tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post4831259241525819005..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Fair & Equal in the Second and Fourth WardsCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-20061578655764711252016-11-03T16:26:32.591-04:002016-11-03T16:26:32.591-04:00Good point. The original one, Local Ocean, did, bu...Good point. The original one, Local Ocean, did, but I think there's another one in the facility now. In any event, the fish farm is in Greenport not Hudson.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-72054466855539572016-11-03T16:21:46.192-04:002016-11-03T16:21:46.192-04:00Didn't the fish farm go belly up?Didn't the fish farm go belly up?Pewtetrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787743388006034108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-43342354392583235912016-11-03T15:19:24.351-04:002016-11-03T15:19:24.351-04:00This flyer states that census tract 1199 would be ...This flyer states that census tract 1199 would be "destroyed" by the Fair and Equal map. Hudson has but two census tracts, tract 1200 and tract 1300. There is no tract 1199. Perhaps the flyer meant to refer to a census block. Alas, there is no census block 1199 either. <br /><br />I thought when I first read this, that the reference was to the Hudson Terrace Apartments, which is census block 1002. If it was, of course that block has been divided between wards 1 and 2 since the 19th century, with the dividing line an extrapolation of Warren Street. The Prop 1 map in short "destroys" nothing, but simply hews to the existing dividing line along Warren Street. <br /><br />I would also note that this complaint never surfaced until this flyer came out. What was wanted was a map that turned clockwise, with the complaint being that Robinson and Mill Streets were moved to the 4th ward, not for a map moving the other way, so that the 2nd ward would take in all of the Hudson Terrace Apartments (a map that would not adequately equalize ward populations, but whatever). And obviously, the 2nd ward lines cannot do both - retain Robinson and Mill Street, and also expand to take in the balance of the Hudson Terrace Apartments as well. To equalize populations, the 2nd ward needs to contract, not expand. <br /><br />Finally, regarding the Robinson Street issue, Ed Cross told me personally that he decided not to run for re-election over a year ago, so he will be retiring irrespective of the fate of Prop 1. So that complaint is a total red herring. Yes, unlike this dishonest flyer, Ed Cross is an honest man, and I admire him for that. <br /><br />Politics is a dirty business isn't it? I think I need to take shower. Sad.Steve Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588935402322108968noreply@blogger.com