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News That Matters – October 7, 2009

Back in early July I wrote an article entitled, “Is There No Balm in Gilead?” regarding the plight of a homeowner who finds herself surrounded on 3 sides by the continuing destruction of what was once a mountain and now, little by little, is becoming a molehill topped with little boxes made of ticky-tacky. . . . → Read More: News That Matters – October 7, 2009

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Putnam Valley August Town Board meeting

Town Board August Amendments to the agenda Executive Session – the specific litigation must be announced. They use this one a lot to hold backroom meetings.

And the fire department building – this should not have been an amendment. There should be announced meetings where the public can address their concerns. Eddie McCarthy did . . . → Read More: Putnam Valley August Town Board meeting

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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 . . . → Read More: Putnam Valley Town Board

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Is There No Balm In Gilead?

What do you do when your town building inspector doesn’t seem to care? When the DEC throws up roadblocks and hurdles too high for the average person to leap over? What happens when you are forced to defend yourself in a court that gives you conflicting information – and you’re not an attorney? What happens when your house physically moves with each blast of the bedrock that underlays it and pieces of that tortured and blasted rock rain down on your property covering everything with lung clogging dust? When a property line dispute turns into a protracted Kafkaesque journey? . . . → Read More: Is There No Balm In Gilead?

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NtM – July 6, 2009

Fourth of July photos from Lake Carmel Graciously provided by Skip Pearlman

“If Franz Kafka had started a business, he would have started Verizon.”

Good Monday Morning,

If you were around on Saturday, you’d have noticed that pretty much every shop and business . . . → Read More: NtM – July 6, 2009

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NtM – June 8, 2009

“It’s the combined taxidermist and veterinarian approach: either way you get your dog back,”

- David Himmelstein, an internist at the Harvard Medical School on why health insurers hold tobacco stocks.

Good Monday Morning,

As reported yesterday, there’ s good news this morning if you live at or near Peach Lake. In the . . . → Read More: NtM – June 8, 2009

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SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL

SHOOT-OUT AT THE OK CORRAL – OREGON CORNERS MANIFESTO

Putnam Valley- Yesterday was April Fool’s Day and in honor of that event, I attended a public hearing at town hall regarding Supervisor Tendy’s plan and vision for Oregon Corners. ( First a disclaimer: This report represents my own personal opinion and comments on what . . . → Read More: SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL

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