‘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