I had to laugh when the latest OP news bulletin came across my e-mail yesterday announcing a new “Adopt a Block” program whereby we residents can form committees to clean up garbage on our block, and the village will provide the bags, stickers and signs. I suspect the next initiative will be an “Adopt a Pothole” project whereby residents can organize to fill the potholes on their block and the village will supply the asphalt.
This is all so surreal-that our tax dollars can’t fund basic services anymore, but they can fund massive subsidies to private developers for low-quality, out-of-scale projects we don’t need, that are one by one diminishing the character of this town, driving out small businesses, undermining our property values-and not reducing taxes.
Installing “Adopt a Block” signs should be a clear message to anyone considering a move to
Kathryn Jonas
