why be rasicst? now here are the facts over here THE LEAGUE GOT SCREWED BY THE REPUBS AND NOW THE LEAGUE WILL GET FIELDS NO MATTER WHAT AND THE ONLY ONES HELPING ARE THE DEMOS SO THERE WILL BE NO TOWN PARK OF ANY KIND UNLESS THE LEGUE GETS FIELDS FIRST PEOPLE
Rotterdam does NOT need another park!!!!! That would be a total waste of money. Come on folks, we don't have the residents or the government leaders like guilderland or loudonville or clifton park or saratoga has. We live in a two bit town with two bit leaders who don't know what to do now that GE's money is gone!
OH...and by the way, a friend of mine lives in guilderland. His home is a bit larger than mine and has about the same amount of land, and his taxes are about $1,000 less than mine here in Rotterdam. Most of his taxes are school taxes.
Anyone who even suggests a 'town park' should be ashamed! Especially when almost everyone has pools and swing sets, sandboxes and basketball hoops in their yard. And if they don't have them, I'm sure their neighbor, which is probably 12" away, would be more thaqn glad to share theirs.
Rotterdam has parks ? are they useful ? I pay 11,000 a year in taxes, I think my children get a good education in the Shalmont schools, but we have no where for the children to go....My son plays baseball....what a dump field larned lets us use...better than nothing I guess. No where to go....I dont want to put in a pool ( more taxes ) The Parks in the other communitie cater to all activities...come on now, we need something !! Rotterdam revolves to much around Baseball....Please ! I understand ths town has issues and believe it hasnt been run very well, but we have new families we want to attract...good families, why would they come here...the high taxes ?? we need to develop a well rounded community for all to enjoy...
Rotterdam has parks ? are they useful ? I pay 11,000 a year in taxes, I think my children get a good education in the Shalmont schools, but we have no where for the children to go....My son plays baseball....what a dump field larned lets us use...better than nothing I guess. No where to go....I dont want to put in a pool ( more taxes ) The Parks in the other communitie cater to all activities...come on now, we need something !! Rotterdam revolves to much around Baseball....Please ! I understand ths town has issues and believe it hasnt been run very well, but we have new families we want to attract...good families, why would they come here...the high taxes ?? we need to develop a well rounded community for all to enjoy...
I understand what you are saying, but it will take more than a park to attract people to this town. Just look around....old grand union EMPTY. Capital Plaza EMPTY AND STILL STANDING. Curry Rd Plaza EMPTY AND STILL STANDING! Exit 25 NO GROWTH. Exit 25A NO GROWTH.
There is no infrastructure for new growth. And ya see what happens when we have a chance for some new growth? McLanes distribution center NO! Walmart NO! (and rightly so at that location) And now there are even issues with the Golub expansion.
And now with the slumping economy and the probability of higher taxes, I don't see where there will be too much movement in the development area. So it would be a great time to implement some infrastructure for when the economy does come back. THEN perhaps a park.
The Little League needs to press on through their organization......THERE'S MEGA $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IN little league.........
the fees paid by parents and the 'fund raisers'(joke) should be enough incentive to call the NY YANKEES/METS..... and anyone on the board of Little League......
fanapoli bud I KNOW ABOUT THE PARK I KNOW ABOUT THE LEAGUE AND HOW STEVIE EGO TRIED TO SELL THE FIELDS AND KEEP THE MONEY AND NOT LET THE KIDS PLAY BASEBALL OK? THE FEILDS WERE FREE AND THE KIDS HAD THEM AND NOW THE TOWN DIDNT DO ANYTHING TO MAKE NEW ONES BECAUSE REPUBS RUN IT
Senders...I agree with you !! No I dont think it should be dropped...let the fields fend for themselves....The whole thing is so political anyway....kids dont play because they are good, its who you know and who's daddy is coaching PLEASE dont tell me you know...
"The Town" doesn't have to do anything....the politicians would be very very sorry to put it at their podium's rhetoric for votes.....
the parents and the National Little League LLC should be doing it.....get some big ole baseball players and their million$$$$$ contracts over here to meet Sal and maybe something could be done......
as for "The Town"--yeah, we like baseball alright but, I see more pressing issues,,,,,
comp plan sewers for Hamburg Rotterdam on water towers etc etc........
I dont want to hear about the poor poor little league and the poor poor kids........Rotterdam is not poor poor poor.......
we must be smarter than the political rhetoric....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
"The Town" doesn't have to do anything....the politicians would be very very sorry to put it at their podium's rhetoric for votes.....
the parents and the National Little League LLC should be doing it.....get some big ole baseball players and their million$$$$$ contracts over here to meet Sal and maybe something could be done......
as for "The Town"--yeah, we like baseball alright but, I see more pressing issues,,,,,
comp plan sewers for Hamburg Rotterdam on water towers etc etc........
I dont want to hear about the poor poor little league and the poor poor kids........Rotterdam is not poor poor poor.......
we must be smarter than the political rhetoric....
Then if you don't give these kids something to do, they will run the streets and then you will be b*tching about that.
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