To the Editor:<\/p>\n
(DeRuyter, NY – Feb. 2013) Be aware Madison County residents of a wolf in sheep\u2019s clothing. I recently attended a meeting in Cazenovia put on by the Cazenovia Chamber of Commerce. It was an excellent overview of what\u2019s happening in Cazenovia \u2013 where it wants to go, how to get there and, in some cases, leave well enough alone (with planning) in order to preserve the small country setting and tranquility of which they cherish. Money is an issue as we all know. They need more business and people to live in their community.<\/p>\n
The issue of hydrofracking was brought up by one of the panelists, which generated a couple of questions from the audience with responses from the panel. I didn\u2019t comment but I\u2019m glad some did. One question in particular was directed at the Nelson Supervisor which was \u201cWhat effect will hydrofracking have on tourism in the area?\u201d The wolf, I mean the Nelson supervisor, talked for three to four minutes and finally said, \u201cI didn\u2019t answer your questions, did I?\u201d<\/p>\n
Someone from the audience said \u201cWell, no.\u201d The supervisor said \u201cthere will be more trucks on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n
(Clue 1.) He also strongly elaborated that there will be no drilling in Cazenovia village and some others. He never mentioned anything about drilling outside the villages of Cazenovia and Nelson.<\/p>\n
(Clue 2.) He made a statement that he\u2019s neutral regarding hydrofracking. Well, in hydrofracking terms, that\u2019s code for \u2018Drill Baby Drill.\u2019<\/p>\n
(Clue 3.) A sixth-grader listening to these three responses would come to the same conclusion of what many of us know about the Nelson supervisor all along. In my opinion, he\u2019s pro-gas. My point to Cazenovia and other towns that are attempting to put stop-gaps in place against the heavy industry of hydrofracking need to be aware about adjoining towns where supervisors are pushing for gas with little regard of the overall negative consequences of hydrofracking.<\/p>\n
If Nelson and DeRuyter allow drilling, you can be absolutely assured surrounding towns will be impacted, whether you like it or not. Housing, land and water in the area will be highly desirable for the process of hydrofracking of which has many more negatives than positives.<\/p>\n
If you have any doubt about hydrofracking, go to Pennsylvania on your own (as I have done) off the beaten path. No gas-sponsored tours as many politicians have done. See for yourself, take pictures, get out, knock on doors, talk to residents and business owners of these small towns and the countryside of Pennsylvania. You will find some winners \u2013 no question.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s like the lottery. The winner is sensationalized through the state and country of where, who and how much. A fact not given too often. There were millions, millions and millions of losers. High correlation with gas, tobacco and other areas of corporate greed with most people being compromised negatively for the benefit of the few.<\/p>\n
I believe that Cazenovia is going in the right direction compared to some towns (that have nothing) with road use regulations that would stop hydrofracking. I feel a moratorium would be a better approach because it gives a town two-and-a-half years to develop laws and rules to have a vaccine against hydrofracking if it becomes allowable in New York State.<\/p>\n
Joe Yankowski, DeRuyter<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To the Editor: (DeRuyter, NY – Feb. 2013) Be aware Madison County residents of a wolf in sheep\u2019s clothing. I recently attended a meeting in Cazenovia put on by the Cazenovia Chamber of Commerce. It was an excellent overview of what\u2019s happening in Cazenovia \u2013 where it wants to go, how to get there and, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[3337,6065,9204,10375],"class_list":["post-42471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cazenovia-chamber-of-commerce","tag-deruyter-ny-news","tag-hydrofracking","tag-joe-yankowski"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-b31","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}