PAT MED school board member ARRESTED on DRUG charges!

The community needs to know this! :arrow:

[Colin Mincy]

Read todays Advance DWI & Cocaine

[collie]

he wasnt drunk just tipsy and it was his "friends" coke, give the guy a break!

Cant wait to get home to read it in the paper.

[Mincemeat]

His "friends" coke? Where was it found- keeping it warm on his body or hidden in the car for safekeeping? Nice friends Colin. Oh yeah, he will take full responsibility for your f-up. Give me a straw!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Colin Mincy, another fine example of the questionable standards that the public was duped into believing was for the children, isnt he a perfect role model? By the way, was the total lack of consideration to the public, by walking out after the acceptance of the voting results, scripted on the rightside of the auditiorium last night, or does Manny, have to steer the sinking ship all the time. Christy Jo maybe before you take your oath to the taxpayers of Pat- Med in July, you should consider the company you will be associated with. With a close examination of situation you might consider opting out.

[DWi Coke]

This is in reply to "Collie". Give me a God damn f'in break. Just tippsie...He blew into the meter and was LEGALLY intoxicated. How much disregard for the law can one as#h#le have. Nobody should tolerete anybody drinking and driving...no less with Cocaine in thier possesion....and then to blame someone else for thier f#ck ups!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[horrified]

Whenever my teenage daughter gets in trouble she blames in on "friends" too. i saw the photo of this young 'gentleman' in the Advance and he looked drugged up to me. He's barely old enough to drink in the first place. What were we, the voters thinking.

[guest11772]

Mincy was a Tina Marie Weeks addition...she lent him $$ to run and he's been loyal supporter ever since.
Too bad about the kid. Hope he enjoyed his brief stay on the School Board.
People who know Colin think he's skitzophrenic psycho thinking he's immune from the law anti-social delusional
but his ass in in a sling now
they're dropping like flies
tina
mostow
colin
peggy?

Colin: your "friend" is still at dublin deck, after almost a week and on cocaine so he cant sleep? Get your friend some help will ya.

[BC]

Weren't they also having an affair

This I have NOT heard but wouldnt be surprised, add sodomy to the list!

[Colin Mincy]

Colin, stop buying up all the copies of the Advance. It is already out Suffolk Life..News12...Newsday...ain't too far behind.

[PatchMed]

The Land of White Trailer Trash!!!!!!!!!!!

[ziggy]

who was having the affair...colin and tina?
now that's taking it too far

nah...coke makes ya limp...so i hear

[Alamo Joe]

Trailer Trash whities..............who needs low life spicks when we have ytou?

[WRONG GGG]

You know you as%wh$les, we may be at each others throats...but don't sink lower to bring race into it. DWI is WRONG Period. White scum Black scum or green scum for that matter. Anyone who does it is Scum...cause your kid could be on the other end of that bumper!!!

[BC]

who was having the affair...colin and tina?
now that's taking it too far

I had heard Tina and another woman

[Justice for all]

While I'm not at all a fan of his politics or his attitude for that matter Colin grew up with my kids and I know many people who actually know him know that he is far more capable beyond his years than many people my age let alone his. He's got a great family and I wish him the best and believe in innocent until proven guilty. If there's anyone though who has the toughness to fight back from this it's him. There's a big part of me that hopes he stays and does just that.

[Mr Daniels]

Amen, Amen, now someone please pass the Jack and Coke :lol: :lol: :lol:

[ziggy]

tina and another woman affair? Yikes! now THAT is a scary thought. I always thought she looked pretty sexy when she wore heels and a skirt. nice legs. could do something about the gum chomping though.

[Mrs BC]

tina and another woman affair? Yikes! now THAT is a scary thought. I always thought she looked pretty sexy when she wore heels and a skirt. nice legs. could do something about the gum chomping though.

I guess some of the other women in the district thought she looked sexy too

[Dems' The Breaks]

Geesh ... Capone, Tinagate, Colin, Mostrow, McDermott and two failed budgets. If you haven't sold your house already ... too late!


Bring back the days of CTOP. Say what you want about them, none of this crap was going on.

[Mr.Daniels]

Blah Blah Blah...I am sick and tired of all of these serious postings .For the last time ...will somebody please pass me my Jack and Coke...damn it I left my keys again at the D Deck, Col, can you please return them to me. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Dems -
You must be a CTOP member, probably a former Ctop board member that was shown the door after 1 term. The only people that liked CTOP were their own.

Go crawl back under your rock.

[Dems' The Breaks]

Honestly, no I wasn't ... but you must be a teacher because they and the PTA members who thought "my school district, right or wrong" and "Gee, do you think I could can get a part time job?" were the only ones that didn't want them.

The early CTOP'ers (Sperl, Wirshup, et al..) were relected more than once and did a great job. It was Pollocks crew that destroyed them (and now she works for the Town of Brookhaven).

And compare to this "gang who can't shoot straight" I'll take the CTOP'ers anytime. Sorry, Tina they did a better job protecting and using my money. What percentage of the PM budget next year will go to lawyers?

pollack looks hot in a skirt and heels :roll:

Big mama and little louie? That pollack? perish the thought.

i think LOUIE looks hot in a pair of heels and a skirt :oops: :oops: :P :wink:

[Mr. Daniels]

Where oh where is my Jack and coke...can somebody please loan me a car tonight. I'll be at the Deck

[ladyballs]

Mincy is giving quotes about a pending criminal case in the paper. I love it. He blames his arrests and traffic problems on Brian Brady of all people. He was in an accident the last time he was arrested by the Suffolk County Police. This time he was driving his friends car by the Suffolk County Police. He was arrested in the Village because he was driving in the Village and drinking at the Dublin' Deck. Therefore, the Village could have had nothing to do with his arrest. The Suffolk Police must have known he was driving his friend's car to pull him over if they were targeting him. And Mincy admits the coke wasn't planted by saying it was his friends.

Let me see. He says he borrowed his friends car to retrieve something. Why would you borrow a friend's car to retrieve something without taking the friend with you? Perhaps it is because if you are going to pick up drugs, the dealer doesn't want you bringing anyone. So the friend loans you the car to pick up a "package" to share. Long night waiting for Colin by the friend.

What's the friend's name, and when are his charges pending? Why didn't you ask any follow up questions Sarah Hartman? Why didn't you ask him how Brian Brady could direct the Suffolk County Police, or how they could possibly have known he was driving his friend's car? Or how he could have been set up to be in an accident a couple of weeks ago? Why was his license suspended and why doesn't he show up for his court dates?

He looks like a fool in the story, but he should have come across even worse if the right questions were asked.

The D.A. won't make those mistakes.

[Bag lady]

Who was the redhead who told Mincy she was hit by a drunk driver? She reminds me of Frank Costana's mother on Seinfeld. She is worth the price of admission. Give me some cheeze with that whine.

[The affair]

Rumor has it the affair was with another mom in the PTA.

this is a serious topic and this thread is way off on a tangent.

[The Watcher 2]

Agree. The reason this budget failed is because of Tina Taper , Snortin Colin, Millionaire Mostow. NO TRUST !!!!
Maybe we all could save some budgrt $ on Drivers ed. Dare program or character ed things because they sure as hell dont work on the Board. REMOVE YOURSELVES NOW !!!

[Its Almost Funny]

Ladyballs for someone who claims to know so much you don't know shit. He has never been arrested before including the time where he was in an accident. And the person who looked like a fool in the article was Patty Kelly who has no kids currently or who ever went through the school system...a woman who at the first meeting she speaks at defames the public education system by saying she'd never let her kids go to public schools - and now she's leaving her responsibilities as a member of the planning board to go to school board mtgs w/ the information her boyfriend the village idiot justice gave her because she's the clean up woman (which is putting it literally) designed to do other people's dirty work.

I don't know if you folks take what you write in these boards seriously, but they are so funny as sad as it is to see adults act like such unbecoming baffoons. I'm proud to be a supporter of his because I don't think one situation has anything to do with the other, and I believe in innocent until proven guilty. I don't know if he'll stay...I hope he stays just so I can continue to be entertained by the stupid shit you losers who dont' have a life write in these threads.

dave how many times do you have to say innocent until proven guilty, enough already we know how you feel

[You are Funny]

Ignorance is bliss!!!Where did you get your info? From a Weeks family sit down? From Mrs. BIGGSles? Read the paper stupid. They confirmed the facts. Lets see, I have been a regular BOE metting attendent for a long time.When Kelly spoke she said she sent her kids to catholic school for personal reasons and in light of what was going on she was glad. She never said she would NEVER let her kids go to public school. Why don't you FOIL the minutes or perhaps listen to Tina's taping of that meeting. (it would not surprise me) And stupid ass the planning board meetings are the 4th Tuesday of every month the last time Ii checked the village website. Perhaps you can ask your buddy Kevin who Kelly was stupid enough to think so highly of. Unboming baffoons? I think that fits the desciption of you. Lets see how Colin made out ih court Friday the 24th. Then lets see who is ignorant.

[You are Funny is an ass]

You are funny what are you going to call over to the village idiot justice to find out how he did?

and GREAT seeing you too you cowardly a--

TIME TO GET RID OF THESE NEW BOARD MEMEBERS

[Your ignorance is even fu]

Go online to the court system and type in little colin's name dumb one. Thats how any knowledgeable person would. Including the press. Do you really think we take peoples words for facts?

now your asking for way to much.....its too hard for this moron to follow

Wow every one at Pat Med is so mean and nasty...Im glad I dont live there

[jack mehoff]

has anybody seen colin lately? a no show at graduation.
why weren't peggy and tina in the processional along with the rest of the school board and graduates?
disgraced and disgraceful.
who will run against peggy's seat this coming year? better be ready for manny's dirty tricks.

[WHITE FANG]

HEY WHERE WAS MINCEMEAT LAST NIGHT? HEARD HE POSTPONED HIS COURT DATE UNTIL AFTER THE REORG MTG JULY 5TH. SMART ONE. DONT WORRY WE WILL BE THERE BABY TO CHEER YOU OUT!!!

Mincemeat? lol. Did you come up with that one all by yourself. Very witty. Dare I even say mature.

[WHITE FANG]

IF THE NAME FITS, WEAR IT

[well?????]

:oops:

[pissed off parent]

if any other board member were arrested on felony charges (kidnapping, assault, robbery, etc) they would most certainly be expected to step away, or be suspended, from the Board of Education until the matter is adjudicated. Their credibility is put in doubt and their integrety questionable until the matter is settled in a court of law.

Here we have Colin Mincy arrested on DWI and drug charges and he is welcomed by the Pat Med Board of Ed.

It is an indication of how corrupt the leadership's sense of responsibility to the community has become. They see nothing wrong. They see nothing wrong with Tina's illegal taping. They see no conflict of interest in hiring Mr. Mostow's law firm.

It pisses me off

[ha whats up]

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[MATEY]

WHATS UP STINKES TO HIGH HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You really want to know what's happening. Go to the web site at the bottom of this page. Type in Mincy, Colin.
This is public knowledge.
Click on the docet numbers...
Operating while intoxicated.
Possession of a controlled substance. Criminal.
speeding. several violations.
stop signs. several violations.
red lights. several violation.
no plates.
no seatbelts.
uninspected vehicle.
no valid license.

