Readers feel planning board may have lost all credibility
It still irks me that the PB will make their decision based upon the testimony of Valley’s Hired experts—-People, who like the project manager, really want the job! Testimony? It was a job interview—–a sales pitch.
Can you really believe this enormous project will have no effect on Ridgewood?
Years of construction with no impact on residents or neighboring schools.
1000 extra parking spaces and no extra traffic.
Double size of the building with no need for additional taxpayer paid infrastructure or services.
Drain millions of gallons of ground water with no impact on aquifer.
Any urban planner would tell you that a project of this size will have a significant impact on the Village.
Is the PB asking the right questions? There all hard working volunteers, but are they even qualified to do so? The Village needs to bring in some experts who are not paid by Valley to look at this project.
The bottom line is that you hope common sense prevails. Both the short and long term effects are enormous for the entire town. Ridgewood gets nothing but a lot of aggravation, bad press which can’t possibly help the CBD or the overall image of the village, and higher taxes. Not to mention what is going on with hospitals being bought and sold like crazy throughout the country. It’s obvious the folks at HUMC were less arrogant, and a lot smarter, than those at Valley, but why should the Village of Ridgewood have to pay for it ?
The Planning Board could regain all its credibility by shooting this preposterous project down. Any Planning Board member that votes in favor should be investigated.
I do not understand why the town has failed to hire experts. On the other hand, it might backfire because they would probably be paid to concede that all of Valley’s experts’ preposterous claims were true.
Remember the TV show” Who Do You Trust?” This is right up there.