Letter To The Editor: Goliath-ville
The developer’s attempt to circumvent the super-majority vote on the Maple Road property is both unsavory and revealing. It demonstrates the developer’s willingness to ignore the will of the people and continue to push their plan of trying to fit a behemoth square block into a round hole.
The Super-majority Law is a state law designed to protect existing property owners from a harmful, intrusive or improper rezoning request made for properties adjacent to their own.
When a developer says: “We have a multitude of ways to defeat super-majority,” it becomes clear, a developer’s sole interest is profit. Neighborhoods be damned.
Not speaking up against this latest gimmick is supporting the circumvention of a state law to allow a developer to override the will of the people, the rights of existing property owners, and our town’s own comprehensive plan.
This would be a dangerous and tragic precedent for all residents of Amherst…and New York State.
Judy Ferraro
The Fairways Group
Christina Says:February 1st, 2008 at 6:49 pm
The developer exposed their true colors by informing the public, very arrogantly, they can use a multitude
of ways to defeat supermajority. That says it all. It is not about the people. It is about them and their
motives. Guess what that is?? If they can’t convince people living in the area of their project’s merits, then it probably has none. Why try to shove it down their throats?
Time for the town board to step up and follow the blueprint set forth by the comprehensive plan..and protect
the people they professed they wanted to protect during their campaigns. The tricks used to cut the residents out of the equation when deciding about their own welfare and quality of life is deplorable