tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1096086958672453537..comments2024-03-27T22:52:12.619-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: What I Did for Love . . .Carole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-47779856544228176882018-02-10T13:11:55.073-05:002018-02-10T13:11:55.073-05:00"Freedom of the Press,if it means anything at..."Freedom of the Press,if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose" -George Orwell<br /> It's unfortunate that you had to resign from the HPC in order to report on activities concerning Hudson's Preservation. Your knowledge of historic architecture and your love of Hudson should certainly give you a place on the HPC. But for the "Greater Good" it is better that you are free to voice your opinion, act as a watchdog and keep the citizens of Hudson informed. Keep your ear to the ground! Bruce Mitchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06745504436854261030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-65965128869367586042018-02-09T20:45:06.765-05:002018-02-09T20:45:06.765-05:00Glad to have Carole at liberty to blog about anyth...Glad to have Carole at liberty to blog about anything and everything. Others can serve on the HPC-- no one else can maintain this wonderful site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-88967214215666956712018-02-09T16:47:46.590-05:002018-02-09T16:47:46.590-05:00FIAT LUXFIAT LUXleonardo siderihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238144897574760385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-48163170661275572162018-02-09T16:32:56.710-05:002018-02-09T16:32:56.710-05:00To quote OSCAR WILD... I MET MANY A PERSON WHO COU...To quote OSCAR WILD... I MET MANY A PERSON WHO COULD INFLUERNCE MY OPINION, BUT NONE WHO COULD INFLUENCE MY VOTEman bites doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17707256925020776334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-15584160125124235772018-02-09T12:28:31.119-05:002018-02-09T12:28:31.119-05:00Your words are far more important than your silenc...Your words are far more important than your silence Carole.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-65593627186502995362018-02-09T09:47:00.104-05:002018-02-09T09:47:00.104-05:00I agree with Byrne, but I think the needle is not ...I agree with Byrne, but I think the needle is not as hard to thread as Carole as Carole has unfortunately found it. There is far too little understanding of what it means to be a public agency and far too much ignorance about how to act as a member of such a group. There is often an expectation that members of these groups have to agree on a course of action or not rock the boat. It's hard, I know from experience on the Board of Ed, but members of the group can and should say what they think of the groups action and they should say it in public, which can mean in a blog, a letter to the editor, or the street corner. That said, if Carole's resignation brings back her voice in the Preservation battle, I'm all for it! Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077048678660809331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-55491175131363248762018-02-09T09:43:43.691-05:002018-02-09T09:43:43.691-05:00Ah, but your greater influence is here. When I thi...Ah, but your greater influence is here. When I think of all the issues that would've turned out differently were it not for Gossips I shudder to think how government was conducted before the advent of blogging.<br /><br />Of course we all remember what that was like!, which reminds us not to take Gossips for granted. But by having to compromise the City's only serious news media for government service I, for one, regretted your decision to join the HPC. In that case, thanks for reversing.<br />unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-78071011341916171962018-02-09T08:48:29.420-05:002018-02-09T08:48:29.420-05:00Carole's resignation is a sad event for therer...Carole's resignation is a sad event for therer are few in Hudson who have a deeper knowledge of Hudson's history and a firmer grasp of the nuances that attend the decisions of that committee, and who could and would be willing to fight against the incursions of those for whom "preservation" is either an annoyance or a deterrent to profit. Byrne Fone https://www.blogger.com/profile/11913646848760720991noreply@blogger.com