tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11629689.post111167674379932423..comments2008-01-24T21:00:19.290-05:00Comments on Hurley, N.Y. Citizen's Soapbox: "Hidden Forest" Comments WelcomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11629689.post-1116436993844597192005-05-18T13:23:00.000-04:002005-05-18T13:23:00.000-04:00Okay, so now Saugerties is seriously considering a...Okay, so now Saugerties is seriously considering an enormous casino and we have a developer trying to build what is most likely the only GATED community of expensive houses within a good 50 miles of Saugerties for whom? The Mafia?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11629689.post-1115257135011741952005-05-04T21:38:00.000-04:002005-05-04T21:38:00.000-04:00Town-wide surveys conducted by the Comprehensive P...Town-wide surveys conducted by the Comprehensive Plan Committee have shown that Hurley residents value, above all, the rural character of our community and the quality of our groundwater. These attributes are now placed at risk by overdevelopment and sprawl in all parts of town spurred by the current real estate boom.<BR/> <BR/>The extent to which our way of life might be impacted will be determined by Hurley statutes governing zoning and subdivision. These laws were enacted in contemplation of the regular and moderate growth that has been the historical norm and will not protect us from the profit-driven fever that has beset our town.<BR/> <BR/>I urge all concerned people to contact the Town Board to request that a moratorium be imposed on further development for a fixed period of time to allow for a thorough discussion of positive and negative aspects of growth by all of Hurley's residents and the subsequent encapsulation of that public sentiment in local law. If nothing is done, it will be impossible to reverse the consequences and regain our community as we know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11629689.post-1113941278469506842005-04-19T16:07:00.000-04:002005-04-19T16:07:00.000-04:00Before you all jump the gun and say what you do't ...Before you all jump the gun and say what you do't want listen to the facts when the public hearing comes along. You raise good questions and lets wait for the answers. No one wanted HITS in Hurley, drive up to SAugerties and see how beautiful that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11629689.post-1113595540757084892005-04-15T16:05:00.000-04:002005-04-15T16:05:00.000-04:001) I just went for a long (well, relatively long) ...1) I just went for a long (well, relatively long) walk in the Mill Creek woods to see what was happening. It is so beautiful in there that I strongly urge anyone and everyone to do it while it's still there. It is posted but John Gill, who still owns it, is on record as saying it's okay for people to walk in the woods as long as they keep off the corn fields. Also, the creek is currently low enough that it's not a big production to get across it and the blackberry bushes aren't yet high enough to impede progress. Go to the rail trail parking lot (the future home of the "security pavilion") and turn left just before the entrance to the trail. <BR/><BR/>Bad things: new tractor-cut roads throughout, lots of trees chopped down, the top of the hill has been leveled, bore holes for water everywhere--I saw one labeled Bore No. 83.<BR/><BR/>Not so bad: no signs of activity over the past few weeks<BR/><BR/>Good: the hemlock woods are incredible. It is very hard to imagine that someone would be so incredibly greedy for money that he would chop these down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11629689.post-1112627876491739622005-04-04T11:17:00.000-04:002005-04-04T11:17:00.000-04:00Why couldn't the town issue a bond and buy the lan...Why couldn't the town issue a bond and buy the land to convert it into a park, a wildlife sanctuary or something else worthwhile?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11629689.post-1112399135254379652005-04-01T18:45:00.000-05:002005-04-01T18:45:00.000-05:00I am wondering if the residents of Hurley really u...I am wondering if the residents of Hurley really understand how "Gillville", as most are calling it, will change our Town forever. Visualize how long your wait will be pulling onto RT 209 as 652 reisdents head in/out to their destinations each day. What will the Hurley Post Office and Stewarts parking area look like in the morning/afternoon/lunch hours. These are just small small issues compared to the dangers posed to our aquifers that feed the wells and our homes! Think of how many gallons of water are used in your house each day and multiply that by 652. This will be water suck out of our aquifer each day and put back through a sewage treatment plant near the wetlands of Gillville.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11629689.post-1111971757010119212005-03-27T20:02:00.000-05:002005-03-27T20:02:00.000-05:00I look forward to getting real facts from this sit...I look forward to getting real facts from this site,and also to share opinions maeveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com