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Homeowners association: New village would 'add a hostile layer of bureaucracy'
To the editor:
We, the homeowners of Southwest Woodbury, announce the formation of the Southwest Woodbury Homeowners Association.
The association was formed to address the needs of area residents, such as zoning accommodations, tax assessments relief, sanitation pickup schedules, pedestrian safety measures such as street lighting, sidewalks and mass transit, and utility improvements such as water and sewer to help maintain the residents' quality of life.
Certain groups, such as SOCA at Work-OCEAN, who claim to speak for all Woodbury residents, have in reality been preaching messages of divisiveness, which forced us to unite and to counter their hate-filled messages. Area residents have worked well with Town of Woodbury elected officials and with their neighbors before the spoiler groups poisoned the atmosphere.
We are happy to continue to work with the Town of Woodbury elected official and with our neighbors. We are, therefore, strongly opposed to the formation of the Village of Woodbury since it will only serve to add a hostile layer of bureaucracy that will do nothing positive but will increase our property taxes.
To date, better than 300 area homeowners have joined the association.
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The members elected Moses Witriol as president, Nikki Crawford as secretary and Martin Lichtman as treasurer.
As its first order of business, the association has launched an ongoing voter registration drive so that the Woodbury residents will be eligible to take part in all elections. On July 31, the association will be submitting to the Orange County Board of Elections 210 completed voter registration cards to be eligible to vote in the Aug. 10, Village of Woodbury referendum.
Members of the newly formed association reside mainly on Schunnemunk Road, Serpi Lane, Melville Lane, Seven Springs Road, Forest Road, First Avenue, 2nd Street and 4th Street.
Moses Witriol, president
Southwest Woodbury Homeowners Association
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