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EXPLAINING WHAT'S WRONG... Supervisor
Bob Cross Jr.. left, feels that the rationale New York City's
DEP Commissioner Chris Ward, right, to deny permits to the Belleayre
Resort are flat out wrong. He has problems with the fact that
the city is looking into issues he doesn't feel it's theirs to
look into. He said he's asked for a meeting with Ward but hasn't
heard from him yet. Similarly, he's saying he's not ready to name
details about his problems with the city, or to name names of
which local officials have expressed sympathy with his concerns.
He did, however, say he regrets not being a major party at the
upcoming issues conferences to make his point. Oh well.
Less Of The Same...
No Talk Of Crossroads By Town Board As New & Old Conflict
Issues Surface
By Brian Powers
Monday night's meeting of the town board, a relatively
restrained affair, was dominated as much by what didn't
come up as by what did. Notably absent was any mention of current
events related to the troubled Belleayre Resort project. Notably
prominent were issues of ethics, procedure and propriety.
The meeting opened with a nearly uplifting talk on the Broadstreet
Hollow stream restoration project by DEP's Sarah Miller,
followed by county legislator Brian Shapiro. Shapiro, a Democrat,
spoke forcefully both for himself and for GOP colleague Brian
Stock in favor of passing the large parcel bill, calling it
"an opportunity for equity and fairness." Shapiro
stressed the bipartisan nature of the issue, on a position shared
by the town boards and both parties in Shandaken and Woodstock.
His remarks were enthusiastically received.
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Onteora Voting Time
Quiet Board Races, A Quiet Budget, & A Possible Furor From
Olive Over Taxes
By Violet Snow
Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, May 18, to select two
of three candidates for the Onteora school board. Trustees Meg
Carey and Tom Rosato will be trying to hold onto their seats,
while parent David Patterson is running for the first time.
The three candidates were interviewed recently and held forth
on such issues as the board's controversial decision to close
the West Hurley Elementary School and redistribute students
among the other three elementary schools, last year's "Princeton
Plan" consolidation of the Woodstock and West Hurley schools,
the large-parcel tax option that may redistribute tax liability
among the district's towns, and the incoming superintendent,
Justine Winters, who will replace retiring Hal Rowe.
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Possible Checkmate
City Says No To Gitter's Project As Regional Forces
& State Turn Away
By Paul Smart
The general consensus at the April 27 Annual Meeting of the
Catskill Watershed Corporation in Margaretville was straightforward
as it was off-the-record. Following last week's release
of New York City's 65-page report denigrating Dean Gitter's
Belleayre Resort proposal and stating, flat-out, that no permits
would be granted the golf-oriented mega resort, the project
was "toast."
Attending the annual meeting were current New York City Department
of Environmental Protection Commissioner Christopher Ward,
former Commissioner Marilyn Gelber, several state representatives,
including proxies from Governor Pataki's office, the
state Department of State, and Department of Environmental
Conservation Commissioner Erin Crotty, and a number of town
supervisors from around the Catskills.
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Guitar Man
Johnny Asia's Tradition Of
True Creativity
By Paul Smart
You've probably seen Johnny Asia. He likes to stand out in
the little Mickey Simpson pocket park near where Stony Clove
Creek empties into the Esopus, walking about in his long pony
tail endlessly practicing on an acoustic guitar. You may even
have had the chance to hear him playing at a growing number
of local venues on his electric guitars, looping himself over
his own background music in what he is quick to point out
as a truly original sound.
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