What a role model.

Mrs. Felouzis you should be ashamed at yourself.
As president of the board you should be asking this gentleman to step aside until these personal issues are resolved. His presence at the board meetings is a distraction. There is no credibilty. All you're doing is hanging onto your majority. You are bad for the district. If you think that the summer months will allow all these issues to cool down you are wrong. We don't want Tina. We don't want Colin and we definitely don't want you.


http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcrim_attorney/AttorneySearchCase#search_result

[whats up man]

:oops:

We need to start fresh. Lets get rid of the whole school board and start over.

[yes yes go]

:oops:

This is what's going on for Colin.
This is a person making decisions for our children.
This is a person whos actions are being defended by our school board president and vice president.
This is our "role model" as he put it, himself.

You should be ashamed of yourself Mrs. Felouzis.
What about the DARE program my children went through.
Did that mean anything to you?


Defendant Docket Number Summons Number Appearance Date County / Court / Part Judge
MINCY, COLIN H 2005SU028692 August 23, 2005 SUFFOLK / Criminal Court / D51
MINCY, COLIN H 2005SU028693 August 23, 2005 SUFFOLK / Criminal Court / D51
MINCY, COLIN H M 2005SU012525S July 29, 2005 SUFFOLK / Criminal Court / SCOFF
MINCY, COLIN H M 2005SU026813S August 23, 2005 SUFFOLK / Criminal Court / D51

Drunk driving, possesion of cocaine, driving with a suspended license, wrong plates, no seatbelt, stop sign violations, red light violations, DRUNK DRIVING. POSESSION OF COCAINE. failure to appear.

THIS IS THE ROLE MODEL FOR SOMEONE WHO SHOULD BE FAR AWAY FROM OUR CHILDREN.

[HOLY MOLY]

WHERE WERE YOU AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS??? AREN'T YOU AFRAID YOU WILL TAKE A WHIPPING TOO?
MINCEMEAT, MINCEMEAT, MINCEMEAT. SOUNDS OH SO POLITICAL TOO.

I AGREE WITH YOU, HE IS NOT A GOOD ROLL MODEL- FEZLOUSIS SHOULD ENJOY THE THRONE. SHE WILL NOT BE ON IT AFTER NEXT YEARS ELECTION. NEITHER WILL TINA. LAND, SHE WILL BE NEXT. THESE ARE BAD PEOPLE HANDLING OUR TAX DOLLARS AND ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR KIDS???????

PAT-MED HAS BECOME A CIRCUS. :cry:

PM SCHOOLS DISTRICT:::

:oops: :cry: :evil: :oops: :cry: :evil: :oops: :cry: :evil:

[voted the ?]

:oops:

I hope everyone stays involved in the board meetings and concerned about what is going on behind the scenes. Keep informed of where the money is being spent (technology, legal fees, administrative raises, etc.) and be a part of the process to remove these disgraceful individuals.

I hope everyone stays involved in the board meetings and concerned about what is going on behind the scenes. Keep informed of where the money is being spent (technology, legal fees, administrative raises, etc.) and be a part of the process to remove these disgraceful individuals.

What a wonderful role model for our kids....Look kids you can do drugs...drive drunk...brake a majority of the traffic laws in the county...and still be on the school board:!: :oops: :?:

I'm looking at the time of these posts. You must wake up, take a shower (if you even do that) eat breakfast and then come on the message board to trash people. Get a life and if you can't do that why not try to do something productive. Work to get programs and services back for our children.

I've been to two meetings of the new committee the superintendent has held and I am seeing and hearing things that disturb me greatly. Two to three hours of him answering questions and having good dialogue on what needs to be done in this district. I'm starting to think we're not in that bad of shape after all.

[Reality Check PM res]

Please read the advance. You haven't been to enough meetings, you must be a friend of the Fab 5. Shame on you!!!

I guess we can change auditors, lawyers, administrators, hair dressers until we find the people who will tell us what we want to hear no matter how f--ked up it is.

What a wonderful role model for our kids....Look kids you can do drugs...drive drunk...brake a majority of the traffic laws in the county...and still be on the school board:!: :oops: :?: Gee running stop signs and speeding...that almost sounds like he was trying to avoid the police...another great thing for our kids to learn!

[Right priorities]

Maybe there's something wrong with me but I agree with the previous poster about doing something productive with our time. We're facing a year on a contingency budget and I hate to be selfish but the only thing I give a damn about is my tax bill and my daughter's education. The superintendent that's important....tapes going to people who are suing the district - that's important. This doesnt' affect my bill or my kid's education.

[How Can We]

One post asked us to get involved With the current state of Tina and the board any productive mention has been turned down by Prez Peggy after she strong arms the vote in her favor What meetings for the public have you been attending?

I'm not going to respond forthe poster you're referring to. But I'm reading all this so I will respond for myself. I've been attending meetings for years and all this year. I have a son at the high school and a daughter at Saxton. And the thing that gets me is where were all you people who make up the lynch mob when we were coming up with the budget to decide whats best for our kids? If you think the majority of the people coming to the meetings are there for kids and to participate in dialogue centered around kids you should hit the snooze button b/c you've been sleeping for far too long. We may not have liked the process around kindegarten and class size but the community said they wanted smaller class sizes...the Board did it. The community said they wanted full day kindegarten...the Board delivered instead of 1/2 day kindegarten and preserving sports *which a lot of other school districts on contingency are doing* but thats not enough - people on that Board and in the community are so comfortable complaining they've lost sight of whats really important. I've been up to the mic as a member of this community to state my opinions about full day kindegarten and Mrs. Weeks. I got full day kindegarten at least. I can't believe the same people fighting with me to keep kindegarten are now getting up there to complain about sports. Its stupid. Dont know another word for it. My anger is directed at the foolish people in our community who think that voting down budgets send messages. What they do is send our kids home after 8th period because they don't have any programs or services for them.

[pissed off parent]

this is in response to Right Priorities...let me mention that Tina Weeks is DIRECTLY effecting your children's education. Peggy , in her infinite wisdom, pushed through a measure which will commit the district to paying her legal bills while fighting her getting tossed off the board by Commissioner Mills. That bill will come due to the estimated tune of some $500,000 (that's half a million dollars). It comes out of funds for teachers and classroom materials. How many kids were denied the opportunity to attend BOCES and complete a vocational education plan? Was your child one of those told they would be attending next year and then have the rug yanked out from under?

When settlements come through for all the various and sundry lawsuits Peggy and Tina have caused, there is the potential our district will be bankrupted by them.

The Superintendent is a liar and has been caught in his double speak many times...and THIS directly effects your tax bill AND your children's education.

Peggy calls a meeting to change lawyers because they don't tell her what she wants to hear. Peggy calls a meeting to change auditing firms because they're not telling her what she wants to hear. Peggy won't tell Colin (an accused felon) he needs to recuse himself because she needs his crooked vote to maintain her immoral majority.

Peggy is on her last year sitting on the board of ed. Tina will not be able to run again. Colin will be gone..either in jail or in Boston. Change is coming, and many of us here have been faithful attendees of the board meetings, DO work on PTA committes, Father's clubs, Booster clubs and the like which do good and productive work FOR THE KIDS. We have been vocal at board meetings to try and have them do the right thing but to no avail.

We're in this financial mess because Tina Weeks was in charge of the district's finances and has made a bloody mess of everything, destroyed any sense of confidence in our Board of Ed and refuses to step down, despite the release of an INDEPENDENT REPORT which THEY comissioned stating the dangerously confidential nature of the material she taped and gave to an outside party. And not just any party, but somebody suing the district for MILLIONS OF DOLLARS...
where will this money come from?

YOUR TAX BILL AND AT THE COST OF YOUR CHILD"S EDUCATION

I just wanted to point out pissed off parent....that the budget for the extra BOCES Occupational Ed classes was in the original budget and Dr. Cohn and Mr. Mostow both felt the importance of increasing those enrollments. The Board members who voted for that budget.............Myles, Weeks, Felouzis, and Mincey. The ones who didn't .... Kaiser, Brady, LoSchiavo. The original budget had sports, extracurricular activities, full day kindegarten, sports. The Board members who voted for it .... Myles, Weeks, Felouzis and Mincy. The ones who didn't ... Kaiser, Brady, LoSchiavo.

And read the Advance you baffoon - the auditing firm QUIT how did Peggy get rid of them? If the Commissioner feels Weeks did the wrong thing, she will then have to reimburse the school district. I'm not happy about paying for the additional fees but if her claims aren't supported by law she has to pay them back. \

And what settlements from lawsuits are coming? Who from Marran lol? You better talk to Spota about that one. Clue him in that the district will be paying a settlement for Marran's incompetence.

Tina Weeks had no control of the finances in the district. The mess we are in is because of Jim Marran and fellow administrators, as well as some of the administration before him. Tina's taping charades were wrong, but you make yourself look idiotic if you try to place blame for everything on her.

As for the kids denied their BOCES programs, ponder this......we somehow found $229,000, which we are turning right over to the sports program. What about those 40 kids? Shouldn't they get their program first? So now we are putting sports ahead of academics. They may only be 40 in the face of thousands on the sports teams, but their education is far more important than any darn football game! And why the whole amount only to sports? Nothing for the music and art department, nothing to restore electives that have been eliminated. What kind of community is this? Get your priorities straight! I agree that the kids definitely need their extra curricular activities, but not just sports, and definitely not before all of our children are given the education and classes they desire and are entitled to!

[50/50]

Yes yes yes poster is absolutely correct. There's a lot of blame to be spread around. Stop focusing on the blaming and lets fix the mess thats been left by inept administration, and BOE members not minding the store.

As far as the $229k I think some money should be given to extracurricular, some to sports. People need to keep in mind that the number of kids attending BOCES is the same as its been for years. In fact over the years, the number has increased. I know that every kid deserves a chance to go but reality is isn't it 100k a head to attend? I thank the Board members who voted for the 1st budget for increasing the numbers. It was wrong for the district to notify those kids before the budget vote, but I think it was a good faith effort to try to increase the enrollment (granted my son isn't in BOCES). But as far as the money which was generated by reduction in lavatory aides and greeters - split it down the middle - 50% for sports 50% for extracurricular.

meet me a dublin deck for a gulp and a snort, ill drive home. 8)

[Oh Here We Go]

after some good conversation for a bit it appears the morons have come back to the Board. Old news folks. Move on. Maybe even get a life if its possible.

[Booster Dad]

I agree. Stick with the district's issues. I think there's enough concerns and things we need to worry about in the Patchogue-Medford School District - invest time talking about children and education not with people's personal lives. Our focus should be our children being educated on contingency, and how to fix our finances. I've been learning a lot from the Budget Committee meetings and if we closed our mouths and opened our ears we would see that the Fab 5 though not my favorites and may I even say somewhat conflicted for sure aren't 100% to blame - its Mostow's predecessors who are. We need to understand the history of what has transpired to get our district in such terrible financial straints.

www.pat-medboosterclub.com - Help restore essential programming for our children.

WHATS THE TITLE OF THIS THREAD ANYWAY 8)

[Oh Here We Go]

Thats the whole point. Its now been changed to something relevant to the school district. Get over it.

