All Roads Lead to Cornithaca – Page 32

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “If you blame the rain . . .” Bumper sticker

There is no one like a politician or bureaucrat for sidestepping the obvious. If every lake that is surrounded by agricultural activity is impaired; they will find an impaired lake without agriculture; and use that to claim, “We don’t know what’s causing the impairment of our water bodies.”

Cause and effect cease to have any meaning in the political decision making process — and not by accident.

The elderly in New York aren’t dying because of equitable paddy cake and bureaucratic indifference — they’re dying from “COVID-19”; and they’re not categorized as “elderly” — but as “New Yorkers” — thereby removing both the identity of the victims, and the reason for their deaths. . . and not by accident.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Cornithaca County is so corrupt . . .” 9

“It’s a self-fulfilling sophistry.” In Tompkins County; every policy argument becomes true; because everything is controlled by the same people. It’s no surprise to residents that the fox not only guards the hen house; but also investigates the disappearances, and rules them to be “runaways.”

Tompkins County and Tammany Hall will examine the origins and credibility of the term “rural sprawl” and why it immediately replaced all mention of “urban sprawl” at every level of County planning and policy making — and its use in carving up rural towns for commercial exploitation.

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“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Cornithaca County is so corrupt . . .” 3

The voters of Tompkins County have no say in the running of the county. Zoning Codes and decisions were based on the “visions” and “reimaginings” of Comprehensive Plans; themselves created without meaningful public participation or oversight.

This closed door decision making has been granted the respectability of legislation with Form Based Codes.

The defining characteristic of Form Based Codes is the power it gives government authorities to decide what people are allowed to do — and what they MUST do.

People can fight zoning decisions; but they can’t fight Form Based Codes. Fait accompli.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Cornithaca County is so corrupt . . .” 2

There are no real public meetings in Tompkins County – no meaningful public participation in the decision making process. In the rare instances where questions from the public are allowed – they are deflected with irrelevant, partial or unresponsive answers.

There is never any discussion or deliberation – the voting follows without a minute’s pause – exactly as planned – for the benefit of the county’s rich and powerful interests.

They’re not even called “meetings” they’re called “hearings” – it’s an event where members of the public can sign in, and talk for 2-minutes [timed] – to a group of authorities who have already made up their minds and are merely waiting for you to stop talking. People who don’t attend are labeled as “not wishing to participate.”

It’s the kind of government that’s sweeping the country — and sweeping away anything that stands in its path.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Sweat Equity” Bumper sticker

I thought of a number of things to say; but I don’t think I could make the point any clearer.