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Name : http://auburnpub.com/winery/image_ad798a75-e804-5716-828f-bf391f5c67d2.html
Location : http://auburnpub.com/columnists/carmen_cosentino/grape-seed-oil-its-uses-and-origins/article_6ded3e98-300c-5baf-b314-13eb21c4d070.html
Date : 11.4.12
Message : its snake oil if you know who is selling it
Location : out of town
Date : 1/1/12
Message : What happened at the Post Office meeting on 10/30?
Name : JP
Location : Aurora
Date :
Message : Munoz for President at Wells
Date : 10.31.12
Message : boo! who could it be? ajb or lmb? ha - ann rollo?
Name : Johanna
Location : Aurora
Date : Oct 30, 2012
Message : Why wont LMR just bow out of Wells and go? A year of goodbye...please. She has taken all and done little. Does she think she is Oprah?
Name : the board decided on an
Location :
Date : interim
Message : president. Someone from Wells - no surprise - but who?
Name :
Location :
Date : 10.23.12
Message : u r right. no wccs cars checking pleasant properties in village anymore. maybe security now provided by their own goons. like the ones who slashed js tires. think about that and watch out, watchman!
Name : More desparate
Location : budgets cuts
Date : Lately
Message : Wells Security, WCCS, does not drive around town.
Name :
Location :
Date : 10.7.12
Message : they hate the pretentious food and the snotty phony *upbeat* people theyve hired to push their product. its all about making money not serving students trying to -ha!- get an education.
Name : @FoxNews
Location :
Date :
Message : Those ratings are still based on years-old statistics. Almost every student Ive spoken with is enjoying the food on campus.
Name : Fox News
Location : http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/02/worst-colleges-for-foodies/
Date : 10/2/12
Message : Worst College Food - Wells College ranks #3 in the country. These dining hall people are the same ones who run -- or should I say ruin -- the food operations for the Inn, Fargo, and Dories.
Name : LHolland
Location :
Date : Ryerson should have acknowledged this:
Message : http://www.scribd.com/doc/108839074
Name : L Holland
Location : Still here!
Date : 10/2/12
Message : Js letter before it was edited at The Citizens request:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/108776412
Name : Reader
Location :
Date : October 2, 2012
Message : http://auburnpub.com/news/opinion/mailbag/columnist-unfairly-attacked-old-fargo/article_cf420d63-f622-5acc-b99c-6d0c503c7631.html
Name :
Location :
Date : 10/2
Message : To Jaymar: Good letter in the Citizen today taking the columnist who characterized the old Fargo as a puke-hidden-by-sawdust dump to task. Smarmy indeed.
Name : Taxpayer
Location : 13026
Date : 9/30/12
Message : USPS will hold a public meeting re future of Aurora PO on Tues, 10/30/12 @ 5:30pm at the PO to give survey results, answer questions, and receive input. (Will we all fit in the lobby?)
Name : Save our Post Office!
Location : Aurora
Date : 9/27/12
Message : All residents recd a questionnaire from USPS which must be returned by 10/16. Please vote to keep our PO in place and open 6 instead of 6.5 hrs a week. Dont let it be taken over by *private commercial interests* - that would be Pleasant Rowland!
Name : LHolland
Location : So, fill the year with rebuttals.
Date : 9/20/2012 The very poor writer at The Citizen
Message : does not know that the Aurora Village Board of Trustees (not including GF, of course) wrote Rowland & Ryerson and asked them to keep their greedy paws off the Fargo. Because it WAS a fine place.
Name : Bidding a fond goodbye to P-Rye
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/opinion/columnists/andrew_roblee/roblee-bidding-a-fond-goodbye-to-p-rye/article_1b3c1997-f38c-5a30-83e9-a5a3c2f32e5c.html
Date : 9-17-12
Message : oh god a year of this to come.
Name : CNY Alumna
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/wells-college-enrollment-up-almost-percent/article_221e9036-4a2b-58e5-8883-772e8def10ca.html
Date : 9/7/12
Message : BUT - faculty on campus say that half the students this year are new. That means a huge number of upper class students have bailed out - and so will these new arrivals. LMRs big success, ha!
Name : wondering
Location :
Date : 8/25
Message : If LMR had a 32 percent increase in enrollment why have wells folks gone w/o a raise for 4 years
Name : Yep - thats what were afraid of.
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/president-of-wells-college-plans-to-retire/article_955ad826-32d3-5646-bae0-99bd1c3b9f93.html
Date : (The day after, the Citizen catches up)
Message : *** Even when her presidency ends, shell still be with Wells,* Rollo said. **
Name : Curious
Location :
Date :
Message : How do all the tenured PHDs feel about Lisa getting a sabbatical?
Name : L Holland
Location : And the biggest joke yet
Date : August 23, 2012
Message : is her so-called Sabbatical Year. Ha ha - just another way to siphon more $ from the college to HER bank account.
Name : What?
Location : Her remarkable life????
Date :
Message : What about her remarkable arrogance? What about her remarkable ineptitude?
What about her remarkable dishonesty?
What about her remarkable greed?
Name :
Location : Celebration city
Date : 8/23/12
Message : Go George, go. Go to Texas. Go to Europe . Go to California. Go to Hell. Just GO. Better days may await Aurora with those two gone.
Name : As we neared the end of her current contract,
Location : she had let us know that it was time for her
Date : to consider the next phase of her remarkable life.
Message : She has positioned the College for an exciting future and thankfully will devote her sabbatical year to matters of mutual interest as we determine just what that future will look like.”
Name : Ears in the wall
Location : Aurora
Date : the best day
Message : told you in May
Name : Ears in the wall
Location : Wells College
Date : the day before
Message : From what I have heard LMR will be leaving very soon. Has she spoke of it yet Wells folks? FILL US IN.
Name :
Location : http://www.wells.edu/news/2012/lisa-marsh-ryerson-announces-retirement.aspx
Date : 8.23.12
Message : announced at convocation tonite, email to everyone connected to wells, and now on the website. and she will stay on for a year and longer more as wells becomes... what?
Name : Curious
Location : Aurora
Date : Aug 23, 2012
Message : At Wells College convocation, Lisa Ryerson announced she will retire at the end of this academic year. Can we hope this involves leaving the village? With George?
Name : long week in Bouckville
Location : and every where I turned
Date : was someone trying to sell me
Message : Clevelands Antiques, in Sherwood. She bought a reputation. Destroyed that. What is to sell NOW?
Name :
Location :
Date : 8.22.12
Message : note that the respondent didnt say that this widely promoted rumor was true. in any event, lets see if more than 100 are left in that smart class after xmas.
Name :
Location :
Date :
Message : Wells did a great job focusing on individual prospective students and reexamining their strategies. 16 is going to be a smart, strong class.
Name : is it true?
Location : wells college
Date : 8.18.12
Message : has enrolled 250 freshmen this year? what is the average aid package? did they buy a class again? how, and - why?
Name : confused
Location : Main Street
Date : Now
Message : Aurora needs an updated NYS Historical Marker about the Sequoia tree. Like, it was cut down 12o years ago.
Name : main st guy
Location :
Date : 6/18
Message : looks like one more round at Wells. http://wells.edu/about/employment.aspx
Name :
Location :
Date : 7.9.12
Message : why no aurorafest this year? georgie out of town? hope so - stay gone.
Name : L Holland
Location : Aurora
Date : June 21, 2012
Message : Resident - your first sentence says there is no business in Lyon House. But then, the rest of your post explains that there IS a business, with money changing hands, in Lyon House. Get a permit.
Name : Eleanor Rigby
Location : Penny Lane
Date : 6/21/12
Message : so, there IS a business being run out of Lyon House - its just not Paddingtons business. Still not kosher! Money changing hands = a business = zoning violation. shut it down, Bonnie.
Name : Aurora Resident
Location : Aurora
Date : June 20, 2012
Message : @CNY Alum- there is no yoga business being run at Lyon House. Paddington graciously offers the use of her house to outside teachers- all money is paid directly to them, she does not benefit in any way financially. Community yoga is open to all Saturday at
Name : Taxpayer
Location : http://www.fasttrackadvisorsllc.com/wells-college-business-center.html
Date : 6/16/12
Message : After 2 years the Business & Entrepreneurship Director leaves, the guy who wildly insulted Alumnae and the Liberal Arts at reunion last year. His program still lacks state approval but athletes design “special majors” and can graduate with bogus degree.