To the prior poster; Since when is it NOT relavent when a School Board member gets arrested ...Sad state of affairs when BOE members who willfully break the law and welcomed with open arms to this board. Guess they really do need his vote... :cry:

[TapeGate]

I tend to disagree as well. I don't think its irrelevant. But its not a priority or main concern for me because I'm not a judge and jury. I am a concerned parent however who cares about restoring as much as we are going to lose as a district on contingency. I don't think that the drive behind the discussion about Mincey has anything to do with kids or education. Its more about politics. Politics aren't going to help my property taxes, or my kids education. Think we're beating a dead horse.

[ziggy]

most people will agree it's politics that got us in this situation in the first place. The leadership refused to acknowledge any public input as to figuring the budget; now Mostow has his committee to work with and making the process as transparent as possible. There has been a distinct lack of ethical accountability among the board's leadership this past year. We have an accused felon proclaiming himself to be a role model for Pat Med students and graduates. If he were accused of more henious crimes, would he be as accepted as he is? Robbery? Rape? Manslaughter? IS drunk driving (more than once) not awful enough? Compounded by carrying cocaine? If he were a teacher, he'd be removed from the classroom in a heartbeat, until adjudicated. I've cleaned up the messes created by drunk drivers...comforted the victims. I have no sympathy for drunks.

This thread is ALL ABOUT Colin being arrested. Unfinished district business will not take a back seat to the other important issues at hand but will maintain a parallel track of pursuit.

And by the way - this statement..."If the Commissioner feels Weeks did the wrong thing, she will then have to reimburse the school district. I'm not happy about paying for the additional fees but if her claims aren't supported by law she has to pay them back. " was known to only school board members, not given for public consumption...so if this is Colin or Peggy lurking, listen good to what the people have to say about you. Don't try to divert attention. Don't fall for Mostow's tactic to divide and conquer, an obvious play to sow confusion, ill will towards our teachers and to support Folusis & Weeks leadership.

I'm not a member of the Board of Education I'm a member of the community. The information I received about the certificate of good faith given to Board members who have petitions for removal served against them I got from the NY Times article in June that appeared after the BOE voted to draft charges you idiot. Thats not only public information but its part of the process when petitions for a board member's removal takes place. While you're busy looking up court records you can easily look up this information too.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist (evidently).

I am having a good laugh at ziggy's post. You should see someone for your control issues. This is a public forum. We can use this message board to discuss any damn thing we like. The fact that you'd have a temper tantrum because people don't want to beat a dead horse and would rather channel their energy discussing things that (1) they control and (2) have a tangible value and effect on our school district is (besides some of our Bd members) is something you may have to just get over. lol. If you care so much about this issue step up to the mic - identify yourself as "ziggy from the report" and say what you have to say about him. But for me...I'll join the other posters who have intelligently seen what you're doing for what it is...and participate in dialogue that is worthwhile and beneficial to the welfare of this district. And just to be a pain in the ass...I'll do it on this post.

[ziggy]

hah hah hah hah hah!

[TapeGate]

Well put. I'm with ya!

[colinlover]

I'll drink to that!
Have a snort on me...

THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM HE LOOKED WASTED!!! WHAT KIND OF ROLE MODEL IS HE ANYHOW???!!!!

Oh when and where was that? And how did you look? If you had such strong feelings abt it maybe you should've grown some balls and said something to him.

[to guest]

Just got on here after a few days and it seems to me that people did say something to him-publically. Most of the members of the board chose to ignore it or think it was a personal or political attack. Get real. The fab 5 has to GO!!! THEIR actions put the negativity in peoples minds, not the publics comments.... Its too bad it showed in the election results. They have no one to blame but themselves. Unfortunatey, while they sit up there all smug (Fab 5) the children of our community suffer.

[Not-so-fast]

Welcome back, but I agree with some of the other posters as well. I think its a copout to say that "its too bad it showed in the election results." Thats scapegoating not a fact. I buy the argument that there's a faction of the community who isn't happy with some of our BOE members. I happen to be one of them.
But its not right to rationalize the defeating of these budgets. And its even more cowardly to blame it on the BOE who pleaded w the community to vote for it. The reason this budget went down is the same reason it went down the 1st time, and the same reason it went down in all of these other LI school districts...community members are unwilling to reach deeper in their pockets to pay for the rising cost of education.

[to not So fast]

Trust me, I pay for your kids and my kids- privately. High School? $4500 for busing, plus $13,500 tuition, plus uniforms and books. I am not asking for anyones comment. It is my choice. Plus I voted for the budget-yes. For the other kids of this community but it pisses me off BIG TIME when we speak out against thes people they don't seem to care. I have said it before, Their time will come next year- and not fast enough. In the meantime we need people to step up with some good backgrounds/experiance with acctg etc to try and help fix this mees we have. Too bad that it is against the law to pay for sports this year, private kids do at the rate of $275 plus uniforms etc. I know the BOE pleaded for this budget to be passed and I do believe money was a big issue but when you have untrustworthy people at the helm, it does cloud people minds as to the real issue.

[PM Resident & Alumni]

Please read the advance. You haven't been to enough meetings, you must be a friend of the Fab 5. Shame on you!!!

If you honestly believe the Advance is a paragon for journalistic integrity, I have a really nice bridge I'd like to sell you ...

I just read this thread for the first time and it is disgusting. I am embarassed to live in the same community with you all.

[To ALUMNUS]

You graduated from Pat Med? That must explain your stupidity.

[PM Educator]

You live in Pat-Med. Must explain your ignorance.

[PM REALIST]

WHY DIDN'T THEY CUT THE ESL CLASSES-LET THESE KIDS LEARN ENGLISH LIKE OUR FOREFATHERS AND MOTHERS!!!

[to educator]

dont assume, it makes an ass out of you.

people reading this thread are from all over

YOU ARE RIGHT. I DON'T LIVE IN PAT MED BUT READ THIS ALL THE TIME!!!!

congratulations.

[ziggy]

it's better than reading the New York Post for sleeziness

considering that you're one of the people that are sensationalizing it...i'd say so. but at least we know you're doing it for the kids!

[jerry jazz]

I like Colin. ...yea, he's got his problems like the rest of us, but he know how to party....

Is Mincemeat the Board's hospitality chairperson? Maybe that's why Tina's eyes are always rolling and she can't focus on people who speak to her from the podium!

huh? i don't get it.

My guess is that it was a useless dig at Colin and Tina insinuating that they go drinking together and Colin supplies her with cocaine. The combination of drinking and cocaine would make Tina's eyes roll and cause her to loose focus.
Hey...this might not be too far out of the norm for them.

This is my second time on this site. I heard about it at a gathering over the weekend with members of the communiity. No one is talking about Tina, the tapes, or Mostow or Mincey. They're talking about people's cruelty and the trash thats posted on here. I don't like the fab four as someone earlier referred them, but to anyone who doesn't take a side reading this site makes people much more sympathetic for them than outraged by them. Anyone with common sense and an elementary level education must realize that you turn people off and away with some of the nastiness on here. I can't believe some of you are actually parents (as you portray yourself). If you really care about kids and the district, you wouldn't contaiminate this board with the kinds of trashy things you write about people.

[pissed off parent]

there is nothing sympathetic about what these people have done.
It does not change the fact of Colin's misdeeds and illegalities.

It's a matter of expressing opinions and satire

If it's intelligent conversation you want, go check out MENSA

This is Pat-Med - a working class community with some gritty attitudes.

Get used to it.

Just a couple of things pissed off parent....

1. Fortunately for the rest of us you are not a judge and jury.

2. I wasn't saying people have sympathy for their misdeeds I am saying that the kind of trash that you have portrayed on this site is vicious, and cruel and thats what people have sympathy for. I'm not excusing Collin from anything.

3. Satire is for people who are witty and intelligent and you frankly don't appear to be any of those things given some of the things that you have written on this site.

4. I've lived in Patchogue for 32 years - I do'nt need you to tell me what Patchogue is I know what this community is. Working people is what makes Patchogue better. But working class is not synonymous with "no class" I'll get used to the gritty attitudes when you get some respect for yourself.

Lastly I will not go to MENSA for intelligent conversation. It appears a few people have risen out of the trash to combat this agenda you have and I think like a prior poster said I will stay and have intelligent discussion here. Its a free country.

[pissed off parent]

oh now you've done it
you went and hurt my feelings
sob sob

I've learned my lesson and will never post anything offensive again
give me your email address and I'll clear it with you first


NOT!

just a question - your screenname pissed off parent are you using your mommy or daddy's screenname or are you actually an ADULT?

Give you my email address? No thanks I already have enough junk mail.

[pissed off parent]

YES!

[pissed off parent]

YES!

Stop picking on Pissed Off Parent you pompous pedestal sitter.
How could you not be pissed off at the fab 5? Why don't you come to the next BOE meeting, stand at the podium, shake your finger and say, "Your mothers will be very upset at the bad bad things you are doing!" (don't forget your house dress) That would go over well. These are emotional issues. These are ethically and morally bad people. Everyone has their own option on how to voice these opinions. If you want to do it over tea and crumpets you go right ahead.
This has nothing to do with the "working class" in Patchogue that I am proud to have been part of for 20 yrs. It's about 5 people that need to be run out of town so the BOE can get down to the business of ensuring a better education for our children not spend the majority of their time figuring out how to adjust our contingency budget so we can pay Tina's legal bills.
Stay pissed off...It's better than being pissed on!

[pissed off parent]

thanks, Dad!

you and Mom coming for the weenie roast?

Pissed Off Parent-----MY HERO !!!!!! tell the truth and give 'em hell for the mess they created and we are Now forced to step in
You GO Speak the Truth.

This is probably the only place where you get attacked for raising concerns about people being cruel. I didn't say that I support these Board members...because I don't support all of 'em. All I was saying was that some of these attacks are not constructive and are beyond the pail. Now I'm being attacked because I'm raining in the parade of knock em down and drag them out. These tactics don't work -- why do you think that the other pat-med posting has 3 x as many pages of posters than this one!? HELLLOOOOOOOO! People who aren't posting on here that read this crap think its entertaining. I'm sure this young man does too. I haven't created any mess so i don't know what you're referring to. And to the guest at 3:27....I am at the BOE Meetings and I am pissed off about the tapes but that doesn't mean I"m now going to spend my time ripping Mrs. Weaks apart when a higher power (the Commisioner-from what I read in the paper) than the resident and even the Board will determine that what she did is wrong. I understand that there are seats up next year...that will probably be the first opportunity you have to run these folks out of anything. Nobody is inspired by the words of people who are being cruel and who seem to be pushing an agenda instead of stating a concern or making the district better. You're only kidding yourself. I just took the time to drop you the hint.

[pissed off parent]

a few corrections:

beyond the pale - as in the Crimean War. Do you even know what the cliche means?

Mrs. Weeks - she is weak.

What she did IS wrong...the Commissioner will only decide if HE'S going to remove her. There was an independent report which the school board authorized that came out and explicitly said she violated confidentiality of the board members as well as client-attorney communications. She has lost any credibility she had and any good will she had in the bank with the community she supposedly serves.

