Round two of the Ulster County Cares Small Business Assistance Program (Cares II) could be thought of as a million-dollar hot-air balloon, the belly of which was filled with hydrogen. That balloon apparently caught fire and exploded. The former president of the Ulster County Economic Development Alliance (Uceda), Tim Weidemann, has been accused of negligent piloting.https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2023/08/07/comptrollers-audit-finds-failure-in-cares-ii-governance/