Name :
Location :
Date : 6.4.12
Message : all that painting, polishing, planting. plus the puff piece in the express. and no pleasant? it was her 50 year reunion. no big gift announced?
Name :
Location :
Date : 6/3/12
Message : anyone see PTR in town over Alum weekend?
Name :
Location : http://innsofaurora.com/blog/welcome-back-dories/
Date : 5.30.12
Message : busy, busy little bees frantically dressing up leffingwell house this week for the queen. and all the mindless buzzing about re-opening dories. what will all of this become when she returns to the hive?
Name : Ears in the wall
Location :
Date :
Message : Wish I could tell you that. But for now will just have to wait and see.
Name : Curious
Location : Aurora
Date : May 27 2012
Message : Ears in the Wall, what is your source for the news that LMR is going away soon?
Name : Ears in the wall
Location : Wells College
Date : the day before
Message : From what I have heard LMR will be leaving very soon. Has she spoke of it yet Wells folks? FILL US IN.
Name : L Holland - Wells College has had TWO offers
Location : of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars in cash for the so called McMullen House
Date : & the college refuses to sell the property & refuses to say why
Message : - even though they (claim they) have no use for it.
Yet when the village asks the college to share in upgrading the parking lot/post office area downtown, the college cries poverty & refuses to contribute.
Name : Watchman
Location : still here
Date : May 24
Message : Jus cuz you was re-elected, Geo, dont mean you can lead anyone anywhere. Georgie got a no smoking sign in the kids park; thats it. When does the Fat Lady Sing already?
Name :
Location :
Date : 5.19.12
Message : so what happened to the farenthold no smoking law that was coming up for approval last week?
Name :
Location : Wells
Date : 5/18
Message : PTR will be in town for her reunion in a few weeks. If one needs money play the lady up. Just my guess.
Name : Taxpayer
Location : Aurora
Date : What are they planning now?
Message : Check out the two page tribute to PTR at the back of the latest Wells College Express - all old quotes, nothing new, very strange. Plus the delusional depiction of the *successful* Inns of Aurora.
Name : OMG
Location : PO Box 500
Date : 5/8
Message : The fat lady sings. NO RAISE for the Wells folks again this year I hear. Wish I made more then 20k a year. Year 4 now. The poor folks pay 4 the uppers to F*ck up again.
Name : CNY Alumna
Location : passing through
Date : 5/7/12
Message : Is that Paddington Person selling the old Clevelands Antiques property in Sherwood? How can she run a Yoga business out of private home Lyon House? And is Leffingwell House really now an inn? Is there no residential zoning any more in Aurora?
Name : NYer
Location :
Date : 4/24/12
Message : George is too dense to see the conflict between his *cause* and the facts of his life
Name : L Holland April 25, 2012
Location : Farenthold is trying to bully an unnecessary policy/law/resolution through
Date : without objectively listening to the arguments against it by residents of Aurora.
Message : But worse is his egregious hypocrisy. A portion of his household income is derived from the sale of cigarettes.
Name : L Holland
Location : Farenthold now expects us all to
Date : *educate* strangers on the sidewalk!!
Message : Its not my job & its not my nature.
Leave people alone. http://www.scribd.com/doc/90075444/Smoking
Name : Farentholds
Location : No-Tobacco Policy
Date : 4-18-12
Message : Village Trustees meet tonight to discuss. Attend meeting and comment!This proposal seems unnecessary and costly. Is it really for public welfare or someones ego?
Name : Possible demolition
Location : of house owned by Wells
Date : Apr 18 2012
Message : Michael Peter registered complaint re termites/carpenter ants with bldg inspector and village. Of course Wells neglected house for many years and built it with no driveway access. More details at clerks office.
Name : Wondering
Location : Firehall
Date : When Abbott House is a Hotel
Message : will Pleasant make them stop sounding the alarm at the firehall?
Name : main st. guy
Location : abbott house view
Date : 4/17
Message : My guess is PTR does not like to look at the house being an eye sore. But then so is she.
Name : L Holland
Location : Aurora
Date : Easter Sunday
Message : There are no unenforceable laws, only selectively enforced laws. And that does worry me.
Name : J H
Location : just outside Aurora
Date : april 7
Message : George, go jump in the lake. I will smoke on the street if I feel like it.
Name : Non smoker
Location : Aurora
Date : easter
Message : I do not smoke. George, however, can not tell me or anyone else what do to. Has he not learned? Nobody cares what he thinks!
Puff, puff, pass on George.
Happy Easter!
Name : resident
Location : aurora
Date : 4/7/12
Message : Wells College to demo McMullen House due to lack of funds to upkeep property. Why cant they just sell it to someone who would enjoy the lake front? Public hearing sign says 4/25/12 at 7 PM at FH. If allowed what else will they tear down?
Name : anon
Location : auro
Date : today
Message : stop worrying laura. our village govt is so ineffectual that even if geo bans smoking it will not be enforced. just like the zoning laws.
Name : Laura Holland April 6, 2010
Location : If Farentholds no smoking law comes to pass in Aurora
Date : I will start taking my daily 3 mile walk
Message : with a lit cigarette - maybe one in each hand for balance. George, if you try to stop me, I am the one who is going to make the headlines.
Name : Cherrry
Location : right here
Date : 4-3-12
Message : why are they tearing down a house on the lake? who is behind this?
Name :
Location : http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall/laptop-city-hall-block-project-puts-on-the-brakes/article_fa886ed0-7463-11e1-8aca-001871e3ce6c.html
Date : 3.23.12
Message : hey pleasant take your dolls and go home. wait - madison is her home. and she is not going to get her way there. because they stood up to her. and aurora...
Name : Taxpayer
Location : assorted info bits
Date : day after the election
Message : George got 37 votes. Anybody willing/able could have beaten him in a walk; so sad. Presbyterian denomination still owns Aurora church property and the national org doesnt (yet) recognize gay marriage. Wells tuition hike for all students next yr is 3.9%.
Name : Anybody But George
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/two-villages-holding-contested-ballots-today/article_96af1be2-7234-11e1-a093-0019bb2963f4.html
Date : Election Day
Message : Tuesday, March 29, noon - nine, Aurora Fire Hall.
Name : L Holland 3.17.12
Location : Desperate for attention, Farenthold says he will not rest
Date : until he makes Aurora a tobacco free village.
Message : He doesn’t like the butts. Neither do I. But, I think it is Ryerson’s responsibility to tell the students who use village sidewalks for smoking to clean up after themselves. Or, clean it up herself. It is a real mess down there.
Name : Please remember
Location : Aurora Election
Date :
Message : Tues March 20, Noon to 9PM, at Firehouse. Please vote for Alan Ominsky for Board of Trustees!
Name : CNY Alumna
Location : nearby
Date : 3/13/12
Message : Sure. George wouldnt do anything like that. Of course, his PAC can just do it for him, right? What BS. Vote Ominsky and get ready for a write-in against GF.
Name :
Location : http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall/laptop-city-hall-a-viewer-s-guide-to-a-pivotal/article_27e32bf4-6a3c-11e1-a622-001871e3ce6c.html
Date : 3.12.12
Message : they still remember us in madison. see item 2 in this article. and read the ending. guess what - looks like ptr is going to move another building. should we warn them where that will end up?
Name : L Holland
Location :
Date : 3-11-12
Message : I sent Farenthold an email asking if the rumor was true. His reply was *No it is NOT!*
Name : Taxpayer
Location : in the fie hall
Date : Election on March 20
Message : What GF is doing is legal- not nice, but not *wrong* So every write-in vote he drums up must be examined. Isabelles name must be spelled perfectly. All last-minute student voter registrations must be validated. And- please, someone run against George!
Name : anon
Location :
Date : 3/8/12
Message : Farentholds vocabulary does not contain the words *ethical* or *decent*. Neither does his life values.
Name : L Holland
Location : Aurora
Date : March 7, 2012
Message : Really? Is running a clandestine operation to sneak in a political ally an ethical or even decent thing to do - esp.given that Farenthold is Deputy Mayor & is the college presidents husband?
Name : Watchman
Location : still here
Date : March 7
Message : Watch out Alan O. You may think youll get on VB easy & dont want a write-in against Geo to split *your* vote. Guess what? Georgie is putting up his Puppet Isabella as a write-in against YOU. So start campaigning & find a running mate now B4 its 2 late !
