I believe the best of our young leaders lie buried in military cemeteries and what we have running the country now are what is left us, the dregs. A number of presidents served in the Civil War, at least one from WW I and about four from service in WW II. It seems my generation, the Korean Conflict and beyond has been left behind.
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MARY MILLER: Clock may start ticking soon…
Editor’s Note: This analysis by Mary Miller is excerpted and updated from Citizen’s for a Better Eastern Shore’s (CBES) July 2015 ShoreLine Newsletter. To find out more about CBES visit their website here.
Northampton County Rezoning—
…..the clock may start ticking soon
At the end of the May 26 Board of Supervisor’s Work Session, with no Agenda notice, and with only the CBES representative left in the audience, the Board members were presented with a new calendar for action on the county-wide rezoning proposal. Each member received a Red Binder containing all changes agreed to up until that date, and several pages of brand new recommendations from county staff.
HEINZ SOMMER: I want the accurate answers, please.
On the night that the Town of Cape Charles finally approved the budget for this fiscal year, Cape Charles resident Heinz Sommer was on hand, and he was looking for some answers. However, the three minutes of public comment was hardly enough time to get much of anything, so Sommer submitted his questions to the Town Clerk writing. The Mirror published the Town’s answers on July 5th.
On July 22. 2015 the original answers were revised by the Town of Cape Charles.
One of the questions asked was:
What is the amount of non-performing assets on our balance sheet (like the $100,000 property acquired from Foster; Nonperforming in the sense that they do not provide any reasonable income, or they do not serve any needs for the community and or are not essential for future town developments.
The original answer was:
No others-The acquired property protects the Town entrance from possible undesirable development at the town’s entrance, and it is hoped that it will provide an increased benefit in the future.
The revised answer by the town of Cape Charles is as follows:
Assets owned by the Town and not either leased out or used for municipal purposes:
- Two parcels on Randolph behind the Library, which are being held for future parking.
- Three parcels on Madison north of the park. No plans for utilization.
- One parcel on Washington. No plans for utilization.
- One parcel, southeast corner of Fig and Randolph, which is currently loaned to New Roots Youth Garden. Long-range plan is for a round-about/plaza.
- Three parcels on Stone Road adjacent to the water plant and water tower.
- A sixteen acre parcel on Old Cape Charles Road, of which a small portion is being used for two new wells. Remainder is reserved for either future well sites or rapid infiltration basins for treated wastewater effluent disposal.
- The seven lots at Fig and Randolph near the town entrance.
Editor’s Note: Mr. Sommer continues to analyze the Town’s ‘answers’ for any further discrepancies.
SHER HOROSKO: Shore Beauty Never Leaves Us
By Sher Horosko
When I arrived on the Shore in the Spring of 2013, I came as a settler to a new land. I wrote about the beauty of the natural world, that is, your natural world. There is so much to love.I watched, (for a rather long time), the sword fights of the fiddler crabs.
They moved like a murmuration of starlings in a fall sky, always streaming together, back to their sandy holes. I never could surprise them. Not once. And yes, I tried.
It had been a long while since I moved in such a watery world. I drank it up. My eyes were fresh and my heart, wide open.
Sommer & Sturgis: analysis of Industrial Maritime Sewage
After the JIDA plan to bring raw sewage from tankers and deposit it in town made its rounds, Heinz Sommer and Janet Sturgis each sent in some fine data and analysis. We thought it was important information that needed to be out there, and that both works complemented each other, so here it is:
Heinz Sommer
To the decision makers of Northampton County and the town of Cape Charles!
Subject: Industrial maritime sewage brought to Cape Charles.
Before we spend any more useless activities, energy, thoughts and money on this topic, I urgently request that medical- bacteriological and virological disease professionals get contacted and study this subject thoroughly. This study can be done by universities, and/or research centers as well as government institutions (e.g. The Department of Disease Control) – at no cost to Local Taxpayers – [Read more…]
Rural Legends – Rural Facts
By Martina Coker and Mary Miller
Editors Note: this story is reprinted from The Shoreline newsletter, with permission from Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore. We are very excited to be able to publish this brilliant and cogent analysis from two of the best minds on the Eastern Shore, Martina Coker and Mary Miller. [Read more…]
Proto and Manuel Drop the Ball
“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
When I wrote this commentary on last summer’s drowning in the Wave almost a year ago, I hoped that, by now the town would finally have implemented some form of beach safety protocols. There were some good ideas batted around by folks like Andy Zahn and Debbie Bender, yet during the time between last summer’s tragedy and now, the Town leadership including Mayor George Proto, Vice-Mayor Chris Bannon and Councilwoman Natali has done absolutely nothing. What may have seemed like an outlier last summer, has proven to be closer to the middle of the bell curve—once again, last weekend’s tragic drowning should have never happened. [Read more…]
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