Let me go admire my Ivy League diploma hanging on my wall...

see you at the board of ed meetings...

AND the Superintendent's budget meetings...I'm there.

No thank you Janet.

[pissed off parent]

Janet?

as in...

Sam and Janet Evening?

you're joking, right?

forgive me to stooping to your level of immaturity in response to your last post but if I may I'd like to echo a sentiment you so immaturely stated earlier.

"oh now you've done it
you went and hurt my feelings
sob sob


NOT"

[meeting]

When is the next Boe meeting open to the public? Thank You

[patmedmom]

If I'm not mistaken, it's August 22
Mr. Mostow's next budget & finance committee meeting is August 15

See you there

[the meeting]

Thank You pat med mom for the information

[PM Resident & Alumni]

When is the next Boe meeting open to the public? Thank You

Actually, I was just dowtown in district office, and saw a sign posting the upcoming public meetings.

The next meeting is August 1st at South Ocean (7:30pm), then the next meeting on the 22nd at the high school (7:30pm) also.

[patmed mom]

thanks, Alum...

I guess it would be expecting too much to have meeting times and dates and such posted on the BOE web site...

that would make too much sense.

FYI......BOE website? That would be the school district website. The BOE has no control over what is placed on the website. An outside firm is paid to oversee it and post to it.

Another useless expense. What firm is it? Colin, Weeks, Falouzis and Lang, Inc.
Why not have a group in the senior class manage the website.

[GOOMBA #1]

FYI......BOE website? That would be the school district website. The BOE has no control over what is placed on the website. An outside firm is paid to oversee it and post to it.
No wonder your "Anonymous", your stupid and you don't want anyone to know who you are...The BOE pays for the website and controls the content...they don't want people to know when the meetings are...they would like to have them in a closet by themselves not the gym with the public!!!

Goomba you should see someone about your issues. "The BOE pays for the website..." Really, does it come out of their annual salary of $0 and 0 cents. As the previous poster who you needlessly insulted as being "stupid" *CORRECTLY STATED* the school district does pay for the website AND HAS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. Its not a lot of money and it is aidable because I asked this question at the meeting.

The next meeting has been announced at the previous BOE meeting, the booster club's 1st meeting, the superintendent's budget meetings, and the extracurricular meeting. Its posted and will be in the papers like it always is. Sure sounds like they are trying to control it so no one goes to me. Goomba get some happiness in your life maybe you'll be able to climb out of that permanent state of negativity you're trapped in.

[patmedmom]

don't be flicking crap at Goomba because it's a fact the Board of Ed has a link on the district's site which leads to a pretty useless place. This is the 21st century. The internet has become a primary source of information and the school board has not kept up. Why should they? The whole educational institution is stuck in the late 19th century model of factory style learning and can't break the mold. Teachers are taught in colleges to perpetuate the system and they all buy into it. Once in a while there appears an alternative to locking our kids in a room until a bell rings and they can salivate...I mean go to their next class. Not all kids respond to this learning mode and in fact it turns most of them off to education at all and then school becomes merely an issue of control.

most ordinary people don't get to the district office to check for meeting postings. The meeting announcements in the Advance are obscured among all other legal notices. It would not be so difficult to include the web site for posting meeting notices, it's just that the district clerk either doesn't know how, doesn't want to or won't.

Thank you for your unsolicited opinion on any and everything.

you're welcome peggy

I have just learned of the New Patchogue-Medford Student Activities For Everyone organization that is being formed to provide a way for the Patchogue Medford community to raise money to restore all lost co and extra curriculr activities that were cut when the school budget was defeated.
The first meeting is at 7pm on August 9th is scheduled in the H.S. auditorium.

None of the board of ed members or the clerk have access to the district webpage. Quit blaming them for everything. Actually, no one in the district has access. The school district has employed an outside agency to maintain the webpage, since the high school programming students stopped taking care of the site. Get your facts straight. District administrators have chosen to stifle the website, not the BOE.

[What is the truth?]

What is it as far as I can tell if the BOE was looking out for the public they would figure out a way to keep them informed on their website. This bull about any other thought as to who's maintaining the site can and should be corrected immediately

[patmedmom]

don't the district administrators take direction from the Board of Education?

If the Board of Education cared enough (as previously stated) then the web site would be a place for information. There are links for checking out sex offender registry. There is a link for school closings. How hard would it be to have a link for board of ed meeting notices?
A link for archived minutes of BOE meetings? A link for archived reports presented to and by the BOE?

Isn't the Board of Ed supposed to represent and serve the community?

The superintendent approves what goes onto the website, but if the BOE wanted meetings posted, they would be posted on the site. The districts website is so outdated that there are staff listed who are no longer with the district or have transferred to other buildings. The outside computer firm was fired and new people are in there. But who are they and why aren't they maintaining the website? The website is yet another disgrace for our district.

[red raider]

I agree this is a disgrace whoever is maintaining this website have what is called a JAFO job Just Another F ing Observer This supt should realize the problem and straighten it out He is a real mess

a few corrections:

beyond the pale - as in the Crimean War. Do you even know what the cliche means?

Mrs. Weeks - she is weak.

What she did IS wrong...the Commissioner will only decide if HE'S going to remove her. There was an independent report which the school board authorized that came out and explicitly said she violated confidentiality of the board members as well as client-attorney communications. She has lost any credibility she had and any good will she had in the bank with the community she supposedly serves.

Let me go admire my Ivy League diploma hanging on my wall...


You got that right!!! With our district heading toward impending austerity TINA MARIE WEEKS gives tapes to the plaintiff who is suing the district for 5 million.... Now we are under an Austerity budget and she gets what? 100k worth of legal? Patchogue is going down the crapper people we have coke heads, cheatin wife taping meetings we ARE the next Farmingville look around our beloved town of Patchogue day laborers congregating in the mornings our lementary schools are over run with latino kids who are slowing down our childrens progress because they cant communicate with the teachers.... they get translators in the classrooms free lunch school supplies etc etc etc Our school district is like our Town going down the crapper very very fast DUMP TINA WEEKS she has violated the trust of those she represents......maybe it's a start in a new correct direction....besides she'll have more affair time

see you at the board of ed meetings...

AND the Superintendent's budget meetings...I'm there.

[pissed off parent]

oh that's sweet...some low-life poster took what I said earlier and added a nasty paragraph of their own, starting with "You Got That Right..." and tucked it into a quotation, replete with mis-spellings and ignorance.

Look back to see what I really said.

And as to the web site, the Superintendent has nothing to approve about the board of ed site...he works for THEM, not the other way around. He takes direction from the Board. The Board (theoretically) takes direction from the PEOPLE.

I would expect that the website will improve greatly this year. Mr. Mostow seems to be a fan of technology. Frankly, I think students should maintain it under the direction of an adult.

Please, he had 6 months to start to change it after people were saying it at board meetings...any change, NO.

No offense but considering the financial mess the district is in being true....personally I would prefer that he continue to make some progress with keeping the district out of bankruptcy than making the damn website more user and information friendly or more aesthetically pleasing for the rest of you. I've never heard a superintendent's success hinging on how well the district website is. Did you know that it took over a year and a half to take the music director's name off under McDermott? I wonder if the prior poster ever said anything about that. Probably not, just another member of the lynch mob looking to advance their agenda instead of help make progress.

[Usefull Information]

The superintendent approves what goes onto the website, but if the BOE wanted meetings posted, they would be posted on the site. The districts website is so outdated that there are staff listed who are no longer with the district or have transferred to other buildings. The outside computer firm was fired and new people are in there. But who are they and why aren't they maintaining the website? The website is yet another disgrace for our district. Check this link...maybe someone has been reading this board! lol http://www.pat-med.k12.ny.us/boe/index.htm. But I thought I just read about a meeting in August too?

Board of Education Meeting Dates
All Meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. and are held on Mondays, unless otherwise noted.

September 26, 2005 Bay Elementary School

October 17, 2005 Oregon Middle School

November 21, 2005 Barton Elementary School

December 12, 2005 Saxton Middle School

January 17, 2006 (Tuesday) South Ocean Middle School

February 13, 2006 Eagle Elementary School

March 20,2006 River Elementary School

April 18, 2006 (Tuesday) Medford Elementary School

May 1, 2006 Patchogue-Medford High School

May 15, 2006 Canaan Elementary School

June 19, 2006 Tremont Elementary School

Isn't there some kind of restriction out there that would prevent Colin Mincy from sitting on the BOE considering his drunk driving and possesion of cocaine charges.
Isn't this something the Commisioner of Education should do something about?
There's a possibility that Colin brought cocaine into the schools in the past. Isn't there?
I can't believe there isn't a "no tolerence" policy concerning this type of activity.

[Usefull Information]

1015 Code of Conduct for School Board Members taken from the The New York State School Board Association Web site


1015
Principles
and Beliefs

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

The New York State School Board Association (NYSSBA) Board of Directors (board) endorses the following code for local school board members.

As a member of my local board of education, I will strive to provide a high level of public education, and to that end I will:

Attend all regularly scheduled board meetings insofar as possible, and become informed concerning the issues to be considered at those meetings.


Recognize that I should endeavor to make policy decisions only after full discussion at publicly held board meetings.


Render all decisions based on the available facts and my independent judgment and refuse to surrender that judgment to individuals and special interest groups.


Encourage the free expression of opinion by all board members and seek systematic communications between the board, students, staff and all elements of the community.


Work with other board members to establish effective board policies and to delegate authority for the administration of the schools to the superintendent.


Communicate to other board members and the superintendent expressions of public reaction to board policies and school programs.


Inform myself about current educational issues by individual study and through programs providing needed information, such as those sponsored by NYSSBA and the National School Boards Association.


Support the employment of those persons best qualified to serve as school staff and insist on a regular and impartial evaluation of all staff.


Avoid being placed in a position of conflict of interest.


Take no private action that will compromise the board or administration and respect the confidentiality of information that is privileged under applicable law.


Remember always that my first and greatest concern must be the educational welfare of the students attending the public schools.
Policy History: Adopted October 19, 2000


Perhaps our board members should be given a copy.

YOU FORGOT:

WHEN IN DOUBT GET THE TAPE RECORDER OUT!

[Usefull Information]

YOU FORGOT:

WHEN IN DOUBT GET THE TAPE RECORDER OUT!

This is taken also from the New York State School Boards Association 2110 code of coduct for Members of the Board of Directors http://www.nyssba.org/ScriptContent/VA_Custom/va_cm/ContentPageDisplay.cfm?content_id=1465

"Take no private action that will compromise the board or staff" I think the tape recorder falls under this one!

Thanks for that educational reply.
Now, do you think anything is going to be done about it?
Will Mr. Mills stand by his policy concerning Weeks and Mincy?

I think the taping yes because its about litigation and could put the district in fiscal jeopardy and put staff in jeopardy because there was confidential material on the tape about employment.
I don't think the situation with Mincey applies since the school district's finances and/or operations aren't affected -
directly or indirectly.

[FRITZ]

how about the conflict of interest clause? It's quite evident the school board hired a law firm which is OBVIOUSLY ass-deep in conflict of interest.

