Thursday, May 25, 2006

Cohocton Planning Public Hearing on DEIS

Today is the day to send a loud and clear message to the Cohocton Planning Board that the current UPC wind propsal it totally unacceptable.

Watch for yourself another chapter of the Cohocton local rule charade.
Ask why attorney Daniel A. Ruzow will be running this “so called” public hearing?
Why isn’t Planning Board chairman Sandor Fox conducting this public hearing?
Why is the time for public comments so severely limited by design?
Why is a UPC public relations presentation part of a public hearing?
Why is this DEIS hearing going on when the Cohocton Windmill Local Law is being challenged in NYS Supreme Court?

Ask yourself why Town of Cohocton officials are so inflexible and hell bent on accepting the UPC proposal as it is presented?
Why was UPC effectively allowed to write the Windmill Local Law?
Why are impact consultants supposedly working for the Town being paid by UPC?

Since the Town Board has voted to amend their Windmill Local Law, does that mean that residences can reasonably anticipate true meaningful set back standards that will ensure the public safety and property rights of all landholders? It is your responsibility and task to see that the Cohocton Planning Board and Town Board adopt a BETTER law. Before a legitimate DEIS public hearing can take place, final set backs and site locations must be known.

Voice your concerns and opposition to the UPC project. DEMAND that your town be protected from a project that will not truly benefit our township and place the burden of perpetual litigation on the backs of all taxpayers.

Cohocton can do better. Start the entire windmill process over.

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