Archive for 8 March, 2008
EDITORIAL: We Must Save The Value Of Our Homes Now, Before It’s Too Late
March 8, 2008 8:15 pm
TOWN WIDE ALERT: Our homes are in danger of being damaged, which will lower the value of your property and be almost impossible to sell.
The Town of Amherst must demand action to solve our serious sewer and drainage problems which thousands of our citizens are suffering from due to the over development of Amherst.
The citizens of Amherst must not meekly accept, “It can’t be fixed now.” “It must be done now!” must be the reply from the citizens.
The Town Board of Amherst has let development run rampant while they failed to update our old sewer system and our 30 year old Waste Water Treatment Plant to handle all the new development.
Citizens have suffered from a litany of problems that include:
- Drainage and sewer problems
- Flooded basements
- Soaked backyards in the middle of summer
- Damaged to the structure of their home due to water damage
The list of problems goes on and on.
Our beautiful creeks like Ellicott and Tonawanda, are highly and dangerously polluted from the dumping raw sewer waste.
Our website, the Amhersttimes.com, is compiling a list of people who have emailed us telling us of their drainage and sewer problems. These e-mails come from all corners of Amherst. If you want to send a message our e-mail address is jjtric@roadrunner.com.
The citizens must stop meekly accepting the BS from the Town Board concerning why things can’t be done quickly. At the very least they must force the Town Board to honestly explain how our money is being used in other areas that are “more important”.
Are there such areas that are more important than your health and the value of your property?
