SONG MOUNTAIN WELL TO BE POWERED!

From Supervisor Betty Pitman: She looked at the Song Mountain Resolution and there was nothing in there about hooking power up to the well. She talked to Peter Harris (partner and manager at Song Mountain) and he said he was going to install the two monitoring wells and was only hooking up power and was not going to use the well. I'm sure we can all trust Peter Harris to do exactly what he says, after all hasn't he proven his word is good in the... wait... I'm thinking of someone else... never mind.

Comment: The reason they are doing this now is to get us worked up and worn out before winter. It's June, six months from now Song will be starting their money season. That gives us more than enough time for calm and deliberate preparations to end this ongoing problem... once and for all! It's also an election year for the town board and we should put our effort into getting good people elected to prevent future problems. Let's first concentrate on the elections, they are usually in August and are called 'caucuses' and then we will have plenty of time to take care of the Song problem after that.

Hint: Put the word caucus in the search box on the left to read all about past elections/caucuses in Preble. (Also try Sort By Date once on the search page. Or just Click for caucus search results by date

SONG MOUNTAIN AT IT AGAIN!

Song Mountain has installed two 4x4 posts with a plywood board at the base of the power pole which would be used for power meters for their illegal well!

According to the agreement with the town they are supposed to do a number of things BEFORE they use the well.

They have not done any of them!

I contacted Supervisor Betty Pitman at 7PM this evening and asked her to put a stop work order on Song Mountain as that is what Pat Snyder, lawyer for the ZBA said would be done if Song tried to do what they are doing now. I am awaiting her reply and will post it here when I hear from her.

The Future of Preble

FLASH!!! Aquifer Protection District presented at Water Protection meeting Wednesday night...

A Helping Hand

Several months ago at a Town Board meeting, shortly after Tom Fox resigned, Anne Henderson, chair of the Water Protection committee, made the announcement that doing the Aquifer Protection District (APD) was going to involve so much work that she didn?t think they would be able to get it done this year. It was obvious that the loss of key Town Board member and Water Protection committee member Tom Fox was a great loss to her efforts. The Town Board was also suffering the loss of both Tom and Linette Currie, two new and vigorous members that are sorely missed. I sat in my chair watching Betty bravely move on with the business of the town and an idea started to ferment in my mind.

Was there something I could do to help our town? more...

There will be a public information meeting Wednesday June 4th, 7:30 PM at the fire hall to discuss the future course for Preble.

This includes the Aquifer Protection District and possible code changes.

Representatives from Cortland Planning, Water and others will be there to discuss protecting our water supply. Please plan to attend as it is very important for everyone to be there.

The Future of Preble

The year 2003 has been a very difficult year for our town. Two town board members resigned, a thing that has never happened in the history of Preble. One of those members was also a pivotal member of the Water Protection committee headed by Anne Henderson. Our town, already saddled with the obligation to protect our water supply and update our laws now finds itself short handed at this crucial time. We must all join in and lend a hand to help our town, our town board and its new members with these difficult tasks. To that end I have started a new section of this web site titled, The Future of Preble - Making Preble a Better Place for All". In it I will bring the issues of protecting our water supply and the future of Preble. The details, the discussion and the solutions will be here for all to read and comment on. In that way our leaders can use that information to make their already difficult job a little easier. Our collective future is at stake and the safety of our water supply is paramount. I hope you will join in by emailing me your comments and suggestions to add to the discussion. As time passes I hope to add an additional discussion forum and other things to make this process easier. If we all work together we can make Preble a better place for all.