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Welcome to Watch Croton!
We’re glad you stopped by. Since you did, we’re assuming you have an interest in the Village of Croton On Hudson. We do too!
Other sites dedicated to the happenings in and around Croton seem to lack the capacity to have an actual dialogue or at the very least the ability to “agree to disagree” on any given issue. In fact, the vicious personal attacks that occur on a daily basis on one blog in particular led us to our only alternative – which was to start our own.
You see, we think there’s room for all voices, pro or con, on any given issue. We don’t care with which party you are affiliated, on which end of town you reside (or for how long!), or whether or not you have a college degree. We’re only interested in a dialogue that results in benefitting Croton and its residents. If we happen to put a smile on your face once in a while, we’ll take that as a productive moment as well!
To that end, we don’t think it matters who is doing the writing here. What matters is that the ideas we put forth are honest and respectful. If you choose to participate, we ask you to do the same. And we ask that you post under one name only – no doubling or tripling up with different pseudonyms.
We welcome your comments at editor@watchcroton.com.
I have high hopes for this site. The other “Croton” site is doing a fine job of a community billboard, listing events and answering questions about overall functions of Village life. What we DO NOT have is a place for a lively exchange of ideas. Maybe that can happen here.
Am loving the pretty much civil back and forth here. If discussions regress to the all caps screeching like I’ve seen on other sites I’m out of here. Until then, consider me a faithful reader!
That’s certainly our intention! Passion is one thing and we try to make allowances for that. We’d like to keep it as civil as possible and hopefully add something constructive to the Village dialogue.
Glad to have you reading!
As president of the Arboretum, I would like to clarify 2 points in wileycoyote’s June 4 comment about Thursday’s work session.
First, re the comment on reduced water rates, the discussion focussed on the rate charged for the water used by Hudson for the Arboretum, not the rate charged for the entire golf course.
Second, re the discussion of a proposed study, there was not a consensus among attendees on what the study would study. A study designed to identify and measure all the components of water flowing into the Arboretum stream from the golf course has vastly different objectives, requirements, and costs than a study designed to select a metering system that can record, transmit continuous data about stream flow, and trigger automatic release of municipal water when the stream flow falls below what is contractually obligated.
In the context of the work session, it’s important to know that while the Village, the Arboretum and Hudson are working toward a solution, neither the technical monitoring issues nor agreement on the goals and objectives of a study were resolved.
The interested parties agreed to work together in the month before the next work session that will, hopefully, result in agreement on the issues.
I’d be more inclined to participate in this forum if the editorial staff were not behind some anonymous screen name. I find that platforms such as this are far more civil when people use their real names. There is nothing wrong with transparency.
We understand your sentiment.
Unfortunately, there is a history here in Croton of a prolific poster/blogger who has a habit of keying cars, mailing dog poop, slashing tires and harassing the kids of people who use their own names on these types of forums, when she disagrees with their point of view. We’re not up for that kind of abuse.
Further, we feel that if you agree (or not!) with something we post here, the message is what’s important, not the messenger.
Somehow, Mr. Faranda, I suspect that this site has been started by the same people who pulled out of the other croton blog. As for the claim that party affiliation will be irrelevant, judging by the comments, I doubt it. Although I am a sworn blue-stater and union member, the so-called discourse appalls me as I’m sure it does you. I think what is so astounding is the lack of questioning and challenge to the powers that be. I guess that no one learned the lessons of Watergate — people in power lie and they lie to stay in power. This is true in DC and it is true in Croton.
Poor MC. She doesn’t like the comments on this site. Maybe the editor shouldn’t allow them like SaveHarmon, or refuse to post disagreeable ones like EverythingCroton!
As far as questioning goes, why hasn’t anyone questioned the fabric of lies that constitutes Susan Konig’s campaign website? Can’t wait to see her “lawsuit” against Borgia when she loses. Again.
Can anyone tell me how Colabough Pond Road is faring during Irene? I have an Uncle living there. They are in their 80′s.