tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post693993834815383464..comments2023-11-24T13:57:25.906-08:00Comments on Slums Along the Mohawk: The Forces Behind ConsolidationSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16991111968506879849noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-19216856108852010192009-02-23T16:19:00.000-08:002009-02-23T16:19:00.000-08:00Matt Loder and good ol' country boy Alton seem to ...Matt Loder and good ol' country boy Alton seem to be able keep the fire sales (oops)going too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-74815344553675667212009-02-21T09:55:00.000-08:002009-02-21T09:55:00.000-08:00Just ask Mark Nadeau. He keeps hammering away.No t...Just ask Mark Nadeau. He keeps hammering away.No telling when he will run out of relatives to give his condos away to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-91715077776539562362009-02-20T16:27:00.000-08:002009-02-20T16:27:00.000-08:00just out of curiosity, what will these developers ...just out of curiosity, what will these developers be developing during these economic times. Why build anything when there is no one that can afford it, unless its welfare or public housuing of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-59036154950383403092009-02-16T10:10:00.000-08:002009-02-16T10:10:00.000-08:00It's probably going to take 3-5 years (optimistica...It's probably going to take 3-5 years (optimistically speaking) to get out of this recession <BR/><BR/>What Sean-- No faith in Obama?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-91725549167416392782009-02-15T14:42:00.000-08:002009-02-15T14:42:00.000-08:00WTF? Who gives a shit about France? G&B I agre...WTF? Who gives a shit about France? <BR/><BR/>G&B I agree with you as far as villages are concerned, but I don't think this alleged<BR/>"duplication of services" is that pressing of a problem in NY's rural areas. Aside from Erie County (Buffalo), Long Island and New York City, our state's structures of local government are for the most part appropriate to the size, scale and purposes of our communities. <BR/><BR/>Consolidating municipalities into each other would be a highly complicated, time-consuming process that would yield very little in cost-savings. As far as I'm concerned, this is a solution in search of a problem. <BR/><BR/>I would also take exception to the assertion that town boundaries were all established arbitrarily. Surely, this was frequently the case. But as often as not, town lines were true to impactful historical settlement patterns. <BR/><BR/>As far as using village water to fuel sprawl, I'm afraid these are merely pipe dreams. It's probably going to take 3-5 years (optimistically speaking) to get out of this recession and until we do, there ain't gonna be much sprawl anywhere. What's worse, by the time all is said and done, this area probably won't have the population to support its existing sprawl.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16991111968506879849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-38070633045976855992009-02-15T13:15:00.000-08:002009-02-15T13:15:00.000-08:00No Bernie Madoff's,Barney Frank's, Chris Dodd's, T...No Bernie Madoff's,Barney Frank's, Chris Dodd's, Tom Daschle's, George Bush's, Rush Limbaugh's in France. Maybe that would not be so bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-65348558205874257922009-02-14T10:02:00.000-08:002009-02-14T10:02:00.000-08:00Greens & Beans...One step further, lets dissol...Greens & Beans...<BR/>One step further, lets dissolve the counties and let the State take over.<BR/>Better yet, dissolve the States and let Obama's team of tax-cheats run everything. That puts us only one step away from joining all the socialists in Europe,and someday, the whole damn world can be just like France!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-40713651612578596362009-02-13T20:08:00.000-08:002009-02-13T20:08:00.000-08:00Town government seems to be a duplication of servi...Town government seems to be a duplication of services with county government. In today’s failing economy, it would only make sense to dissolve the town governments. Let the essential town tasks to be assumed at the county level. Allow the villages to provide essential services to the residents within the village borders only. This may stifle ultra expensive urban sprawl and foster a more sophisticatedly planned economic development within the village boundaries. Villages would realize a greater real estate value, preserve their village flavor, and provide some tax relief for village residents. By expanding utility services to the outer reaches of the towns to the enrichment private developers is wrong. Village residents will assuredly take the brunt of the costs to finance sprawl with corporate retail scourge.Greens and Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479301801601522261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-15014524288646697722009-02-13T04:30:00.000-08:002009-02-13T04:30:00.000-08:00You mentioned that the developers wanted village w...You mentioned that the developers wanted village water . . . Did they seek just the water or did they request annexation by the Village?Strikesliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06383092011334194853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-37357102281128450942009-02-11T12:53:00.000-08:002009-02-11T12:53:00.000-08:00Strikeslip said"The response would see to be for t...Strikeslip said<BR/>"The response would see to be for the Villages to become their own towns."<BR/><BR/>Interesting concept.Secession. First time I have heard that. Worth analyzing. Any suggestions for a name for our new town. Lapietraville comes to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422478120559600333.post-88424558693742267882009-02-11T04:52:00.000-08:002009-02-11T04:52:00.000-08:00You hit the nail on the head when you said that th...You hit the nail on the head when you said that the reason for consolidation of Village and Town is to plunder village water and sewer services.<BR/><BR/>Villages grew from the "bottom up" -- people collecting themselves together in a compact area where they could provide services to themselves in a cost effective manner.<BR/><BR/>Towns, on the other hand, are "top down," merely lines drawn on a map by bureaucrats in order to ensure that there was some government entity regulating things everywhere. They, unfortunately, have now been given many of the same powers as villages, and can tax villagers to provide services to people outside the village -- a double taxation. The village residents end up supporting the whole region. <BR/><BR/>Merging Village with the town would only make it easier to plunder village resources.<BR/><BR/>The response would see to be for the Villages to become their own towns.Strikesliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06383092011334194853noreply@blogger.com