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Evan Bray June 19, 2013 at 01:42 pm
Mr. Lachterman,
You wrote "When Councilmen Bianco, Paganelli and Patel decided that the…Read More Winery did not have the right to have a public hearing on their wetlands permit, they drew a line in the sand between personal interests and all business, large or small, in Yorktown."
The wetland permit was NOT for the Winery. It was town land that we--the taxpayers--own. It's not "their" permit. Do you think that we should give away--for free--any town park/wetland to any business that asks.
I'm not against working out an agreement whereby we charge the winery to develop parking and an outdoor cafe seating area on our (Yorktown owned) land. But you can bet your bottom dollar that I would want to codify it with a lease and charge him market rate for it. Capitalism, not communism.
Those councilman made the right choice. It looked and smelled like a giveaway to a political ally of the supervisor. The winery had no inherent right to a public hearing on what we, the taxpayer, do with our land.
Carolyn DePaolo June 18, 2013 at 08:20 pm
Jarid is an exceptionally giving person. We are so very proud of him, today and every day. We…Read More certainly can all learn a life lesson from Jarid. Love you and we are so proud of you Jarid!
Yorktown Boy for 60yrs June 19, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Reading this made my day, it gives you hope that there are more people like Jarid in this World! I…Read More can see that Jarid will be a great contributor to Society and who ever can call Jarid ther frien through life will be very lucky!!!
Lisa Buchman (Editor) June 17, 2013 at 01:45 pm
Thanks for sharing this photo. We'd love to hear more from these groups; if you'd like to start…Read More blogs on Patch, which archive your posts all together and give you a great landing page on the site, please email me at LisaB@Patch.com.
Joey Cirone June 11, 2013 at 01:45 pm
Correction: The Yorktown Leo's Club raised and is giving away $12,600 this year!!
Lisa Buchman (Editor) June 13, 2013 at 09:13 am
That is fantastic! These are really nice photos - terrific young leaders at work. If you'd like to…Read More set the Leo's up with a blog, they can document their service through brief write ups or photos throughout the year. Email me LisaB@Patch.com if you are interested.