וויאזוי אלייענס האט געשאפט די ביטערע מצב

A furious campaign erupted to block Kiryas Joel's proposal to tap into New York City's water supply,a project that until then had aroused little opposition but was now seen as the key to Kiryas Joel's future growth. And a movement began to incorporate new villages outside of Kiryas Joel, including one encompassing most of the Town of Woodbury.

One evening in September, about 20 residents met at the Milval Lane home of Thomas and Deanna Powers, gathering in a front room renovated into a perfect replica of an Irish pub, complete with a Guinness tap and bottles of Irish whiskey mounted on the wall behind the bar. They had come to discuss the recent home sales and debate what they should do.

"Some people want to leave, and that's a decision they have to make," Joe Ferguson, a Milval Lane resident, told his neighbors at the gathering in September.
Others rushed to the barricades. A furious campaign erupted to block Kiryas Joel's proposal to tap into New York City's water supply, a project that until then had aroused little opposition but was now seen as the key to Kiryas Joel's future growth.

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