Name :
Location :
Date : 3.7.12
Message : what is the tuition hike for wells next year? how many students are really enrolled on campus this spring? seems dead up there.
Name : KAHindenlang
Location : Any Other Good Ideas Out There?
Date : 4 March 2012
Message : My husband had the chance to speak with Jim Chase yesterday and ask him if he would be willing to stand as a write-in candidate for Village Board and serve as Trustee again. Sadly, the answer was no. He has done more than his share -12 years. Now what???
Name : Sad
Location : Around
Date : 2/25/12
Message : Apparently the Board doesnt know how to speak for themselves... just because theyre educated doesnt mean theyre intelligent.
Name : Hay baler
Location : 40acres
Date : February 24 2012
Message : something odd in the workings of the Board of Trustees to allow her to stay and drive the college to the verge of insolvency. No one knows why and the Board aint talking
Name : Not so new here
Location : Where else?
Date : feb 25
Message : I have no logical answer as to why Lisa Marsh RYERSON is still at Wells College. She should have been asked/told to leave years ago. She obviously has a stronge hold on someone, other then Georgie.
Name : new here
Location : CNY
Date : A day late
Message : So this woman is such a drain on the institution and is not bringing in the cash flow needed. Why will there not not be a vote of no confidants. How long has this been going on?
Name : oh my gosh
Location :
Date :
Message : only 235 thousand and perks? There go the family finances ! Georgie better get out there and hustle
Name : Taxpayer
Location : IRS 990
Date : 2/23/12
Message : Latest Wells tax forms available 6/30/10 show salary & benefits for LMR at 235K; down from c.300K in 09 & 08. (Quick - GF, get a real job!) She will probably get a bonus this year for killing the curriculum. RIP Music, French & Relgion at Wells.
Name : Main St. Guy
Location : Ahh Main St.
Date : 2/22/12
Message : Has anyone heard how the Queen made out? Looks like she still has a job at Wells. Poor folks of Wells will go without a raise for the fifth year in a row. Getting rid of pee-ons and not the head go figure
Name : wow, this IS a great idea
Location :
Date :
Message : it would wonderful if it was Jim Chase who got GF off the village board. I will write him in ! Hope he wants to be there
Name :
Location :
Date : 2.21.12
Message : is he willing to serve if elected on a write-in? chase has experience. and he no longer works for wells college. he and ominsky could block farenthold from returning to village board.
Name :
Location :
Date : 2.21.12
Date :
Message : Jim Chase for trustee
Name : Looks like George Farenthold
Location : is part of the Elite One Percent
Date : jetting off to LA just to see a movie
Message : http://auburnpub.com/lifestyles/aurora-native-s-film-career-hits-another-big-brake/article_d76b5152-58fb-11e1-838f-0019bb2963f4.html
Name :
Location :
Date :
Message : congratulations to Stan and Grace
Name :
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/aurora-dog-wins-best-of-breed-at-westminster/article_ee53542e-5760-11e1-abea-001871e3ce6c.html
Date : 2.15.12
Message : delusional: no grace the whole village of aurora aint behind you. stan maybe but not you. stay in nyc. keep away from aurora. youve done more than enough damage here. take pleasant with you.
Name : L Holland
Location : Aurora
Date : February 14, 2012
Message : Just wait - wanna bet her PALS 2008 Ryerson will convince Rowland to take it off her hands & turn it into another of the Inns of Aurora? I think they are just getting started - they need many more rooms to even break even.
Name : Hahahohohaha
Location : Yellow house
Date : Feb 14
Message : ,000 a month? Too funny. Too rediculous. Still laughing. Theres no water front. The house is a mess. The dogs are bipolar; oops, that is really just a reflection of the owners. They will be lucky to get a month.
Name : I agree with Even M
Location :
Date : Feb 13
Message : Even Moore.... You took the words right out of my mouth.
Name : Even Moore
Location : Aurora
Date : 2/10/12
Message : High end real estate broker, single mother of 3, now broke!Please rent my dream house, 20K a month, sorry not really lake property. Stick a fork in her, shes all done!
Name : Frautschi, Rowland dig in their heels
Location : http://www.isthmus.com/daily/article.php?article=35911
Date : http://www.vrbo.com/381979#ownerprofile
Message : Why oh why wont VB, PB, CPP & ZBA defend our village? Aurora is about to be turned into One Big Phony Quaint Ye-Olde Inne with No Soul or Real Life - just visiting vampires.
Name : more of the same
Location : Leffingwells house
Date : Feb 9 2012
Message : Inn now advertize rooms in Leff House, is it approved by the village already? the monsters grip tightens on aurora and the govt lets her have and do anything she wants. Its a shame for Aurora
Name :
Location :
Date :
Message : who the hell is Isabelle Ramos? And what plans does she have for Aurora?
Or will she only do what LMR tells her to do? Maybe LMR will pay her a bonus if she gets voted in
Name : New admissions?
Location :
Date :
Message : Did Susan Raith get fired like Jim Chase?
Name : Wise to her
Location : Isabelle Ramos is another
Date :
Message : LMR lackey. Vote for Ominsky twice.
Name :
Location :
Date : 2.6.12
Message : unless someone else runs, georgie is pretty much guaranteed re-election. theres about a week left to obtain and file official petition to get on the ballot. hope someone will step up. please.
Name : At least Madison fights back.
Location : http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=35832
Date : Feb 5
Message : Are Leffingwell & Abbot Houses already commercial extentions of Aurora Inn? Maybe NancyG &BonnieB will sell their houses to PTR for same purpose. That could explain their behavior. Aurora can become one big bad taste B&B thanks to them. Thanks a lot!
Name : Just Me
Location : Aurora
Date : Feb 5 2012
Message : 3 candidates for 2 openings on Aurora village board. Alan Ominsky runs the school planetarium and has a background in history, graphic arts, and publishing. Isabelle Ramos is Wells graduate and new Wells director of admissions. George Farenthold is marrie
Name : Taxpayer
Location : Aurora
Date : 2/4/12
Message : I couldnt get back to Aurora until after 6pm yesterday... What happened at the caucus? Is anyone other than George running? There are 2 positions open because Lili Mac is not standing for re-election.
Name : Just Me
Location : Aurora
Date : Jan 31 2012
Message : Dem. Caucus Fri Feb 3 for purposes of discussion and signing candidates petitions allowing them to run for village board of trustees (two openings). No caucus voting.
Resident voters, please come!
Name : Just Me
Location : Aurora
Date : Jan 30, 2012
Message : Apparently no Dem caucus Feb 3 because Board of Elections did not receive notice of caucus the required number of days in advance of planned date. Check with village clerk.
Name : Demcratic Caucus
Location : Fire Station, this Friday at 5:00
Date : Last time George Farenthold got the endorsement by
Message : only 2-3 votes because folks stayed home thinking they needed another candidate. We dont. Just Say No 2 Geo! Ask for a Private Paper Ballot. Get a Voter List from Board of Elections and make sure only Registered Dems get to vote. Observe the Count!
Name : City staff report lukewarm in support for State Street plan
Location : http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-staff-report-lukewarm-in-support-for-state-street-plan/article_c8bda4ec-494d-11e1-88f8-0019bb2963f4.html
Date : Quote from 1/27/12 Article
Message : Staff supports part but not all of plan by Frautschi&Rowland to remake historic block. If new report is followed Frautschi&Rowlands Foundation would rehabilitate rather than demolish. So far the Foundation has been unwilling to make those changes.
Name : Why blame Wells College?
Location : Put the blame where it belongs
Date : Lisa Ryerson did this.
Message : Lisa Ryerson is to blame. Lisa Ryerson is bankrupting Wells College both financially & morally. Remind her of that if you see her.
Name : Stunned
Location : Shockytown
Date : 1-26-12
Message : The Chases should know that they are valued & loved by this community. Shame on you, Wells College! Shame!
Name : Kilgour
Location : Keyboard
Date : Jan 26. 2012
Message : Who else may run , Democrat or no, for the seat this time around? A village board without that repulsive puppet would be a delight.
Name : To All Democrats Registered to Vote in Aurora:
Location : Please Take Note - A Party Caucus is Called for Friday. Feb. 3 at 5pm in Fire House.
Date : This is happening because George Farenthold
Message : wants our nomination to run for VB Trustee again. Lets turn him down! Dont let him pretend he (or his controllers) represent our party! Make him run independent. WE DONT NEED to PUT UP ANOTHER CANDIDATE, WE JUST NEED a MAJORITY PRESENT to say NO TO GEO!
