Copake is a Connected Community Again

Bob:

Thank you so much for the Copake Chronicle. Thank you for saying such wonderful things about Elinor Mettler and thank you for your tireless efforts to help the town get back on track. It is a wonderful place and with a communication tool like the Chronicle it feels like a connected community again. It is great to know what is going on in our town. 

Joan Miller

Somebody Has to Say Something

Mr. Sacks:

If it wasn’t so serous I would have laughed out loud when I read Supervisor Crowley’s letter in the Chronicle. Here is a man that shows no understanding of government, and has the audacity to use the L word in a letter to the editor. That he would mention the word lie, borders on unbelievable to me. The same man, who lied to get into office telling the town about a totally fake tax increase, his misleading the town with his total lack of keeping office hours as a supervisor, and now he totally misses the opportunity to inform the public about the new bridge project and public safety questions. Now he wishes to act wounded, when you suggested he didn’t communicate well to the public about an important town situation. It is just amazing. My real hope is that it will be fixed in the next election cycle.  I work at night but I hope to get the time off to come to town hall and speak my mind. Somebody has to say something about this. 

John Vezzo 

A Luddite-Type Letter Advocating No Change in Copake Whatsoever

Dear Mr Rosenzweig

It is rather ironic that just before the Planning Committee presents their take on the future of Copake, you write a Luddite-type letter advocating no change whatsoever. While apparently written in the context of the cell tower, it was expanded to cover and express satisfaction with every element of our currently deteriorated Copake Hamlet. I cannot agree that our problems are caused by the current economic slump. Over the past 25 years, I have watched our Hamlet center decay almost to the point of no return. In their current condition these empty buildings will never fill: A former General Store with a deteriorated roof and recently rat infested. A former bar with a suspended liquor license. The yellow submarine aka Tyvex Palace with Health citation for a leaking septic and non-code wiring  plastered all over the second storey exterior. A junk yard on the towns southern exit. And more.

If these are the elements of rural charm that you insist on preserving, you are welcome to them. However many of us hope for a revival of Copake led by the efforts of our Planning Committee.

Leonard Ladin