LETTER: Hey, Mayor Bloomberg, come see for yourself

Dear Editor:

With regard to New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg owning one of our lovely homes here in Wawarsing, uur lives have been ruined by the neglect of the city?s Department of Environmental Protection!

The emotional stress of daily life is compounded by the terrible living conditions we live under: overflowing septic systems which are unable to compete with the trespassing aqueduct tunnel water, overflowing wells tainted with ecoli and homes infested by mold growing out of control.

Yes, Mayor Mike, we have a wonderful piece of property just ready for you to move into our soggy community.

We suffer, assigning points by inspections, ranking neighbor against neighbor, for a potential "buyout" program with some relief in sight. In a perfect world, neighbors help each other and do unto others as you would want them to do unto you. Bloomberg?s DEP has kept its image of high and mighty, need-to-know basis attitude, true to form.

For the greater good, nine million people in New York City can turn on their water faucets and have "great Upstate drinking water," while residents in Wawarsing, some 60-plus strong at present count, have become an acceptable casualty of just doing business. This is just plain unacceptable!

I sit on those PAC committees, disgusted with the spin DEP continues to put out there for us to digest. Knowing leaks were present back as far as 1958, public outcry from Wawarsing in the late ?80s to early ?90s. DEP came, looked and went away. later on only to say at one of our meetings, "Yes we have a leak" and "we should have been keeping a closer eye in Wawarsing." More studies, more time, more loss.

I live in one of those affected homes. We?ve raised our family for over 27 years. Like our neighbors, we have lost washers, dryers, furnaces, hot water heaters and lots of personal property items.

So please excuse me for not showing too much excitement or appreciation for "only" current market value on my home. We all know the state of today?s economy. Continued...

This problem, Bloombergs problem, has become our problem. Too bad we?re not located in one of the five boroughs. I?ve seen how fast his department works during water breaks causing flood damage to its residents of the Big Apple.

So yes, we are "eligible" on one of the two available buyout program options. Thanks a lot. This pesky colonist is telling the truth and it is high time DEP became transparent and did likewise.

Mayor Bloomberg, we once again invite you to our Wawarsing homes to see these conditions.

MICHAEL RFOSSELLI

Wawarsing

krosselli@generalsportswear.com

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Source: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2012/06/29/opinion/doc4fec790320c26527389842.txt

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