Saturday, December 29, 2012


Inside Out and Upside Down


  
At the December 20, 2012, Town Board meeting, a citizen made the following statement.

 "I'd like to address an issue, the new zoning laws – – there are problems that the organizers of the committee were not aware of and one of the problems was that the committee was made up primarily of, let me use the word -- outsiders."

Recently, a similar comment was also posted to an editorial by Perry White, on the Watertown Time’s website.  Among other things, this commenter wrote, The local government more resembles a white, retirement community than an actual functioning town board.” Additionally they added,The entire wind-related product of this carpetbagger council should be tossed aside.”

Are these comments an attempt to discredit the validity of our zoning law, by promoting a false premise? 
The characterization of the zoning law committee as outsiders is erroneous; every member of the committee that worked to update our zoning law, is a full- time resident of Cape Vincent.
    A certain element in our community, objects to a zoning law that was designed to protect the health, safety and general welfare of our entire community.

Yet, these same people openly accept, without hesitation ,each and every document and study created under the direction of BP , a convicted felon...     

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 Zoning Law Committee

Zoning Law Committee
Years in Cape Vincent

Name
Full Time Resident (years)
Full Time + Part Time (years)



Bill Desouza
11
11
Bob Brown
5
58
Butch Cullen
25
35
Clif Schneider
43
49
Debbie Suller
   27.5
    27.5
Dick Macsherry
  5
   5
Ed Bender
18
  34
Ed Hludzenski
13
  13
Kathy Pierce
18
  18
Paul Docteur
70
   70
Urban Hirschey
12
    30



Totals / Avg.
247.5 / 22
350.5 / 31


Years in Cape Vincent

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for your chart.
Now tell us how many hours were spent by "insider" anti outsider prejudiced bigots attending the numerous planning sessions held by the volunteers who worked on our laws.

Anonymous said...

I want my money! I want my money, dammit!

Anonymous said...

Special thanks to those on that list who did all the free volunteer work for out town. I also notice that many of you are very heavily involved in other civic work in the community. Thank you so much for lending your expertise and ensuring that our town keeps running while others try to destroy it with their own self interest and that of a steam roller like Bp.

Anonymous said...

Hmm! Two and one half centuries of experience living in this town is probably not enough for some insiders.

Anonymous said...

I am confused about the insider-outside thing. Edsall spends much of his time now at his Florida residence. Is he an insider or outsider in the Cape? Can someone explain the rules to me?

Anonymous said...

This board has other serious issues to consider. Two that come to mind are, A non functioning windmill and a garage bulit almost in the road, in Dodge Bay.

Seems as though county Rte. 7 does need to adhere to the same zoning laws as the rest of us.

Anonymous said...

And what about that bootleg water line? What's the status of that?

And the BP met towers? Are they up courtesy of the town's free pass?

Anonymous said...

Marion Trieste 0 years

Richard Chandler 0 years

Anonymous said...

Edsall spend much of his time in Florida, well if your mother-in-law just died, I guess I would be spending some time down there. Where are you going with this about him. I hope that this comes back to bite you in the ass. You people all come from the same make-up, the local dump.