Dear dear Bill,

Relative to your first statement, I am the Good Rabbi Sol's wife,(if you care to call me the Rebbitzen) but that has no bearing on the current issue; occasionally we even agree with each other.

Why is my relationship with you relevant to this conversation--if we are friends (note that Rabbi Sol & I appear in the annals of Mudcat fotos with you at a Work O The Weavers concert), should that color my current opinions in any way?

Yes, I realize this is a zoning issue; it was stated in the beginning of the thread. The question is, at this point--is it fair? You mentioned the Jim Crow Laws. They weren't fair. Today was Dr.M.L.King, Jr.'s holiday. What did he do when he felt the laws were unfair? He took the laws before the American Conscience & appealed to a higher authority.

If the people involved in this were Amish, instead of Orthodox Jews, would the zoning board have ruled differently? Amish, not Heimish?

Also, you can't compare this to New Square--New Square was the first village to secede from Ramapo because it wanted to have authority to rule itself. My understanding is that New Square has no zoning laws.
Other villages seceded because they wanted to have their own zoning rules.

I, too, like Chris St.Lawrence, although I don't know why you brought his name up. I think maybe we might be confusing the readership with too many tangents. As long as his name is subject, let me just say that he is trying very hard to take care of all factions, in general,in dealing with the open space rules.

I vote with you on Good Sam, too.

It's time for me to go to sleep; however, I'm not sure this issue is ready to rest.

Regards,
Fayzee