More Hollow Campaign Promises

Over on the blog JLL in a new post among other things are listed the goals of the Hirschey Rep. candidates running for town offices.  Here they are below.  So let's see how this holds up. Frankly...what a bunch of crap!!!


Our Vision and Goals for the upcoming year

*Continue to protect the health, safety and welfare of all Citizens

All citizens?  Really...Well except for Mrs. Mary Grogan who got screwed over by the CV ZBA whose property values are nearly useless due to a MAJOR zoning fiasco created by the Hirschey "zoning experts" and although they even ADMIT it was a screw up  absolutely refuse to correct it, but cover their butts instead!  The last thing they were worried about was health, safety, and welfare...that is a complete sham.  It all came down to money!

*Ensure wind turbines do not overrun our community.

But they wrote wind zoning regulations that actually allow some wind development.
So what the hell does this BS mean?  A few turbines would be ok as long as they don't over run the shore properties?    Apparently they aren't worried if the interior tax payers are over run by were their law allows wind development.   

*Support the goals of the Comprehensive plan.

First of all, any zoning law that allows wind development as ours does, even a few turbines is already in violation of our comp plan.  Their zoning lawyer even says we can't restrict something based on the fact we don't like the visual impact of how it looks. Well that is odd because our comp plan is all about protecting the scenic value of the town.  And in the latest zoning fiasco in the Alexander solar permit case, the Hirschey appointed ZBA admitted the law was not applied correctly and there were mistakes and it wouldn't even hold up in court...yet refused to correct them to protect a CV citizens health safety an welfare under the zoning laws. They violated her rights. And since our zoning is based on our comp plan...and they should be consistent. They trashed our comp plan as well.  None of this is based on rational zoning.  It is based on who has more money throw around in investments in projects and to sue and intimidate the town!  That is how zoning now works.  It has nothing to do with health, safety and welfare.

And as I said before...stay tuned because I will have more on this story.  I have a FOIL request into the town for records as we speak!  And based on what I am hearing it is not going to reflect well on some of these town officers up for election.  It's a kinda what did you know and when did you know it...and why did you not question it or allow it????

*Continue to operate on a balanced budget

Really????  If the Hirschey zoning process and officers keeps running amuck  and violating the zoning laws and the law suits keep rolling in where the tax payer has to defend the town's zoning screw ups...how exactly does that make for a balanced budget????