אין רעקארד איז דא היינט העצערישע סטעיטמענטס, פון דעם שונא ישראל ספענסער מעקלאגלין, ווי ער פארשפרעכט פאר די איינוואוינער אין טאון אוו מאנרא, אז זיין עיקר מיסיע איז צו באקעמפן קרית יואל, ה' ישמרנו.
November 02, 2005
7th District candidates talk of growth
Note: The Times Herald-Record posed questions to each of the candidates running for Orange County Legislature. Their verbatim answers appear below. To read more responses from the candidates, go to www.recordonline.com.
Dan Burke
Age: 65
Birthplace: Port Chester
Family: Married, three children
Occupation: Retired program administrator, New York City Department of Homeless Families
Education: B.A., Iona College
Military experience: None
Politics: Democrat
Elected experience: Served as vice chairman of the Monroe Democratic Committee (2004) and vice chairman of the Town of New Windsor Democratic Committee (1972)
Community service: Helped raise money for Orange Pathways to help establish the Heritage Trail; member, NY-NJ Trail Conference; member, Storm King Art Center; member, Mid-Hudson Mensa
Spencer McLaughlin*
Age: 60
Birthplace: Tuxedo
Family: Married, two children
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: B.A., St. John's University; J.D., Pace University School of Law
Military experience: None
Politics: Republican, endorsed Conservative
Elected experience: Orange County legislator
Community service: Monroe Joint Parks and Recreation Commission, Monroe Free Library, Museum Village, Arts Council of Orange County
incumbent*
What is the single greatest growth and development issue facing your district? What would you do to address it?
Burke: Here in Monroe, we need an expedited adoption of our new master plan and the rezoning specified by the plan. We need to elect a new Town Board that will uphold the plan and the zoning. The failure of the county to address growth as a county problem has left Monroe and other localities without the help and expertise they need to face the aggressive developers exploiting our resources for their own profit rather than for the good of the entire community.
McLaughlin: The unrelenting growth of the Village of Kiryas Joel is the single greatest growth and development issue facing District 7 today. While not a part of District 7, the village's expansion and city-density development threatens the environmental sustainability of the communities around it, particularly in the areas of air quality, water resources and wastewater pollution. The village's plan to tap into the New York City Aqueduct with a miles-long pipeline would topple the precarious environmental resources balance we are attempting to maintain in our region. Neighboring communities must be able to rely upon the resources of the county Planning Department to maintain the integrity of their respective master plans and zoning laws. The county Health Department must take a hard look at any applications from the village for sewage or water infrastructure expansion. Orange County Sewer District No. 1 must ensure that what little remaining capacity we have left is fairly distributed among all its member communities. And, finally, the county must be ready and willing to go into court – as we have done on the pipeline – to exercise the control over rampant development that the Village of Kiryas Joel is unwilling to do.
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/11/02/7dist02.htm
7th District candidates talk of growth
Note: The Times Herald-Record posed questions to each of the candidates running for Orange County Legislature. Their verbatim answers appear below. To read more responses from the candidates, go to www.recordonline.com.
Dan Burke
Age: 65
Birthplace: Port Chester
Family: Married, three children
Occupation: Retired program administrator, New York City Department of Homeless Families
Education: B.A., Iona College
Military experience: None
Politics: Democrat
Elected experience: Served as vice chairman of the Monroe Democratic Committee (2004) and vice chairman of the Town of New Windsor Democratic Committee (1972)
Community service: Helped raise money for Orange Pathways to help establish the Heritage Trail; member, NY-NJ Trail Conference; member, Storm King Art Center; member, Mid-Hudson Mensa
Spencer McLaughlin*
Age: 60
Birthplace: Tuxedo
Family: Married, two children
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: B.A., St. John's University; J.D., Pace University School of Law
Military experience: None
Politics: Republican, endorsed Conservative
Elected experience: Orange County legislator
Community service: Monroe Joint Parks and Recreation Commission, Monroe Free Library, Museum Village, Arts Council of Orange County
incumbent*
What is the single greatest growth and development issue facing your district? What would you do to address it?
Burke: Here in Monroe, we need an expedited adoption of our new master plan and the rezoning specified by the plan. We need to elect a new Town Board that will uphold the plan and the zoning. The failure of the county to address growth as a county problem has left Monroe and other localities without the help and expertise they need to face the aggressive developers exploiting our resources for their own profit rather than for the good of the entire community.
McLaughlin: The unrelenting growth of the Village of Kiryas Joel is the single greatest growth and development issue facing District 7 today. While not a part of District 7, the village's expansion and city-density development threatens the environmental sustainability of the communities around it, particularly in the areas of air quality, water resources and wastewater pollution. The village's plan to tap into the New York City Aqueduct with a miles-long pipeline would topple the precarious environmental resources balance we are attempting to maintain in our region. Neighboring communities must be able to rely upon the resources of the county Planning Department to maintain the integrity of their respective master plans and zoning laws. The county Health Department must take a hard look at any applications from the village for sewage or water infrastructure expansion. Orange County Sewer District No. 1 must ensure that what little remaining capacity we have left is fairly distributed among all its member communities. And, finally, the county must be ready and willing to go into court – as we have done on the pipeline – to exercise the control over rampant development that the Village of Kiryas Joel is unwilling to do.
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/11/02/7dist02.htm