No Action From County
Large Parcel Tax Increase Still A Subject As Legislature Stalls
On A Tie...
By Tree McElhinney
In a 3-3 vote last week, the county legislature’s General
Services Committee failed to pass a resolution stating that
the Ulster County Legislature would not opt into the large parcel
law in 2003, despite pleas from all five members of the Olive
Town Board and a handful of Olive residents who attended the
committee meeting.
But according to Legislator Robert Parete (D-Boiceville), who
was responsible for putting the resolution forward, this lack
of consensus does not necessarily mean the county will choose
to enact the law this year. “By not doing anything, the
county is not taking a stance on the matter, which is still
a good thing because it is not taking a stance to support opting
into it either,” said Parete who garnered support from
legislative committee members Gary Bischoff (D-Saugerties) and
William McAfee (R-Highland).
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Park
Plan Draws Fire
Mountain Bikers Oppose New Regs, Joining With Coalition’s
Complaints
By Brian Powers
Arguing that new restrictions prohibiting bicycles from wilderness
trails could hurt our region economically, the politically
powerful Coalition of Watershed Towns has weighed in against
DEC’s draft revisions to its newly released Catskill
Park Master Plan. Two weeks ago Greene County’s legislature
took a similar position, and together the moves bode trouble
for what the agency may have anticipated would be quick approval
for the first proposed revisions to the Catskill Park’s
Master Plan since it was first adopted in 1985.
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THE TOWN’S PROTESTS against
the clossing of Monument Road for anti-terrorism reasons is drawing
new attention from the city. See their letter on Page 15 inside.
The September 12 event drew well over 100... and of all ages,
too!
Sparring With The City
Olive Officials Question DEP’s Terrorist Claims In Closing
Monument Road
By Tree McElhinney
In an open letter to town of Olive residents, New York City Department
of Environmental Protection Christopher O. Ward, has accused unidentified
“local officials” of releasing details from a U.S
Army Corp of Engineers report assessing the vulnerability of the
Ashokan Reservoir to a potential terrorist attack.
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Larry Brown’s Life On Screen
Samsonville’s Own In A Feature Film...
By Annie Nocenti
Larry Brown is curious. He’s curious about the dreams of
youth and how to hold on to them. We all grow up and change, but
can you continue to live in a way that doesn’t betray the
ideals that sparked your youth? “Did you have a dream?”
he asks reflexively. “Where did the dream go? Did you pass
it on to your children? Let it go? Get scared? Just start socking
away money and forget about it?”
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