News & Opinion About Huletts Landing, N.Y.
With Columbus Day behind us, and the days getting shorter and colder, here is a great image courtesy of NOAA & NASA which shows the earth’s position and axis in relation to the sun. Someone recently described this time to me as the “sad days away from Huletts.”
This is a photograph of a poster that illustrates the position of the Earth for each season, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Courtesy of NOAA & NASA.
For those who have been waiting patiently, here are a series of pictures which show the dredging work on Foster Brook. (You’ll need to click on the picture to see it in full resolution and then use the “Back” button to return to this page.)
I received copies of these nice two letters from Patricia Portela and Patrick Gorman to Walter Lender, Executive Director of the Lake George Association expressing their thanks to the LGA for its work on the Foster Brook dredging project.
Update October 6, 2009 – 5:00 pm
Mr. Lender replied back:
“What wonderful notes. I can’t tell you how much we appreciate them. You folks have been great to work with, too, and you have been a big help coordinating with the residents. Thank you all very much!”
It’s supposed to be the peak of the fall foilage season during the Columbus Day weekend, so I grabbed a quick preview for you.
The leaves are waiting for you!
Click on the image to see it in full scale.
Just wanted to give everyone a further update on the dredging. Right now it’s almost completed. This picture was taken on Monday afternoon as they wrapped things up. They were just about done with the dredging then. Yesterday they were out of the water and are now working on the roads, cleaning up the access site and hauling away the material. Later this week they’ll take out the silt curtains. Pat Gorman says he thinks everyone “will be happy”. I’ll post an update and more pictures later this week.
Thank you, Lake George Association!
Even the water looks colder now.
President Asks Governor Not to Run
MSNBC reports that President Obama has asked Governor Paterson not to run for re-election. Quite frankly I am not surprised. We’ve gotten more taxes, more regulations, no school tax relief, and stimulus money used to fill in the state budget deficit.
Post Star reports on Stream Rules Delay
The Post Star reports on the delay in moving ahead on the stream rules. My only problem with this article is that it neglects the fact that Washington County and the towns of Dresden and Putnam have also passed resolutions opposing the stream rules. Memo to the Post Star, Lake George has an east shore.
This was released by the Lake George Park Commission today.
They seem to be finally admitting that these rules will be costly. The documents they are preparing “will assist the Commission and the public in evaluating the potential cost impact of the regulations on the Commission, local government and regulated entities“. In other words, us. The taxpayers!
If they take this amount of property off the tax rolls, taxes will increase.
You may remember my post here about the Center for Watershed Protection. To date, they have never allowed me to interview anyone from the Center for Watershed Protection. I was going to ask, but have never been allowed to inquire, about what happens to property taxes in jurisdictions that have passed these regulations.
Looks like they can’t sneak this one by after all.
Just wanted to give everyone an update on the dredging. The dredging is going very well to this point. The contractor is making great progress. The photos shows the road built out to the delta with the excavator creating piles that are then hauled out by a pay loader. A 2nd curtain has been installed to keep any silt from escaping to the lake. It is working very well. Lots of people are watching! (And now so are you!)
Update 9/18/09
I’ve gotten a lot of interest in these pictures so here are the full resolution images for a better view:
Seen on Narrow Island
A Bad Harvest?
The Post Star recently had an article about Dresden Town Board member, John Barber, and his apple orchard. It discusses the problems he has had with bad weather this year. (John’s seat on the Town Board is not up for election this year.)
Coast Guard Proposes New Rules for Ballast Water
The Washington Post writes about proposed new Coast Guard standards for ballast water treatment that had been long awaited by people concerned about the impact of invasive aquatic species transported via ballast water in ships. This would apply to ships passing through the canal that runs through Whitehall.
This was recently forwarded to me. It’s a rattlesnake with its tail tagged and painted red by the DEC.
It was spotted near the dock for sites 3 & 4 on “Floating Battery” island, which is part of the Mother Bunch Group.
The DEC spotted it, and went to warn the campers. Unfortunately, the two campsites had tents, but the campers were not around to let them know the snake was visiting.
The DEC marks rattlesnakes they find for someone who does a study on them. This is a particularly big one. It’s probably at least 5 feet long and wide as a soda can in the middle! Makes you want to rent a house next summer!
If you’ve never heard a rattlesnake, it makes a sound almost exactly like a baby’s rattle. I heard one once but never saw it.
Now we’ve all seen a particularly big one!
Post Star Editorial on Making the APA Pay
Sound familiar?
“The agency’s staffers can read. They knew they were twisting the law beyond any legitimate shape, but they pushed ahead anyway, in bad faith.”
It’s not just happening in Huletts. The APA is taking unjustified positions in other areas also. For this they’ll most likely pay. Literally. Read the Post Star editorial here.
How Do You Spend You Day?
The NY Times has this neat interactive graphic which shows how different groups of people spend their day. Cool.