It's been quite a
ride over the last few years. We're coming up on the anniversary of
the Casino Location Board deciding to NOT locate a casino in East
Greenbush. December 17th is the date, and we're going to
celebrate with a Save East Greenbush party and fundraiser. I'd call
that date a milestone. A watershed is the fallout of that
decision and the community activity which led up to it – the
election of the East Greenbush First majority to the Supe job and the
Town Board. Both political machines which had “run” East
Greenbush in concert for a long time were turned out to pasture in a
landslide. They're still trying to figure out what happened.
Save East Greenbush
still has a balance on the legal bill to Meyer and Fuller. They made
a great case even in the face of a major “fix” attempted by the
players with the Zoning Board. What was important is that the
community saw the extent to which the political pressure was exerted.
Instead of asking the ZBA attorney for guidance, they asked the
Building Inspector for an interpretation of the law. Good Grief.
The citizens of East
Greenbush should be abundantly proud of the accomplishments of the
last year. Some of the efforts started years ago. But the recent
victories are pleasant. Now we have the last bills to pay. (The
Players who visited this plague upon us should be contributing, but
they won't.) The payoff is that the insider trading which once went
on won't happen anymore. No more illegal Plat approvals, no more
road paving for insiders…….no more stipends and illegal
“incentives.”
