Transparency takes center stage at heated Tupper town board meeting
TUPPER LAKE — Several residents at Monday’s town board meeting raised concerns about the town’s assessment practices and appearances of impropriety. Ron LaScala, a former village trustee, also spoke on a separate matter pertaining to code enforcement — or, as he views it, the lack thereof — at one of the properties surrounding the home he owns on Woulf Avenue. When public comment opened at 6:08 p.m., the first person to speak was Stephen Jellie, who owns and operates Larkin’s Junction Depot, a downtown convenience store and gas station. Jellie began by chiding the town ...


