Nancy Goldberg; American Racist

Today one of the most bigoted women I have met had the unmitigated hypocrisy to write this shit.

Letter: Mayor, city attorney part of the problem

HERE

I will refrain from wasting any more time than necessary on this despicable bigoted woman, notice I didn’t call her slut or prostitute for she is neither. In fact I don’t have a problem with either of these types of people and remember a male can be a slut or a prostitute. Really to each his own

Nancy, oh Nancy is something much worse in fact most self-respecting sluts or prostitutes would want nothing to do with her. See Nancy is a dyed in the wool racist. The fact she hasn’t been expelled from the Democratic committee has left a stain on that once proud committee.

So I’m just going to repost an earlier story I did on Nancy, fully documented. Don’t like it Nancy

SUE me.

John Tighe

Nancy Goldberg; a pattern of bigotry

originality published

Thursday, December 1, 2011 HERE

The following is a more in-depth story outlining what I see is a clear pattern or racial and economic bigotry that has been carried out in our community by Nancy Goldberg and others who practice a form of economic apartheid to keep Saratoga Spring a largely white bedroom community devoid of affordable housing with the cities minorities corralled into pockets of public housing, segregated from the upper middle class and wealthy and largely white population of the city.

Remember Ms.Goldberg is not just some everyday Citizen sprouting her racist views. She is the former chairwoman of the Zoning Board of Appeals and a longtime member of the cities Democratic Committee and sat on the board of the Interlaken Homeowners' Association, a semi-gated and largely white populated development.

In 2004 the Anderson Group of Albany proposed building a 260 unit development called Spring Run Village, which included 54 lower-cost units, for land it owns near the Northway's Exit 14.This development would have been built close to Ms.Goldbergs largely white and exclusive semi-gated community.

But the City Council rezoned the Anderson parcel to "rural residential" as part of its updated comprehensive plan, which prohibited Spring Run from being built.

A kind of spot zoning.

This was rezoned after members of the community went on a racially motivated campaign of fear mongering and bigotry, the likes of which had never been seen before in Saratoga Springs. Leading the charge that would have warmed the heart of any diehard segregationist, was Nancy Goldberg.

Ms.Goldberg made statements calling potential residents of the Anderson project "spics and niggers or Negros” depending on the contradictory testimony HERE{the entire deposition which was requested; 41 pages. The short version HERE}

Other members of the public also made shameful statements . Others residents explicitly objected to the number of children that would move into the Development. Some neighbors used thinly veiled code words when objecting to Spring Run Village Development. Reference to drug addicts, increased crime," those people," turning Saratoga Springs into Albany or New York City HERE

The Anderson Group sued the city and members of the City Council and Planning Board in 2005, arguing that the new zoning violated federal fair housing laws and restricted blacks and families with children from living in that part of the city. The case was Federal and was assigned to the Northern District State of New York. Judge Sharpe was assigned the case.

The City asked for summary judgment to avoid a costly trial: summary Judgment is a mechanism by which one of the parties (usually the defendants) can seek to have an action dismissed by proving that even if you consider all the facts in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion (the plaintiffs) there is no issue of material fact precluding a decision dismissing all or part of the case. That is there is no issue of material fact which needs to be decided by a jury which would preclude summary judgment. So in deciding this motion Judge Sharpe looks at all the facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiff and decides whether the defendants have met their burden.

Judge Sharpe found

Sufficient evidence was presented to establish a prima facie case of discriminatory treatment under Fair Housing Act (FHA) against individual members of city council and planning board based on allegations that, in delaying and denying landowners' special use permit application to build affordable housing and downzoning a particular district where the housing was to be located, the council and board defendants knowingly bowed to the discriminatory animus of the community against groups protected under the FHA; landowners presented compelling statistics showing that African Americans were in disproportionate need of affordable housing, and that city officials were aware of that need but repeatedly capitulated to public opposition against affordable housing proposals, and it would not be unreasonable to infer that, in bowing to public opinion, the individual defendants understood discriminatory animus against protected groups to be a significant factor in the community's opposition to the proposed housing project.

