Dear Editor,
Our agricultural residents will be putting their property rights in jeopardy if they accept the $500/acre from the state. It was published in The Press that New York State would give the $500/acre to farmers in exchange for an easement to ensure it remains farmland for 25 years.
Please have your lawyer carefully look through any documentation BEFORE you sign/accept anything. What will happen an illness occurs and you are put in a nursing home, death happens to you, or you want to retire? Will the State confiscate your property, as they are out to grab land?
The State has also been known to just change their stipulations and things can change quickly. Please get together and go through this with your Ag. Committee. I would be happy to come in and discuss this with you.
My group, New Yorkers for Property Rights (NY4PR) tries to stay on top of things but this came out of the blue. The American Policy Center (www.americanpolicy.org) is now in the process of hiring activists to help areas that have a slew of property rights being violated. John Anthony of Sustainable Freedom Lab www.sustainablefreedomlab.org) also helps us out.
Be wary Tioga County – the State makes things sound so good when the outcome will not be for the best of us. Green jobs and clean energy will only mean more wind turbines and solar panels that will never pay for itself. How are they rally helping us – they are not.
Next will be the banning of wood-burning stoves, wood-burning fireplaces, and coal stoves. Hopefully there will be a “grandfathered” clause. Our electric bill will soon rise and our “Smart Meters” will control how much electricity we can use.
Whenever there are proposals of changes from the State I will keep you posted if property rights are put in jeopardy.
Sincerely,
Sandy Gumble
Apalachin, N.Y.
NY4PR
