the Clerk’s fiscal operations to safeguard Town resources. The Board did not ensure that internal controls were in place over cash receipts and disbursements, and did not perform, or engage an accountant to perform, an adequate annual audit of the Clerk’s records. This created an environment that allowed the Clerk to divert $92,848 of Town moneys over a five-year period that ultimately resulted in a cash shortage of $28,048 as of December 31, 2007."

From the summary, there are two parties at fault here: the former town clerk for "diverting" monies and the town board for not providing proper oversight.

I'm going to read through this and then add some more details here on the blog site. The full story will be in next week's Times, because the report came out past deadline for the 7th.

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It appears that the community will be a-buzzin' this weekend. You have the two, count 'em, two Powwows over the weekend in Whitehall and Hampton; a picnic event for naval veterans, chicken barbecues, fish fries, it's all here.

Neither of the Powwow organizers want to say why there are two events on the same weekend at the same time, but something must have put the two on opposite sides of the table. They are the Mike McCarthy to the others Brett Favre.

Last night my daughter and son made their semi-pro acting debut at the Depot Theatre - I say semi-pro because I had to pay $20 to see them. Malynda was one of the main players and Blake did the sound effects for the commercials. It was good.

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