Just
Trying To Say ‘No’
Community Packs Town Hall To Demand Planners Deny Water Harvest
Request
7/20/2006By
Phoenicia Times Staff
Showing an extraordinary force of strength and commitment, opponents
of a water-harvesting proposal planned for Woodland Valley in
Phoenicia sent a clear message to the Shandaken Planning Board
Wednesday when they demanded that planners stop a water-harvesting
project.
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The
Town’s Tax Revolt
Lawsuits Seek To Reverse Assessments For Bad Process & Possible
Illegalities 7/20/2006
By Paul Smart
Two lawsuits filed against the Town of Shandaken, its assessors
and town supervisor dramatically moved from months of negotiations
onto the front burner of town business in recent weeks.
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Onteora
Surprise
7/20/2006
By Lisa Childers
In a surprise turn of events at the July 11 Onteora School Board
meeting at the middle/high school, trustee Marino D’Orazio
was appointed Onteora school board president, with trustee Cindy
O’Connor casting the nomination. D’Orazio had been
replaced by relative newcomer Dave Patterson of West Hurley last
year at this time.
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Taking
On The Mainstream
Media Events Pinpoint This Nation’s Growing Corporate
Propaganda Machine
7/20/2006By
Gary Alexander
When the standing room only crowd at Ulster Community College
on June 30th overflowed the 500 seat Quimby Auditorium to attend
a "media event" staged by a brand new citizens’
group, many people seemed surprised at the turnout for such an
under publicized gathering. One face in the crowd that did not
seem surprised belonged to the founder of Northeast Citizens For
Responsible Media, Andi Novick, who has maintained that the state
of American media is not a peripheral issue but one sitting dead
center in the current field of public concern.
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Shandaken
SupervisorBob Cross Jr. got into a fistfight
on the steps of town hall Monday night, July 10,
during an argument with a town resident over the
lawsuit filed against several town officials covered
on our front page. During a break in the Shandaken
town board meeting the calm in the room was broken
when Shandaken resident Peter Vinci entered the
meeting hall announcing that Cross had just punched
him in the face. Cross then entered the hall and
dialed 911 to summon police to have Vinci removed
from the premises, insisting that he would not hold
the meeting with Vinci present. At the same time
Vinci went outside to a pay phone and also called
police. Shandaken police officer Chad Storey and
an Ulster County Sheriff’s deputy arrived
within moments and took statements from Vinci and
Cross and questioned witnesses. No arrests were
made because, according to Storey, “there
was a failure to prosecute on both sides.”
What that means is the incident boiled down to one
man’s word against the others. Both claim
the other started it and witnesses claimed to not
be looking in the direction of the two when the
fight began. Rob Stanley, a town councilman, said
he was the one who separated the two to end the
fight, but could not say how it started. Cross and
Vinci have each since said the other hit first,
and Vinci said Cross admitted to police having spat
in his face. The supervisor is saying the whole
thing was a set-up.
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Administrative
Law Judge Richard R. Wissler Calls for Adjudication
of 12 Resort-Related Issues
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