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Apr 27, 2011 1:37 am
[caption id="attachment_10980" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="From Cairo public hearing on proposed zoning law at Cairo Elementary. Photo by Tom Roe."]
[/caption]Over a hundred people filled the Cairo Elementary theater Tue., Apr. 26 for a public hearing about the town's proposed zoning law. Three years in the making, the proposed law was almost universally loathed by the speakers, who each got five minutes to sound their views. Only two comments all night could be interpreted as in favor of the law, although many said they were in favor of zoning, just not this way. Almost every speaker cited the 160-plus page count of the document, but few quoted specific passages, as one speaker noted. Most said they felt like government was too restrictive in general. Many said Cairo does not enforce rules on the books now, and questioned why one would add more rules in that case. WGXC recorded the public hearing. Below are two clips that are fairly representative of most of the speakers. WGXC will air the public hearing tonight at 7 p.m. on 90.7-FM and wgxc.org.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY HELEN CHADDERDON COMMENT AT CAIRO PUBLIC HEARING
CLICK HERE TO PLAY GERRY APREA COMMENT AT PUBLIC HEARING
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ENTIRE PUBLIC HEARING
Hallenbeck, Delaney get GOP nods
Francesca Olsen reports in the Register-Star that on Tue. Apr. 26, Hudson Republicans announced their endorsements for this fall's election: current Board of Supervisors Vice-chairman and Fifth Ward supervisor Bart Delaney runs for common council president and William Hallenbeck, the current supervisor in the Third Ward, runs for mayor. Hudson Republican Party Chairman George DeJesus made the announcement to the Register-Star Tuesday. Read Olsen's story here.
Melissa Auf de Maur
Melissa Auf de Maur, solo artist, former bass player with Hole, and partner in Basilica Hudson, talked with host Dan Seward last night on "Battlefield Earth." Basilica Hudson, the space down by the Amtrack station, hosts a reading of Rudy Wurlitzer's novel "Slow Fade" by Will Oldham, this Thu. Apr. 28. Other performances that night come from Ben Chasny, of Six Organs of Admittance, and Elisa Ambrogio, of noise rock band Magik Markers, who will open the evening with her own reading. Wurlitzer's partner, photographer Lynn Davis, will also have projections during the Wurlizter reading.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW
Joe Ketner
Joe Ketner, from Emerson College, curates the show "Robert Scott Duncanson: The Spiritual Striving of a Freedman's Son" at the Thomas Cole House in Catskill. The show opens May 1. Interview by Ann Forbes Cooper and Richard Roth from WGXC Afternoon Show Tuesday.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW
Peter Feinman
Peter Feinman, from the Institute of History, Archeology, and Education, helped organize the Greene County History Conference this Sat. April 30 at the Catskill Middle School. He discusses the event with Ann Forbes Cooper and Richard Roth from WGXC Afternoon Show Tuesday.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW
Peter O'Hara
Peter O'Hara is a Greene County resident who is volunteering as a host at the "Dining Out for Life" AIDS fundraiser this Thursday, Apr. 28 at a variety of restaurants in Hudson and other New York cities. O'Hara will be at Ca'mea in Hudson. Interview by Ann Forbes Cooper and Richard Roth from WGXC Afternoon Show Tuesday.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW
Noe Kidder
Noe Kidder is a Brooklyn-based artist who curated the "American Dream Nightmare" video art festival April 30 from 1-5 p.m. at the Catskill Community Center. This show is part of the "Masters on Main St." program, filling empty storefronts in Catskill with art. Interview by Richard Roth and Ann Forbes Cooper.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW
[/caption]Over a hundred people filled the Cairo Elementary theater Tue., Apr. 26 for a public hearing about the town's proposed zoning law. Three years in the making, the proposed law was almost universally loathed by the speakers, who each got five minutes to sound their views. Only two comments all night could be interpreted as in favor of the law, although many said they were in favor of zoning, just not this way. Almost every speaker cited the 160-plus page count of the document, but few quoted specific passages, as one speaker noted. Most said they felt like government was too restrictive in general. Many said Cairo does not enforce rules on the books now, and questioned why one would add more rules in that case. WGXC recorded the public hearing. Below are two clips that are fairly representative of most of the speakers. WGXC will air the public hearing tonight at 7 p.m. on 90.7-FM and wgxc.org.CLICK HERE TO PLAY HELEN CHADDERDON COMMENT AT CAIRO PUBLIC HEARING
CLICK HERE TO PLAY GERRY APREA COMMENT AT PUBLIC HEARING
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ENTIRE PUBLIC HEARING
Hallenbeck, Delaney get GOP nods
Francesca Olsen reports in the Register-Star that on Tue. Apr. 26, Hudson Republicans announced their endorsements for this fall's election: current Board of Supervisors Vice-chairman and Fifth Ward supervisor Bart Delaney runs for common council president and William Hallenbeck, the current supervisor in the Third Ward, runs for mayor. Hudson Republican Party Chairman George DeJesus made the announcement to the Register-Star Tuesday. Read Olsen's story here.
Melissa Auf de Maur
Melissa Auf de Maur, solo artist, former bass player with Hole, and partner in Basilica Hudson, talked with host Dan Seward last night on "Battlefield Earth." Basilica Hudson, the space down by the Amtrack station, hosts a reading of Rudy Wurlitzer's novel "Slow Fade" by Will Oldham, this Thu. Apr. 28. Other performances that night come from Ben Chasny, of Six Organs of Admittance, and Elisa Ambrogio, of noise rock band Magik Markers, who will open the evening with her own reading. Wurlitzer's partner, photographer Lynn Davis, will also have projections during the Wurlizter reading.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW
Joe Ketner
Joe Ketner, from Emerson College, curates the show "Robert Scott Duncanson: The Spiritual Striving of a Freedman's Son" at the Thomas Cole House in Catskill. The show opens May 1. Interview by Ann Forbes Cooper and Richard Roth from WGXC Afternoon Show Tuesday.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW
Peter Feinman
Peter Feinman, from the Institute of History, Archeology, and Education, helped organize the Greene County History Conference this Sat. April 30 at the Catskill Middle School. He discusses the event with Ann Forbes Cooper and Richard Roth from WGXC Afternoon Show Tuesday.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW
Peter O'Hara
Peter O'Hara is a Greene County resident who is volunteering as a host at the "Dining Out for Life" AIDS fundraiser this Thursday, Apr. 28 at a variety of restaurants in Hudson and other New York cities. O'Hara will be at Ca'mea in Hudson. Interview by Ann Forbes Cooper and Richard Roth from WGXC Afternoon Show Tuesday.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW
Noe Kidder
Noe Kidder is a Brooklyn-based artist who curated the "American Dream Nightmare" video art festival April 30 from 1-5 p.m. at the Catskill Community Center. This show is part of the "Masters on Main St." program, filling empty storefronts in Catskill with art. Interview by Richard Roth and Ann Forbes Cooper.
CLICK HERE TO PLAY INTERVIEW