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Jack Lawless

MaryHotaling — 2011-12-09 16:39:07

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MaryHotaling — 2011-12-09 16:36:04

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	+ ------ + ''2011-12-09 15:15:19'' [[nbsp]] I would like to know if i am related to this man. My name is emer gearldine majella lawless. I was born lu Ireland or county louth as its now called. On the lawless team of your generation sir we had Edward, hitcher, William i think. Must reconfirm, still getting to know the in laws you know. Edward and rosie Lawless were my granda and granny. The lived in the states of man year and returned to their family adopted daughter. --178.167.157.239

Jack Lawless

MaryHotaling — 2010-11-01 09:13:05

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Mwanner — 2010-10-30 08:34:32

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- "The pressures that are there that the public places on you never bothered me," Lawless said. "Most often, people have valid complaints. The pressure that bothered me .was the politics, and I'm not going to change that system."	+ "The pressures that are there that the public places on you never bothered me," Lawless said. "Most often, people have valid complaints. The pressure that bothered me was the politics, and I'm not going to change that system."

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	+ ----- + ''["Adirondack Daily Enterprise"]'', August 26, 2005 + + '''Lawless named NC hoop coach''' + + SARANAC LAKE - The North Country Community College athletic department has announced that Jack Lawless will be taking over its women's basketball program. + + Lawless has an extensive coaching background at many levels. He has been an integral part of the NCCC athletic department since 2001. + + Lawless was involved as an assistant coach for the men's basketball team for two seasons, and has served as the assistant women's basketball since the program was reintroduced by the college in 2003. + + Prior to his arrival at North Country, Lawless was the modified boys basketball coach at lake Placid High School for three years, and has been active in coaching since 1964 with the ["St. Pius X High School"] seventh and eighth grade boys team, the Northern Franklin CYO League and the Port Orange, Fla. Recreation League. + + Lawless is excited about his new role with the Saints program. + + "This seasonal I see us having more talent and more depth, with a mix of returnees and recruits" he ;said. "It will be my task to blend and improve their skills and knowledge of the game as individuals, as well as a team. Teams can look for us to be floor smart, intense, aggressive, and constantly using positive energy in pursuit of victory." + + The NCCC athletics department is excited about the enthusiasm and experience that Lawless will bring to the program. + + In the past, Lawless had served as Saranac Lake village manager and manager of the Hotel Saranac. +

