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Sep
22
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 22 September 2006 |
One of the bizarre side effects of a controversial municipal project like Lansing's proposed sewer district is conspiracy theories. It has been interesting for me, because I don't live in the proposed district, so I haven't had to affect a professional distancing -- I'm actually physically distanced from it by about a mile. I've listened to what people have to say and tried to put it into context so I can understand it well enough to write about it in a way that other people will understand.
One thing that I've noticed is that no matter how lofty an idea is presented to argue for or against the sewer, it almost always comes down to where one lives and what might happen to that location. For example almost ever person who argued against putting the trunk sewer line through the old railroad bed had property there, and the same for those who argued against Cayuga Heights Road.
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Sep
15
2006
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Elisabeth A. Hegarty
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
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Dear Editor, Thank you for your informative coverage with respect to this important issue. However, I wonder what the town officials could be thinking of with respect to the sewer issue. Perhaps they will be able to afford these extra charges and taxes. Sad to say, I cannot and I expect that most of the residents earmarked for the first hookup cannot, either. |
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Sep
15
2006
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Hugh Bahar
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
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I did not attend the first sewer committee meeting with the public. I did, however, talk with people who were there. From what I understand, the Lansing community asked the same questions I've asked of the sewer committee (which have remained unanswered via their unresponsive website) and in this editorial column in the past: |
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Sep
15
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
I normally wait until the last minute to write the editorial, and this week I've hit my deadline and don't have any more time. In fact I am so fried that I don't have much of an opinion on anything, except that I would love to go to bed early and skip the School Board meeting tonight!
But this gives me an opportunity to remind you that the Star does accept guest editorials. Write to me beforehand to talk about what you want to write about, and I am happy to consider contributions.
Also, in looking at the letters we've gotten on certain issues like the sewer, I have realized that they represent only part of the story. For example, the two letters in this issue speak against the project. Whether you are for or against the sewer (or other things happening in town), please send a brief letter. We love to know what you are thinking about, and our readers do, too!
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Sep
08
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 08 September 2006 |
"This work has provided me with a view of how special each day is. Even really lousy days, because if you can open your eyes in the morning and roll out of bed and stand up and walk and feed yourself and bathe and drive a car and do all the things that people take for granted... I am acutely aware of how special all of that is, because in the blink of an eye it's over."
Kirk Shreve died last weekend, and those words haunted me from my interview with him four months ago. I couldn't get them out of my head. As I stood meeting his family and viewing his body in the same room in the Lansing Funeral Home where we had spoken, I felt Kirk was there guiding the proceedings. This was a man who really knew how to live, and most uniquely, he knew how to die. |
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