Sorry If I have not noticed this until now. Mr. Richard Sherwood, the attorney for Mr. Russo is also Lancaster's town attorney. Isn't there a conflict of interest as he facilitates in Lancaster's Transit Road Walmart project and simultaneously helps Mr. Russo with Alden's? I have been reading articles in Buffalo NY and Western New York News Who Does Lancaster Town Attorney Work For? and I am concerned that he has his fingers in many pies including Alden's. And I also learned he was once Alden's town attorney. This guy gets around!
Shouldn't we be concerned? Does he have strong connections with Walmart? Strong connections with Alden officials? Does he have an agenda Alden taxpayers should be informed about?
I look at Mr. Russo, Mr. McPherson, Mr. Sherwood, Walmart and of course specific Alden residents as players that are planning personal gains. The amount and detail of the winnings many of us do not know but we all probably have suspicions. Taxpayers should be given details regarding the agendas these people have in using our town.
Elected officials should care about the town without making money their primary motivation. Alden has all kinds of residents. Responsible progress should be a win win for everyone of us. If a supercenter like Walmart is built leaving three other Alden plazas dormant -- that is not the time to question the motives of people involved with delivering this scary and sad scene.
My apologies for this criticism. I just hate to see this town loose its special qualities. Do residents realize what a treasure we have at the moment? We are unique and should stand apart from the generic worlds that surround us. Generic worlds do not attract for long. They just become boring. In the long term this town can be an attraction for quality growth if it demonstrates its inner strengths and integrity.
Case in point -- you do not see Walmart trying to be like everyone else. And though I do not want to be a Walmart in philosophy, one can't help but notice their inner strengths and abilities to be unique as they unfortunately push for world retail control.
Alden must remain unique or die. At this moment other local towns are fighting to maintain moratoriums on commercial building in order to remain unique. They are true to themselves. Does Alden's truth lie in generic waste or in being a unique town that says we refuse to become like everyone else?
So... What are we going to do about the Mr. Sherwoods of the world? -bl-
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