Name : L Holland 1.23.12
Location : Who else will dare tell Ryerson that this is despicable?
Date : Now will ALL the people who signed the petition when we put up a hedge (oh, the horror!)
Message : rally to present Ryerson with a petition in support of JC - telling her what a scumbag she is after all he has done for the community & the college? Or do they not dare offend their paymaster? Or do they really not care?
Name : But why?
Location :
Date :
Message : Was he about to qualify for a pension so they had to boot him to save money for lisa?
Name : 364
Location :
Date : Jan22. 12
Message : Who got jcs job? Someone who will work for less?
Name :
Location :
Date : 1.24.12
Message : or 3/4 of a life-time - along with pulling their butts out of the fire more than once - in the case of prof thob-i-wan. and so why are s. sloan and rollo spared the ax? what is wells about to become? and where oh where will lisa and georgie porgie go?
Name : Fool
Location : on the hill
Date : 1-23-12
Message : Of course JC did not resign, and, incidentally, its 29 years to the day. Thats what you get from Wells College after half a lifetime of dedication...Scum bags.
Name :
Location :
Date :
Message : could Jim have been forced out?
Name : What?
Location : Wells College
Date : 1/23/12
Message : Announcement today: Jimmy Chase has resigned after 25+ years at Wells College, and after having finally gotten Tommys job. What happened?
Name : Reader
Location : Aurora
Date :
Message : It is heartening to know that we are not alone. That she is being fought in other communities too. Maybe she will get tired of it.
Name : http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/mailbag/margaret-marriott-our-buildings-should-be-recycled-too/article_0e1dfa2a-40a0-11e1-ae73-001871e3ce6c.html
Location : http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/mailbag/ted-voth-jr-before-another-state-street-project-assume-burden/article_67aab3ab-2d6c-590e-aa40-b8980b800c1a.html
Date : http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall/laptop-city-hall-so-how-is-the-overture-center-doing/article_6e015d4a-2cf2-11e1-9190-001871e3ce6c.html
Message : So -destroying historic bldgs will fund non-prfoit org PTR helped drive into bankruptcy. Sound familiar?
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/plan-revised-for-historic-state-street-block/article_6e49c3b0-462d-5000-a8bf-ad7fb310a9f5.h
Name : L Holland 1.19.12
Location : Yep, still there. This is our village r-o-w..
Date : Not a staging are for the Zwigards trash
Message : - before they throw it into the lake.
Name :
Location :
Date :
Message : I for two had my fill of the Zyigards a long time ago. Clean up the mess NOW!
Name :
Location :
Date :
Message : I for one have had my fill of the Zwigards
Name : L Holland
Location : But dont try to walk down to see this mess
Date : January 7, 2011
Message : because Zwigard dogs are loose & will threaten, snap at, and bite anyone who attempts to use our public right of way.
Name : LHolland : More than 3 years Todd Zwigard was given a permit & special permission from the village
Location : to install his geothermal mess - he claimed it would be done in a day.
Date : He has repeatedly not met promised completion dates that he publicly assured our village govt. that he would.
Message : & now it appears that this mess - heaped in the r-o-w - will soon be thrown into the lake in an attempt to make it look like something is being done. Baloney. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/cayugalake/IMG_8684.jpg
Name : resident
Location : aurora
Date : 1.2.12
Message : AVFD
% Kathy Chase, Treasurer
P.O. Box 71
Aurora, NY 13026-0071
Name : Watchman
Location : http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/more_than_60_brave_cold_cayuga.html
Date : 1/2/2012
Message : More than 60 Polar Bears swam yesterday according to article above - which has no further info on the scholarship to honor the memory of Phil Murphy.
Name :
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/polar-bears-to-take-plunge/article_cfef820c-336e-11e1-af43-001871e3ce6c.html
Date : 1.1.12
Message : must have been an enormous turn out for the polar bear dip this morning. can anyone provide an address for where to send contributions to this scholarship?
Name : JP
Location : HI
Date : 12/28
Message : To answer question about Nancy...it is power...no money POWER. Nancy has always yearned to have power.Alas Lisa has rewarded her!
Name : eager
Location :
Date : dec 27 2011
Message : why is Nancy Gil so deep in cahoots with Pleasants pocket? what is in it for her
Name : JP
Location : HI
Date : 12/26/11
Message : Anne Lundquist was Dean of Students the last time I hear of DOS at Wells. When did she leave? After being sued? See link below:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/23/earlyshow/main6325299.shtml
Name :
Location : http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2011/06/thursdays_readers_page_centerp.html
Date : 12.26.11
Message : no, this fellow became dean 18 mo ago after being at wells about 3 yrs. famous locally for spending 50K on his wedding. and important ps - with gil as pb chair rowland can do absolutely whatever she wants with leffingell, abbot or any village property.
Name : Watchman
Location : still here
Date : 12/21/11
Message : Dean of Students is leaving in January, mid academic year, to take a lower rank job as Resident Director in a branch campus of U Mass. All senior staff are getting out. When will Lisa turn off the lights at Wells College? What will it become?
Name : For Curious
Location :
Date :
Message : Where did you get this information?
It is interesting but irrelevant. Rowland does not need ore deserve the mony.
Name : Curious
Location : Aurora
Date : Dec 14 2011
Message : Just learned that CNY Dev. Group invited Ettinger and Aurora Inn to apply for the grant in the first place, saying the Abbott project was perfect fit for the grant program. Did CNY Dev. Group use Abbott project to pull in more money from the State? More m
Name : Laura Holland December 13, 2011
Location : Edinger is a weasel & a liar
Date : – there is no more truth to what she told The Citizen
Message : than in what she wrote in that 4 pg fabricated screed that defamed me &my family & my friends. It appears to me that she is being (well) paid to lie for Rowland. She thinks that we are idiots who are willing to forget her despicable behavior. We dont.
Name : And the Comments on the Article are also entertaining:
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_1ec8f65e-2548-11e1-9e73-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=comments
Date : Aurora project’s future uncertain*
Message : *She is a dairy cow from Wis, doesn’t even live in NY. Crap spewed by her mouthpiece is a tantrum ordered for political purposes. 250K denied is 2% of cost! For that project is uncertain? Stop insulting us. More deceit,shes a champion at that. Go away.*
Name :
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_1ec8f65e-2548-11e1-9e73-0019bb2963f4.html
Date : 12.14.14
Message : this is even sillier than the last post
Name : JP
Location : HI
Date :
Message : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEvGKUXW0iI
Name : jamestkirk
Location : the final frontier
Date :
Message : hahahaha NY state funding denied. Dig a little deeper Pleasant
Name : This links to letter to the editor
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_98576a0e-2134-11e1-b934-0019bb2963f4.htmlhttp://auburnpub.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_98576a0e-2134-11e1-b934-0019bb2963f4.html
Date : This info from article in link in post above
Message : Five projects — including those that would have renovated the Abbott House in Aurora... did not make the final list...come ,000 was announced for the Howland Stone Store Museum in Sherwood...to restore “Opendore,” once home to the Howland family.
Name :
Location :
Date : No soup for you, Abbot House!
Message : http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/central_new_york_lands_1037_mi_1.html
Name : L Holland
Location :
Date : December 5.2011
Message : http://www.scribd.com/doc/74829981
Name : Watchman
Location : still here
Date : Dec. 5
Message : Upcoming public hearing, Wed. Dec 14 at 7:00 in the Fire Hall to decide on changing Leffingwell House from a residence to (another!) hotel. Night is falling soon on Aurora...
Name : KAHindenlang
Location : http://auburnpub.com/lifestyles/article_c627b8dc-17be-11e1-b989-001cc4c002e0.html
Date : Second Sunday in Advent, 2011
Message : Thank you (!) for reminding me of this old German song that can be sung as an endless round: Himmel und Erde müssen vergebn; aber die Musica (3x) bleibert bestehn! (All things shall perish from under the sky; music alone shall live (3x), never to die.)
Name : JP
Location : Aurora
Date : 12/3/11
Message : Wells, PTR and LMR have a hold on the village. All things shall perish from under the sky music(justice) alone shall live never shall die.
Name : Pathetic
Location : wells college
Date : November 21
Message : Such a sorry state of affairs at Wells. Just what Wells and Aurora needs, another money losing Inn. More traffic problems, more rules...
