The Community Preservation Fund was used to secure land on Magee Street and County Road 39 meant for open space, but this CPF property is now being proposed to support a massive sports complex, claiming it is for community benefit.
The public needs time to review what this means to the CPF and to consider the effects of the proposed development on the surrounding area and Southampton Village.
Why rush to change the designation on this specific piece of property? And will it then be easier to change the designation on other CPF properties to allow buildings?
Open space is needed to preserve our water supply, especially if the area is near town or village wells. This summer, the water authority asked residents to reduce their consumption.
This proposed sports complex would increase land and water use significantly, plus add traffic to Southampton Village streets. The area of County Road 39 and Magee Street is already under great stress due to the trade parade exiting Southampton Village. Homeowners on the north side of County Road 39 depend on Magee Street as one of the accesses to Tuckahoe. This is not a viable area for a development of this size.
The public hearing, which will be on September 22, should be postponed, giving taxpayers more time to review the issues.
Valerie Harte
Southampton Village
Shut Him UpFolks: it is time to take Michael Daly at his word(s), unpleasant as that may be. First: glide by his smarmy greeting card calls for “love.” His own words reveal him, above all, and consistently, a purveyor of hate and...
Suffering in SilenceWhen our world gets out of balance, we lose our comfort and security. Too much or too little of anything spikes our fear, and we lose our sense of peace. Those who have what they want and need are comfortable....
Advocate & Adjudicate?The previous administration of [Supervisor Jay] Schneiderman and current board member Tommy John Schiavoni did not give high priority to monitoring appointed public officials for ethical lapses in their private life activities. This laissez-faire policy towards ethics enforcement appears to...
Soil Is CallingIn a book titled “In Old Southampton,” Abigail Halsey reminds us that in the early days of Southampton, “every man was a farmer and a fisherman.” But those days are long gone and most people, today, have no connection to...
A Web of InterestsKudos to Craig Catalanotto [“What Are We Doing?” Letters, April 18] and Barbara Ring [“Tangled Web” Letters, April 18] for their letters to the editor shining a light on the web of special interests, conflicts of interest and misinformation that...
Dates of InfamySeptember 11 and October 7, similar dates of infamy for strong allies with similarly divergent reactions. Now gathered mobs of protesters are cheering on those who cry “Death to America” and call for the complete annihilation and genocide of the...
Your VoiceOn June 25, registered Democrats will go to the ballot box to determine who will represent their ticket for New York’s 1st Congressional District. Although CD1 has recently been held by Republicans, both parties have assumed leadership over the years....
Master ClassI thank Barbara Ring for aptly proving my point. In response to my letter [“An Alliance,” Letters, April 11], which decried the state of civic public discourse in Hampton Bays as being overtaken by misinformation, fear-mongering and conspiracy peddling, Ring...
