<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>The town government is handled like a privet club</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jonathan W. Ebbeler <jebbeler@efusionconsulting.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> Wednesday, July 11, 2012 12:45 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [RP TownTalk] Cafritz Vote<br> </font> </div> <br>
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--></style><div><div class="yiv973989473WordSection1"><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">Melissa-</span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">Can I ask a very basic question here? I am really struggling to understand your point of view and why you have concluded what you have. I say this in all sincerity because from several people’s postings it appears that at a very basic level some feel disenfranchised. I think it is fair to understand how and why that happened and if anything can be done to address this.</span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'Courier New'; ">What do you feel the Council should have done that it did not in terms of asking for public opinion? </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">What public opinion, facts etc. do you believe the Council should have considered but did not?</span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">Jonathan</span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><h1>______________________________________________</h1><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><b>Melissa Avery</b> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:towntalk%40riverdale-park.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BRP%20TownTalk%5D%20Cafritz%20Vote&In-Reply-To=%3C1342023179.56952.YahooMailNeo%40web121503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com%3E" target="_blank" href="mailto:towntalk%40riverdale-park.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BRP%20TownTalk%5D%20Cafritz%20Vote&In-Reply-To=%3C1342023179.56952.YahooMailNeo%40web121503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com%3E" title="[RP TownTalk] Cafritz Vote">m.avery at rocketmail.com </a><br><i>Wed Jul 11 16:12:59 UTC 2012</i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier
New'; "></span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "> </span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">Very true, But the public was either not allowed to speak or when they spoke they were told thank you for your opinion, and then the council would vote unanimously as they seemed to have agreed upon before the meeting. no considering any public opinion, facts or any thing that was contrary to there will.</span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">I in fact was told, It's going to happen , so just accept it.</span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">This happens on all issues
with this current town council. The asking for input from citizens is a formality that is in the town charter, there for must be followed. weighing that input is never taken into consideration by the council if it differs from the Mayor and town councils will.</span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">The Cafritz development should have been a referendum, something the entire town voted on, not something the town council made decisions about behind closed doors.</span></div><div class="yiv973989473MsoNormal"> </div></div></div></div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><br>_______________________________________________<br>TownTalk mailing list<br>To post to the list, send mail to <a ymailto="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org" href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a><br><a ymailto="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org"
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