Name : L Holland 11 20 11 - Holy COW!
Location : Today I was accosted by Wells College Dir. of Student Activities & Leadership
Date : She repeatedly told me I was a *terrible person*.
Message : I never met & do not know her but she thinks she knows me. She spewed misinformation & lies about me to me. This is the level of professional that Wells hires these days? Today a Wells employee smears me-tomorrow I will prob get another request for money.
Name : She doesnt think,
Location : no one cares about Wells anymore
Date :
Message : Ryerson has given up on the college she wants to run convention center because PTR wants that.
Name : This is funny
Location : Aurora
Date : 11/17
Message : President LMR pushes for the 5 star Restaurant and hotel in the village. But runs a half ass college going under. What is she thinking about.
Name : Taxpayer
Location :
Date : http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/plan_sets_priorities_for_state.html
Message : That measly 250K grant, less than 2.5% of her project, could make a world of difference to fledgling entrepreneur. WHY is Cayuga County giving our Tax Money to MoneyBags Rowland? And what unspecified *other buildings* are part of Rowlands 9.6M project?
Name : L Holland 11/16/11
Location : I dont understand why the county wants to give
Date : Rowland money for Abbott House - it is not
Message : as if she isnt going to finish the project if she doesnt get the money. Give it to a struggling business w/potential that needs it. If she was a real philanthropist she’d let a more needy and deserving business have it. And 35 jobs? HA - more PR BS.
Name : What?
Location : Why?
Date :
Message : http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/plan_sets_priorities_for_state.html
Name : Madison, Wisconsin
Location : http://www.isthmus.com/daily/article.php?article=35190
Date : 11/12/11
Message : The city of Madison’s Dept. of Planning & Economic Development opposes Pleasant Rowland’s plan to further destroy their historic downtown. Why wont our Planning, Trustee and Preservation Boards stand up for Aurora? How do they benefit by us selling out?
Name : how soon
Location :
Date :
Message : before LMR leaves Wells? not for a while, someone has to support and buy food for George
Name : Sensa and Lil Buddah ?
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_edd70b56-0c80-11e1-b64d-001cc4c002e0.html
Date : 11.11.11
Message :
Name : Last Citizen article has been updated:
Location : Its the same crooked game NG has played all along:
Date : She gets her PB to permit with “conditions” -- that never fet met!!!
Message : Looks like we might just as well have elected Geo Fartinhole mayor after all. Nothings changed. The PTR agenda to destroy our village continues moving forward.
Name : L Holland 11 11 11
Location : *Profits*?! Did they say *Profits*?!
Date : Were talking about *Profits* here?
Message : Get serious: The Aurora Inn Inc by its own admission is a massive financial drain on Wells College. million sucked out of Wells coffers & were talking *profits* ?!
Name : True enough
Location : Aurora
Date : Nov10
Message : The powers that be will do as they please. No concern for the village. Might as well rename the village: Aurora Inn phase 1, 2, 3, 4 etc...
Name :
Location :
Date :
Message : who was that honest person, reporter should have got a name
Name : Taxpayette
Location : safe house
Date : 11/10/11
Message : Leffingwell House a hotel? do they know about the Satanists who hold their Dark Rites back on that hill?
Name : Residents voice displeasure with Abbott House inn plans
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_49d32398-0b4d-11e1-bb86-001cc4c03286.html
Date : Todays Citizen 11/10/11
Message : Sounds like Tudy was there! (You’ll just go ahead and do it in 18 months anyway,” said the resident before storming out of the meeting. “I don’t trust you people.”) HOW DID THE MEETING END???
Name : The Citizen
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_d6f3d0a4-0a7d-11e1-8a75-001cc4c03286.html
Date : Wednesday, Nov 9th
Message : The headline should read *Rowland plans to turn ENTIRE VILLAGE into inn.* Aurora Planning Board meets to discuss this tonight at 7. (Why no zoning variance required for a Hotel in a Residential Area?)
Name :
Location :
Date :
Message : They never turn down anything they approve everything. Why bother
Name : Taxpayer
Location : kiosk in the village
Date : 11/7/11
Message : Planning Board agenda posted. They will review (approve?) Rowlands plan for Abbot House, and consider her new application to turn Leffingwell House into another commercial extension of the Aurora Inn Inc. Are no permits required???
Name : Watchman
Location : still here
Date : Nov 1
Message : Saw a lot of toilet paper strewn on Taylor House shrubs, trees, lawn early this morning. Sorry we didnt stop to take a closer look. In 06 grafitti on the college water tower said: F^ck Wells Ryerson is a Robot!
Name : IT WAS TAYLOR HOUSE!
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_44172524-04a6-11e1-b358-001cc4c002e0.html
Date : The Day after Halloween.
Message : *Wells PresRyerson reported someone spray painted vulgarities on a college residence, deputies said. Her car was spray painted & had window broken. No other residences were vandalized, deputies said appears vandalized property was specifically targeted.*
Name :
Location : citizen article
Date : 11/1/11
Message : What building in town got vandalized?
Name :
Location :
Date : 10.21.11
Message : and wacky jackys website served ptr and lmr only, gave no info to the public regarding meetings, minutes, applications, hearings, etc. and thats what the mayor is giving us now. what is wrong here?
Name : Main St. guy
Location : Aurora website
Date : 10/21
Message : You know at least Jackie had the site up
Name : new parking lot
Location : shrewood rd
Date : shouls be a villege owned lot
Message : or the INN will shut it down for their use whenever like they do with the one by the PO. Make t5hem do a master plan.
Name :
Location : http://host.madison.com/article_cd39a13b-0541-5bfa-8819-a44d15fb022b.htmlhttp://host.madison.com/article_cd39a13b-0541-5bfa-8819-a44d15fb022b.html
Date : 10.18.11
Message : madison at least questions rowlands take-over. why doesnt aurora? what is wrong with our village govt? was nothing learned last time around? tommy is gone. stand up for us - CPP, PB, VB and Mayor NOW before it is too late!
Name :
Location :
Date :
Message : that website ought to be up and running Why does it take years and years to get a website going?
Name : Watchman
Location : What is wrong with do-nothing Mayor BB?
Date : Its not too late to Act For the People!
Message : Sure helps R&R that we STILL have no village govt website so public can easily see notices of hearings &special meetings &minutes from such meetings! Why no competent legal counsel yet? And why sit by & let NGil help theives to plunder our village AGAIN!?
Name : L Holland 10/13/11
Location : More of the same. Rowland & Ryerson want to dramtically transform
Date : the village AGAIN & village govt has no lawyer
Message : involved & is pushing it through ASAP. No questions from the village to delay R&R! Meanwhile we apply for a fence that will not impact the village *at all* & the application is tabled due to NOYB *questions* till hell freezes over.
Name : Small fish
Location : In even smaller pond
Date : Oct 6
Message : I feel really sorry for the CPP if they are impressed/ intimidated by a small time COO at tiny little Wells College. Newcombe is a nobody anywhere, but in Lisas little mind. Sad state of affairs. No pathetic is a better word.
Name : L Holland 10-6-11
Location : Before wells college is allowed to expand into more residential zones,
Date : the village should demand a master plan for the Inns expansion.
Message : Edinger publicly admitted that they need at least 60 rooms to *stop losing money*. With Abbot House they will have 30 rooms - what is next? Because of their recent aggressive behavior I am thinking that they would like it to be Morgan House.
Name : KAHindenlang
Location : http://host.madison.com/news/article_fb8e14f4-49ff-59d8-a6cd-d128740320f0.html?print=1
Date : 6 October 2011
Message : Someone in WI just sent this, saying we are lucky- she’s done in NY but still messing w/Madison (funny; dont remember seeing this in ‘08.) But with sign at Abbot House for demo permit submitted by Aurora Inn & PTR, there clearly is more to come here.
Name : L Holland 10/06/11
Location : Last night the Aurora CPP refused to do their job.
Date : Of course, Terry *The Enforcer* Newcombe was there to observe.
Message : RIP CPP, Wells College has suffocated you.
http://www.aurorany.org/CPP2007.html
Name : http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/chris_rickert/article_24636d10-ee11-11e0-a10f-001cc4c03286.html
Location : http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_97144cb0-ee22-11e0-b7b2-001cc4c03286.html
Date : http://www.avclub.com/madison/articles/state-street-development-project-certain-to-overjo,62641/
Message : PTRs Overture center disaster; ticket sales way in red; no maintenance endowment; taxpayers saddled with repairs to 10 yr old! bldg; despised by performers and audiences alike. More - .http://www.thedailypage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=53226
Name : L Holland
Location : Everything Rowland does is a dishonest facade.
