Ninegret project won't be Syracuse 'jelly donut'
By David Wakefield
Standard-Examiner
Mon, 03/05/2012
http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/03/05/ninegret-project-wont-be-syracuse-jelly-donut
Editor,
In response to the news story of Mar. 2, "Project could boost Syracuse" March 2, "Could" is a conditional word" and means nothing more than "maybe." It does not mean, "will." Let me tell you, from my perspective, which includes 23 years of law enforcement, a few of the things that the Ninegret project will, and will not do.
It will:
- Be next to the high school.
- Be surrounded by residential neighborhoods
- Be another Freeport Center complete with semi-trucks, people racing to get to and from work.
- Increase drug activity in our community.
- Bring traffic hazards to an area full of inexperienced, teen drivers.
- Lower residential property values.
- Include hundreds of apartments.
- Bring increased crime, including burglaries (residential and auto).
- Decrease the safety of Syracuse citizens.
- Require more police officers and emergency response personnel.
- Increase the operating budget of Syracuse city.
It will not:
- Bring a thousand high-paying jobs (unless you think $8.00-12.00 an hour is high pay).
- Solve Syracuse's fiscal woes.
- Be a giant boon to the Syracuse restaurant lunch crowd (most employees will bring their lunches, just like Freeport employees).
- Make Syracuse a more desirable place to live and raise a family.
Mayor Nagle, you can cover a stinky, unsanitary substance with powdered sugar, but that does not make it a jelly donut. Your constituents defeated this project when it was named DTEC. How many times do we have to fight this battle? And most importantly, Why can't elected officials do the will of the people who elected them instead of serving themselves?
David Wakefield
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