To the editor:

Once again, members of the Liberty community are gathered to demonstrate our displeasure with the proposed new PUD (Planned Unit Development) law. We are pleased that the Town Board has decided to listen to the people, however, the current PUD law – not used once in 40 years – is still in effect. This means that a PUD application can still be forthcoming in the near future under the existing law.

Once again, the board sits before a packed room filled with angry residents who want neither a PUD Law for Liberty nor a 40 million dollar sewer plant for Swan Lake.

The fact is that the town board did not move forward on the sewer plant we all agreed on for 686,000 gallons per day – almost four years ago – because it was not the 960,000 gallons per day the town board wants.

Adding insult to injury, we are not even told the truth. At the sewer presentation held in Swan Lake, we were specifically told that out of district users would not be included in the project! Lo and behold, at the last presentation on the sewer project, we find out, according to data provided by Delaware Engineering, that at least 21 percent of the increased capacity is destined for out of district users, and potentially much more. The town board have been relentless in trying to push these two projects through in spite of the fact that many of the people who voted for the town board are opposed to them for valid reasons.

Furthermore, the town board passed three resolutions for the Swan Lake Sewer but it took many weeks to provide answers to basic questions that Michael Edwards posed pertaining to these resolutions and some are still unanswered. Either the town board passed the resolutions without understanding the ramifications or they were intentionally withholding key information. Which conclusion shall we draw?

People should be also aware that the fact is that the DEC does not dictate to the Town what size the plant should be! Yet the board, with the exception of Councilman McPhillips, voted yes to a 40 million dollar bond resolution, in spite of this fact.

Nancy Levine

Swan Lake