The Kinderhook A Team

Experience and New Ideas

The new faces:

Todd DiGrigoli
Helen Schneider

Both are interested in Youth Development and are already active in Town Recreation Programs. Helen is a member of the Town Recreation Commission and is teaching drama and stage craft to young people. Todd is a Soccer coach.



The A Team and the Common Sense Party

Our Message is Simple:

Continue the the work already begun: finishing sidewalks and trails, obtaining solar power, creating a Youth Center, starting a "dog run"and Community Garden; within Common Sense budgetary constraints.

With the new energy and enthuisasm of Todd and Helen, combined with their interest in young people, a Youth Center can be accomplished. By harnessing the spirit of volunteerism, like that brought to the renovation of the South Building by the Tri Village Seniors, the youth center can be established in a restored North Building. Like the Seniors, volunteers can paint, clean and furnish a suitable area to be used by our youth - with parent volunteers to furnish an adult presence.

The Experience is furnished by incumbents:

Doug McGivney, Supervisor and
Highway Superintendent John Ruchel.

This year the much needed Highway Building complex was added to the many facilities created built or obtained by this administration.



This building is a needed addition to all the buildings, parks, ball diamonds, hoops and play areas already brought into existence by this administration. Photos of those prior accomplishments are shown on different postings.


Justice Natalie Kolb has served her first term as Town Justice and is known for having an organized and orderly court. She introduced computers into the local court processes and obtained a large grant from the Office of Court Administration.

Other goals are already works-in-progress. The Town has obtained a very large grant for an off road trail, one of many phases that is part of a plan adopted a few years ago. The side walk link between the Villages of Valatie and Kinderhook is already funded and is in the Engineering/Access stage. The side walk link continues the sidewalk previously built between the Round About and Valatie Main Steet.

The Common Sense Banner:
“By filing an Independent Nominating Petition the Line A, Democratic candidates, gained another banner, according to Doug McGivney, candidate for Kinderhook Supervisor”. That petition was signed by over 400 people, many of whom are not enrolled in any party. In making this announcement, Francis McKearin said, “this gives the voters a chance to truly ’vote for the person’ not the party”. In addition, said McKearin, “fact-based decision making is the goal of “Common Sense” and needs to be applied to all government determinations”.

Table of Contents with posting date

Table of Contents:

Political Post Date
Reasons to Continue as Supervisor 8/15/09
The Kinderhook A Team 8/15/09
Personal Background and Resume About Us
Common Sense 9/6/09
Congressman Murphy’s Town Hall 8/22/09
Personal
Maymie’s 100th Birthday 8/22/09
State Fair – Abby’s Blue Ribbon 9/5/09
Our Family and Photos 8/15/09

State Fair 2009, Syracuse, NY

Our First State Fair - August 2009

Granddaughter Abby, age 10, was a competitor in the 4 H Horse Show. She had won many Blue Ribbons in Clinton County, but the competition was much tougher in Syracuse. In the morning round of events, she received no recognition or awards. In the afternoon, both sets of Grandparents as well as daughter Tracey, her husband Craig, Sister Courtney and Aunt Melissa watched the last “Hunt, Pleasure. Pony” junior competition with a degree of anxiety. There were 26 competitors. She made the first “cut” and then the final 10. Each of the final 10 received awards and they were called out starting with number 10 who then left the ring. We went thru 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2 and finally only Abby was left in the ring. She had won and received the Blue Ribbon! he photos show our family and Abby, as she sat on her pony “Little Bit”