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responsible manner, as we stand to lose so much. Too, all of this upscaling that is planned will make it rough for people like myself who don't make big bucks or who are on the verge of living on a retirement income to stay in town. But I'm "sure" that nobody is actually trying to run us lower-level white collar workers or blue collar workers away.... <BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Brian Boettger <brian_boettger@hotmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, July 26, 2011 9:05:01 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [RP TownTalk] Resident for Cafritz Development<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV>Melissa,</DIV>
<DIV>Please do not put words in the mouths of Riverdale residents. You are not an elected official and do not speak for or represent us.</DIV>
<DIV>I am a resident of Riverdale and welcome the investment in the community. People seem to forget that we do have a park in town and that there are plans in the works for more.</DIV>
<DIV>You may not think that you will benefit, but with proper development, all land owner in Riverdale will benefit from the development.</DIV>
<DIV>Brian Boettger</DIV>
<DIV>Ravenswood. </DIV>
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<DIV>> Message: 7<BR>> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:08:09 -0700 (PDT)<BR>> From: Melissa Avery <m.avery@rocketmail.com><BR>> To: Jeffrey Yorke <yorkedial@gmail.com>, "TownTalk@riverdale-park.org"<BR>> <TownTalk@riverdale-park.org><BR>> Cc: "Gerald@geraldking.com" <Gerald@geraldking.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Untamed Property<BR>> Message-ID: <1311606489.8654.YahooMailNeo@web59415.mail.ac4.yahoo.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<BR>> <BR>...The people of Riverdale Park want to preserve natue and the small town feel that makes this place unique. A place?that harkens back to the?original raiload suburb?built in the late 1800's.<BR>> ?<BR>> We don't need?to?help outside?poachers,?enriching their coffers at the expence of the citizens of our town.<BR>> ?<BR>> Melissa<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>