Judge Sharpe specifically sited Nancy Goldberg’s statements in his ruling against the City denying them summary judgment See page 6, footnote 6 which talks about Goldberg’s comments. HERE

FN6. The plaintiffs have also alleged that at least one member of the community advising Council member McCabe regarding the SWAD downzoning indicated to the Plaintiffs' landscape architect that she didn't want “those people,” “spics” and “Negroes” living near her. (Ex. 12 at 100-01, Dkt. No. 84:13; Ex. 15 at 63, 68-69, 90-92, 108-09, Dkt. No. 84:16.)

So because of Nancy Goldberg and the others bigots who followed her, the case went to trial. A seven-member jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The City was found guilty of discriminatory housing practices and was ordered to pay $1 million to the Andersons. HERE

Nice job Ms. Goldberg.

The City along with its insurance company which had refused at first to indemnify the city until another legal proceeding compelled it to, filed an appeal. This was done at considerable cost to the city

Judge Sharpe granted Saratoga Springs a new trial which could overturn $1 million in damages that a federal jury awarded to the Andersons.

Then in what can only be called one of the biggest shows of hypocrisy I have ever seen, Nancy Goldberg took issue with the money spent to win a new trial

“They paid attorneys to oversee the paid attorneys in the Anderson lawsuit.” HERE

So a women whose racist and deplorable remarks were part of the reason that the lawsuit went to trial then has the unmitigated call to complain about the cost. Fucking Classic

Oh this story still isn’t over as it is winding its way through the courts. Ms. Goldberg’s statement about “spics and niggers or Negros” depending on the contradictory testimony will again be used in an adversary proceeding against the city that will once again cause considerable expense that I’m sure Ms. Goldberg will again take issue with.

Now this would be bad enough but it didn’t happen in a Vacuum.

Ms. Goldberg is also trying to remove Derrick Legall, from the Democratic committee who just happens to be one of only two Black members of the Committee.

Ms. Goldberg working in the dark, behind the scenes in the political intrigue that has come to characterize the working of the Democratic Committee has been plotting day and night to undermine Legall and have him removed.

FN6. The plaintiffs have also alleged that at least one member of the community advising Council member McCabe regarding the SWAD downzoning indicated to the Plaintiffs' landscape architect that she didn't want “those people,” “spics” and “Negroes” living near her. (Ex. 12 at 100-01, Dkt. No. 84:13; Ex. 15 at 63, 68-69, 90-92, 108-09, Dkt. No. 84:16.)

Again see page 6, footnote 6 which talks about Goldberg’s comments. HERE

After rereading her statement above, one has to wonder if Ms.Goldberg is even comfortable being in the same room as a black man.

Now this brings me to Part3 of her Pattern Of bigotry

No one has been a bigger opponent of the Recreation Center than Ms. Goldberg

I have to wonder if her stanch opposition to the Rec Center which just happens to be in the only minority [Black and Hispanic} neighborhood in the city is racially motivated also? I don’t see it as a stretch to believe she simply can’t tolerate the idea of white children racially mixing with blacks.

Causing her to resign her position on the Zoning Board of Appeals.HERE

In closing it is time for the Democratic Committee of Saratoga Springs to remove this stain of bigotry and intolerance from the Committee. Nancy Goldberg should be asked to resign if she refuses remove her by majority vote of the Committee.

Second the Candidates who accepted campaign donations from Ms.Goldberg either directly or by proxy through family members return the monies ASAP.

John Goldberg 66 SARAZEN, MADIGAN $500.00 6/14/11

Susan Goldberg 66 SARAZEN ,MATHIESEN $500.00 06/21/11

John Goldberg 66 SARAZEN ,WILKES $500.00 6/07/11

The integrity of the Democratic Party in Saratoga Springs must be restored from these shameful and despicable actions of one of its longtime members and policy advisors.

I will continue to made an issue out of this and it will also be an issue in every City, State and National election until the Democratic Committee changes course and begins to stand for equality, affordable housing and open and transparent Government.

John Tighe