Mr. Mills is not going to do a damn thing...

...And there are some very Interesting Conflicts arrising...what is happening with Mincy status on the board...and for that matter Weeks' status

I don't know about anyone else but this lawyer is on the ball. I was impressed with his qualifications. The other firm seemed to be in outerspace. Remember at the DUMP TINA meeting when the one with the dark hair told that nut *MS.* Vant that he was "....tired..." and "...had a long day..." !? OUTRAGEOUS!

As to the status of Tina and mincy - Tina's fate lies in the hands of the Commish' s ruling which I think everyone knows will go against her. There is no way Mills will keep her on the Board after compromising the Board's position in a lawsuit of that magnitude. My neighbor told me that after the first budget failed before the DWI Mincy told supporters that he would be leaving the BOE around the beginning of the school year to take a regional position but had to wait for the person to retire or somethign like that. If not at the August meeting, I'd expect him to leave some time soon thereafter.

[Usefull Information]

My neighbor told me that after the first budget failed before the DWI Mincy told supporters that he would be leaving the BOE around the beginning of the school year to take a regional position I would have to wonder if that regional position will still be open to him AFTER the DWI, and Drug charge. I would think that Mr. Mills could not take action on removing Mincy till after the dust settles from the criminal court proceedings, and he is found guilty. However I would think anyone in Mr. Mincys position should have the brains to step down from his position.

Assuming, as you stated in your last post, anyone "with brains" would not be on a boe and doing cocaine, period. ! :oops:

My sister-in-law's familiy is close with Mincy's and I heard that his family are in education and have a relationship with the State. They said he will plead down to lesser charges and Mills won't remove him as a result.

Anyone hear the rumblings around town about him hiring a separate lawyer for a civil proceedings. A friend of his parents were mentioning something about it.

[Usefull Information]

Assuming, as you stated in your last post, anyone "with brains" would not be on a boe and doing cocaine, period. ! :oops: OOOPS my mistake...what was I thinking! :oops:

[More Useful 911]

Use (verb). To avail oneself of. Useful (adj). Having a beneficial use. (Notice spelling of useful?)

You would think on a thread devoted to criticizing those who lead and/or teach, the complainers would at the very least learn how to spell before they insert their prodigious feet in their mouths!

Your poor command of the written language, as well as the spoken, does not bode well for our children and thus makes all your whining ...

Useless (adj)...ineffective. :cry: :cry:

Use (verb). To avail oneself of. Useful (adj). Having a beneficial use. (Notice spelling of useful?)

You would think on a thread devoted to criticizing those who lead and/or teach, the complainers would at the very least learn how to spell before they insert their prodigious feet in their mouths!

Your poor command of the written language, as well as the spoken, does not bode well for our children and thus makes all your whining ...

Useless (adj)...ineffective. :cry: :cry: Thanks for the lesson. However do you have an useful information on the current situation of the district or are you just here to proof read?

Civil proceedings? Mincy? What is that all about? Who is he going after? The cops that arrested him? He should just plain resign, learn his lesson and move off somewhere else.

[Usefull Information]

Use (verb). To avail oneself of. Useful (adj). Having a beneficial use. (Notice spelling of useful?)

You would think on a thread devoted to criticizing those who lead and/or teach, the complainers would at the very least learn how to spell before they insert their prodigious feet in their mouths!

Your poor command of the written language, as well as the spoken, does not bode well for our children and thus makes all your whining ...

Useless (adj)...ineffective. :cry: :cry:

I'm sorry you take offense at my spelling of my screen name. :oops: However "Useful" was taken.
In regards to Useless information, what we need now are people with ideas on how to improve things, not people who sit around and correct others spelling and grammar! Leave that to the teachers! Who by the way have my deepest respect. I have no problems with the teachers of this district. My problem is with administrators that don't make the best decisions for our children. Who spend too much time worrying about themselves. Who make it difficult for our Teachers to get their job done. Who's salaries have gotten out of hand. In my personal opinion...teachers have one of the hardest jobs around, (and no I'm not a teacher). Go on some field trips, or spend a day or two in a classroom. See if you don't earn some respect for your kids teacher!

The problems we face in this district come for a lack of trust, respect, and faith in the BOE. Until that changes the budget will get voted down again and again, and we will be faced with the problem of no sports, art, music or any other extra activities for years to come.

I respectfully disagree about your pedestal that you've placed every teacher on. It is their collective salaries that I find are out of control. In a recent salary survey done, our teachers make as much as those in Cold Spring Harbor and other more affluent school district. Our working class town should pay teachers a pay that is more in tune with working class wages. I have a problem with teachers buying back their vacation days and sick days that are not used. I have a problem with these mandated increases in health insurance and retirement - yes some teachers pay into their health insurance but ALL TEACHERS SHOULD and they should pay a greater percentage of it. They should contribute 30-40 dollars a check - I'm tired of having to pay my own insurance and then have my property taxes go to theirs. Are our teachers great? Yes. But if its a chore to go on field trips and spending time in the classroom - At 50 grand for a starting salary I don't feel so bad for them. At 100 grand after 15 years of teaching? I don't feel so bad for them. They have my respect but not my empathy. Get real.
.

[ziggy]

are you sure you mean empathy and not sympathy?

Just want to get a clear understanding here.

Teachers salaries are not so much the problem as the generous benefits. Time to cut the unused sick day buy backs. Cut the buyback of unused vacation time. Use it or lose it.

Wait a minute...vacation time? What about the summer break and spring break and all those other vacation times our kids get?

I have to pay in 50% of my health benefits. Let's get real with the economics of today's world...

[Why shouldn't we]

Why cant the public in this austerity district decide if we have had enough of Tina and Mincy. They have lost the trust and broken rules That should be enough

Didn't say you shouldn't. Until the Commisioner rules on Weeks holding the business of the school district in limbo while we yell and scream and finger point is not going to serve any purpose. Mincy I presume would be an even bigger of a longshot to be removed. Plus once the word gets out about the school district's finances and more people have a better understanding of what has happened from a fiscal standpoint, its going to be about issues not individual people. That's all I'm saying. New board members won't change the fact that this district is in a fiscal crisis because of the negligence of people who were supposed to be minding the store. I'm not trying to change the subject...but as much as we want to score political points and play morality monitors - if we're bankrupt at the end of the day ... no one wins.

[TapeGate]

good post. Well put

Where are you Colin?

has the trial started yet?

Schools about to start. Does anyone know what's happening with this drunk cocaine addict?
Is he still allowed to sit up there and make decisions for my children?

colin goes to trial the 23rd

he'll be sitting on the BOE monday night

ask him

also ask him where he's living as people living at his address of record say he's moved. If he's not living in the District, does he still have the right to vote?

Go easy on the young scofflaw
forgive him his youthful indiscretions

Does anyone know how our boy made out today?

To the ones who feel compelled to be spies. I have been a friend of Colin's for years. Did you ever think that maybe you are being dooped! Idiot !

No, you cocaine induced drunken moron.
I don't think we were duped.
It is public record that he was arrested for drunk driving and possesion of cocaine.
He was scheduled to appear yesterday. It's in the Suffolk County court system website.
I'd love to know what happened.
I'd like to see him behind bars, being tended to by Bubba, far away from the kids he has the balls to sit in front of and make decisions for.
That is what drunk drivers deserve.

Well, today is the 24th.
The Suffolk County court website does not have Colin in it anymore which means the case was heard yesterday.
Does anyone on this thread have any info as to what happened?

How about Colin's long time friend?

(Sing to "Band on the Run")
man on the run - (dun da da da da da da) - man on the run-(dun da da da da da da)- man on the run - (dun da da da da da da) - man on the run - (dun da da da da da da)
and the jailor man and sailor sam was searching everyone for the man on the run - (dun da da da da da da)

Look in Peggy's basement. Maybe he's at the boatyard with Ralphie & Manny.

they're coming to take you away ha ha - they're coming to take you away ho ho he he ha to Bubba's house where life is "beautiful" all the time.

[TapeGate]

Do you have anything worthwhile or intelligent to say? I mean this in the nicest way possible but do you even take yourself seriously? Do you not have anything better to do? And what is it that you're hoping to accomplish by anonymously making a fool of yourself.

Just giving the proper respect to a person who well deserves it.

in other words, Colin did not show up for court and is a fugitive, with a warrant out for his arrest. The police have been calling around to school board members asking if anybody knows where he is.

I feel badly for our wayward scofflaw. It's tough being a grown up.

that's not true. His attorney appeared to get the date moved back and the request was denied

the request was denied. you said it. he didn't have the balls to show and now they are looking for him as they should.
if you can't do the time...don't do the crime and make no mistake about it, change it around whatever way you'd like, they are crimes, very serious crimes.
Drunk driving and possesion of cocaine are crimes.
You Peggy should have dealt with this from the beginning but you were so afraid to lose your majority vote.
With Colin you were able to reinstate Mostow.
With Colin you were able to have your girlfriend's legal fees paid by the taxpayers for her dispicable actions.
You are the one who should be behind bars because what you have done is aiding and abetting a criminal for your own use.
You should be ashamed of yourself Peggy Falouzis.
Colin should turn himself in. He should be removed from the school board.
How can you allow him to represent my child? My child who just went through the Dare Program. This is what you'd like to teach him. That it's ok to drink and drive? That it's ok to do cocaine?
Shame on you Colin Mincy for posing as the Pat-Med poster child.
Shame on you Peggy Falouzis for not dealing with this as a president, as the representative of my child.

Lawyers get continuances all the time on behalf of their clients you lunatic. This judge happened to deny the request because the date the attorney requested was not agreeable to the judge's calendar. A warrant was issued until the new court date was set - and that was set this afternoon. So what are you talking about? What should he turn himself in for? So much for your drama, and trying to create hysteria. You don't even know what you're talking about.

Poster 8:39....A warrent was issued? For a Board of Ed member... What is becoming of this district???.....actually, what became of this district!!! A Sorry state. :cry:

until a new court date was set, because the date his attorney requested was not available. Its very obvious what you're doing, and you can't all be stupid, so I'm assuming its the same few people.

a warrant for arrest is still a warrant for arrest, isn't it? I don't see what the difference would be whatever the reason. It's nothing to be poo-poohed about. This is a serious matter and reflects terribly upon our board's leadership and moral authority, no matter how you might want to explain it away.

[Hand cuffy]

Collin, stop posting and whatever else you are doing and turn yourself in. Judges issue warrants for people who fail to appear, and they usually give 2 chances before a warrant is issued. You are a disgrace, and you are in denial. Soon you will be in hand cuffs. Sad.

Nice letter in the Advance Colin.
You've proven yourself the be the total moron.
How dare you preach. Turn yourself in. It's inevitable and I agree with the previous poster, a warrant is a warrant. If you didn't do these things you wouldn't need a lawyer and there wouldn't be a warrant.
I've said it before and I'll say it again...
SHAME ON YOU PEGGY FALOUZIS

Personally, I thought it was a great letter.

There's nothing to turn himself in for. Got a new court date. You agree with the previous poster? YOU ARE THE PREVIOUS POSTER. Who are you kidding.