Date : I think that is symbolic of her character.
Message : A fine example: The Aurora Inn was demolished - but for the facade - and rebuilt. To call it a renovation or restoration is a blatant lie. Her sense of morality allows for that.
Name : Madison story tied to Aurora, 10/4/11
Location : http://slysoffice.blogspot.com/2011/10/pleasant-rowland-vision-for-state-movie.html
Date : On radio yesterday, on web to the world today!
Message : Listen to drive-time radio in PTRs hometown: *Pleasant Rowland Vision For State: A Movie Set.* Email this guy sly@wtdy.com and thank him for speaking truth! (More links to come if you dont know what her fatness has done to ruin downtown Madison WI.)
Message : now THAT is a reason to throw a party Gotta wonder what kind of person will replace her.
Name : The Citizen
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_47738abe-e8b3-11e0-88f6-001cc4c03286.html
Date : 9/28/11
Message : If these are *preliminary discussions* why did they notify the press? What is really in the works here?
Name : So LMR says she is
Location : celebrating her MIL birthday as
Date : she [LMR] will not have the opportunity to do this for again. You see, this is my last year, er semester at Wells
Message : Happy trails LMR. Dont let the door hit you where.....
Name : Happy Birthday to the woman who
Location : started it all by bringing
Date :
Message : corruption, cronyism, incompetence, academic irresponsibility, delusional leadership, mental disorders and major drugs into Wells College Admin. We’re invited to celebrate her 85th on October 1st at Taylor House. Have fun.
Name : OMG
Location : http://ncronline.org/news/people/cardinal-laypeople-honored-aid-catholic-education
Date : 9.23.11
Message : maybe she can buy herself a sainthood
Name : Watchman
Location : still here
Date : Sept. 16
Message : Earlier this week the expensive new *improved* Wells website was up online. Nearly impossible to navigate. Also full of misrepresentation and outright lies. Now the old one is back listing all the liberal arts programs killed by LMR.
Message : main st guy, maybe Wells has shut down along with their website
Name : Main st.guy
Location : Wells
Date : 9/15
Message : Anyone able to see the main web page at wells. Seems to have been down all day. Was this the big change someone was talking about?
Name : I think Tobin
Location : wells college
Date : Sept 13
Message : Tobin meant that LMR is thriving. He took one look at her robust figure and said wow she is thriving. The village... Oh yeah it is another story.
Name : L Holland - According to David Tobin, in a Syracuse mag, Aurora is thriving!
Location : He doesnt mention that the Inn is hemorrhaging money & Dories is closed “for the season”- all of them.
Date : His writing is so intentionally vague as to be misleading. (Has your property gone up in value 50%?)
Message : Tobin is unabashedly biased-but that is nothing new for him.The article praises Rowland and looks down on the poor fools who do not recognize her as an “archangel”. Either he is a liar or he has been lied to. Or both.
Name : the real mystery
Location : WELLS
Date : 9/3
Message : the real mystery IF IT IS BE KNOWN. IS WHY IS THE SR TEAM STILL IN PLACE AT WELLS? It is not just one person THAT IS TO BLAME. It is LMR staff. get new blood in there!! clean house.
Name : Todays Citizen
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_491c12c2-d5e0-11e0-a040-001cc4c002e0.html
Date : 9=3=11
Message : *CCC admissions grow; Wells stays flat* says headline. Ive heard many upper classs students didnt come back and 1st year students left after a few days. Heres the real mystery: why does incompetent Sloan keep her job?
Date : September 2
Message : Must be the same person running the Wells College website and the village website.
Message : Looks like wells is reimaging itself in its front lawn
Name : Watchman
Location : www.wells.edu
Date : September 1st
Message : Classes for 2011-12 yr began a week ago. But Wells website still has only 2010-11 catalog, and site shows info on majors in French, Music, and Religion (all cut), and fired profs Thoburn, Penniman, Malena as tho still on faculty!!
Name : waiting
Message : It is September 1 now so where is the reimaging of Wells we have been promised?
Name : Start the academic year
Location : Wells
Date : Aug 31
Message : Start fresh and show LMR the door. Let her take her huge pension and go ruin another small college. Just go Lisa, just go!
Date : August 31, 2011
Message : Well????? Isnt something big supposed to happen today?
Name : For Inquiring Minds
Location : the move
Date : 8/23/11
Message : My guess is someone has their eye on her. We can only hope thats it.
Name : Lisa go away please
Location : Please go away
Date : Go away! Go far away
Message : Go far far away. Leave Wells and Aurora.
Name : 982K
Location : Aurora inn
Date :
Message : The losses continue? LMR threatens the existence of Wells College so she can run a restaurant, a bar, and a hotel ? That is nuts. Someone do something.
Name : Taxpayer
Message : In 08-09 Rollo salary&benefits about 125K, in 09-10 more like 100K. That latest IRS 990 form shows AuroraInnInc loss of 982K. And look at Schedule R Part V - is that loans from college to Inn of 10.3M?!
Name : Inquiring Minds
Location : Here
Date : 8/19
Message : Why is Rollo getting a new office, and why is it away from the rest of her staff?
Message : How much does rollo make?
Name : No more VP
Location : Wells
Date : 8/16/11
Message : Rollo Ann S. Staff - arollo@wells.edu Dir. for Communication & Marketing Pettibone 113 315.364.3416. Why is she still at Wells? What does she have on Lisa.
Name : Just great
Location : the town of ledyard
Date : 8/13
Message : A deputy clerk. Come on more $ to pay out. Just get one that will sign them !!
Name : Wells volleyball coach resigned. Women’s program put on hold until the fall ‘12.
Location : http://fingerlakesdailynews.com/sports/details.cfm?clientid=16&id=5112
Date : She was hired Aug ‘10 to build men’s & women’s volleyball programs for their inaugural season this upcoming year.
Message : Her departure coupled w/low participation numbers = decision to postpone start of women’s vball until fall 2012, while men’s will kick off inaugural season as planned in January. A national search for a new vball coach will be launched in mid-Oct., start
Name : The Citizen
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_d84507f0-c48e-11e0-8b09-001cc4c03286.html
Date : Aug 12, 2011
Message : Ledyard Town Clerk Rose Marie Belforti submitted a letter... saying that her religious beliefs prevented her from signing marriage licenses for same-sex couples...cited a law which...she said allows her to request a deputy clerk to sign same-sex marriage
Name : Everybody is resigning from Wells College
Location : except Lisa. Whats keeping her there?
Date : Oh, the money. That is the only place where she can have a job. No one else will hire her.
Message : She was hitching her wagon to Hillarys star but that did not pan out. When will she be 60? That is how long Wells and Aurora has to wait.
Name : Ledyard clerk wont sign gay marriage licenses
Location : Aurora
Message : Isnt this newsworthy?
Name : low numbers?
Location : a national search?
Date : august 11
Message : http://auburnpub.com/sports/local/article_626205bc-c3c4-11e0-aa17-001cc4c002e0.html
Name : Carefree
Message : wendy wells you are right LMR has pretty much turned an entire village against her. She must go. It must be hard fro her to live there
Name : Wendy wells
Location : Wells
Date : August 7
Message : I am a 1984 graduate of Wells. I thought it was a good school then. I knew then it was past its prime, but I never guessed it would sink as low as it has. Too bad. LMR must go. I knew her then and was not impressed.
Name : re-imaging at Wells ?
Location :
Date : 8/8/11
Message : what, did Lisa go on a diet?
Name : L Holland
Location : Aurora
Date : August 6, 2011
Message : Hmmmm.....I wonder if Ryerson tried to *work* with her neighbors.....before cutting off *their* access to the water?
Name : L Holland
Location : Aurora - August 6, 2011
Date : That is some neighborly behaviour from Ryerson!
Message : Would there be enough water if Ryerson stopped watering her athletic fields? Or do her fields get priority over the needs of the neighbors? Rough week for Newcomb – whoever he is.
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/state-and-regional/article_c621af60-bfcf-11e0-937d-001cc4c03286.html
Date : 8.6.11
Message : looks like that land is owned by the college? still dont like the sign. the village is more than wells. aurora was here before and will be here after.
