Ken Runion on the Murley Matter |
This was a matter which was handled before Mark Grimm or Warren Redlich were elected to the Guilderland Town Board. Two years ago, a department head came to Ken Runion and raised some serious allegations against the former Guilderland Chief of Police. The following day, Ken Runion placed him on administrative leave so that the allegations could be properly investigated. There was no inaction as alleged by Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich. After a brief investigation, the town filed disciplinary charges and the former Guilderland Chief of Police resigned.
As the town did not have the ability to investigate the criminal issues, Ken Runion immediately sought the help of the State Police and the Albany County District Attorney's Office. This was not a simple matter. The State Police and District Attorney investigation took two years to complete. Justice has been served, the former Chief of Police lost his job, and the case is closed.
Mr. Grimm and Mr. Redlich claim that the former Chief of Police received his pension. Pensions are protected by the New York State Constitution and cannot be taken away or denied by the Town. Mr. Redlich is supposed to be a lawyer, and should know better than making such an unfounded allegation.
It is confusing as to why Mr. Grimm and Mr. Redlich are bringing Debra Murley into this matter. She had nothing to do with the conduct of the former Chief of Police. It is distasteful for Mr. Grimm and Mr. Redlich to attack her for the actions of a family member.
Mr. Grimm and Mr. Redlich have also posted the personal information and deposition about one of the victims in the Murley case. Our town policies call for us to maintain the confidentiality of victims. Unfortunately, Mr. Grimm and Mr. Redlich do not abide by town rules, regulations or policies, i.e. Mr. Grimm operating a business out of his home without town permits, and Mr. Redlich representing clients in town court. What Mr. Grimm and Mr. Redlich have done is to make every person in Town Hall fearful and unwilling to file a complaint in the future out of concern that personal information will be released to the public. |
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Ken Runion on the Csaposs Matter |
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During the last 14 months, Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich have accused a number of town employees of wrongdoing. The town has spent countless hours and been required to hire outside attorneys to investigate their baseless claims. They seem to go after an employee if that employee questions Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich in any manner. Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich accused Mr. Csaposs of writing a three sentence post to the Albany Times Union Blog on town time. They even went so far as to file a complaint with the District Attorney's Office.
Mark Grimm's and Warren Redlich's complaint against Mr. Csaposs was thoroughly investigated and found to be without merit. The investigation revealed that Mr. Csaposs posted the blog from his home on his lunch break and not during Guilderland town time.
This was just another attack in a long and continuing series of reckless and mean spirited allegations. This witch hunt cost the taxpayers money and wasted employee time. |
Ken Runion on Open Government |
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Mark Redlich and Warren Grimm claim Ken Runion abruptly adjourned a Guilderland town board meeting. This was due to the poor conduct of Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich. Warren Redlich and Mark Grimm attacked several people who came to speak at the public comment period. An hour had passed and the town board was unable to get to the first agenda item. This wasn't the first meeting that this type of conduct was displayed by Warren Redlich and Mark Grimm. As it was apparent the Guilderland town board was not going to accomplish anything, the meeting was adjourned.
There is no police review board as alleged by Mr. Grimm and Mr. Redlich. Board members serve as liaisons to various town departments. There is no requirement that there be town board liaisons to any department. The liaisons to the police department are Pat Slavick and Paul Pastore. They meet regularly with the departments they have been assigned to. They have earned such positions due to their hard work on the Town Board and their dedication to the Town.
On the other hand, neither Mr. Grimm nor Mr. Redlich have met with one of the departments they are assigned to as liaisons since taking office 14 months ago.
UPDATE: About two weeks ago, after Mark Grimm had announced that he may run for Town Supervisor, he did come to Town hall and meet with a few of the department heads. |
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Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich have a 13 second video clip on their site concerning the fact that Ken Runion no longer accepts their e-mails. The clip takes a very small portion of the conversation out of context. Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich have demonstrated that they are unscrupulous and untrustworthy by registering a web site in Ken Runion's name and posting negative, untrue, misleading and defamatory information on it. They are not beyond attempting to “hack” Ken Runion's or a town computer.
While they call Ken Runion technologically deficient, he does know that e-mail poses the greatest risk to a computer being compromised on the Internet. New viruses are introduced everyday which are not discovered by virus checkers and for the most part viruses are placed on computers through e-mail. In addition, e-mail can be spoofed and the content changed at will by the recipient. Ken Runion cannot subject his computer to the risk in light of their lack of moral or ethical standards, including many deceptive practices and nefarious deeds, including posting personal information on web sites.
Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich may communicate with Ken Runion by visiting his Guilderland Town Hall office, calling on the telephone or writing through the U.S. mail. |
Ken Runion says "It's Time for Grimm and Redlich to Get to Work!" |
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We hope that Ken Runion has adequately answered the claims made by Warren Redlich and Mark Grimm. Ken Runion has repeatedly said that it is his hope and desire that Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich will eventually begin to do the job they were elected to do and are being paid over $20,000 per year each to perform. To date, Mark Grimm and Warren Redlich have wasted thousands of dollars in taxpayer money filing false charges and complaints against Guilderland town employees. Their actions do nothing more than create unnecessary liability and exposure to the town of Guilderland and its residents. |
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