Of course you think it was a great letter...you wrote it!
I said nothing about agreeing with the previous poster but I was the one who shames Peggy!
If you sit on the same side of the table you are just as guilty.
Drunk drivers who do cocaine should not be voting on Boards of Education!

I didn't write the letter he wrote it. I just think it was a good letter.

Other than switching the lever at voting time, your opinion is your opinion but that's all it is and that's all you can do about it.

Your posting is meaningless!
A good letter how? By casting stones? It said nothing. It beat around the bush. It said "I've been trying but you've been a stick in the mud...goody goody for me."
Don't throw stones Colin if you live in a glass house.
Soon you'll be in the concrete house that you deserve!

I happen to be a woman, which last time I checked disqualifies me from being Colin Mincy. I think you should see someone for your obssesive issues. You just spewing information that is intended to do what? I'm sure he lends as much value to you and your opinions as much as I do - very little.

I'm hurt.

Can someone tell me what Colin was on when he wrote his letter to the Advance?

He is claiming he, and his board cronies, first called for a Forensic Audit.

I was at the board meeting, right after Roslyn broke. Joe LoSchiavo called for it. Colin, check the record.

So the Advance didn't call you to sign on to an open letter calling for a forensic audit. Perhaps they wanted the letter to have some credibility.

Let see what credibility your signature would have provided. You could have provided them with the name of an individual who gets drunk at bars with under aged drinkers, then borrows the car of the one of the under aged drinkers, knowing full well that you will be illegally driving the vehicle since you have a suspended license. You also get an individual who blows through stops signs when under the influence, gets pulled over, gets body searched, has cocaine found on HIS person, then seeks to blame the whole incident on a Board member who is not present but rather in recovery from a severe surgery. That is strong credibility to add to the weight of the other signatures.

Perhaps they could have Tina sign as a paragon of financial virtue. But wait, that's no good since she has placed the district in a situation where we are at jeopardy of paying part of a $50,000,000 lawsuit. I guess that's also not the kind of credibility you want.

They may have asked Christie to sign, but I'm sure with nobody by her side to tell her what to do, she got confused.

Bottom line, don't try project the image of a board member concerned for our community (via letters to the editor), when if you were truly concerned you would step down and show the young people of the community there are consequences to the individual actions you take.

There are few things in this world which are yes or no, cut and dry, definitive answers.

THERE SHOULD BE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DRUGS. DRUGS ARE WRONG.

Mincy was caught with drugs in his possession. That is an undisputed fact (police officers don't falsify records in the year 2005). Regardless of his court case he should be off the board.

Innocent until proven guilty is only applicable in court. Right and wrong exist in the real world, and the truth is he is not innocent. Do not confuse morality with legality. His possession of drugs makes him morally corrupt and a descent person would resign.

[go 2:25]

YOU GO- COLIN IS MINCEMEAT. HE IS HIDING OUT I HEAR. WITH A WARRANT OUT. SURE PEGGY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS. YOU PEOPLE REPRESENT OUR KIDS? SHAME ON YOU!!!!!

Yeah he's hiding. That's why he got his next court date today. But not before one of you decided to create a story about it for the news. All to advance the cause of education I'm sure.

Who are you and how do you know this.

Looked like Mr. LoSchiavo created the story!

Doubt it was created, because News 12 would do the investigation and the facts before they air something

I can not stand this any longer. Joe you ego hungry little boy. Hang your head in shame. You say your for kids. Not! I can not beleive that no one in this community does not see the strangness about you. You walk around with Mom and sis. Your only job is struming a gutar with a bunch of boys or kids. And you hang out at a Ice Cream parlor. That is your whole life right there. You do not pay taxes have no family. Your large words smoke screen the pea brain that you have. You allow a teacher caught in a drug bust to work and another who has a record with students.(Females) All you want is for some who can not balance a check book or pay bill and being investigated by the DA a job. God help us when the teachers contract comes due. You know you owe them big time. You are going to sell the taxpayers down the river. All this is is a power struggle. Why because you can not be the Pres. You are also being backed by a former board member who wants back on the board so he can get his free computer from the school district back. Please Joe spare us all . And community think for yourselfs. Dont you see something strange here or with him? Joe how do you sleep at night that is all I can say. Cut your hair get a real job and a life and stop trying to be Jesus Crist for god's sake.

No how do I know this. I have sat at many board meetings. I have never spoke just listen. I listen to the board and I listen to you all talking in the audience. That is how I know all this and this is what I see. Shame on this community for following someone who is strange. I am not saying you should be with the other side but please stop making this guy the hero. He is not.

OOh OOH slander slander...I am sure Loschivo does not need an ego boost from a board , from playin music yes but a board, think again. Go see him at the Patch. theater...is he rich, no but I am sure he is happy making a living strumming guitar. Does he enjoy helping kids out because he does not have any. I am sure.

I can not stand this any longer. Joe you ego hungry little boy. Hang your head in shame. You say your for kids. Not! I can not beleive that no one in this community does not see the strangness about you. You walk around with Mom and sis. Your only job is struming a gutar with a bunch of boys or kids. And you hang out at a Ice Cream parlor. That is your whole life right there. You do not pay taxes have no family. Your large words smoke screen the pea brain that you have. You allow a teacher caught in a drug bust to work and another who has a record with students.(Females) All you want is for some who can not balance a check book or pay bill and being investigated by the DA a job. God help us when the teachers contract comes due. You know you owe them big time. You are going to sell the taxpayers down the river. All this is is a power struggle. Why because you can not be the Pres. You are also being backed by a former board member who wants back on the board so he can get his free computer from the school district back. Please Joe spare us all . And community think for yourselfs. Dont you see something strange here or with him? Joe how do you sleep at night that is all I can say. Cut your hair get a real job and a life and stop trying to be Jesus Crist for god's sake.

No how do I know this. I have sat at many board meetings. I have never spoke just listen. I listen to the board and I listen to you all talking in the audience. That is how I know all this and this is what I see. Shame on this community for following someone who is strange. I am not saying you should be with the other side but please stop making this guy the hero. He is not.

COLIN STOP THIS RANT. AT THIS TIME YOUR APPEAR TO BE BLATHERING GIBBERISH. DETOX CAN HELP.

FIRST YOU BLAME BRADY FOR YOUR PROBLEMS. THAT DIDN'T WORK. IS JOE YOUR NEXT ATTEMPT IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE OTHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DRUG USE!

oh my god...what a terrible rant against Joe. Illogical, ignorant and so dead wrong the poster should be ashamed. It's the work of a miscreant and an obviously anti-social person with a twisted, perverted sense of morality.

Shame on you

Everything that was said against Joe in that previous post is just not true. Not even close.
You obviously don't know Joe and probably have never talked to him. I do and I have. Do we agree on everything? No we don't and we're not hesitant to discuss our opinions. That's how we learn!
Does he make a living strummin'? Yes he does. And he also makes a living by teaching music to many students who respect him and admire him. My son is one of them!
Does he hang around w/ Mom & Sis? Yes he does! Good for him! 2 great women to be associated with and what's wrong with a tight family. Too few of those these days!
Is he slightly strange? You bet he is! So am I! So are you!
Does he have long hair? Yes he does! And that means...?
Is he sick of the unethical and immoral people that sit beside him at BOE meetings? Yes he is and he's not afraid to stick his neck out and do what he feels is best for the people that vote for him during election time.
Is he perfect? No he's not but he's definitely none of the things that were mentioned on the 5:58 posting. That won't go far.

"Shame on this community for following someone who is strange"
What color is the sky in your world?

three cheers for our 7:23 poster! You put it perfectly plain and you speak for thousands of people who know and love Joe LoSchiavo.

An obvious attempt at a hatchet job on Joe's good name and reputation by an illiterate know-nothing, spewing slanderous slime.

It's disgusting.

Let's see you stand up at a BOE meeting and address the audience with your screed...you'll get booed out of town.

I totally agree 7:40 poster. It's just amazing to me how many people will try to teardown a good person in a phony effort to prop up an morally bankrupt individual.

[guest55]

have you seen Colin? looks like he did not show up for his court date on Tuesday.

Now he has a bench warrant for his arrest. They might be able to find him in Boston or Riverhead

I wonder if Dwight Gooden was one of Mincy's role models when he was a child?

[Daryl]

Or maybe even Daryl Strawberry!!! :lol:

[BREAKING NEWS...]

A friend of the Mincy's confirmed a little while ago that his attorney did attempt an adjournment and was denied. The great question is why didn't he appear. Well, Mr. Colin flew to and from Boston on the 22nd and that is where he was believed to have been when he spoke to News 12 while his lawyers were scrambling to squash the warrant. Looks like he's already taken this position in Boston. Now can we have a Board member representing the interests of this school district, when they are living in Boston? And is this why meetings were changed to once a month?

[guestman]

Read about Colin on page 37 of today's Newsday and he is still
on the board. What a joke he has made of the pat med school
district!!!!!!!!!

Said it before and I'll say it again.
SHAME ON YOU PEGGY FALOUZIS!
Redeem yourself!
Have Colin removed from the board!
He is a fugitive. He was in possession of COCAINE!
What more do you need?

The following quote appears in today's Newsday:

"Police found a plastic bag of white powder during a search at the Fifth Precinct station house. When questioned, police said, Mincy told them, "Yea, it's mine. It's cocaine." "

IS THIS WHAT WE WANT ON OUR BOARD?

Wake up people and see what this is creating. Colin now sides with Weeks and Felouzis. It's an unholy alliance based on a quid pro quo arrangement which says I'll protect you with your situation if you look out for me in my situation.

Just another side effect of drugs is the fallout to everyone you come in contact with. As a result we now have a 4/3 vote in favor of a budget which destroys the community with looking at alternatives to the elimination of sports and extracurricular programs. We also have a 4/3 vote keeping Tina on the board (see how it works, wait to the vote to remove Colin comes). We have a 4/3 vote restoring Mostow to the Board. We have a 4/3 vote authorizing payment of Tina's legal fees. We have a 4/3 vote authorizing payment of Mostow's legal fees. The list continues ad nauseum.

exactly - and this is set up just the way the co=presidents wanted it so they will be the white nights next year when they are up for re-election (at least weeks anyway). Weeks prayed for this budget fiasco - she was very quiet through the early budget negotiations and preperations with the public....shrewed witch with a nasty ego!

So right 10:13!
I believe you hit it right on the head.
This IS a side effect of his drug usage!
"look out for me and I'll look out for you"
SHAME ON YOU PEGGY FALOUZIS!

PAT-MED where the drug addicted decide the fate of your children.

PAT-MED where the drug addicted decide the fate of your children.

WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

PAT-MED where the drug addicted and their selfish enablers decide the fate of your children.

PAT-MED where the drug addicted decide the fate of your children.

WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

PAT-MED where the drug addicted and their selfish enablers decide the fate of your children.


WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

PAT-MED where the drug addicted and their selfish enablers and the ignorant residents decide the fate of your children.

Ignorance only comes from a lack of information.

When was the last time this bosrd provided any information or had a real dialog with the public where we could possibly learn what is going on?

Play Pat-Med’s latest game craze: Where’s Waldo (Mincy)

I feel badly for the young scofflaw
now he's gone and ruined a perfectly promising career
has to leave town
move to Boston?
At least that's a town easy to get around on public transportation.

