I started to read with great eagerness the article that started out about the Town Board was about to discuss the Charter cable situation. The where there's smoke there's fire article was interesting, but to many people what you omitted would have been much more interesting. You made mention of Charter Cable, and then went off on a story about, Mr. Crowley, s apology., and the fried electronics. I was boiling when I finished reading. Please understand, this letter is not written in bad spirit. I have extreme respect for you and the Copake Chronicle.
You led your story with one of the biggest issues in Copake, and dropped us cold. What happened with the discussion about Charter cable. What was talked about. To lead into an article the way you did, with a controversial issue, and leave people wondering how could Bob lead us on. I have to say I enjoy your excellent articles on the issues in you cyber news.
It is always interesting, and I must say if it stopped it would be Copake's loss of a great source of Town information. I also , for the very first time have to ask you, what's the rest of the story? I think you touched on a bigger story than what you wrote about, and touched very little. After starting just the second paragraph I jumped with excitement! At last ! here it comes ! New news!, and then nothing more on Charter Cable.
Can you please run an article in the Chronicle about what went down in that discussion about Charter, or just give me an idea in an Email about what was discussed. I suspect it was nothing big, or the whole Town would be buzzing, but anything is bigger than what the Town has been giving us would be better. I still can't believe that an issue this big is still on the back burner, and the Townsfolk are still in the dark.
There may be things happening that we don't know of, and that's where the problem is. We get no public information on anything that goes on with the Town Board if it were not for the Copake Chronicle. Thank heaven for that' or we would be totally in the dark.
Richard
Chronicle Editor Responded
Dear Richard:
I think I understand your anger. There are several things you should know. First is that I only write the lead editorial in the Chronicle each week. The rest of the stories are retrieved from our local county newspapers that I find distributed on the web. The article you mentioned and that made you boil was not written by me, but came from The Columbia Paper.
As to Charter Communications you have correctly pointed out a lack of communication. I will take the blame on this one. There is so much always going on that for whatever reason, that story never got into the Chronicle.
The part that you read in the paper was tail end of a lengthy process. The results are that we still have only Charter Communications.
The reason is that no other carrier wants to come to rural Copake. There is just not enough population to support a new business venture. I tried for over a year to get someone... almost anyone else to come to Copake. There was just no interest. I stalled Charter for a year to try to make something positive happen. I spoke to the Public Service Agencies, and other Cable companies. It is just not going to happen in the near future.
I have other hopes of different technologies jumping over the old copper cable that we have which is so inadequate to our 21st century needs. There are several possibilities, but nothing right now.
I hope that answers some of your questions.
Bob Sacks
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