Upper Nazareth approved the MS plans and waived the requirement for the NASD to pay for the maintenance of the two intersections on an annual basis according to the Express-Times (read it here).
Upper Nazareth solicitor Gary Asteak is quoted as saying, "We're saving the school district literally hundreds of thousands of dollars," Asteak said, citing the intersection design and highway occupancy work the township took on to cut about 12 months out of the district's timetable. "And they are squawking about $4,000 a year."
NASD project manager Jamie Lynch noted, "We have two taxing entities," Lynch said. "One is great at educating students. One is great at maintaining roads. And we'd like to keep it that way."
3 comments:
Ah, Gary Asteak, what a model citizen he is giving us yet another of his wonderful comments as to how a township is doing so much for the greater good.
One thing he fails to mention is that we (the taxpayers and the district) would not be in this bind if the townships did not approve every mega-development that is proposed to them.
He sits on both Lower and Upper Nazareth boards, can clearly see both the amount of development and impact on the community, but still has the ability to spin the story in such a way as to make it look like they are doing us a favor.
Thank you Gary Asteak, we the taxpayers are forever in your debt, and I mean that. Only in this case, the debt is the tax bills we will all be seeing in the future.
Unfortunately, if they are waiving the costs for the district, this only means that the Upper Nazareth taxpayers are going to get slammed with the bill.
Don't see how you can blame the solicitor.
The elected officials of the township chose to hire him and they chose to approve the waivers for these developments.
I'm hoping the COG agreement - the Nazareth 2030 plan will cut down on the waiving of requirements, especially for large home development.
It would also be nice if some of these developments were the planned over 50 communities.
Agree that he is not to blame, completely.
What I was trying to say was, since he does sit on multiple boards, seeing the amount of growth, maybe he should have asked the boards to coordinate with the district so they wouldn't be blindsided by growth.
He IS the common thread, and as a member of the community, should have spoken up.
More to the point, his snide comment about saving the district (and thus the taxpayer) a ton of money should never have been said. but then again, I have seen him in action and heard more than one stupid comment come out of his mouth.
Let's face facts, he sits on way to many government panels in this area, and in my humble opinion, has way to much power.
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