Secretary of State says Knapp rezone
NOT NECESSARY!

Tells Knapp appraiser Frederick Hudson he is WRONG!

It is not necessary to rezone to give the Knapp's their money!

Legislator Candidate John Steger wasted $40,000 of taxpayer's money on a fool's errand.

Supervisor and Legislator Candidate John Steger has wasted $40,000 of taxpayers money, thousands of Paul Knapp's money and a similar amount of our money on a fools errand. We told him countless times that this rezone wasn't necessary yet he foolishly plowed ahead wasting everyone's time and money for NOTHING! Paul Knapp could have had his money months ago were it not for Steger's pigheadedness. Meeting after meeting, letter after letter we told him this wasn't needed. He ignored us. I don't think he is fool enough to ignore the New York Secretary of State . . . but I could be wrong. Only an idiot and a complete and utter fool would pursue this rezone after the finding by the Secretary of State. We will have to wait and see what Steger does. The rezone isn't necessary the compromise is moot. It is over, someone tell John Steger!

To explain the letter: The sentence that says: "It is our opinion that a hypothetical condition could be valued without the hypothetical condition being actually present, especially in a situation where an alternative use value is sought." Means that you don't have to actually rezone Paul Knapp's land commercial to determine what it would be worth if it were commercial. If this sounds familiar it is because that is what we have been saying all along.

The sentence that says: "We have notified Mr. Hudson of our findings in this matter, to correct any misconceptions he may have on this issue." Means that they slapped Hudson on the wrist for not knowing his job. They did not find that he 'intentionally deceive the public' which probably means that it was unintentional but deceptive. He was just plain wrong and he got told about it.

Now Paul Knapp can move forward with his plans for joining the Farmland Protection Program. Steger and the Town Board can drop their unneeded rezone plan and we can all move on. I can't help but wonder what Steger will do. Is he smart enough to know it is over? The next Town Board meeting is September 10^th, I'll see you there.

Frank Hogg
9/5/1