Mailbag

To The Editor:
I, for one, am tired of hysterical few in the Catskill Heritage Alliance raising absurd, outdated complaints about The Belleayre Resort.

To The Editor:
It was the first week of July in 1947. Four men started to cut a road from the main road back into the forest to where the garage for Belleayre Ski Center is now located.

Back then, people were complaining about the traffic, etc. But it was OK. Many jobs were created and business was good.
I was one of those four men. I support The Resort and I hope you will also.

Odell Reynolds,
Kingston

To The Editor:
Members of the Margaretville Central School Community will have the opportunity to elect a member
of the Board of Education next Tuesday, May 21 from 2 to 8 p.m.

This year we have two candidates that represent a choice in representation of our community. Please come out to vote on the budget, and for the candidate of your choice.
Then enjoy the 5-12 grade choral concert at 7 p.m. Thank you.

Sue Allen,
Arkville

To The Editor:
I own property in Halcottsville.  As such, although a Middletown resident, the property I own is in the Roxbury Central School District and accordingly subject to Roxbury school tax.  
I received a proposed Roxbury Central School Budget Information Brochure for the 2013-’14 budget year.  The budget totals $10 million.  Based on a New York Times article, the Roxbury Central School student population in June of 2012 was 324 students.  That works out to a cost of approximately $31,000 per student.  

To The Editor:
The opposition to the Belleayre Resort relies on fear mongering.  A case in point is the suggestion that The Resort will be turned into a casino, which was implied in their half-page ad in the May 8 issue of the Catskill Mountain News.

To The Editor:
Andes Works! is a collection of Andes residents, both long-timers and newcomers, who have joined together to foster a sustainable economy that benefits all of our residents. We are committed to supporting area businesses, farmers, entrepreneurs, and workforce by supporting projects that build an economy that entices young families to move to the area, even as we work to protect all that we hold dear here — our clean air, our water, our quiet rural landscape, and our small towns.

Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and also to Daniel Whitehead at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The author asked that it be printed here as a letter to the editor.

To The Editor:
 Please include me among those that enthusiastically support the proposed enhancements to Belleayre Mountain Ski Center, and the development of The Resort at Catskill Park. I also support turning the rail tracks into a trail for safe biking and hiking, even if that means the end to the railroad in Ulster County. 

Editor’s note: The following letter was written to Daniel T. Whitehead, Regional Permit Administrator, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Region 3 Headquarters. The author asked that it be printed here as a letter to the editor.

Dear Mr. Whitehead:
Your legacy will be either, “The man who saved the Catskill Park” or, “The man who let it be raped by the almighty dollar.”
I pray you make the right decision. Please save our beautiful park and way of life.

Hap Roell,
Highmount

To The Editor:
The Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park naysayers, have views that are irrelevant.
They do not understand today’s issues. It’s time for the leaders of Save the Mountain, Catskill Heritage Alliance and others who want to block development in a tiny part of the Catskills, to start living and thinking in the present. However narrow, but well intentioned, their view was 15 years ago when the Belleayre Resort was first proposed, it is not relevant or realistic now.