Name : I disagree
Location : wells
Date : august 5
Message : LMR is stupid. Yes she is. Yup. She is a lot of other things too, but definately stupid.
Name : LMR is not as stupid as we think.
Location : Conniving, maybe but stupid not.
Message : Look out Aurora here comes Wells with LMR STILL at the helm.
Name : I have heard about the secret reimaging of Wells
Location : Aurora, I heard it is big
Date : I can hardly wait to see it.
Message : Wells is not closing as many think.
Name : Welcome to the new Wells
Location : Aurora. Watch for that
Date : sign. You thinl you are asking questions now? Wait until August 31.
Name : Taxpayer
Location : Sherwood Rd.
Date : 8/3/11
Message : The sign is outside village limits (so no permit required?) but on land of the water tower probably (?) owned by the village so might need public approval. It appears to be sunk in an above-ground cement base; heavy but portable, so it could be removed.
Name : A better Q:
Location : water tower area
Date : 8/2
Message : Is the sign approved signage? And is it really in the village?
Date : 8.1.11
Message : isnt that sign on municipal land owned by the village? so, who approved it? i dont like it how it presents my village. cant i donate one i like better? who decides such use of our public property?
Message : gee I thought our favorite philanthropist had declared she was done with Aurora. one can only hope
Name : JP
Location : Aurora
Date :
Message : You did not pay for the sign. Taxpayers did not pay for the sign. The sign was put up compliments of a philanthropist. Need to know? Learn to mind your business.
Name : Sign of the Times
Location : Sherwood Road
Date : Yard Sale Day
Message : Taxpayer, did we pay for that new sign? Welcome to Aurora, it says - Founded 1788, Home of Wells College. Someone needs to add: NOT FOR LONG!
Name : KHindenlang
Location : Unfortunately... my understanding is that Bates was brought in to handle the complex issue of access
Date : to the new water line, which was way over the head of the loathsome lawyer.
Message : But... we can hope that this subtle acknowledgement of his professional inadequacy in serving our village marks the beginning of the end of the patronizing, biased, dangerously misguided *counsel* he has imposed on Aurora during our unPleasant decade.
Name : L Holland
Location : Fusco gone?!
Date : 7/24/2011
Message : How will I know what I am REALLY saying without his interpretation of my words? How will I know what I am REALLY thinking if he doesnt tell me? Who will psychoanalyze me?
I wont know who I am without Fusco telling me.
Name : Watchman
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_de113c16-b404-11e0-931b-001cc4c03286.html
Date : July 21
Message : Check out the ending of this article. Is this true? Andy Fusco no longer the Village lawyer? HOOOOray.
Name : Jeez, Louise!
Location : www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/education/30collegeweb.html?_r=1&hpw
Date : 7/21/11
Message : Wells College makes the New York Times -- for having a record 67 per cent tuition increase in the last couple of years...
Name : NTHP
Location : www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/mackenzie-childses_put_home_ne.html
Date : Sunday, 7-17-11
Message : On it goes. Look- Tobin still has his snout in the story. Ugh! Sothebys certainly stages the house better than MMiller, see www.mackenziechildsestate.com. Hey is it true that the new *owners* of Mac-Ch are just a salvage front funded by Unpleasant?
Name : my guess
Message : depending on how the endowment does in the stock market, is there will be no incoming class of 2017 at Wells College. wonder what happens to those already there when/if it closes
Name : Sad girl
Location : Here
Date : 7-13
Message : The Board will say either: We believed in LMR so its her fault, or its the economy, or the staff and faculty didnt work hard enough so its their fault, or we didnt know what a BoD does...
Name : Your Guess
Location : Wells
Date : July 11 2011
Message : so will Wells run out of money next year, the year after that, or the year after that? And what will be the Boards excuse when it does?
Name : A real Townie
Location : Wells/Aurora
Date : The day after
Message : The Cash Cow would never do it. But if she did I would welcome her. Even PTR can lean from past mistakes.
Name : The administration of Wells is quite similar to this site
Location : Wells is led by an egotistical, narcissist
Date : idiot who kistens to know one but the close circle of idiots with which she sourrounds herself.
Message : This site is lead by someone who blocks out and censors anything that does not blast her enemies or perceived enemies!
Name : Mary
Date : July 9
Message : What would we do? Oh what would we do if PTR became the next President of Wells. Mark you so far she has been a successfully business woman and education is a business. Give reasonable well thought out feedback, please. No sniping.
Name : Money for Wells
Location : Its only rumor
Date : Aurorafest Day
Message : I heard PTR shut the cash off until LMR leaves Wells. But you know now rumors fly around here. Think about she loved Wells maybe not Aurora something happened.
Name : Just Me
Location : Aurora
Date : July 8, 2011
Message : Would it really matter if Pleasant cut off Wells? Did she ever fund any ACADEMIC undertaking, scholarships? It appears she sticks to decorating and then expects people and dogs to stay off the furniture!
Name : what ???????
Location :
Date : 7/7/11
Message : has Pleasant shut off Wells?? What got her mad?
Name : For Johanna
Location : Aurora / Wells
Date : 7/6
Message : LMR a legend in Aurora may be right. But it will be for the person that ruined her Alma Mater. It is going down. Every plan she has put in effect has lost money for Wells. PTR tried to help but Lisa fu^ked that up. I have heard PTR will not give money to
Name : I agree
Location : Aurora
Date : July 6
Message : I want that pipe mess fixed down by the village right away!! Who do the Zyigards think they are? I do not know them, but I know they are slobs and I do not like it.
Name : Aurorafester
Location : 3 years of lies & the geothermal is still unfinished
Date : & is trash in our lake.
Message : 2 years & the deck bears no resemblance to what was permitted – it is 2x4s and chicken wire. So many empty promises. Yet there is time, money, & energy to spend on a float that mocks & insults the harmony that once existed in the village.
Name : Nick
Location : Rochester
Date : 7-3-11
Message : Hello! I just wanted to share this reddit I created. Maybe it could be useful in sharing information? http://www.reddit.com/r/Wellscollege/
Name : Johanna
Location : Aurora
Date :
Message : Like it or not LMR is a legend in Aurora and if and when she leaves she will not be easily forgotten.
Name : Hope so
Location :
Date : 7/2/11
Message : good news about Lisa house? Good riddance. JUST LEAVE, LISA. we will do our best to forget you were ever here.
Name : Finding the Best (and Worst) Deals in College Tuition
Location : http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/07/01/finding-the-best-and-worst-deals-in-college-tuition/
Date : http://collegecost.ed.gov/catc/Default.aspx#
Message : Wells College leads the pack among 4-yr private nonprofit schools with a whopping 67% increase in tuition from 2007-08 to 2009-10. No wonder the students are bitter: pay more, get less - time to go!
Name : The same
Location :
Date : 6/30
Message : http://www.homes.com/listing/146040857/280_Main_Street_AURORA_NY_13026
Name : Main St. Guy
Location : Jed Morgan house
Date : 6/30/11
Message : Can it be true that LMR is selling her home? on Main St. the sign is up. Could it be true she is leaving Wells? Maybe she will give the money she gets for the sale back to the college Does the college get first refusal to buy it back?
Message : to lholland or whoever can aswer - did pb vb and/or zba approve new use for abbott house? if so, when and how? (no public hearing for a zoning change?)
Name : L Holland
Location : Aurora
Date : June 25 2011
Message : Abbott House becomes part of the Inn,but that is not enough. Inn claims to need twice as many rooms to stop losing money. What house is next? Leffingwell? Lyon? Morgan? All of them? When?
Name : Strange thought
Location : Dories
Date : 20011-6-23
Message : Maybe they should have Dorie run MACKS again!!
Name : Main st. Guy
Location : Macks/ Dories
Date : 6/23/11
Message : A message for Johanna. If we were to park our cars there someone would knife the tires there like they did at the Holy House of the Aurora Inn
Name : Doomsday? No.
Location : Just noticing bad business practices.
Date : Summer 2011
Message : No cars means no one in the seats. No business. No surprise. Let someone take it over who can make a go of it.
Name : Johanna
Location : Aurora
Date :
Message : If you all go park your cars at Dorie there will be more cars if that is what impresses you. Doomsday announcers.
Name : Watchman
Location : still here
Date : June 20
Message : Few cars at Dories at lunch, fewer at breakfast. Just as well - they never provided parking as required by law. The road becomes very dangerous with customers. BUT what was that game about with all the real estate signs in the village a few days ago?
