Here's a Good One for You residents of Mt. Kisco

The mentality of the current Village Board is more and more and more spending of taxpayer money.  Now the Village Board of Mount Kisco wants to spend $600,000.00 to buy more property.  The Village is not, and should not be in the business of becoming the largest landowner in Mount Kisco and the exponential result of becoming the largest landlord of more properties; buying property when we can’t even pay our police officers a decent wage is horrific.  The Village should be divesting itself of property and selling off all of its interests in land and real estate, not buying more buildings and other assets which the Village does not need, nor do its residents want.  How much more money are we going to spend this year buying property. 

The beautiful old post office which sits on Main Street is occupied by the Village Attorney’s law firm, Singleton, Davis & Singleton – approximately 4,000 square feet – it’s rent  $5,000.00 per month, that’s 12.50 per square foot.  Insane!!!!!  Why, because he is the Village Attorney?  In reports on this matter when the lease was signed it is said that the Board of Ethics approved the deal with Singleton; but Whitney Singleton is an Ex-Officio member of that very Board [the fox watching the hen-house – remember that?].  If anyone has ever walked into that building and has seen the beautiful renovation which took place and heard that the building was rented for $5,000.00 per month would faint.  The previous tenant Terrapin LLC [who renovated the entire old post office] paid $91,000.00 per year in rent – Singleton - $60,000.00 per year.  You decide the equity in that deal.  But, Mr. Singleton will tell you, he has over $10,000.00 in operating expenses; Terrapin didn’t have business expenses?  Since when do business operating expenses determine their rent?  Can you call your bank at the end of the month and say I have too many expenses; can you charge me less rent?  That is a difference of $ 31,000.00 in yearly rent; but we can’t afford to give our police a uniform allowance to wear sharp, clean and present a splendid public presentation?  Insane!