tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post2446497650698725926..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: It Was Ever ThusCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-86546172201674792012014-02-06T11:44:16.709-05:002014-02-06T11:44:16.709-05:00 one hundred years ago they identified the pro... one hundred years ago they identified the problem, speed. it takes no study, no call to Albany, nor Greeport, nor Claverack to slow the big boys down. with the stroke of a pen the police commissioner can drop the speed limit to 25. that is the one thing that can be done right now, today, without a lot of fuss or bother, without a vote by the common council. michael lesawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283350595244628737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-26110818155178436662014-02-06T08:53:06.094-05:002014-02-06T08:53:06.094-05:00Traffic was a problem since the Neolithic. What...Traffic was a problem since the Neolithic. What's new since 1917 is the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), which is a means to study problems before they occur.<br /><br />Following are the individuals who threw away Hudson's opportunity to study this ancient problem before it reached its current, intolerable level:<br /><br />The combined votes of Aldermen DONAHUE, HUGHES and SHOOK defeated a resolution which would have forced a traffic study. <br /><br />A solution would likely have included Claverack, whereas now Claverack can just refuse us.<br /><br />Alderman Donohue may even have been Chairman of the Public Works Committee at the time.<br /><br />Please learn about SEQRA to fully grasp what these individual aldermen invited upon Hudson. As penance, Messrs Donohue and Hughes should recuse themselves from any further consideration of this problem.unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.com