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News That Matters is now the 24,742th most popular political blog on the planet! At the beginning of the year we were at 25,125th place, and increase of 919 places in 4 months. Keep up the good work and keep spreading the good news! In fact, our weekly Things To Do Edition (like the one you’re reading now) is a perfect forward to your friends. Send this copy along to someone you know who does not read. Then they can subscribe on their own with the link to the right. [...] Developer will receive $1.5 million in settlement with Kent Michael Risinit mrisinit@lohud.com KENT – The developer of hundreds of planned townhomes in Kent will receive $1.5 million and up to 16 years of tax abatements as part of its legal settlement with the town over the project’s construction delays. The Town Board last month approved settling the Kent Manor case. Details of the damages remained under a gag order imposed by state Supreme Court Justice Andrew O’Rourke until last week. A copy of the settlement agreement was filed Friday in the Putnam County Clerk’s office. “I think the Town Board is relieved to have this case behind us. Now we can move forward with the town’s business,” Supervisor Kathy Doherty said today. The town’s insurance carrier will pay $1.25 million and the remainder of the cash judgement will come from the town’s coffers. Developer will receive $1.5 million in settlement with Kent | LoHud.com | The Journal News. Good Monday Morning, Kent Manor was settled out of court last week and the results of that will be known today. I’m guessing it was an amicable settlement. Judge O’Rourke warned the parties, once again, not to talk about anything to anyone about anything until details of the settlement are released this morning. According to news reports the Town board issued a statement that said in part, “The board collectively felt it was in the town’s best interests to put an end to a case which has dragged on for 20 years and has spanned over five town administrations. The board took proactive action, exercised due diligence and negotiated a resolution which ends the case and limits any financial exposure to the town’s citizens,” Regardless, the deeper issues about Kent Manor remain hidden: how could they go all those years without paying property taxes and how is it that the DEP/DEC would ever grant approvals for a development that is a clear insult to the watershed. DEP’s response to questions on the FEIS were akin to saying, “Yeah, Water. Whatever.” At the very least this settlement may remove Kent Manor from being an issue during the campaign this [...] Kent settles Kent Manor case; details awaited Michael Risinit mrisinit@lohud.com KENT – The Town Board this week approved settling the Kent Manor case, ending years of litigation over whether a developer can build hundreds of townhomes and how much the town should pay for delaying the project’s construction. Details, including how much money Kent will give the developers, won’t be made public until state Supreme Court Justice Andrew O’Rourke signs off on the settlement, the town’s lawyers said yesterday. On Monday, O’Rourke warned both sides he would find them in contempt of court should they discuss the matter outside his courtroom. The damages stemmed from Kent not allowing the townhome project to proceed, even after several court decisions over the years said otherwise. Lawyers for the developers had vowed to seek millions because of expenses incurred during that time, including the elimination of some units because of new wetlands laws, the reopening of the environmental review process and missing out on the real estate [...] PlanPutnam: Now in our tenth year! “I think society puts young people in a box — people 15, 16, 17 — and does not expect them to do much but go to high school and play football and stuff like that. This just shows they can do a lot more with some strong ambition and desire. My [advice] is to get out there and do your thing with all you got.” - 17 year old Zack Sunderland, the youngest to ever to sail around the globe – solo. Good Monday Morning, This issue of News That Matters begins the 10th year of PlanPutnam! As of this morning we have near 500 readers who receive NtM directly by email and another several hundred who read it online each day. As the column is posted on several blog sites and is picked up by Google and other web crawlers, I have no idea how many others are reading. And, while this column is certainly not the most read media source in the county it has become the most influential and for that you should all be proud. You don’t know how many times I’ll be talking to [...] Town’s damages trial to start in Kent Manor development case Michael Risinit mrisinit@lohud.com KENT – Residents and town officials soon will find out how much money Kent will have to pay to developers for delaying the construction of hundreds of townhomes known as Kent Manor. Lawyers representing the town and the developers, including RFB LLC, Kent Acres Development Ltd. and Lexington Development Corp., are due Tuesday in front of state Supreme Court Justice Andrew O’Rourke in Carmel. Basically, the only questions remaining unanswered after years of litigation are how much liability Kent faces and whether the dollar amount will be decided by just the judge or a jury. It’s the specter of damages that worries Cliff Narbey, a resident who has followed the legal saga. “I am very concerned that this case will cost the taxpayers of Kent a lot more money than it already has,” Narbey said. “The town has already spent a considerable sum in legal fees and [...] Good Monday Morning, There are so many people who need be thanked for making the 2nd Annual Picnic and Garden Party a success I’m not sure where to start: But certainly, to B & L for being the first to arrive, to Larry R for handling the steaks and HK’s sausage with incredible skill (and if you ever break up with your gal, there is a special place in my kitchen for you), to RF for coming back into my life as a friend, to Ray C Jr. for actually showing up, to VT for the summer squash and his dogged determination to get everyone to sign the PHR petition and to everyone who bummed an entire pack of cigarettes from me. To DM for getting the fire going – and keeping it going – during the occasional light rain, to Paul R for the excellent bottle of JD which found its way around the bonfire several times, to JL for the Vinobingo, which really is the Hudson Valley’s finest wine, to the CT contingent for making the trip and to Lake Carmel’s Dave V whose visit was a pleseant and welcome surprise. To Tom for his great [...] Good Friday Morning, By definition, every flu season we’re faced with a pandemic but we never hear the word used in that context. Every flu season about 36,000 people die and yet we don’t see the media coverage with colored charts and interactive websites. But if you can’t get enough of the sensationalism of the event, point your browser here and here and be enthralled by the facts without the talking heads and ‘experts’ pulled from the halls of every medical school on the planet. And, for a bland, scientific approach without the hype, click here. This weekend Madison Square Garden in NYC is hosting a 90th birthday concert for Pete Seeger with a star-studded list of virtually every musician who has put fingers to a guitar’s fretboard. If anyone has tickets they cannot use I can use them for you. If you’ve just recently paid your income taxes or owed taxes or fought with the IRS over this or that – and didn’t win because the IRS stands above the Constitution, go to your Netflix account and add “Harry’s War” to your queue. You’ll be glad you did. Kent Manor… On April 14th, Riverkeeper released [...] |
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Kent Manor/Pulte Homes
A special edition!
Yes folks, the developers who run this county have crossed a line from which there is no return and government is not helping. In fact, they’re assisting. Two stories….
First: Kent Manor.
“Why the rush? Why the Secrecy?” – Lou Tartaro.
Yesterday we reported that the County Legislature has worked out some sort of deal with the owners at Kent Manor which places the entirety of the blame for anything that happens/happened/might happen or might be caused to happen on the Town of Kent, and on down to the seventh generation.
What the Journal News did not report yesterday was that Kent’s primary rep to the County Legislature was not at the meeting when they took this dramatic and irresponsible action and that Mary Ellen O’dell who represents a tiny portion of that town voted no. The potential liability to taxpayers in the Carmel school district could now reach $1.7 million dollars and the financial liability to Kent could surpass $600,000, thanks to the county’s actions. These dollars are, as best I can figure, are the back taxes owed by the developer and paid by the county to the school district and to the town.
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