"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Bill Kearney" wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote in message
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These perpetually
increasing costs for DNR "leases" make property taxes look like a
bargain, and the costs are passed along to the boating public or
absorbed by the business owner until they are driven under by the
expense.
So do something about it locally, not just whinge in a newsgroup. Vote
people in that will pay better attention to what you're after.


One group here is trying to assemble time lines and present them to the
public early and often. In other words, by the time city planners hold
public comment meetings, they've already got proposals in their hands
from consulting firms who've been paid a few million dollars. So, one
goal is to expose this practice to the public. Who authorizes town
council idiots to spend money on proposals for projects the public hasn't
heard of yet, and probably doesn't want? Is that money somehow different
from other public money?

Everyone in your community who votes for the winner of the council seats
is authorizing the practice.


The problem is that no matter who we vote for, we seem to get the same
results. There's also a plan afoot to revitalize downtown by improving the
bus station. The trouble is, nobody can prove that night life is lacking
because of the bus station, and nobody seems to care. The real reasons are
obvious, but not often discussed because to acknowledge them would mean
politicians would have to stop using "improve downtown" as part of their
campaign advertising.

Another example: Our previous town supervisor was making noise about
building a 200 slip marina on Irondequoit Bay to serve what he called
"transients from Canada". The newly elected supervisor has continued to
support the idea. This sounded like the now-defunct fast ferry, which the
city of Rochester lost millions on. It was supposed to transport millions of
Canadians who were dying to eat at our world class restaurants - both of
them. It failed in a year. Anyway, I stopped at the town hall to ask about
the business plan for this marina. A public works robot told me the Army
Corps of Engineers was handling that aspect. I said "No..I mean the business
plan. Where are the numbers indicating that there are so many boaters
looking for a marina at this location?" The guy gave me a blank look and
repeated his comment about the ACOE. So, I went home and called their
Buffalo office. The woman I spoke with said "We may look at traffic levels
to determine if the engineering is done right, but we don't get involved
with the actual business model". OK. I'll be meeting with the supervisor in
two weeks. This should be interesting. I really need to know how they cook
up these ideas.