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Saturday, May 10, 2014
Blighted building’s owner exhausts board’s patience
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RE: The dilapidated building at 25 Valley St. will come down, one way or another, .... Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah,blah, blah.
ReplyDeleteHere's the bottom line in clear Black & white. Not everyone can afford to own property.
Allowing the Don Bishops of the world to inflict an eyesore on the entire community and destroy the property value of his neighborhood regardless of his financial straights is unacceptable. Bishop's rational as a hoarder of not being able to afford alternate storage is absolutely of no consequence.
Springfield has increasing become a blighted eyesore, and it's the direct blame of the inept Selectboard members for allowing this to happen. Every March I cringe at the choices on the ballot. Seems year by year it just goes from bad to worse.
Well said.
DeleteWent by there this weekend. Looks like one swing of a good bat would take it down. This s
DeleteI suggest you run for a seat on the board. Or maybe town manager.
DeleteTaking bets on whether the Town actually follows through on tearing it down
ReplyDeleteScore one for George McNaughton for having the integrity to cite David Yesman's obvious conflict of interest in the matter! That's one small step for the board's credibility, one giant leap for truth in government!
ReplyDeleteThe funny part is Yesman didn't know or didn't think there was a conflict of interest.
DeleteI think Yesman has a standing offer of $1.00 for any property in town.....
DeleteDiamond Dave, cruising the streets of Springdale, flashing that sparkly smile and waving a wad of ones in hand! All for the good of the town now, don't ya know!
DeleteI'll balance the argument. I'm begging you tear it down now. There it's 1-1. Bishop seems to have plenty of time to run around playing the model citizen taking advantage of Springfield folks to make is dollar. He knows the town is lead by weak, unproven leaders. So Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah. Shut up already or do something. BTW I'm tired of Yesman and his wanting everything for free.
ReplyDeleteYou know, except for the pretty paint job on the facade, the Oddfellows building is just about in the same danger of falling into the river. After Bishops, how bout tearing it and the old bakery building down.....
ReplyDelete“I'm still proposing I will take it down, but I hate to rent a place.” You know, I hate to pay my taxes.......
ReplyDeleteHeroin likes the likes of Don Bishops.
ReplyDeleteLikes rat holes. Tear down that eye sore that has the "lousy paintings"
on it. Brown partical board piece of cra>. Let us see the river.
I grew up near that address. Sorry state of affairs letting it go downhill. Sad thing is Y is trying to give D B an out, but by so doing puts them at risk. D B just isn't interested in destroying this property as he still benefits from it. He has nothing to gain but time. Fine him daily and he will find a solution. But you have to use your teeth and file a lien. Most of our farms disappeared with neglect. It is hard to pay 50-100 K for a new roof on any building you don't need or utilize. I expect this will be still be in the talking stage, come the end of the year.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, you may be correct. There was no report of moving towards getting anything torn down on the Bishop site at the Selectboard meeting. Course the Chairman doesn't like to discuss what the Town is doing in open meeting, leaves it to Yesman to do his theatrics.
DeleteA solution at hand. The Town can sell Bishop their dilapidated building on Cottage Ave so he has a place to store his stuff and a year from now, after more of the roof has fallen in, they can go back to bickering about the fact the Cottage Ave place needs to be torn down but this way it won't cost the Town a dime to do it!! Win-Win
ReplyDeleteWe're on to your little dilapidated shell game! ; - )
DeleteSeriously people , he has had enough time he's just making the town look like it's being run by a bunch of fools, he owns a house in Weathersfield put his junk in that , if not enough room how about his burnt house on Wall Street which should also have to be torn down , or have a yard sale and make some money to pay to take both of those down and build a shed to keep it in .
ReplyDeleteit's a hazard to health and safety; let the fire dept burn it down as a training exercise...
ReplyDeletebishop is a lying procrastinator they wont be paid to put a new roof on and cant spark this one up
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