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I’ll bet the “Democrats For Leibell” are a little red-faced this morning and if Greg Ball and Anthony Scannapieco are gloating right now, well, they kinda deserve it. What I want to know is if the Senator knew about this during the campaign. If so, there’s a real problem on top of everything else. [...] Early maps show Philipstown being more recatngularish from when it was divvied up among the Philipse Family. The 1892 USGS map shows the current westernmost line of Kent, the line that runs along the Philisptown Pike (Route 301) AND the *old* town line as well. That line is missing from the 1941 map which has the current town lines in position. [...] Note to licensed contractors in Putnam County: That bi-annual tax you pay to the county for permission to work here is, for some of you, about to go up. Forget that the recession has decimated many of us financially, and that those fees are paying for a department from which we contractors earn no benefit. The county has decided that in order to educate you about new laws concerning phosphorus reduction they’re going to increase those fees to charge you for their as yet to be determined educational program. At least that’s where the legislative committee is now… stay tuned! [...] Politicians all over the valley are busily trying to find ways to grow service at Stewart Airport. And while that may be good for those of you who travel to Orlando or St. Louis, those living under the flight path will have a different take on the matter. Several years ago a coalition of citizen’s groups stopped plans to make Stewart the world’s largest air cargo facility which would have had flights into and out of the airport every 3 minutes, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. Now we’re back to this. [...] Though we’ve generated many, many letters to the District Attorney’s office, the judge himself has shown no inclination to chastise a smirking Frances O’Reilly, Ms. Kemp’s former attorney, for his admitted refusal to adequately represent her, (where most judges would have dope-slapped him from here to law school and back), and our letters, phone calls and personal meetings have all failed to persuade The Machine that this case is unfair, unjust and plain old dumb, we don’t hold much hope that justice will be served on that day. [...] Good Friday Morning, Quick Poll Results: In this unscientific poll with a margin of error exceeding 130%, we asked who your preference would be for County Executive. The names that appeared were either those who have been talked about or came in via your nominations and each voter saw them in a random order. Here are the results: Jeff Green 43% Other (see below) 17% Vincent Leibell 13% Chris Leiberman 7% Dan Birmingham 7% Robert Bondi 7% Vincent Tamagna 7% Denis Sant 0% Tony Hay 0% Sheriff Donald Smith 0% Under “Other”, each of the following received one vote: Sarah Casey (I think her mom voted for her), Pedro (who we know is Peter Hansen), Ken Harper, John Degnan and Sam Oliverio. If the election were held today and only News That Matters readers voted, I’d be the dude on the top floor of the County Office Building for the next few years. I can see Messers. Camarda, Santucci and Lepler having a hard time swallowing that but it wouldn’t be so bad! A populist libertarian like myself is just what this county needs. More of the same old crap is what we don’t need. [...] Peter Collins and Maureen Fleming have a few things in common. For one, they’re both qualified attorneys with long standing practices. For another, they’re both running for Town Justice in the Town of Kent in primaries for the Democratic, Independence and Working Families party lines. While a few misanthropic Republican candidates have gone negative even before the primary, others (we do not know their party affiliations) are going negative on Collins and Fleming. In the former case it’s a letter to the Courier about mythical and magical situations which never transpired and passed on as facts and a widely mailed attack piece on Judge Collins. In the latter case, it’s missing and damaged campaign signs. Some cut in half. Others destroyed. Some missing entirely. [...] Peekskill Hollow Road – update I’ve been down this road before. What Has Happened They have changed their language. Since everyone is in favor of road maintenance, bridge maintenance, drainage improvements and a safe entrance at the high school, that is what they talk about now. Nobody explains quite what that means. The resolution – the county says they won’t do anything about Phases II and III of the project. Everyone knows that the resolution does not change anything. A future legislature could reverse the resolution. It was a good will gesture and should be taken as such. There has been lots of talk about scenic and historic designation. The Friends of Peekskill Hollow Road do not feel that scenic designation offers protection, and therefore, want historic designation. Additionally, they would like the Town to pass its own law, along the lines of other Town laws protecting roadways, most notably that of North Salem. A Town resolution, sent to the county, as well as a local law, designating the road as historic, would be a good start. A county law protecting the road would help. And while we are on the subject of what has happened, what is [...] July Town Board meeting – July 15, 2009 I arrived late so as to avoid the razzle dazzle, but it didn’t work. When I got there they were going on about the ag law. It wasn’t on the agenda. I asked the person next to me why they were talking about it, and she said they had extended the public hearing, so they didn’t have to put out a public notice of the continuation. Huh? I had heard someone say at the work session that there were farmers who could not attend so they didn’t want to close the hearing. Is that the same as publishing a notice that there is a public hearing? This is a bad law. Mr. Adorno’s attorney was at the real public hearing. He said that you cannot discriminate against farmers, and rezone their parcels if they stop farming. The Town cannot unnecessarily restrict farming. This was all discussed before, so why did we even go to a public hearing with this law, and then why would we have a continuation without public notice. They voted to close the fake public hearing. These meetings go on and on pointlessly. [...] |
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Wendy Whetsel: Protecting Peekskill Hollow Road
Peekskill Hollow Road was an ancient Indian path used by the Native Wappinger people of the Algonquin nation. The path was deeded to the town In 1691 by Dutch Burghers, Jan Sybrant and Lambert Dorlandt. The land of the “Peekskill Hollow” was settled by tenant farmers in 1720. Sybil Luddington traveled on parts of Peekskill Hollow in April of 1777 to warn of the arrival of British Soldiers. This is but the bare bones and there is much additional history. [...]