Thursday, September 20, 2018

HDC Responds

On Monday, Gossips announced that a petition had been initiated, asking the board of the Hudson Development Corporation (HDC) to hold its monthly meeting in the early evening instead of at noon. Today, there's an article about that petition and HDC's response to it on HudsonValley360: "HDC chair defends board meeting times, transparency." In the article, John Gilstrap, who was elected chair of the HDC board in March 2018, after nominating himself, is quoted as saying, "I don't see a compelling reason to move the [meeting] time." Noting that "the board has given the public the opportunity to hear from prospective developers, allowed them to hear discussions about the developers, and distributed copies of the proposed one-page plans," Gilstrap added, "I don't know how much more transparent we could be other [than] to have them come into my living room."

 When Gossips last checked, the petition requesting HDC to change its meeting time had ninety-three signatures. The next HDC meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 25, at noon, at 1 North Front Street.  
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5 comments:

  1. VincentSeptember 20, 2018 at 12:53 PM

    The HDC has always been self serving.

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  2. TheVideoCommunitySeptember 20, 2018 at 2:11 PM

    Obviously, Mr. Gilstrap, 93 citizens don't agree with your ideas about transparency, especially since HDC is not democratically conceived and there is no accountability to the people.

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  3. Cynthia LambertSeptember 20, 2018 at 8:29 PM

    That sort of blind-to-the-truth thinking is why HDC is in the trouble it is in now. If the public cannot attend meetings, then how are they to voice their concerns? HDC needs to listen and heed, or they will be out on their ear.

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  4. j kaySeptember 21, 2018 at 5:30 AM

    Hudson does not need the HDC -- the elected officials can handle the wokload by themselves. they were "elected' !!

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  5. Jonathan's ComputersSeptember 21, 2018 at 4:03 PM

    I signed the petition and commented on my reason for doing so. Then they used my comment in the regstar story without contacting me.

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