Here is a post from Upstream: a Mohawk Valley Perspective, that even people who don't live around here will probably find amazing. Can you imagine New York City maintaining a police force here in upstate NY, which makes arrests, performs raids without notifying local authorities and keeps watch over an antiquated dam that is threatening to flood half the region?
I was shocked and I thank Dan for the heads up. We are 174 miles from the city here and have more than enough layers of government of our own, thank you.
We sure don't need city cops telling us how to do business.
And as for taking care of the damn dam, had it been properly maintained in the first place, we wouldn't be discussing the concept of adding flood alarm sirens to our valley.
There have long been jokes about building a fence somewhere around Poughkeepsie and forming two separate states. I am all for it. Agriculture is New York's number one industry. We have nearly eight million acres of farm land. However, you would never know it from the way we are governed.
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U.S. Representative Thomas M. Reynolds said, "The heavy rains this summer had far-reaching effects, impacting farms all across Western New York and New York State. Agriculture is our state's number one industry, and we need to do all we can to help our farmers that were hurt by the poor conditions this summer. This request for federal assistance is an important first step in aiding these farms in their recovery." This is a quote from http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/AD/release.asp?ReleaseID=1377
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