Cape challengers not qualified to lead town~ Letter

Watertown Daily Times Cape challengers not qualified to lead town

Cape challengers not qualified to lead town
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009


The voters of Cape Vincent need to stop, take a deep breath and look at the bigger picture.

There are three candidates in the town election who are trying to make the upcoming election a one-issue election because they are not qualified to take on multiple town government issues.

Also up for re-election are two incumbents, lifelong residents Tom Rienbeck and Mickey Orvis, who have proven they are capable of taking on multiple issues in town government. Tom, along with Mickey and the other current town board members, have given us the lowest tax rate in almost 30 years, plus the town's fund balance has increased by 300 percent.

Because of the current town board, Cape residents now have affordable potable water. Cape residents requested affordable potable water, and the town board answered this request with construction of three water districts.

People have criticized our town board for not having a referendum on wind. Don't these people know that people cannot vote to determine whether landowners have a right to lease their land? As a private landowner in America, you have the right to lease your land to whomever you want, and you don't need to wait for people to cast their vote on that choice.

People need to look at the bigger picture. The three one-issue candidates belong to the group that dragged Cape residents into a costly lawsuit, a lawsuit that the group lost. This group is always pushing misinformation and criticizing people who don't swallow their misinformation.

The National Association of Realtors did research that proved wind turbines will not affect real estate values (www.realtor.org). Tell this to the one-issue candidates, and they'll tell you personal stories that distort the facts. These stories can't trump a national organization's expert analysis. This group always confuses opinion with facts.

Tell the candidates from this group that residents are already used to Wolfe Island's turbines, where most residents' houses are facing, and they'll be confused. Tell them people think the turbines are majestic, and they'll call you a "rotten human being," like one member of this group called a Cape town official.

Cory White

Cape Vincent