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	+ ##[[image(.jpg,400,thumbnail,right,"")]] + + '''Born:''' + + ##'''Died:''' + + '''Married:''' + + '''Children:''' + + '''Chiefly known for:''' + ----- + ''["Adirondack Daily Enterprise"]'', April 20, 1984 + + '''Jack Lawless critical of village politics in swan song interview''' + + By LIZA FRENETTE + + SARANAC LAKE — Jack Lawless may have been out on the street a lot as village manager, but after today he will be pounding the pavement a lot more: he'll be unemployed for the first time in his career. The pending status does not seem to worry Lawless, he made the choice to resign as village manager knowing his options. There are not many $26,000 a year jobs in the Tri-Lakes. + + But Lawless, wearing a brown suitcoat and slacks that typified his dress of the last six and half years at the village helm, is not afraid to don other garb to earn his living. He has worn coveralls as manager of a local gas station, casual clothes as owner of a local bar, and suitcoats again as manager of a nursing home in Malone. + + The outgoing manager said he always felt able to be Village Manager Jack Lawless when dealing with the public, and just Jack Lawless the citizen after working hours. But he was never able to feel that way with the village board. + + "The pressures that are there that the public places on you never bothered me," Lawless said. "Most often, people have valid complaints. The pressure that bothered me .was the politics, and I'm not going to change that system." + + So he has decided to bow out. Too much pressure can cause blowouts, as any gas station owner knows. + + Sitting in the one of the village parks he was in charge of, Lawless talked about the support he received as village manager, making his job gratifying, and the lack of support which often weakened the stands he tried to make. + + He said he "leaned on" department heads and office staff many times for backing. + + "The manager's only one member of the team; he's the catalyst," Lawless said. "He's got to be surrounded by good people.'" + + Racking up some of the changes made in the village, like the low and high balls on the pool table at his old bar, Lawless said a lot of things have happened in his tenure. + + The village has saved on some major items, such as fuel and insurance costs, he said. Village buildings have been made more energy efficient. + + Mt. Pisgah, the village-owned ski center which the village has been focusing more attention on, had no violations this year for the first time. ' + + And in every year but one while he was manager, the village completed the year within the budget. Employee workloads have been better evaluated, with planned overtime and emergency overtime all laid out. More recently, Lawless categorized staff time to determine how much time workers spend in each department, so the board will be more aware of specifics when and if it needs to cut certain sections of the budget. + + Each piece of village equipment has been tracked for how much fuel it • uses. + + Lawless has also helped revamp the structure of the village work force. Before, the crew was very departmentalized into highway, water, and sewer sections and he said "they had to have a major crisis before they would assist one another." Now, a director of public works has been hired, a position which Lawless said he "absolutely" believes in, and this director coordinates the village crew and schedule, work assignments. Department members assist in all areas. + + The subject of village workers is one which markedly reveals the pressure Lawless refers to not being able to deal with. + + Newly elected village board members often think they are going to run a department when they get a seat on the board, and Lawless said there is a "big misconception between power and responsibility." + + "I'm not going to let a trustee direct the men — and that happens constantly," he said, sitting On a park bench with his legs crossed and his hands clasped together over his knees. + + While staff is loyal, Lawless said they are also intimidated by trustees. This mushroomed into an even more potentially poisonous situation when the village board withdrew Lawless's power to hire and fire employees. After this local law was changed. Lawless said the board "played politics with it." + + The first meeting after it was passed, Lawless made a recommendation for a person he believed was best suited for an opening on the village crew. Another person, a close relative of a board members, was chosen instead. + + The board also flip-flopped policy on Lawless another time, when he denied a leave of absence to a worker and the board then granted it. The next two similar requests were rejected by the board, and union grievances were filed. The board then gave Lawless back the, power to grant or deny leaves. + + "I've got to do things the way I think they will work," he said. "I can't have someone else do it and then blame me." + + The real trustee power lies with giving the village direction, he said, and "that hasn't been done." + + Illustrating his point, Lawless spoke again of how the manager still has not been given a job description and a list of short and long-term goals the board wants accomplished, something Lawless has repeatedly asked for. + + "People who work without goals cannot succeed," he said, looking through his rimless wire glasses and pursing his lips in a characteristic, movement. "They never know if they've accomplished anything." + + While the eroding tax base is discouraging, Lawless leaves with a few hopeful suggestions for improving things: sharing sales tax, and sharing services with the county, such as with buying commonly used items in volume. + + There is a big potential for savings in this latter area, he said, because it would give the 19 towns in the county "tremendous" buying power if they purchased standard items jointly. + + Lawless compliments the village staff as reliable and knowledgeable, and said he thinks that overall there has been an attitude change with village workers. They are more receptive to the community, and take more time to listen to problems, he said. + + Speaking of Village Clerk Treasurer ["Marilyn Clement"], who tracks much of the information regarding the village, Lawless said she is "one of the most unrecognized people in the community" and he regards her highly. + + Another area of high regard in Lawless's life is his family, which he says "has always been very supportive of whatever position I took, whether a stance or in terms of a job." + + He said his children will appreciate not being abused on the telephone by irate residents, a situation which frequently happened in his home on ["South Hope Street"] white he has been manager. + + He would like to stay in the area, and is considering the possibility of going into business again. His wife Ginger owns the Bargain Boutique in Lake Placid, and four of their seven children still live at home. + + Lawless said a lot of changes have been made in the village during the time he spent behind his desk in the Main Street village offices, but "whether or not they are accomplishments only time will tell." + + + [[Comments]]