Young whippersnapper, still wet behind the ears and you just moved into
town!!!!!  Sounds like they just can't afford to deal with the peeling
paint and/or any upgrades.  I am so glad the listers came here before we
had the exterior painted this spring.  Ruth




At 11:39 AM -0400 5/7/05, Pamela S. Follett wrote:
>Ruth -
>
>I came from Besemer - a map dot outside of Ithaca.  You've lumped me into a
>group, and inferred a steroetype.  My issue is not that I want to change
>"their" way of life, it's that they're pissing and moaning about stupid crap
>and there is absolutely no reason eras can't comingle, and there are a lot
>of long time (some leaftime) residents here who keep complaining that
>they're being kept in the dark and Phelps isn't making progress - being
>stifled by the powers that be, and how it used to breathe.  Now, it's
>gasping for air.  Believe me, I've heard from a lot of people who think it's
>wonderful that something is happeneing around town.  Because of our
>historical society that appears to have a bizarre understanding of what
>preservation means and the way people's assessments go up just for painting,
>we have a 1 block downtown that is dying, and officialdom seems not to care.
>In fact, the place looks downright gross with paint chipping off and facades
>that are in desparate need of fixing before they start to tumble down on
>pedestrians, and boarded up windows.  It's one thing to put things back the
>way they were through preservation; thus, allowing the world to continue to
>live and grow - it's entirely another to stagnate it into dumpiness and
>death simply because "all change is bad."  Hence, my "excentric
>urbaniteness" might help remove the goddamn blinders in this town.
>
>- Pam
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