Saturday, September 16, 2006
Will it be to much government in Woodbury?
So it’s now election season in Woodbury and the field is set. Thomas Jefferson once said “My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government”. We do not know what the future will bring us but we do know for sure will have more government in Woodbury.
‘Embarrassed to live in the Village of Woodbury’
‘Embarrassed to live in the Village of Woodbury’
To the editor:
George Pederson writes, “Woodbury, take a bow” because your “yes” vote for the village of Woodbury showed you care about home and community.
Well, Georgie boy, I have a different view. I think the 2,094 people that voted “yes” should bow their head in disgrace, because they believed the misinformation, put out by groups in Woodbury, with the intent to scare them into believing that forming a village would keep men dressed in black coats and black hats from living next door to them.
In fear, they voted for an extra layer of government that we, the people, don’t need and, which is guaranteed to raise our taxes.
The misinformation stated “that forming a village” would place another layer to prevent the men in black from developing their land.”
Well, haven’t the events in the past few months proved that so wrong. The men in black coats and black hats have an answer to your obstacles.
Take the recent vote by our 17 biased legislators who voted against a water tower in a county park, denying a sect of people water needed to develop their land.
A great victory against the men dressed in black. Yet, only one month later, they buy the land a few feet away from the proposed location and they will build the two water towers.
And if anyone really believes that these legislators will prevent the men in black from getting the water line from New York City and if you believe a survival packet, sent out by the Citizens for the Preservation of Woodbury is going to stop the men in black from annexing Ace Farms, then I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
No, George, Woodbury shouldn’t be proud that they toppled a government and rendered it useless.
Like me, they should be embarrassed to live in the Village of Woodbury.
Frank J. Palermo
Highland Mills
To the editor:
George Pederson writes, “Woodbury, take a bow” because your “yes” vote for the village of Woodbury showed you care about home and community.
Well, Georgie boy, I have a different view. I think the 2,094 people that voted “yes” should bow their head in disgrace, because they believed the misinformation, put out by groups in Woodbury, with the intent to scare them into believing that forming a village would keep men dressed in black coats and black hats from living next door to them.
In fear, they voted for an extra layer of government that we, the people, don’t need and, which is guaranteed to raise our taxes.
The misinformation stated “that forming a village” would place another layer to prevent the men in black from developing their land.”
Well, haven’t the events in the past few months proved that so wrong. The men in black coats and black hats have an answer to your obstacles.
Take the recent vote by our 17 biased legislators who voted against a water tower in a county park, denying a sect of people water needed to develop their land.
A great victory against the men dressed in black. Yet, only one month later, they buy the land a few feet away from the proposed location and they will build the two water towers.
And if anyone really believes that these legislators will prevent the men in black from getting the water line from New York City and if you believe a survival packet, sent out by the Citizens for the Preservation of Woodbury is going to stop the men in black from annexing Ace Farms, then I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
No, George, Woodbury shouldn’t be proud that they toppled a government and rendered it useless.
Like me, they should be embarrassed to live in the Village of Woodbury.
Frank J. Palermo
Highland Mills
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Fourth village coming for Monroe?
News
Fourth village coming for Monroe?
By Chris McKenna
September 09, 2006
Times Herald-Record
Monroe — Now that village fever has taken hold in neighboring Blooming Grove and Woodbury, the first rumblings have begun about creating a fourth village in Monroe to shake up the political order.
The citizens group Save Monroe dips its toe in these turbulent waters in its latest newsletter, soon to be distributed to town residents.
"What do the citizens in the Towns of Woodbury and Blooming Grove know that Monroe doesn't?" the group asks.
"Isn't it time we investigate the pros and cons of a new village — one that would represent the 50 percent of Monroe's population that resides outside the Village of Kiryas Joel?"
No boundaries for this hypothetical village have been drawn. Save Monroe President Theresa Budich said yesterday that her organization is merely seeking input and has taken no position on the issue.
The idea comes on the heels of overwhelming votes by residents of southern Blooming Grove and Woodbury to incorporate villages.
In both places, voters wanted to prevent the high-density housing of Kiryas Joel from spreading into their towns.
In Monroe, the idea has arisen because of Kiryas Joel's dominance in town elections, not its potential expansion.
The Hasidic community's voting blocs have kept Monroe's Republican incumbents in power in the last several elections, despite huge support for their challengers in areas outside Kiryas Joel.
"Kiryas Joel has their own village, and obviously I don't vote in their elections," Budich said.
"They determine their own destiny. I think a large part of the population would like the same right to determine their own," she said.
The first step in creating a village would be to submit a petition signed by residents of the area that would be incorporated.
If the town supervisor determines the petition is valid, the proposal would then be put to voters in a referendum.
Fourth village coming for Monroe?
By Chris McKenna
September 09, 2006
Times Herald-Record
Monroe — Now that village fever has taken hold in neighboring Blooming Grove and Woodbury, the first rumblings have begun about creating a fourth village in Monroe to shake up the political order.
The citizens group Save Monroe dips its toe in these turbulent waters in its latest newsletter, soon to be distributed to town residents.
"What do the citizens in the Towns of Woodbury and Blooming Grove know that Monroe doesn't?" the group asks.
"Isn't it time we investigate the pros and cons of a new village — one that would represent the 50 percent of Monroe's population that resides outside the Village of Kiryas Joel?"
No boundaries for this hypothetical village have been drawn. Save Monroe President Theresa Budich said yesterday that her organization is merely seeking input and has taken no position on the issue.
The idea comes on the heels of overwhelming votes by residents of southern Blooming Grove and Woodbury to incorporate villages.
In both places, voters wanted to prevent the high-density housing of Kiryas Joel from spreading into their towns.
In Monroe, the idea has arisen because of Kiryas Joel's dominance in town elections, not its potential expansion.
The Hasidic community's voting blocs have kept Monroe's Republican incumbents in power in the last several elections, despite huge support for their challengers in areas outside Kiryas Joel.
"Kiryas Joel has their own village, and obviously I don't vote in their elections," Budich said.
"They determine their own destiny. I think a large part of the population would like the same right to determine their own," she said.
The first step in creating a village would be to submit a petition signed by residents of the area that would be incorporated.
If the town supervisor determines the petition is valid, the proposal would then be put to voters in a referendum.
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