When he steps down from the BOE, it'll be Bob's chance to get himself appointed in his place, wait and see

Literally out of the frying pan and into the fire. Can we do a background check first, because we really should!!

Ignorance only comes from a lack of information.

When was the last time this bosrd provided any information or had a real dialog with the public where we could possibly learn what is going on?

There were many public meetings where residents could listen to presentations and ask questions. There were also multiple publications and editorials regarding the budgets. If residents suffered from a lack of information, it was mostly due to their own apathy and laziness. The second budget in particular went down because a lot of people wanted to send a message, rather than understanding the consequences of a contingency budget. That's ignorance and BOE is not entirely responsible.

Ignorance only comes from a lack of information.

When was the last time this bosrd provided any information or had a real dialog with the public where we could possibly learn what is going on?

There were many public meetings where residents could listen to presentations and ask questions. There were also multiple publications and editorials regarding the budgets. If residents suffered from a lack of information, it was mostly due to their own apathy and laziness. The second budget in particular went down because a lot of people wanted to send a message, rather than understanding the consequences of a contingency budget. That's ignorance and BOE is not entirely responsible.

I attended those public meetings and what I remember is up until days before the second vote Mostow said he would be eliminating kindergarten. TOTALLY IGNORANT OF THE LAW WHICH SAYS 5 YEAR OLDS ARE ENTITILE TO A FREE EDUCATION. So instead of going into kindergarten we would have had the largest first grade class on record.

I attended those public meetings and heard Ms. Hancock ramble on about the deep cuts she was making to personnel. However all the cuts she mentioned were against the proposed increases in the first budget. Which means they weren't cuts at all. Never once did she discuss cuts against the staffing levels in the 2004-2005 school year. (There aren't any, we are budgeted for the same level as in 2004-2005 )

I attended those public meetings and never once heard we would be eliminating all sports and extracurricular. If the budget went down.

So when you say "There were many public meetings where residents could listen to presentations and ask questions. There were also multiple publications and editorials regarding the budgets. If residents suffered from a lack of information, it was mostly due to their own apathy and laziness. " you distort the facts.

It was the laziness and intellectual dishonesty of the adminstration which brought us two failed budget. Even with teh failure of the second budget, why would the public assume or administration would behave differently then those in the other 21 districts which failed. Our district chose to ATTACK the children to punish the parents. Other districts chose to DEFEND the children and made cuts which did not impact programs.

[colinlover]

it's a conspiracy I tell you
all a misunderstanding
Colin is a paragon of virtue
and a role model for all Pat Med students to emulate
as the BOE President can tell you, she looks up to Colin herself
well, actually Peggy has to look up to everyone....

Guest Sat 10am:
You make some valid points, but I agree with the other poster more. Bottom line is, 9000 students in this district, 2500 playing sports, 3000 involved in extra curricular activities and only 2500 yes votes on the second budget. Many parents are ignorant and apathetic, otherwise we would not be discussing this, regardless of the despicable actions of the BOE.

[NO VOTE WAS 100% CORRECT]

Guest Sat 10am:
You make some valid points, but I agree with the other poster more. Bottom line is, 9000 students in this district, 2500 playing sports, 3000 involved in extra curricular activities and only 2500 yes votes on the second budget. Many parents are ignorant and apathetic, otherwise we would not be discussing this, regardless of the despicable actions of the BOE.

I am getting very tired of seeing everyone saying that anyone who voted no is ignorant.

I VOTED NO AND THAT DECESION WAS 100% CORRECT.

What was my no vote. It was not just a statement that taxes were to high, but also an affirmation of my belief that cuts need to be made and that these cuts should not affect the children. The district could have done this. How do I come to this conclusion? Look at the facts.

The district has "found" $300,000 for sports and extracurricular programs merely by adjusting "Bathroom" Aides. Further restructuring of other aides could have resulted in over 1/2 million dollars.

The district is going to create over $500,000 of brand new spending for a computer staff just to save $97,000 from Boces. Any one in the real world can tell you that this type of working is increasingly being outsourced. One Hundred Thousand Dollars will by more then enough support in this area.

The budget fully covers the same teaching staff this year that we had last year. Not a single cut has been made, yet districts like Sachem loss over 50 teaching positions in order to preserve programs.

So am I ignorant. No I just want to see MY MONEY better spent. Ignorance doesn't lie with the public it lies with this Board who fails to see their constituents the way ever other district on Long Island do. They are taxpayers who want the best for our children but also want spending under control. Let's also point out the ignorance of the PMCT for their support of these board members during past election. Remember they urged support for the election of Weeks, Felouzis, and Mincy.

My Vote Was No And It Was It Was Not Made In Ignorance It Was Made With A Firm Understanding Of What Needed To Be Cut To Get Us Under The Contingency Cap.

Unfortunately an ignorant board didn't believe they needed to make these cut. Next year without these cuts my vote will be the same. Making a stand is not ignorant but based in principle and needs to be upheld until such time as the powers to be, get the message. I feel sorry for the children in the district, but there was another 1.5 to 2 million dollars in this budget which nobody wants to look at. I and 4,000 other voters will be placed in the unfortunate position, next year, of making you look once more at what is right in front of your eyes, this year.

Hi Janet

Yeah, I quess now that your children hvae graduated, you can afford to take the high moral ground. I hope you spend the $150 you saved wisely.

My children are in school and I voted No.

Why, because if I don't make a stand now, by the time they graduate they will never be able to afford to live in Patchogue.

If I were to allow this double digit compounding to go on unchecked year after year they'll never afford the taxes.

I don't know about the kind of life you want for your kids, but I like a close family. The prospect of having my kids settle out of state after graduation doesn't fit that plan.

Yeah, I quess now that your children hvae graduated, you can afford to take the high moral ground. I hope you spend the $150 you saved wisely.

I've been in Patchogue for 10 years and it would have been nice if the increase had been held to $150 each time. Then I would have to only pay $1,500 more. What a bargain.

Anyone can look at an instant in time and say it's not much and make moral pronouncements about how mean people were to vote it down. It's the cummulative effect thats the problem. Remember when income taxes started it was only going to be at a rate of 2%, and then only on the rich. Where are we now?

[Unfortunately I Agree]

Guest Sat 10am:
You make some valid points, but I agree with the other poster more. Bottom line is, 9000 students in this district, 2500 playing sports, 3000 involved in extra curricular activities and only 2500 yes votes on the second budget. Many parents are ignorant and apathetic, otherwise we would not be discussing this, regardless of the despicable actions of the BOE.

I am getting very tired of seeing everyone saying that anyone who voted no is ignorant.

I VOTED NO AND THAT DECESION WAS 100% CORRECT.

What was my no vote. It was not just a statement that taxes were to high, but also an affirmation of my belief that cuts need to be made and that these cuts should not affect the children. The district could have done this. How do I come to this conclusion? Look at the facts.

The district has "found" $300,000 for sports and extracurricular programs merely by adjusting "Bathroom" Aides. Further restructuring of other aides could have resulted in over 1/2 million dollars.

The district is going to create over $500,000 of brand new spending for a computer staff just to save $97,000 from Boces. Any one in the real world can tell you that this type of working is increasingly being outsourced. One Hundred Thousand Dollars will by more then enough support in this area.

The budget fully covers the same teaching staff this year that we had last year. Not a single cut has been made, yet districts like Sachem loss over 50 teaching positions in order to preserve programs.

So am I ignorant. No I just want to see MY MONEY better spent. Ignorance doesn't lie with the public it lies with this Board who fails to see their constituents the way ever other district on Long Island do. They are taxpayers who want the best for our children but also want spending under control. Let's also point out the ignorance of the PMCT for their support of these board members during past election. Remember they urged support for the election of Weeks, Felouzis, and Mincy.

My Vote Was No And It Was It Was Not Made In Ignorance It Was Made With A Firm Understanding Of What Needed To Be Cut To Get Us Under The Contingency Cap.

Unfortunately an ignorant board didn't believe they needed to make these cut. Next year without these cuts my vote will be the same. Making a stand is not ignorant but based in principle and needs to be upheld until such time as the powers to be, get the message. I feel sorry for the children in the district, but there was another 1.5 to 2 million dollars in this budget which nobody wants to look at. I and 4,000 other voters will be placed in the unfortunate position, next year, of making you look once more at what is right in front of your eyes, this year.

Unfortunately I find myself in agreement with you. We will have to go through this exercise again next year. If I don't see real cuts I to will vote no one more time. Boosters get ready to pass the plate again because I don't see this board doing anything that could pass for a cut (and they will be the board in control for the next May vote and the it's inevitable follow-up vote in June.)

At one of the board meetings, Mr. Brady recommended that the district sell off some of its real estate properties such as Peppermint Park (yes, the district owns it) and also all the vacant land along Saxton Street (leading to Rt 112). That part of Saxton Street has been closed to traffic for many years because the district did not have the money to pave the street nor has the district used this property for any reason. Has Madam Fa'loser begun the process to have the properties assessed to see what money could be raised before next year's budget is developed? Perhaps, in this market, a substantial amount of money could be brought into the district. As I recall, Madam Fa'loser said "we might need to use that property in the future." We've held that property for 15-20+ years and have not used it and besides, we don't have the money to develop now if it was needed. The district is already overbuilt.

Has anyone taken a look to see if it is necessary to keep the River elementary school open? What is enrollment there? Why not take the few hundred students and handful of teachers there and put them in the other 6 elementary buildings? Look at the costs that can be saved. Rent River to local colleges for satellite centers as Sayville did with one of their newly renovated middle schools.

There is money to be found. Stop giving money away to pay for personal legal fees for the superintendent and board members, raises to keep administrators from leaving the district and all the perks the superintendent is receiving. Why pay Marran's salary plus a larger salary to 2 people to replace him (Musson and his assistant are making $1,000 PER DAY!). There's the extra curricular money right there! Why was he "reassigned to home duty" and why weren't charges brought against him if he supposedly did something illegal? If he didn't do anything wrong, can you imagine the legal fees that will arise out of the accusations being levied against him?

Someone wrote about cutting Continuing Ed programs. Did you know those programs more than sustain the programs offered? Monies from this program are used for other district expenses as well. Look into the funding of the program from the State and from fees collected and where the money actually goes. My belief is that monies from this program pay salaries, supplies, etc. Maybe I'm wrong, check it out - follow the money trail. I would be surprised to learn that this program is taking money away from the children. I believe it adds to the coffers.

You've all gotten off the subject here.
What has happened to our young fugitive?
Unfortunately, every vote that he will make, every statement that he will make, every breath he takes, every cake he bakes will revolve around "how is this going to help me? how is this action going to change or help what's happening to me?"
From now on, nothing that Colin Mincy does will be done in the best interests of our children. It will be done in the best interest of Colin.
SHAME ON YOU PEGGY FALOUZIS!

[Not in total agreement]

To guest - 732

Very good points. and If I ever get to total agreement, you might be the first!

it all comes down to the secret board giving us information we can use to come to intelllegent conclusions. and i would wager that even with a tax increase, we could rally the troops for a yes vote instezad of the masses coming out to vote NO out of anger!

