A story ran today that United Water is engineering for a new desalination plant in North Rockland.  Admitedly, that sounds like the begining of a long and tedious battle. Desalination is a great idea, but when these things involve the Hudson River, a whole different group of enviromentalists take the stage. That dosen’t bode well for a quick resolution to our water problem, and maybe they know that. The real question is, what about Ambrey’s Pond?

An acute lack of traffic control is evident in  Haverstraw lately, as private contractors from everywhere have conspired to inturrupt the flow of traffic to complete long overdue infrastructure upgrades. For the sake of a couple of detour signs and a barebones plan, traffic was at times stopped dead, often routed the wrong way on one-ways and sent without direction into unsuspecting developments. As the region both grows and ages, we ought to think about who’s responsible for traffic during these jobs. It’s got to be specified to begin with, or in the case of the Village, just put it in the bid.  

The Journal News recently reported on the Annual Town of Haverstraw reorganization meeting. It seems they were looking for some kind of statement from the Supervisor on the State of the Town. Its traditional and expected, kind of like a ’second’ after a motion, something they could sink their teeth into. Acting Rotellain, Mr. Phillips chose to break with tradition rather than to commit to words. The Journal News didn’t miss that. I’m also sure they didn’t miss the Cancel appointment. And for my part, I just hope Mike Kohut continues the tradition of independent governance down in the Village. That the one thing the previous government gave him, and that’s the one thing the Village needs.