Nothing like a little sour grapes…
Valley supporters continue to attack this blog and the the “mean spirited anonymous posters ” for their utter failure to aggrandize them selfs with an over sized monstrosity .
The Ridgewood Planning Board summed it up best ,“The impacts from this amendment are detrimental to the community,” end of story.
We are told the failure of this plan had nothing to do with the fact that it was ill advised, ill planned, and poorly executed .
And that Valley and its supporters behaved behaved like a bunch of spoiled 2 year old brats with their ,gimme gimme gimme attitude .
Valley in it unlimited arrogance even when as far as to demand the Village comply with their business plan. Apparently that included destroying the character of the Village.
Valley supporters even went as far as to purchase anonymous IP’s from hacker and spammer sites so as to attack residents on this blog I remind you of all the “thats what happens when you buy cheap houses near a hospital” posts .
And while we would love to take al the credit , for blocking the ill suited expansion , groups like CRR did most of the heavy lifting .
Okay, I am the guilty writer and obviously struck a nerve…a letter to the Record on Friday ripped the “renewal” decision… I responded in a rebuttal letter that I totally disagree with the writer points (the original plan was insane and the amendment was an insult imho), but admired the fact that she was willing to have it posted in the Record with her name and profession… that is courage and conviction… I also indicated the blogs (plural) get a lot of over the top comments as anonymity makes that easy. Where’s the sour grapes? Oh yeah, the comments on the record articles are a hell of a lot worse on the pro-side but the over the top has been on both sides of the equation…and if you look at the personal shots that fly around with the RBSA and BOE and village government…I think my point is proven… okay citizens, fire away….
And thank you for posting my reply
This was an emotional issue partly because much was at stake in many ways and because it dragged on for so long. Nobody told the hospital not to upgrade itself–just not to that extent on that site. Not only WHAT, but WHERE. And this was something that Valley management and even our Planning Board did not seem to understand.