file photo by Boyd Loving
Of course the district can re-assign students at any moment, and of course they are going to have to once the reality of all these new students hits home. Do you seriously think the developers are not going to market these apartments to young families with children? And, if you were a family of any age, wouldn’t you go for the cheapest way to obtain the best education for your family.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And when he was mayor, he went out of his way to give away the Village to others.
The apartment projects are going to attract good solid people, just like those who built the Village and those who work so hard to maintain the quality of life. But, people beget more people, and that’s the fact of life. Its not that we don’t want these people, in our Village – – we absolutely do. Its just that we can’t afford that many new people. We don’t want this number of new people.
The Aronsohn projects will bring in 300 to 400 families when all is said and done. You can expect your taxes to go up to take care of their schooling, lights for their roads, water & sewage infrastructure improvements, etc.
And now that this round of housing is done – – look for the developers to buy up more properties and say they should be able to build the same number of units. And ask this council what the hell it is doing to stop this nonsense, now that the word is out it is easy pickings for developers to zero in on Ridgewood.
Current Road asphalt conditions are horrendous.Vc ignoring this fact for years while the PSEG TUNNEL diggers are tearing up the main roads
For Pipe and Utility upgrades .will get much worse folks.Cars tires suspensions will continue to take a beating .its not like we can take an alternate route to and from town.Means lost business store owners .
Tire car repair alignment shops will continue to rake it in.Visitors know the
Town is in downslide,Parking violations officers just hammer the visitors anyway to ensure they know better than to come again next week to shop or dine.is ass backwards to think visitors are fools.Glen Rock and the malls have 3 hours free honor based parking .I get haircuts there every month and I am sure to visit other stores like drugstores there when free parked.
Completely pathetic attempt here to stop the growth in town because of uninformed and racist liberals who live here. I love the classic ” it’s not that we don’t want these people in our village, we do…. BUT. First off, stop with the village thing. Second, stop with the “number of people” thing as well because we all know, as we look through that very thin veneer over Ridgewood you simply don’t want anyone around who doesn’t think, look or smell like you. Can’t afford? Really? You can pay 20k a year to run the unionized slob machine that is the BOE and municipal thugs and your worried about a few families moving in on Broad street? Sorry, your pathetic attempt at segregation was not glossed over under the guise of being penniless .
Oh, 8:35, what about Earth Day?!?
To call this racist is ridiculous. Nobody knows who will move here except that they will add many children to the schools, which will cost us. It’s the numbers, not the colors, and the insane congestion and traffic accidents downtown, and water restrictions and changing the water pipes and traffic lights and you name it, including the safety of those children getting to and from their new homes.
the intersection at Ken Smith has been a disaster since the “bike lane to nowhere” was built, adding extra pedestrian and vehicle traffic is just dangerous and irresponsible. The necessary infrastructure spending will make this town that much more unattractive, as the school budget has grown unabated for far too long. Other than that, this is a great idea.
the intersection at Ken Smith has been a disaster since the “bike lane to nowhere” was built, adding extra pedestrian and vehicle traffic is just dangerous and irresponsible. The necessary infrastructure spending will make this town that much more unattractive, as the school budget has grown unabated for far too long. Other than that, this is a great idea.
8.35 Nice try…
Valley expansion was an oversized and unsafe proposal with broad impacts to the neighborhood ,schools children’s safety and the citizens activism finally won out..same scenario here.
835 sounds like one of our in town developers who had a few too many to drink last night – – or perhaps one of the three failed candidates for Village council