Name : another alum
Location : nearby
Date : 6-12-11
Message : Ellis spoke at alumnae college. Not a policy speech. He was selling his program. He didnt know his audience and was unprepared for the response to his rhetorical question. Not sure I sneered but I sure as hell raise my hand. Doubt his text is available.
Name : Curious
Location :
Date :
Message : Is the Ellis speech available to read?
Name : Dories
Location :
Date : 6/10/11
Message : Hows business at Dories
Name : CNY Alumna
Location : The Ellis speech at reunion.
Date : The man is a dangerous idiot.
Message : Trashes liberal arts to alums. Only business counts; He is the Future. Arrogantly asks with sneer: how many leaving Wells with liberal arts degree felt ready to face the world of busines? Every single woman in the room sneers back and raises her hand.
Name : Taxpayer
Location : http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_8b6d1254-9051-11e0-a684-001cc4c03286.html
Date : 6/6/11
Message : To date, the NYS Dept of Ed hasnt approved this program; it is not an accredited major at Wells. Last fall Wells got court approval to raid and spend dedicated money from its endowment; why should this 5mil be different? Will Ellis be next Pres of Wells?
Name : CNY Alumna
Location : Wells Reunion
Date : 6/4/11
Message : As of yesterday, 157 alums were registered for reunion; thats half or less of what they used to get. Only 15 women here for their 25th reunion, just 10 for Lisas own 30th reunion, none for their 10th. But 45 for the 50th, sweet deluded dears...
Name : I agree
Location : Aurora right of way
Date : June 2
Message : How does Todd hold his head up as anarchitect when he lives in a hovel. A 2 million dollar hovel, so I guess that is ok. Do not call yourself an environmentalist. You have destroyed the waterfront. You should be ashamed.
Name : Ryersons husband is
Location : strange
Date : june 11
Message : http://www.pandora.com/people/email2geo
Name : Really, Todd?
Location : What about our village park???
Date : June 1
Message : *TZA has always believed that good design must consider the environmental impact of the work both as a process and a product.*
Date : 5.31.11
Message : and did lisas boss tell her she had only one more year as pres? and did the boss reveal her plan for college / village after the ryerson regmime? just me -- do you have any more info?
Name : to Watchman
Location : the ans is....
Message : ......because Lisas boss said so
Name : Watchman
Location : still here
Date : May 30
Message : Dories to be open 7am to 3pm from May 24 to Labor Day. Not going to build loyal local customers that way. And why waste college cash on summer jobs for Aurora Inn Inc. dining hall employees to serve a few tourists? Whats going on?
Name : CNY Alumna
Location : Wells Graduation 2011
Date : the day after
Message : Nice that all the faculty applauded Thoburn leaving graduation stage for last time as senior marshal. Hey, he could be trusted Interim President- hire administrators who cared about education & ethical trustees for a change! Ah well: goodbye and godbless.
Name : disappointed
Date : 5-28-11
Message : that is oneyear too many. it will pushy wells over the edge if it hasnt already gone over.
Name : Just Me
Location : Aurora
Date : May 28, 2011
Message : Rumor has it that one of Lisas daughters told a friend in Syracuse that her mother will be president of Wells only for one more year. If true, what are the implications or outcomes for college and most importantly community, i.e., the people of Aurora and
Name : Jen
Location : Aurora
Date : May27
Message : Why??? Why is the question people have been asking for 10 years. Why does LMR do any of the stuff she does? Why does anyone listen to the fat lady? Why? I guess because people let her.
Name :
Location :
Date : 5.27.11
Message : wells closed dories cuz they couldnt afford the loss. how can the trustees allow her to dictate college finances? aurora inn inc bleeds red ink. college staff faculty & programs are cut to support her sick play-village hobby. why?
Name : From what I heard
Location : old macks
Date : 2/26
Message : Herself (PTR) said open it up. But that is just hearsay.
Name : wondering
Location :
Date : 5/25/11
Message : why was it decided to reopen Dories after the community was told it would definitely not reopen this summer
Name : So May 21 was not judgement day
Location : Though it would come to Aurora
Date : first.
Message :
Name : Inquiring Minds
Location : Aurora
Date : 5-21-2011
Message : Pay cut to faculty restored. No summer hours for staff. No pay raises for staff, yet again... all is well in the land of make-believe.
Name : Main st guy
Location : Aurora
Date : 5/21
Message : Just a Q. Is it true the profs. and LMR get the 1 year drop in pay back and the staff get it up the bum for the 4th year in a roll again?
Name : L Holland
Location : She is the self-described Person of Integrity
Date : November 8, 2006
Message : http://www.scribd.com/doc/14057159/No-Plan-for-the-Stream2
Name : Has anyone seen
Location : the couple in the
Date :
Message : Wells White House recently?
Name :
Location :
Date : 5.16.11
Message : which she are you speaking of LH? everyone please note: white cars are at leffingwells -what is it with white and PTR?- and porch furniture out front. she is here to stay now that she has destroyed the liberal arts and all independent thinking at wells.
Name : L Holland
Location : Aurora
Date : May 15, 2011
Message : Now that it has been confirmed that she lied to the village govt about the site plan for her house, do you wonder what else she has lied about?
Name : Pleasant?
Location : self centered, everyone else does not matter
Date : Is this where it came from?
Message : “with my new inner strength and the love I have for myself ............. I need to follow my own path in life and do what truly makes me happy”.
Hoffman Process results
Name : Watchman
Location : http://forum.rickross.com/read.php?4,72500,100778
Date : Fri the 13th in May of 2011
Message : Is anyone else here tracking this group that Pleasant promotes? The more of us who know what to watch for, the better.
Name : BRAVO Professor Thobi-Wan!!!
Location : Barler
Date : Last day of classes 2011
Message : Singing Schuberts Erlkonig for your students to close the last swan song to a standing ovation and brilliant accompaniment by Russ. Metaphors within metaphors, and such wonderful music. Thank you for everything. May the force be with you.
Name : can the trustees
Location : even spell the word education?
Date : 5.10.11
Message : college cant afford to open the ugly place the monsters call dories, they lost so much money on asinine business center, failed aurora inn, phony market and salary of idiot president. now they want to open another hotel with ptr? criminal insanity!
Name : wondering
Location : village
Date : 5/10/11
Message : is wells going to limp thru another year or what? Anybody know?
Name : Admin
Location : http://www.aurorany.org/news
Date : 5-9-11
Message : The final informal student recital becomes the last Swan Song, and marks the destruction of the liberal arts at Wells College.
Name : Freshman Class
Location : enrollment at Wells
Date : for next year
Message : is far lower than admin budgeted for. And, as always, dozens of prospectives contacted music dept this spring asking about offerings - and were told there would be no program as of 2011-12. Real stupid move, Lisa - just to satisfy PTR. Wake up, Trustees!
Name : Not A Friend
Location :
Date : 5 9 2011
Message : What did the woman named after a train station have to say about plastics? More than one word Illbet.
Name : LMAO
Location : village right of way
Date : may 8 2011
Message : Hilarious! Paddington posts on a facebook page called Plastics Pollution Coalition. I cant make this stuff up!
Name :
Location :
Date : 5.4.11
Message : meeting is at 7pm. notice says its informational, no action to be taken at this time. (except to try to sway opinion in advance and pressure the approving boards.)
Name :
Location : Here
Date : Today
Message : What time is the meeting on Wednesday? Thank you!
Name :
Location :
Date : 4.29.11
Message : large moving trucks at both properties this week, boxes and boxes of stuff being taken into the houses. those boards are led by wells employees now more than ever desperate to keep their jobs.
Name : Main St. Guy
Location : aurora
Date : 4/27/11
Message : I heard the real plan is for the leffingwell home not the Abbott House. Switch and bait so to say.. WATCH HER.
Name : to PB and CPP
Location :
Date : 4/28/11
Message : do the ethical thing.....Deny Deny Deny whatever she needs to commercialize Abbot house. The village will be all the better if you deny
Name : Here She Comes Again
Location : Posted in kiosk at P.O.
Date : Announced for May 4th, 2011
Message : Combined meeting of CPP & Planning Board to discuss *proposal from Pleasant Rowland & Aurora Inn to operate Abbott House as a hotel/inn.* But wait - PTR left & gave Inn to Wells, right? And the area is zoned residential! Think that will stop her? HAhahaha