Three  years ago entrenched Town Councilman Don Weeks exited the board room during a Town Board meeting after inaudibly muttering that he needed to leave -  just moments later the remaining board members approved the sale of a parcel of town-owned land on County Route 105 to “William ‘Bud’ Owens and Family” for a measly $100. 

Bud Owens is Mr. Weeks’ brother-in-law, and Weeks was a co-owner of the adjacent 6.5 acre property.  With the newly acquired road frontage attached to their land, Weeks and family quickly flipped the property to developer Giuseppe DePaulis for $325,000.   That very same night, Weeks and the board voted to exempt DePaulis from new 3-acre zoning, allowing him to build an additional 35 houses on his controversial 116-home Henry Farms project off Lakes Road. 

Weeks admitted to being in negotiations with DePaulis prior to the vote that exempted him from the new zoning.  Despite complaints to the ethics committee, Weeks got away with his deal. The property now boasts a bold colorful sign:  "Coming Soon: The Learning Experience." August, 2006