Best of luck to our new police chief, Richard Bunyan, although our village board's history with "unanimous" approvals has historically proven to be a slippery slope. It wasn't such a long time ago that the board unanimously approved Steven Affredou as village treasurer, only to have him subsequently dragged across the mat of tawdry village politics. Likewise, our previous chief, Paul Weber, became a playing piece in this ridiculous game. I sincerely hope that Mr. Bunyan can navigate the Peyton Place that is village politics, and provide the equivalent value that Chief Weber gave us. They say you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. Our polarized village board has proven that this is done repeatedly. This practice only serves the egos of insecure board members, and not the interests of everyone else who pays dearly in village taxes to keep this thing we call a village in tact.

...Oh, and I forgot to mention the unanimous board approvals of Rider, Weiner, Frankel as village counsel, and Bruce Yancewiecz as Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer. See what I mean?

Are you saying that after supporting the Hike and Bike, the Mayor would do everything he can to undermine it? Say it aint so!

Your absolutely right. Bashing your fellow trustees and mayor is doing a whole lot to help with our village problems. Save the campaigning for election time and not articles congratulating the new police chief (or the July 4th Parade)

Denise Peters

Ms. Peters, are you actually reading Mr. Cumming's comment? He's agreeing with Mr. Argenio. I would suggest that you try to read and think clearly. This is not the Superbowl. This behavior doesn't just happen during election time. It's full time. And guess who pays for the antics of these ersatz Masters of the Universe...US! The sooner you realize that, the sooner you will have responsible local government that doesn't play games at YOUR expense!