You bring up a VERY , VERY good point. There are grants and under funding sources that need to be looked at....if in fact the continuing ed program is helping to "pay for" other programs, perhaps we should expand it.....

how about checking into our bus fleet that sits idle A LOT especialy in the summer when they collect rust. There has to be a reason why 90% of the distrcits contract out fot it (in addition to the huge state aide kick back that is provided for contracted service)

When i drive by SOcean at night its lit up like a christmas tree...how about somebody learn to shut the lights off at night?

etc.

[ABCCCC]

The last three posters are absolutley correct!!!!!! Mincy, Fezlousis and weeks are three ROTTEN eggs. They don't have a brain between them that would equal a normal human being. They are as bad as sour milk. i cant wait to vote the ladies out and colin my dear is going behind bars. and didn't he express publically to some lady who spoke up that this was "political" ? Get real this is not political - this is our childrens futures and OUR tax dollars. from what I hear Coilin dosent even live in the district and hasn't in quie awhile. Fezloser is hand delivering his mail too I have been told. Like she cant contact the fugitive? Give me a break!

[Well trained lang i]

I agree with the Abcc but did not want to leave out our newest nemesis Lang She is a product of our school system and holds a degree from the obedience school of weeks and felouzis. SHE SICKENS ME It is a shame because her sister and husband are AOK

[ABCCC]

SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT THE PUPPET LANG. I FIGURED SHE WAS A PUPPET AFTER READING ALL HER LETTERS TO THE ADVANCE OVER THE YEARS. SHE IS A WEEKY TAG A LONG. DONT WORRY, HER DAYS ARE NUMBERED TOO. THIS SPRING WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE SOME OF THEM OUT. BYE BYE FEZ'LOSER, SNEEKY WEEKY, MINCEMEAT IF YOU LAST THAT LONG. THE PUBLIC SHOULD UNITE AND BAND TOGETHER TO GET THIS DISTRICT ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

Ok. So now we're a week past the court date. We've seen stories on News12. We've read stories in Newsday. Looks real good doesn't it? Where is Colin? Has he turned himself in?
This really makes our school district boe look like crap.

The other day Newsday had an article about, I believe, the Valley Stream BOE. The president and the vice president stepped down "for the good of the community". They gracefully admitted no wrong doing. They said the were normal people not accountants. They regreted any error but, they realized that there was a serious break in the community and that they had to remove themselves so the BOE can get back to the business of taking care of the kids.
From an outsiders view those women deserve a great deal of respect!

Last night I was at South Ocean and Mr. Sanzone started his intro by making a distinct point in saying that they were there to provide a drug free environment for learning!

How can our president and vice president stand by this man, Mr. Mincy, with this arrest for drunk driving and possesion of cocaine?
Other posters have stated, and I agree, that this is no longer a legal issue. We cannot wait for guilt or innocence, it is not about that. It is about right and wrong. It's about morals and ethics.

This man has to be removed immediately.
Every decision he now makes, every vote he now makes will revolve around "how can this help ME? How will this help someone who can help ME?" It is no longer about the kids.

Along with Colin Mincy our president and vice president must step down in order for our BOE to be able to get back to the business of taking care of our kids.

Please help us Commisioner Mills. These women have no idea what is right and what is wrong. What is ethical and what is unethical. What is moral and what is immoral.
They are ruining our school district!

[Help is not on the way]

Just to let you know from the rumblings on the ground...Don't look to Mills for help. Still trying to get specifics but it appears that the smug Mr. Mincy has a reason to be. Apparently his family has some kind of personal and professional relationship with the Commish stemming from days at Columbia. The light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

[Sept 13 Next Appearance]

I read in today's Advance just what a pathetic individual we have in our Board Member Colin (Cocaine) Mincy.

He blames Brian Brady for getting him arrested and he blames Joe LoSchiavo for get a bench warranted issued against him.

Mr. Cocaine Mincy try this out. Running a stop sign got you arrested and failing to show up for court got you a bench warrant. Think hard is there a common individual to both these actions which may be the source of your troubles?

Do you really want use to believe that you didn't show up to court because you didn't understand that your presence was mandatory on August 23rd. Everyone in the district knew this was the case. For future reference consult this web address to follow your charges: http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcrim_attorney/Login.

Its a very good site. Your next appearnce is September 13th. To help you, the following option is available "You can receive an automatic email reminder of this court appearance either 7, 14, 21 or 28 days in advance of the appearance date. Simply click on the Email Notification button. " Try using it.

Just for the record how was Brian able to get all these charges against you:
For Docket Number: 2005SU028692
Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 509.1 01
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: OPERATE MV BY UNLICENSD D

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1192.3 03
Charge Detail: Unclassified Misdemeanor, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: OP MV WHILE INTOXICATED 1

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1192.2 02 *** TOP CHARGE ***
Charge Detail: Unclassified Misdemeanor, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: OPER MV .08 OF 1% ALCOHOL-1ST

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1172.A 0A
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: FAIL TO STOP: STOP SIGN

For Docket Number: 2005SU028693
Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: PL 220.03 00 *** TOP CHARGE ***
Charge Detail: A Misdemeanor, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: CRIM POSS CONTRL SUBST

For Docket Number: 2005SU012525S
Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 375.31 31
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: VTL

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 319.1 01
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: VTL 319.1

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1229C.2 02
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: FRNT SEAT PASS <16 W/O RS

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 511.1 01 *** TOP CHARGE ***
Charge Detail: Unclassified Misdemeanor, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: AGGRAVATED UNLIC OPER VEH 3

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 401.1A 1A
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: OPER UNREGISTERD MV ON HI

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 402.1 01
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: REGIS PLATE DISPLAY VIOLA

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 402.4 04
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: OPER MV WITH IMPROPER PLA

For Docket Number: 2005SU026813S
Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 319.1 01
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: VTL 319.1

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 511.1 01 *** TOP CHARGE ***
Charge Detail: Unclassified Misdemeanor, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: AGGRAVATED UNLIC OPER VEH 3

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1111.D 0D
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: TRAFFIC DEVICE VIOL: RED

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 402.4 04
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: OPER MV WITH IMPROPER PLA

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 306.B 0B
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: UNINSPECTED VEHICLE

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1180.D 0D
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: SPEED VIOL:POSTED LIMIT

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1180.D 0D
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: SPEED VIOL:POSTED LIMIT

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 402.1 01
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: REGIS PLATE DISPLAY VIOLA

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 402.1 01
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: REGIS PLATE DISPLAY VIOLA

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1172.A 0A
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: FAIL TO STOP: STOP SIGN

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1172.A 0A
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: FAIL TO STOP: STOP SIGN

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1180.D 0D
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: SPEED VIOL:POSTED LIMIT

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1172.A 0A
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: FAIL TO STOP: STOP SIGN

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1180.D 0D
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: SPEED VIOL:POSTED LIMIT

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1172.A 0A
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: FAIL TO STOP: STOP SIGN

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection: VTL 1180.D 0D
Charge Detail: Infraction, 1 count, Arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description: SPEED VIOL:POSTED LIMIT

Everyone in the district is following the case. Really? What is this the OJ Simpson trial? I've got a job, bills to pay, mouths to feed, so I don't have the time or interest to monitor Mr. Mincy's misdemeanor case and traffic infractions. Perhaps COURT TV can cover this. Maybe they'll make you or Sara Hartman a correspondent.

In the meantime, can someone please shed some light on South Ocean and what is going on with the safety of the building. School is about to start and my priority is making sure the building is safe for my kids!

Everyone in the district is following the case. Really? What is this the OJ Simpson trial? I've got a job, bills to pay, mouths to feed, so I don't have the time or interest to monitor Mr. Mincy's misdemeanor case and traffic infractions. Perhaps COURT TV can cover this. Maybe they'll make you or Sara Hartman a correspondent.

In the meantime, can someone please shed some light on South Ocean and what is going on with the safety of the building. School is about to start and my priority is making sure the building is safe for my kids!

Oh the indignation. By virtue of coming to this site you are following it. Also if you are so hard up with "a job, bills to pay, mouths to feed", you wouldn't be on a web site blogging.

The reality is the concerned members of the district are following this. This may seem to you to be just "Mincy's misdemeanor case and traffic infractions" but it is much more than that. It is a question of the moral fiber of a person making decisions for the district.

You seem to favor an amoral person to be in charge, so be it. The case doesn't matter, the drugs do. There is one fact here, regardless of the outcome of his case, HE WAS FOUND WITH DRUGS ON HIS PERSON. That is the only issue that matters for a district which wants to present proper role models to our children.

I have from very good authority that the building is in top shape and passed all inspections. please make up a story somewhere else. thanks.

RE" SOUTH OCEAN - I'm not trying to make up a story I was asking a question because its going around the community my kids go there and I want to know for sure. Sorry if I offended you.

To the morality monitor who posted at 4:39 - I'm not on this site every day all of the time. I happen to be blogging because of the holiday weekend I"m off from my job today and tomorrow.

Evidently it doesn't accomplish much of anything. You are entitled to your opinion, however. I think you have a point about moral fiber. To be perfectly honest, I think people are surprised by his conduct, but everyone is entitled to be innocent until proven guilty. I would want the same litmus test for my children, family and friends. Since you know so much about right and wrong I"m sure you'd agree.

Innocent until proven guilty is one of the overused phrases. It applies to court cases and legal proceedings.

Where is it written that when presented with the facts, the public can not make their own opions about right and wrong, irrespective of the legal outcome.

The fact is that a police officier filed a report that says Colin had cocaine on his person. Does anyone actual beleive that this is a false report. No policeman in Suffolk would put his job and pension on the line for such a minor incident.

Those are the facts, and the most of the public beleives in zero tolerance for drugs in the school system. Since the legal systems does not have a zero tolerance approach, the outcome of the case is irrelevant. The merits of this issue therefore need to be debated on the district level to determine what should happen to Colin. Home rule should apply with this the closes form of government, over which we have some control.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion I agree with you. I don't think that the law impedes on that right. The fact however is that at this point regardless of his connections but based on the merits he can not be removed from office. If he escapes the charges (which we all know the law he'll plead down to something to where he'll have to pay a fine) he's virtually untouchable until he runs again.
So home rule does apply but you the only control you have is pulling the lever for someone else next time around. Until then, we'll be forced to tolerate his elitist attitude and 1,000 dollar suits.

[safe building]

To the poster at 442 Go talk to the patchogue fire department the fire inspector was bounced earlier this week trying to inspect the new work on the third floor

[MUGSY MINCY]

HEY, GREAT JOB! VERY INFORMATIVE TO THE SEPT 13TH POSTER!!!
POOR MUSY, WHAT A HORRIBLE PHOTO-LOOKS LIKE HE WAS ENJOYING HIMSELF AT THE 5TH!!! POOR BABY, MUGSY MINCY CLAIMS HE IS BEING FRAMED. WHAT A PATHETIC PIECE OF CRAP HE IS. WHAT A JOKE HE HAS MADE OF OUR DISTRICT. HOPEFULLY THE JUDGE WILL LOOK AT ALL HIS PAST TICKETS AND TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. SOUNDS LIKE A SOCIOPATH TO ME.