I'm sure Mr. & Mrs. Schoonmaker are wonderful people, and I'm sorry - not that they have their opinion- but that they come to their conclusions (opinions) because of misinformation spread by Town Leaders. Mr. Schoonmaker thinks that the Town only owns 5 ft. around the Pinegrove building, as Mr. Schoonmaker's letter to the I-Post recently showed. You can view that letter here.
It's one thing to have opinions on why the move is a good/bad move, it's another when you don't have all the information, or even accurate information to make an informed decision one way or the other.
It also seems that this last letter is more about the writer's personal opinion of Mr. Barone, on issues that happened in the past, instead of focusing on the issue of fixing Pinegrove temporarily.
I do agree with one part of the letter, that Irondequoit is becoming a laughingstock of the County....but not because of Richard Barone. It's the leadership that perpetuates false information, and quotes to the media filled with lies. (Can't use CDBG for Pinegrove, WISD owns land around Pinegrove, can't enlarge the footprint of Pinegrove, only owns 5 ft. around the building etc.).
The "inflammatory rhetoric" such as in the above letter where it is stated: "So the seniors you voted against "thank you" for being such fine examples of what this town should be against."
........Shows the lengths these people will go to in order to paint the "opposition" as hateful, mean spirited senior haters.
Richard Barone, and the people who petitioned, and the people who signed the petition, and the people who voted "no" are not "against seniors".
They are against lies, and closed government.
