Several neighborhood group members will be carrying petitions for Dan Ward for his race for the 61st State Senate seat. What follows is a letter from one of those groups who are supporting Dan Ward.
THANK YOU, DEBORAH BUCKI, DAN WARD, MARK MANNA!!
The Fairways Group would like to thank Deborah Bucki, Dan Ward and Mark Manna for standing up for the people of Amherst. They stood strong against enormous pressure from the Benderson Corp. and all his related associates.
ALL PEOPLE OF AMHERST SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO THEM. They recognized the far-reaching destruction of voting for the GB zoning in a residential/recreational area that is in total violation of our Town’s
Comprehensive Plan. This Plan was/is intended to protect residents from rampant development in inappropriate locations.
It is a true TRAGEDY that the four Republican members of our council have now opened the door for any developer to go wherever they wish in Amherst to continue building any open or green space still available. The developers are not accountable for filling the 1000’s of square feet of empty properties proliferating around our Town or to redevelop existing slum-like plazas.
The Fairways Group intends to continue the battle against this abuse to the Amherst residents. Some Board members are referring to Maple Rd. as the new “Downtown” or “City” of Amherst. This would transform our residential/ recreational area into a commercial corridor. To achieve this, our golf courses and ball fields will be in jeopardy along with well-over 1500 residential homes in the area.
We are asking for donations to our legal fund to aid in fighting this abuse throughout Amherst. We want this abuse to end before it is too late, before there is no more space to build on…where the developers move on and our lovely Amherst is left blighted with more empty properties and slum-like plazas.
Please send donations to:
The Fairways Group
c/o Judy Ferraro
213 Donna Lea Blvd.
Amherst, New York 14221
Thank you.